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You may need a licence, permit or certification for:
This may not include all the licences you need. It will be updated with more licences.
You need a licence to construct a bridge over a road in Northern Ireland
Get permission to construct a cellar, vault, arch or part of a building under a road in Northern Ireland
You may need to notify HSENI if you are a contractor planning a construction project
You must be authorised by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to carry out any controlled water activity eg abstraction or construction work
You must apply for the relevant gas licence from the Utility Regulator to supply, convey or store gas or operate a liquid natural gas facility.
To act as a conveyancer in England and Wales, you can register with the Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC)
Cooling tower notification for commercial site owners
Apply for a licence to produce copies of copyright protected material
You must get approval from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to build a dam or weir in Scotland.
You need to register with your local Health and Social Services Board (HSBB) if you operate a children's day care service for children under 12
You need a licence to operate a day care setting in Northern Ireland
Accreditation routes to become a display energy certificate (DEC) assessor and how to apply and find approved schemes and make sure you are qualified to get membership and meet the standards required by the scheme
You must get permission from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) to hold an event on Derry City Walls
You must register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) to practise as a dietitian in the UK
You may need an environmental permit to discharge liquid effluent or waste water to surface water or the ground.
Get permission to send liquid waste out from factories or places where sewage is dealt with and find how to contact Scottish water suppliers and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency
You need to get permission from your council to have a fireworks display between 11pm and 7am.
You may need a licence from Marine Scotland if you want to deposit substances or articles within Scottish waters, either in the sea or under the seabed
You must have a licence in order to dive designated shipwreck sites.
You must be registered to operate as a diving contractor in Northern Ireland
You must have a licence for your dog breeding establishment in order to breed dogs in Northern Ireland
You must be a member of an accreditation scheme to operate as a domestic energy assessor (DEA) for existing buildings in Northern Ireland
Get approved to work as a domestic energy assessor and produce energy performance certificates (EPCs) for houses and other residential properties.
It is a legal requirement for domiciliary care managers in Wales to register with Social Care Wales.
You need to be registered with the Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) to operate a domiciliary care service in Northern Ireland
It is a legal requirement for domiciliary care workers in Wales to register with Social Care Wales.
You need to register to provide a domiciliary support service, including the provision of supported living and extra care housing in Wales.
You need a licence to use television or radio broadcast material for non-commercial educational purposes
Get an entertainment licence to stage indoor entertainment on a site.
You need consent to erect scaffolding, hoardings, etc. on a road in Northern Ireland
You need a European firearms pass from the PSNI to travel with listed firearms through European countries
You need to register with the Law Society of Scotland to act as an executry practitioner in Scotland - fee and eligibility
You must have a licence for explosives in harbours in Northern Ireland
You need a licence to manufacture or store explosives
You need a licence to manufacture explosives, including fireworks, in Northern Ireland
You need to apply for an extended hours licence if you want to serve alcohol outside your premises' licence hours
If you work in farriery (shoeing horses or other equine animals) in England, Scotland or Wales, you need to be registered with the Farriers Registration Council (FRC)
You must be authorised to operate a mobile feed mixer that uses restricted proteins for non-ruminant feed production in Northern Ireland
You need a firearm certificate from the PSNI to own or possess firearms or ammunition in Northern Ireland
You must be authorised by the police to operate a firearms club in Northern Ireland
You need an occasional permit from the police if you are a certified firearms dealer wanting to trade outside your registered premises
You need a certificate from the police to operate as a firearms dealer in Northern Ireland
You need a licence to manufacture and store fireworks in Northern Ireland
To sell fireworks (wholesale or retail up to 2 tonnes net explosive content) you must be registered or licensed with the local authority Trading Standards office
You need to register with the Department of Justice to sell fireworks in Northern Ireland
You need a fish culture licence to operate a fish or shell fish farm in Northern Ireland
You need a licence to sell or expose for sale, salmon, trout, eels, pike or pollen in Northern Ireland
You must be registered with Marine Scotland if you sell first sale fish by competitive bidding at a designated auction site in Scotland.
You need a licence to fish for salmon, eels or freshwater fish in Northern Ireland
You need permission fix or place rails, beams, cables, arches or other eitems over a road in Northern Ireland
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