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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Sea Fishing (North Norfolk Coast) (Prohibition of Trawling) Order 1972 1972/1662 UK Statutory Instruments
Agriculture Act 1970 1970/40 UK Public General Acts
Conservation of Seals Act 1970 1970/30 UK Public General Acts
Sea Fisheries Act 1968 1968/77 UK Public General Acts
Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967 1967/84 UK Public General Acts
Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 1967/83 UK Public General Acts
Slaughter of Poultry Act 1967 1967/24 UK Public General Acts
Agriculture Act 1967 1967/22 UK Public General Acts
Forestry Act 1967 1967/10 UK Public General Acts
Riding Establishments Act 1964 1964/70 UK Public General Acts
Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963 1963/43 UK Public General Acts
Game Laws (Amendment) Act 1960 1960/36 UK Public General Acts
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
Pests Act 1954 1954/68 UK Public General Acts
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 1953/28 UK Public General Acts
Pet Animals Act 1951 1951/35 UK Public General Acts
The British Wool Marketing Scheme (Approval) Order 1950 1950/1326 UK Statutory Instruments
National Parks and Access to Countryside Act 1949 1949/97 UK Public General Acts
Coast Protection Act 1949 1949/74 UK Public General Acts
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 1949/55 UK Public General Acts
Agriculture Act 1947 1947/48 UK Public General Acts
Hill Farming Act 1946 1946/73 UK Public General Acts
Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934 1934/49 UK Public General Acts
Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932 1932/12 UK Public General Acts
Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925 1925/38 UK Public General Acts
Law Of Property Act 1925 1925/20 UK Public General Acts
Metropolis Management (Thames River Prevention of Floods) Amendment Act 1879 1879/198 UK Local Acts