But some states require licences for florists and interior designers.
It also reveals the proportion of jobs that require licences.
The RSPB wants grouse shoots to require licences, which can be removed if the moors are not managed properly or if wildlife crimes occur.
But a better vetting procedure, which would require gun licences (not every state has these) and stricter background checks (most states that do require licences hand them out like confetti), might well have stopped Seung-Hui Cho from being allowed to buy the weapons he used to kill 32 people at Virginia Tech in 2007.No licensing system can screen out all unsuitable people.
These are largely autonomous in their everyday decisions, not much good at administration, but adept at extortion; for example, levying bribes from the majority of businesses in Russia that require licences, permits and so forth.
A study by Colombia's national audit office, published in January, found that economic and social development in towns next to large mining operations is worse than in places where illegal coca crops are grown for making cocaine.The environment ministry is seeking new powers to require licences for exploration as well as extraction.
There is anecdotal evidence that corruption is rife in most industries that interact with the government: those that require licences, access to natural resources or changes in the law.One government mandarin talks of a vast backlog of vital projects, such as mines and industrial plants, some of them half-finished, that break current rules and are possibly bent.
The Government thus continues to require licences for events where the speeches relate to race or religion, and does not permit outdoor demonstrations to be held.
Isar Enterprises was told to pay £10,730 in fines, costs and a confiscation of profits order after it failed to obtain the legally required licence to remove a roost of brown long-eared bats from offices it was redeveloping in Matlock.
John Hawtrey built the dovecote without applying for the required licence.
