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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment and Legislative Functions) Regulations 2022 2022/1322 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Temporary Measures) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 2021/681 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade and Official Controls (Transitional Arrangements for Prior Notifications) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/429 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 Humane Trapping Standards (England and Wales) Regulations 2019 2019/1288 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 Animal Health, Alien Species in Aquaculture and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/813 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 Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/782 UK Statutory Instruments
The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/740 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/588 UK Statutory Instruments
The Humane Trapping Standards Regulations 2019 2019/22 UK Statutory Instruments
The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1410 UK Statutory Instruments
The Equine Identification (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1409 UK Statutory Instruments
The Spring Traps Approval (England) Order 2018 2018/1190 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal By-Products and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1120 UK Statutory Instruments
The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 2015/1782 UK Statutory Instruments
The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 2013/2033 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2018
The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) Regulations 2013 2013/1240 UK Statutory Instruments
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 2013/336 UK Statutory Instruments
The Zootechnical Standards (England) Regulations 2012 2012/2665 UK Statutory Instruments 30/11/2017
The Cattle Compensation (England) Order 2012 2012/1379 UK Statutory Instruments 01/07/2017
The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2012 2012/501 UK Statutory Instruments
The Poultry Health Scheme (Fees) Regulations 2011 2011/1194 UK Statutory Instruments
The Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 2010/3034 UK Statutory Instruments
The Veterinary Surgery (Artificial Insemination) Order 2010 2010/2059 UK Statutory Instruments
The Veterinary Surgery (Epidural Anaesthesia of Bovines) Order 2010 2010/2058 UK Statutory Instruments
The Veterinary Surgery (Rectal Ultrasound Scanning of Bovines) Order 2010 2010/2056 UK Statutory Instruments
The Poultry Compartments (Fees) (England) Order 2010 2010/270 UK Statutory Instruments
The Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 2008/1426 UK Statutory Instruments
The Porcine Semen (Fees) (England) Regulations 2007 2007/2586 UK Statutory Instruments
The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 2007/2078 UK Statutory Instruments
The Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) Regulations 2007 2007/1100 UK Statutory Instruments
The Cattle Compensation (England) Order 2006 2006/168 UK Statutory Instruments
Animal Welfare Act 2006 2006/45 UK Public General Acts
Hunting Act 2004 2004/37 UK Public General Acts
The Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease (Biosecurity Guidance and Disease Control (Slaughter) Protocol) (England and Wales) Order 2003 2003/2035 UK Statutory Instruments
The Enzootic Bovine Leukosis (England) Order 2000 2000/2056 UK Statutory Instruments
The Food (Animal Products from Belgium) (Emergency Control) (Revocation) (England and Wales) Order 2000 2000/1232 UK Statutory Instruments