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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Equine Identification (England) Regulations 2018 2018/761 UK Statutory Instruments
The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 2015/1782 UK Statutory Instruments
The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (Revocation) Regulations 2014 2014/1258 UK Statutory Instruments
The Alien and Locally Absent Species in Aquaculture (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 2011/2292 UK Statutory Instruments 09/10/2016
The Animal Health Act 1981 (Amendment) Regulations 2005 2005/3475 UK Statutory Instruments
The Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease (England and Wales) Order 2003 2003/1734 UK Statutory Instruments
The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 2002/3080 UK Statutory Instruments
Animal Health Act 2002 2002/42 UK Public General Acts
Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980 1980/27 UK Public General Acts
Slaughterhouses Act 1974 1974/3 UK Public General Acts
The Artificial Insemination of Pigs (England and Wales) Regulations 1964 1964/1172 UK Statutory Instruments
Public Health Act 1936 1936/49 UK Public General Acts