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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Isles of Scilly (Application of Water Legislation) Order 2020 2020/214 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 Humane Trapping Standards (England and Wales) Regulations 2019 2019/1288 UK Statutory Instruments
The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/758 UK Statutory Instruments
The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 2019/527 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2024
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 2018/1214 UK Statutory Instruments 01/01/2022
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 2016/1154 UK Statutory Instruments 31/12/2019
The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 2015/1782 UK Statutory Instruments
The Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015 2015/310 UK Statutory Instruments 19/03/2020
The Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015 2015/168 UK Statutory Instruments 07/03/2020
The Food Information Regulations 2014 2014/1855 UK Statutory Instruments 13/12/2019
The Poultrymeat (England) Regulations 2011 2011/452 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (england and Wales) Regulations 2010 2010/675 UK Statutory Instruments 06/04/2017
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 2009/23 UK Public General Acts
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007 2007/3433 UK Statutory Instruments
The Bovine Semen (England) Regulations 2007 2007/1319 UK Statutory Instruments
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2006 2006/737 UK Statutory Instruments
Animal Welfare Act 2006 2006/45 UK Public General Acts
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) and National Emissions Inventory Regulations 2005 2005/2903 UK Statutory Instruments
Plant Varieties Act 1997 1997/66 UK Public General Acts
Food Act 1984 1984/30 UK Public General Acts