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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Litter Etc (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1991 1991/719 UK Statutory Instruments
Water Resources Act 1991 1991/C. 57 UK Public General Acts
Food Safety Act 1990 1990/16 UK Public General Acts
The Water (Meters) Regulations 1988 1988/1048 UK Statutory Instruments
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 1986/14 UK Public General Acts
Wildlife and Countryside (Service of Notices) Act 1985 1985/59 UK Public General Acts
Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment) Act 1985 1985/31 UK Public General Acts
Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 1984/40 UK Public General Acts
Animal health and welfare Act 1984 1984/40 UK Public General Acts
The Commons (Schemes) Regulations 1982 1982/209 UK Statutory Instruments
The Control of Noise (Code of Practice on Noise from Ice-Cream Van Chimes Etc.) Order 1981 1981/1828 UK Statutory Instruments
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 1981/69 UK Public General Acts
Highways Act 1980 1980/66 UK Public General Acts
The Truro Port Fishery (Variation) Order 1975 1975/710 UK Statutory Instruments
Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 1958/47 UK Public General Acts
The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Regulations  1950 1950/1066 UK Statutory Instruments
National Parks and Access to Countryside Act 1949 1949/97 UK Public General Acts
Metropolis Management (Thames River Prevention of Floods) Amendment Act 1879 1879/198 UK Local Acts