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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Biodiversity Gain Site Register Regulations 2024 2024/45 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) (Amendment) Order 2023 2023/1045 UK Statutory Instruments
The Humane Trapping Standards (England and Wales) Regulations 2019 2019/1288 UK Statutory Instruments
The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) (Amendment) Order 2019 2019/1213 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2024
The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 2019/527 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2024
The Rural Development Programme (Transfer) (England) Regulations 2018 2018/964 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Order 2018 2018/739 UK Statutory Instruments
The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 2017/1012 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 2017/593 UK Statutory Instruments
The Common Agricultural Policy (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 2015/1997 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Appeals against Works Notices) (England) Regulations 2011 2011/2019 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010 2010/1157 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sites of Special Scientific Interest (Appeals) Regulations 2009 2009/197 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009 2009/153 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No 2) Regulations 2006 2006/2522 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Exclusions and Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2003 2003/2713 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Provisional and Conclusive Maps) (England) Regulations 2002 2002/1710 UK Statutory Instruments
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 2000/37 UK Public General Acts
The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Regulations 1990 1990/1519 UK Statutory Instruments