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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Enforcement Regulations 2024 2024/1146 UK Statutory Instruments
The Seed Marketing (CMS Wheat Hybrids) (Temporary Experiment) (England) Regulations 2024 2024/899 UK Statutory Instruments
The Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 2024/567 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 2023/982 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2028
The Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme) Regulations 2023 2023/896 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Health and Phytosanitary Conditions (Oak Processionary Moth and Plant Pests) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 2023/497 UK Statutory Instruments
The Market Measures Payment Schemes (Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provision) (England) Regulations 2023 2023/124 UK Statutory Instruments
The Products Containing Meat etc. (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/1271 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1388 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020 2020/552 UK Statutory Instruments 14/12/2024
The Isles of Scilly (Application of Water Legislation) Order 2020 2020/214 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 2019/1488 UK Statutory Instruments 14/12/2024
The Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 2019/1354 UK Statutory Instruments
The Humane Trapping Standards (England and Wales) Regulations 2019 2019/1288 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 2019/1284 UK Statutory Instruments
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 Tollesbury and Mersea (Blackwater) Fishery Order 2019 2019/974 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/802 UK Statutory Instruments
The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring Supplementary Provisions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/765 UK Statutory Instruments
The Common Agricultural Policy (Financing, Management and Monitoring) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/763 UK Statutory Instruments
The Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/746 UK Statutory Instruments
The Common Agricultural Policy and Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/733 UK Statutory Instruments
The Veterinary Medicines and Animals and Animal Products (Examination of Residues and Maximum Residue Limits) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/676 UK Statutory Instruments
The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/590 UK Statutory Instruments
The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 2019/527 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2024
The Farriers and Animal Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/457 UK Statutory Instruments
The Veterinary Surgeons and Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/454 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Health (Ips typographus) (England) Order 2019 2019/40 UK Statutory Instruments
The Humane Trapping Standards Regulations 2019 2019/22 UK Statutory Instruments
The Quality Schemes (Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs) Regulations 2018 2018/1275 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1241 UK Statutory Instruments
The Carcase Classification and Price Reporting (England) Regulations 2018 2018/1164 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fishing (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 2018/849 UK Statutory Instruments
The Equine Identification (England) Regulations 2018 2018/761 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 Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018 2018/643 UK Statutory Instruments
The Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (England) Regulations 2018 2018/556 UK Statutory Instruments 04/05/2023
The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 2018/486 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2023