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Dissolution of Public Bodies
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This guidance offers advice on what to do with records when a public body is dissolved.

Subjects: appraisal, crests, machinery of government, organisational change, public records, royal arms, selection

Privatisation of Public Bodies
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This guidance provides a plan for the actions you must take to manage information if your public body is being privatised.

Subjects: crests, machinery of government, organisational change, privatisation, public records, royal arms, selection

Reproduction of the British passport
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Guidance describing the circumstances in which the UK Passport may be copied.

Subjects: copyright, crown copyright, passport, public sector information, re-use, royal arms

Use of Royal Arms
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This guidance provides practical information about when it is permissible to re-use images of the Royal Arms.

Subjects: copyright, crests, crown copyright, royal arms