Licences and permits
The permissions a business needs before it can trade, each one tied to the law that creates it and to the body that issues it. We point at GOV.UK for fees and forms, and never copy them.
9 of 426 licences in Northern Ireland for Social care
Choose from all 48 activities
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Day care services registration (Northern Ireland)
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 …
Your council · Northern Ireland
Day care settings registration (Northern Ireland)
You need a licence to operate a day care setting in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland
Domiciliary care service registration (Northern Ireland)
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 Executive · Northern Ireland
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Notification to process personal data
You must notify the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if your organisation processes personal data in an automated form
UK Government · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Nursing agency registration (Northern Ireland)
If you operate a nursing agency in Northern Ireland you must meet certain minimum standards and be officially registered
Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland
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Residential care homes registration (Northern Ireland)
You need to register with the Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) in Northern Ireland to run a residential care …
Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland
Residential family centre registration (Northern Ireland)
You must register with the Health and Social Care Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) in Northern Ireland to operate a residential family centre
Northern Ireland Executive · Northern Ireland
We have not yet mapped an enabling instrument for 1 licence on this list. That is a gap in our graph, not a statement about the law, and those pages say so rather than guessing.
Checking approvals more broadly?
A licence is one of several things you may need before your first day of trading. The pre-trading quick check walks the registrations, insurances and approvals alongside it.
Not sure which of these apply to you?
Our guides on finding a licence and dealing with your local council walk through the questions that decide it.