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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

    Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005

    4 provisions

    This provision creates offences about parking vehicles for sale on roads, carrying out restricted repair-type works on vehicles on a road, and giving false or missing name-and-address details when an authorised officer asks for them. It also sets fixed-penalty and summary-conviction fines and gives local authorities ce

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  • United Kingdom

    Trade Union Act 1913 (repealed 16.10.1992)

    1 provisions

    The Act limits when a trade union may use its funds for political purposes and sets rules for political-fund ballots, member exemptions, and Certification Officer oversight.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 2005

    6 provisions

    This provision changes a wide range of tax rates and tax rules, including corporation tax, excise duties, vehicle duty, income tax exemptions, and special rules for certain trusts and employee share arrangements.

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  • United Kingdom

    Humber Bridge Act 2013

    1 provisions

    This Act updates the Humber Bridge Board’s structure, borrowing powers, toll-setting powers, accounts, and enforcement rules.

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  • United Kingdom

    Postal Services Act 2011

    8 provisions

    This part sets rules for Royal Mail/Post Office restructurings, reporting duties, transfer schemes, and postal service regulation.

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  • United Kingdom

    Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997

    2 provisions

    This Act tightens firearm controls, creates/adjusts certificate and club rules, sets notice duties for transfers and losses, and creates offences for non-compliance.

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  • United Kingdom

    Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990

    1 provisions

    This Act sets rules for deciding which law applies to contractual obligations in cross-border situations and related UK internal conflicts.

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  • United Kingdom

    Railways Act 1993

    18 provisions

    This provision sets railway regulatory duties, licensing and exemption powers, and an offence for operating a railway asset without a licence or exemption.

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  • United Kingdom

    Scotland Act 2016

    4 provisions

    This provision makes wide changes to Scotland’s devolution rules, election law, tax powers, and related ministerial powers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Copyright Act 1956

    5 provisions

    This Part defines copyright and several related terms, gives authors and some other people entitlement to copyright, and sets out key infringement rules and exceptions.

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  • United Kingdom

    Arbitration Act 1996

    4 provisions

    This Part sets core rules for arbitration: parties can shape the process, but the tribunal and court have specific duties and powers, and the court will usually stay court proceedings that belong in arbitration.

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  • United Kingdom

    mwa/2010/1/2025-11-19

    2 provisions

    This provision sets child poverty strategy duties for Welsh authorities and Welsh Ministers, and creates rules for childcare registration, play opportunities, inspections, enforcement, and related offences.

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  • United Kingdom

    Tenants’ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980

    1 provisions

    This Act sets out housing and tenancy changes for Scotland, including tenant purchase rights, security of tenure, short tenancies, repeal of some earlier rent rules, and powers for the Secretary of State and courts in certain tenancy matters.

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  • United Kingdom

    Leasehold Reform Act 1967

    7 provisions

    This Part gives certain tenants of leasehold houses a right to buy the freehold or an extended lease on fair terms, but only if the tenancy and property meet the stated rent, value, residence, and other conditions.

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  • United Kingdom

    Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

    15 provisions

    This provision says benefit entitlement can depend on making a claim in the prescribed form and time, and on supplying national insurance details in some cases. It also allows work-focused interviews and work-related activity requirements, with some exceptions and Department powers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Finance Act 2008

    18 provisions

    This provision sets and changes many UK tax and duty rates, gives the Treasury and HMRC powers to make regulations and schemes, and applies several time-based tax rules and exceptions.

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  • United Kingdom

    Northern Ireland Budget Act 2023

    2 provisions

    This Act authorises specified Northern Ireland public bodies and the Department of Finance to use set amounts of resources and money for the years ending 31 March 2023 and 31 March 2024, and sets borrowing and repayment limits.

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  • United Kingdom

    Online Safety Act 2023

    15 provisions

    This Act creates an online safety framework for regulated internet services, with duties on providers to assess and manage risks, protect children, handle illegal and harmful content, and follow OFCOM rules.

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