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You must give written references to support a photography, survey, science, conservation, research or development mitigation licence application or registration if you:
have not held a licence for the species, or a similar species, in the last 3 years
have a licence but want to add new activities
Use the guidance to find out who can be your referee and the experience you both need.
Referees must complete the form on this page to provide you with a reference.
Published 6 October 2014 Last updated 4 September 2023 +show all updates
Guidance has been updated to clarify what evidence and references are needed, and to improve accessibility of the form that referees must complete.
We've removed the names of organisations given as examples of those that may issue training course completion certificates (section 1.2).
Section 2 updated. You can submit a course certificate instead of one reference for survey licence applications. Note the restrictions on upgrading a bat survey class licence.
In section 1.2 Eligible evidence of your skills and experience, clarified you can provide a completion certificate for a relevant course taken in last 3 years from other species- or taxon-specific organisations than those listed.
