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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Thames Estuary Cockle Fishery Order 2024 2024/1150 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Enforcement Regulations 2024 2024/1146 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 2024/1093 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fisheries (International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 2024/655 UK Statutory Instruments
The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 2024/567 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 2023/1321 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 2023/1046 UK Statutory Instruments
The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme) Regulations 2023 2023/896 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 2023/651 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 2023/106 UK Statutory Instruments
The Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 2022/347 UK Statutory Instruments
The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1577 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1388 UK Statutory Instruments
The Direct Payments to Farmers (Crop Diversification Derogation) (England) Regulations 2020 2020/475 UK Statutory Instruments
The Isles of Scilly (Application of Water Legislation) Order 2020 2020/214 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 2019/1517 UK Statutory Instruments 14/12/2024
The Environment and Wildlife (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 2019/1424 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 Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) (Amendment) Order 2019 2019/1213 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2024
The Environment and Rural Affairs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/1078 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/802 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/782 UK Statutory Instruments
The Veterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/676 UK Statutory Instruments
The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/590 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/588 UK Statutory Instruments
The Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/557 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/556 UK Statutory Instruments
The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 2019/527 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2024
The Pesticides and Fertilisers (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/306 UK Statutory Instruments
The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/223 UK Statutory Instruments
The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/162 UK Statutory Instruments
The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/96 UK Statutory Instruments
The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/90 UK Statutory Instruments
The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/88 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/39 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1408 UK Statutory Instruments
The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1405 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 2018/1227 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Order 2018 2018/739 UK Statutory Instruments
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018 2018/731 UK Statutory Instruments 19/07/2023