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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
Reservoirs Act 1975 1975/23 UK Public General Acts
The Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal Rules 1974 1974/1136 UK Statutory Instruments
Control of Pollution Act 1974 1974/40 UK Public General Acts
Slaughterhouses Act 1974 1974/3 UK Public General Acts
Breeding of Dogs Act 1973 1973/60 UK Public General Acts
The Drainage Rates (Appeals) Regulations 1970 1970/1152 UK Statutory Instruments
Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 1968/34 UK Public General Acts
The British Wool Marketing Scheme (Amendment) Order 1966 1966/828 UK Statutory Instruments
Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963 1963/43 UK Public General Acts
Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1961 1961/50 UK Public General Acts
Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 1958/47 UK Public General Acts
Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954 1954/39 UK Public General Acts
Pet Animals Act 1951 1951/35 UK Public General Acts
The Agriculture (Making of Representations) Regulations 1948 1948/191 UK Statutory Instruments
Hill Farming Act 1946 1946/73 UK Public General Acts
Public Health Act 1936 1936/49 UK Public General Acts
Agricultural Land (Utilisation) Act 1931 1931/41 UK Public General Acts
Sea Fisheries Act 1868 1868/45 UK Public General Acts
Poaching Prevention Act 1862 1862/114 UK Public General Acts
Game Act 1831 1831/32 UK Public General Acts
Night Poaching Act 1828 1828/69 UK Public General Acts