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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Beavers (England) Order 2022 2022/858 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2032
The Pesticides (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 2022/144 UK Statutory Instruments 16/02/2022
The Microchipping of Dogs (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 2022/121 UK Statutory Instruments 23/02/2027
The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 2021/698 UK Statutory Instruments
The Vegetable Plant Material and Seed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 2020/579 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020 2020/552 UK Statutory Instruments 14/12/2024
The Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 2020/541 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/381 UK Statutory Instruments
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2020 2020/324 UK Statutory Instruments
The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) (Amendment) Order 2020 2020/268 UK Statutory Instruments
The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/248 UK Statutory Instruments
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 2) (England) Order 2020 2020/245 UK Statutory Instruments
The Isles of Scilly (Amendment) Order 2020 2020/217 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 26) Order 2020 2020/216 UK Statutory Instruments
The Isles of Scilly (Application of Water Legislation) Order 2020 2020/214 UK Statutory Instruments
The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (England) Order 2020 2020/207 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/109 UK Statutory Instruments
The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/91 UK Statutory Instruments
The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/90 UK Statutory Instruments
The Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020 2020/41 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/9 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 2019/1488 UK Statutory Instruments 14/12/2024
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) (No. 2) Order 2019 2019/1453 UK Statutory Instruments
The Eggs and Poultrymeat (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 2019/1442 UK Statutory Instruments
The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products and Common Agricultural Policy (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 2019/1422 UK Statutory Instruments
The Pesticides (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/1410 UK Statutory Instruments
The Common Agricultural Policy and Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/1405 UK Statutory Instruments
The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 2019/1354 UK Statutory Instruments
The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England and Northern Ireland) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/1308 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Legislative Functions) and Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/1225 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Breeders’ Rights and Seeds (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/1220 UK Statutory Instruments
The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) (Amendment) Order 2019 2019/1213 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2024
The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Various Amendments) Regulations 2019 2019/1099 UK Statutory Instruments
The Control of Salmonella in Poultry (Amendment) Order 2019 2019/971 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/802 UK Statutory Instruments
The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/795 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/778 UK Statutory Instruments
The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/758 UK Statutory Instruments
The Agriculture (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/748 UK Statutory Instruments
The Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/746 UK Statutory Instruments