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Business registration in United Kingdom

Registration, licensing, names, permits, and formal establishment requirements. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

1,114 matching statutes

  • United Kingdom

    Monken Hadley Common Act 2022

    1 provisions

    This Act transfers Monken Hadley Common to the Trust and gives the Trust powers to manage the Common, make regulations, grant certain rights and leases, and transfer its interest, subject to listed limits and approvals.

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  • United Kingdom

    Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007

    3 provisions

    This Part creates the Statistics Board and gives it powers and duties over official statistics, the Code of Practice, reporting, confidentiality, and some information disclosures.

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  • United Kingdom

    Childcare Act 2006

    7 provisions

    English local authorities have broad duties to improve young children’s well-being, support childcare and early years services, and provide information and assistance; some childcare provision is restricted to registered providers, and unlawful disclosure of protected information is an offence.

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  • United Kingdom

    Local Government Finance Act 1988

    19 provisions

    This part sets up community charges, charging authorities’ registers, and the rules for when people or properties become subject to personal, standard, or collective community charges.

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  • United Kingdom

    Elections Act 2022

    8 provisions

    This provision adds election rules on postal voting documents, proxy secrecy, accessibility guidance, overseas elector registration, and the Secretary of State’s power to designate a strategy and policy statement for the Electoral Commission.

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  • United Kingdom

    Medical Act 1983

    11 provisions

    This provision sets out the General Medical Council’s role in medical registration, standards, and oversight, including who can be registered and when the Council may make or change related rules.

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  • United Kingdom

    Merchant Shipping Act 1995

    21 provisions

    This provision defines British and United Kingdom ships, sets registration rules, and makes it an offence to misrepresent a ship’s nationality or misuse colours/flags.

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  • United Kingdom

    Civil Aviation Act 1982

    9 provisions

    This provision sets out the Secretary of State’s civil aviation duties and powers, creates and governs the CAA, limits the CAA from owning or running aerodromes, and regulates borrowing, charging, reporting, and confidential information.

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  • United Kingdom

    Agriculture Act 2020

    4 provisions

    The Secretary of State may fund certain agricultural and environmental purposes in England and must report, plan, and publish information about how the power is used.

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  • United Kingdom

    Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

    13 provisions

    This Part sets out how Boundaries Scotland reviews local government areas and electoral arrangements, makes proposals, and reports to Scottish Ministers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Legal Services Act 2007

    18 provisions

    This Act sets up the Legal Services Board, gives it governance duties, creates the Consumer Panel, regulates reserved legal activities, and makes it an offence to carry on such activities without entitlement.

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  • United Kingdom

    Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

    10 provisions

    This Part sets out who licenses certain activities in Scotland, how applications and conditions are handled, and several offences and enforcement powers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018

    11 provisions

    This provision sets out how import duty is charged, who may be liable, and gives the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and HMRC powers to make detailed customs and tariff rules.

  • United Kingdom

    Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008

    6 provisions

    This provision rewrites key embryo and gamete definitions, creates licensing controls for human admixed embryos, and expands the Authority’s licensing, enforcement, and committee powers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966

    2 provisions

    This provision sets up the veterinary surgeons registration and discipline system, including who may register, who may practise, and when the Council or Privy Council may act.

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  • United Kingdom

    Police Act 1997

    8 provisions

    The provision lets certain officers authorise entry, interference with property, and wireless telegraphy only when statutory conditions are met, and it requires judicial oversight for some authorisations.

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  • United Kingdom

    Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995

    1 provisions

    This Act creates the Olympics association right, gives the appointed proprietor exclusive rights over Olympic symbols, mottos, and protected words, and restricts unauthorised commercial use.

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  • United Kingdom

    Industrial Organisation and Development Act 1947

    1 provisions

    The Act lets specified authorities create development councils for industries, but only after consultation, parliamentary approval, and satisfaction that the council is wanted by a substantial number of industry participants.

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