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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 2015/1360 UK Statutory Instruments
The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) Regulations 2015 2015/821 UK Statutory Instruments 12/10/2020
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015 2015/776 UK Statutory Instruments 05/10/2020
The Wildlife and Countryside (Registration, Ringing and Marking of Certain Captive Birds) (England) Regulations 2015 2015/618 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Health (England) Order 2015 2015/610 UK Statutory Instruments 01/07/2020
The Sea Fishing (Points for Masters of Fishing Boats) Regulations 2014 2014/3345 UK Statutory Instruments 12/01/2020
The Clean Air (Miscellaneous Provisions) (England) Regulations 2014 2014/3318 UK Statutory Instruments
The Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2014 2014/3038 UK Statutory Instruments
The Commons Act 2006 (Commencement No. 7, Transitional and Savings Provisions) (England) Order 2014 2014/3026 UK Statutory Instruments
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 2014/2890 UK Statutory Instruments
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 2013/3113 UK Statutory Instruments 31/12/2018
The Commons (Registration of Town or Village Greens) and Dedicated Highways (Landowner Statements and Declarations) (England) Regulations 2013 2013/1774 UK Statutory Instruments
The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Capacity, Registration, Prescribed Forms, etc.) (England) Regulations 2013 2013/1677 UK Statutory Instruments 30/07/2018
The Zootechnical Standards (England) Regulations 2012 2012/2665 UK Statutory Instruments 30/11/2017
The Fishing Boats (Satellite-Tracking Devices and Electronic Reporting) (England) Scheme 2012 2012/1375 UK Statutory Instruments
The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 2011/988 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2017
The Animal By-Products (Enforcement)(England) Regulations 2011 2011/881 UK Statutory Instruments
The Marine Licensing (Register of Licensing Information) Regulations 2011 2011/424 UK Statutory Instruments
The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) Order 2011 2011/409 UK Statutory Instruments
The Marketing of Fruit Plant Material Regulations 2010 2010/2079 UK Statutory Instruments
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2010 2010/801 UK Statutory Instruments 30/11/2016
The Environment Agency (Inland Waterways Order) 2010 2010/699 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (england and Wales) Regulations 2010 2010/675 UK Statutory Instruments 06/04/2017
The Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 2010/491 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2009 2009/3219 UK Statutory Instruments 06/04/2019
The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Control Measures) (Amendment) Order 2009 2009/1847 UK Statutory Instruments
The Waste Batteries and Accumlators Regulations 2009 2009/890 UK Statutory Instruments
Wine Regulations 2009 2009/386 UK Statutory Instruments
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 2009/23 UK Public General Acts
The Wildlife and Countryside (Registration and Ringing of Certain Captive Birds) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 2008/2357 UK Statutory Instruments
The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2008 2008/2297 UK Statutory Instruments
The Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2008 2008/1961 UK Statutory Instruments
The Farriers' Qualifications (European Recognition) Regulations 2008 2008/646 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 2008/165 UK Statutory Instruments
The Commons (Deregistration and Exchange Orders) (Interim Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2007 2007/2585 UK Statutory Instruments
The Dedicated Highways (Registers under Section 31A of the Highways Act 1980) (England) Regulations 2007 2007/2334 UK Statutory Instruments
The Large Combustion Plants (National Emission Reduction Plan) Regulations 2007 2007/2325 UK Statutory Instruments
The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 2007/2078 UK Statutory Instruments
The Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 2007 2007/1842 UK Statutory Instruments 16/08/2017
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 2007/871 UK Statutory Instruments 01/07/2017