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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/802 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
The Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2016 2016/247 UK Statutory Instruments 24/03/2021
The Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2015 2015/1427 UK Statutory Instruments