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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

    United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020

    3 provisions

    This Part sets UK goods and services market access rules, limits certain local requirements, and gives the Secretary of State powers to amend schedules, issue guidance, and run reviews.

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  • United Kingdom

    Charities Act 1992

    2 provisions

    This Part regulates charity fundraising by professional fund-raisers, commercial participators, and some collectors, including required statements, prescribed agreements, refund rights, offences, and charity registration powers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 1998

    14 provisions

    This part of the Act changes several tax rates and related rules, including beer duty, corporation tax, excise duty on certain oil mixtures, VAT timing rules, and vehicle excise registration provisions.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 2003

    25 provisions

    This segment sets and amends several tax and duty rules, including stamp duty land tax on land transactions, VAT procedures, betting duties, vehicle excise duty, and penalty rules.

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  • United Kingdom

    Pet Animals Act 1951

    1 provisions

    In Wales, a person must not keep a pet shop without a licence. Local authorities may grant licences, set conditions, inspect licensed premises, and prosecute offences.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 2015

    12 provisions

    This provision makes a wide set of tax changes, including income tax and corporation tax rates, updated allowances and limits, employment benefit exemptions, HMRC approval powers, and anti-avoidance rules.

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  • United Kingdom

    Environmental Protection Act 1990

    22 provisions

    This Part sets up controls on prescribed processes that may pollute the environment, including authorisations, conditions, enforcement powers, and duties on regulators.

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  • United Kingdom

    City of London (Ward Elections) Act 2002

    1 provisions

    This Act changes the rules for voting in City of London ward elections, including who qualifies, how many voters a qualifying body may appoint, and the related registration and reporting duties.

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  • United Kingdom

    Solicitors Act 1974

    7 provisions

    Only qualified people may act as solicitors, and the Society controls admission, the roll, practising certificates, and related rules.

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  • United Kingdom

    City of London (Various Powers) Act 2013

    1 provisions

    The Act creates a temporary street-trading licence system for the Corporation, sets notice and charging rules, adds enforcement and seizure powers, and makes related changes for city walkways and parking.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance (No. 3) Act 2010

    4 provisions

    This Act makes a wide set of tax amendments, including changes to qualifying care relief, VAT, capital allowances, and several other tax rules.

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  • United Kingdom

    Scotland Act 1998

    9 provisions

    This provision establishes the Scottish Parliament and sets out election, membership, powers, procedure, and offence rules for how it works.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 1942

    1 provisions

    The Treasury may make regulations about certain government stock and bonds, but must lay draft regulations before Parliament and cannot allow exchanges except on the holder’s request or by court order.

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  • United Kingdom

    Enterprise Act 2002

    31 provisions

    This provision gives the CMA information, education, advice, complaint-handling, and merger-reference functions, while limiting it from supporting certain free public consumer advice schemes.

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