What is a licence?Definition: Formal permission or exemption. Wider definition
- Is silence or lack of specific rules a licence to do something?
Why do we have licences
To acquire a licence may require paying a fee and/or proving a capability
Licencing types
Animals
| Licencee |
Item |
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Animals
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Dog breeders
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| Owner
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Dog ownership
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| User
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Fishing
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Kennels
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| Distributor
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Pet shops |
| |
Riding stables
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| User
| Hunting and selling game
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Broadcasting and entertainment
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| Licencee |
Item |
| Broadcaster
|
Amateur radio
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| Broadcaster
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Broadcast
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| Owner |
Citizens’ band radio (CB radio) |
| | Entertainments in public
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| |
Film and video shows
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| | Music licensing
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Taping at home
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| |
Television license
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Vehicles
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| Licencee |
Item |
| Site owner
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Caravan sites
|
| User
|
Driving licences
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Driving instructors
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| User
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Heavy goods vehicle drivers
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| Driver
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Minibuses, Minicab's, Taxis, Public service vehicles |
| |
Model aircraft
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| |
Motor salvage operators
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| Practitioner
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Pilot license
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Road haulage
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| |
Vehicle license
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Trading
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| Licencor |
Licencee |
Item |
| Distributor
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Alcohol (sale of)/ Liquor license
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| Government
| Bank
| Banking |
| Government |
Retailer
|
Beauty specialist
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| Business |
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Business names |
| Government
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Car boot sales
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| Government
| | Childminding and childrens’ nurseries
|
| Government
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Companies
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| Government
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Consumer credit businesses
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| Government
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Debt collectors
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| | | Fundraising events
| | | | House to house collections
| | Practitioner
| | Hypnotism
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| |
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Market traders
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| Practitioner
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Medical
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| | | Night cafes
| | | | Nursing and residential homes
| | | | Pawnbrokers
| | | | Pedlars and hawkers
| | Government | Practitioner | Private detective | | | | Saunas
| | | | Scrap metal dealers
| | | | Street collections
| | | | Street trading
| | | | Sunday trading
| | | | Tattoo parlours
| | | | Tree felling
| | | | Waste disposal sites
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Item ownership or use
Gambling|
| Licencee | Item |
| Bingo clubs
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| Gambling/ Gaming clubs
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| Gaming/Amusement/Fruit machines
| | | Lotteries or raffles
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Relationships
| Licencee |
Item |
| |
Civil partnerships
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| Users |
Marriage
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| |
Sex establishments
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With all these licences, how about a licence for leaving your house who knows what danger you might cause yourself or others if you leave it? Perhaps politicians should need to apply for a licence before they run the country.
What is the criteria for when something is licensed? And should it be consistent?
Note:
Television License is not a licence to own a TV, it is a fee charged by a state broadcaster to anyone who owns a TV.
License to kill is not actually a license!
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