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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The River Taw Mussel Fishery Order 1962 1962/1751 UK Statutory Instruments
Pests Act 1954 1954/68 UK Public General Acts
The Agricultural Marketing (Public Inquiry) Rules 1949 1949/2094 UK Statutory Instruments
National Parks and Access to Countryside Act 1949 1949/97 UK Public General Acts
Agricultural Land (Utilisation) Act 1931 1931/41 UK Public General Acts
Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925 1925/38 UK Public General Acts
Universities and College Estates Act 1925 1925/24 UK Public General Acts
Law Of Property Act 1925 1925/20 UK Public General Acts
Dean Forest Act 1906 1906/C. cxix UK Local Acts
Metropolis Management (Thames River Prevention of Floods) Amendment Act 1879 1879/198 UK Local Acts
Game Act 1831 1831/32 UK Public General Acts
Dean and New Forests Act 1808 1808/72 UK Public General Acts
Sea Sand (Devon and Cornwall) Act 1609 1609/C. xviii UK Local Acts