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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 2019/1488 UK Statutory Instruments 14/12/2024
The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) (Amendment) Order 2019 2019/1213 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2024
The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 2019/1093 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/782 UK Statutory Instruments
The Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/746 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/588 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Order 2018 2018/739 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 2018/486 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2023
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 2016/1154 UK Statutory Instruments 31/12/2019
The African Horse Sickness (England) Regulations 2012 2012/2629 UK Statutory Instruments 21/11/2017
The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2011 2011/2154 UK Statutory Instruments 02/01/2022
The Animal By-Products (Enforcement)(England) Regulations 2011 2011/881 UK Statutory Instruments
The Legislative Reform (Dangerous Wild Animals) (Licensing) Order 2010 2010/839 UK Statutory Instruments
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2010 2010/801 UK Statutory Instruments 30/11/2016
The Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010 2010/543 UK Statutory Instruments
The Swine Vesicular Disease Regulations 2009 2009/1299 UK Statutory Instruments
The Bluetongue Regulations 2008 2008/962 UK Statutory Instruments 24/08/2017
Planning Act 2008 2008/29 UK Public General Acts
The Export and Movement Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) (No.2) Regulations 2007 2007/3435 UK Statutory Instruments
The Bluetongue (No. 2) Order 2007 2007/3304 UK Statutory Instruments
The Export and Movement Restrictions (Foot-and-Mouth Disease) Regulations 2007 2007/3295 UK Statutory Instruments
The Tuberculosis (England) Order 2007 2007/740 UK Statutory Instruments
The Cattle Identification Regulations 2007 2007/529 UK Statutory Instruments 06/04/2018
The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (England) Order 2006 2006/3249 UK Statutory Instruments
The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Poultry) (England) Order 2006 2006/3247 UK Statutory Instruments
The Avian Influenza (Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2006 2006/2703 UK Statutory Instruments
The Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006 2006/2701 UK Statutory Instruments
The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (England) Order 2006 2006/1197 UK Statutory Instruments
The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) (England) Regulations 2006 2006/183 UK Statutory Instruments
The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (England) Order 2006 2006/182 UK Statutory Instruments
Animal Welfare Act 2006 2006/45 UK Public General Acts
The African Swine Fever (England) Order 2003 2003/2913 UK Statutory Instruments
The Classical Swine Fever (England) Order 2003 2003/2329 UK Statutory Instruments
The Disease Control (England) Order 2003 2003/1729 UK Statutory Instruments 06/04/2021
The Animal Gatherings (England) Order 2003 2003/1723 UK Statutory Instruments
The Diseases of Poultry (England) Order 2003 2003/1078 UK Statutory Instruments
Water Act 2003 2003/37 UK Public General Acts
The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 2002/3080 UK Statutory Instruments
The Enzootic Bovine Leukosis (England) Order 2000 2000/2056 UK Statutory Instruments
The Brucellosis (England) Order 2000 2000/2055 UK Statutory Instruments