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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 2019/1517 UK Statutory Instruments 14/12/2024
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2019 2019/769 UK Statutory Instruments
The Aquatic Animal Health and Alien Species in Aquaculture (Amendment) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/452 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2018 2018/575 UK Statutory Instruments
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2016 2016/1002 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 2016/475 UK Statutory Instruments
The Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2016 2016/247 UK Statutory Instruments 24/03/2021
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 2016/149 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2015 2015/1756 UK Statutory Instruments
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2015 2015/1745 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2015 2015/934 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 2015/918 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2014 2014/2852 UK Statutory Instruments
The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations 2014 2014/1240 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 2014/255 UK Statutory Instruments
The Dangerous Dogs (Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2013 2013/1302 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 2013/766 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 2013/390 UK Statutory Instruments
The Public Bodies (Water Supply and Water Quality Fees) Order 2013 2013/277 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 2012/630 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Amendment (No 2) Regulations 2011 2011/2933 UK Statutory Instruments
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (England and Wales) Order 2011 2011/1505 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2010 2010/2172 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 2010/676 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (england and Wales) Regulations 2010 2010/675 UK Statutory Instruments 06/04/2017
The North Western and North Wales Sea Fisheries District (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010 2010/631 UK Statutory Instruments
The Deposits in the Sea (Exemptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2010 2010/304 UK Statutory Instruments
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (England and Wales) Order 2010 2010/75 UK Statutory Instruments
The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 2009/2258 UK Statutory Instruments
The Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Classification) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 2009/1264 UK Statutory Instruments
The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (England and Wales) Order 2008 2008/3243 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fishing (Recovery Measures) Order 2008 2008/2347 UK Statutory Instruments
The Bathing Water Regulations 2008 2008/1097 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fishing (Enforcement of Community Measures) (Penalty Notices) Order 2008 2008/984 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000 (Amendment) Regulations 2007 2007/2734 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fishing (Prohibition on the Removal of Shark Fins) Order 2007 2007/2554 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order 2007 2007/927 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fishing (Marking and Identification of Passive Fishing Gear and Beam Trawls) (England) Order 2006 2006/1549 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Amendment of Section 57) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 2005/3026 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Supply Licence (Modification of Standard Conditions) Order 2005 2005/2033 UK Statutory Instruments