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What you can do if your goods or vehicle are seized by Border Force or HM Revenue and Customs - get your things back or disagree with a customs seizure

• Overview

  Customs will destroy or sell anything it seizes from you for breaking the…

• Ask for your things back

  You can ask for your things back (make a ‘restoration request’) even if…

• Ask for a court hearing

  Send a ‘notice of claim’ if you think it was illegal for customs to seize…

Probation is when you serve a court sentence in the community, and can include unpaid work or being supervised after coming out of prison

• Overview

  Probation means you’re serving your sentence but you’re not in prison. You…

• Meetings with your offender manager

  When you’re on probation you may have meetings with your offender manager.…

• If you break the rules of your probation

  You could go back to court if you break any rules of your probation. For…

• Being taken back to prison

  You can be taken straight back to prison if you have been released on…

• Ask to be released again on probation

  If you have been taken back to prison and think you should be released on…

Follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing with a rod and line in England and Wales

• Overview

  You must follow national and local rules (byelaws) when freshwater fishing…

• When and where you can fish

  ‘Close seasons’ are seasons when you cannot fish for some types of fish on…

• Fish size and catch limits

  You’re only allowed to keep a certain amount of the fish you catch. These…

• Tackle you can use

  There are rules on how many rods you can use at a time, and the types of…

Understand and avoid all types of anti-competitive and cartel activity including price-fixing, collusion, bid-ridding and sharing markets. Know how to report concerns to the CMA.

The CMA has provided a short guide for employers on how to avoid anti-competitive behaviour.

• Updated: 9 February 2023

The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.

You must not supply certain single-use plastic items in England, except for some exemptions.

• Updated: 7 October 2024

Form for short break carers to fill in to prove that they meet the training, support and development standards for foster carers.

The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods

Employment agencies and businesses must keep proper records and can be inspected by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate; the records you must keep, how long to store them and what happens if you're inspected