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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 1984/40 UK Public General Acts
Animal health and welfare Act 1984 1984/40 UK Public General Acts
Food Act 1984 1984/30 UK Public General Acts
The Foot-and-Mouth Disease Order 1983 1983/1950 UK Statutory Instruments
The Aujeszky's Disease Order 1983 1983/344 UK Statutory Instruments
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 1981/69 UK Public General Acts
Fisheries Act 1981 1981/29 UK Public General Acts
Animal Health Act 1981 1981/22 UK Public General Acts
The Sheep Variable Premium (Protection of Payments) (No 2) Order 1980 1980/1811 UK Statutory Instruments
Highways Act 1980 1980/66 UK Public General Acts
Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980 1980/27 UK Public General Acts
The Corn Sales Act 1921 (Amendment) Regulations 1979 1979/357 UK Statutory Instruments
Agricultural Statistics Act 1979 1979/13 UK Public General Acts
The Corn Returns Act 1882 (Amendment of Units) Order 1976 1976/1034 UK Statutory Instruments
Fishery Limits Act 1976 1976/86 UK Public General Acts
Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 1976/72 UK Public General Acts
Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 1976/38 UK Public General Acts
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 1975/51 UK Public General Acts
The Rabies (Control) Order 1974 1974/2212 UK Statutory Instruments
The Rabies (Importation of Dogs, Cats and Other Mammals) Order 1974 1974/2211 UK Statutory Instruments
Control of Pollution Act 1974 1974/40 UK Public General Acts
Slaughterhouses Act 1974 1974/3 UK Public General Acts
Poisons Act 1972 1972/66 UK Public General Acts
Conservation of Seals Act 1970 1970/30 UK Public General Acts
Countryside Act 1968 1968/41 UK Public General Acts
The Removal of Refuse Regulations 1967 1967/1240 UK Statutory Instruments
Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 1967/84 UK Public General Acts
Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 1967/83 UK Public General Acts
Forestry Act 1967 1967/10 UK Public General Acts
The Eggs (Marking and Storage) Regulations 1965 1965/1000 UK Statutory Instruments
The Artificial Insemination of Pigs (England and Wales) Regulations 1964 1964/1172 UK Statutory Instruments
Weeds Act 1959 1959/54 UK Public General Acts
The Imported Livestock Order 1958 1958/558 UK Statutory Instruments
Pest Acts 1954 1954/68 UK Public General Acts
The Psittacosis or Ornithosis Order 1953 1953/38 UK Statutory Instruments
The Agricultural Marketing (Reorganisation Commission) Regulations 1950 1950/1869 UK Statutory Instruments
The British Wool Marketing Scheme (Approval) Order 1950 1950/1326 UK Statutory Instruments
The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Regulations  1950 1950/1066 UK Statutory Instruments
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