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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012 2012/2932 UK Statutory Instruments 20/01/2018
The Transfer of Functions (Sea Fisheries) Order 2012 2012/2747 UK Statutory Instruments
The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Commission for Rural Communities) Order 2012 2012/2654 UK Statutory Instruments
The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 2012/2613 UK Statutory Instruments
The River Humber (Burcom Outfall) (Transfer) Order 2012 2012/2533 UK Statutory Instruments
The Public Bodies (Abolition of Environment Protection Advisory Committees) Order 2012 2012/2407 UK Statutory Instruments
The Public Bodies (Abolition of Regional and Local Fisheries Advisory Committees) Order 2012 2012/2406 UK Statutory Instruments
The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 2012/2320 UK Statutory Instruments
The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2012 2012/2000 (C. 79) UK Statutory Instruments
The Designation of Features (Appeals) (England) Regulations 2012 2012/1945 UK Statutory Instruments 23/07/2017
The Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances (Abolition) Order 2012 2012/1923 UK Statutory Instruments
The Ipswich Barrier Order 2012 2012/1867 UK Statutory Instruments
The Designation of Features (Notices) (England) Regulations 2012 2012/1693 UK Statutory Instruments 25/07/2017
The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 2012/1659 UK Statutory Instruments
The Inland Waterways Advisory Council (Abolition) Order 2012 2012/1658 UK Statutory Instruments
The Infrastructure Planning (Waste Water Transfer and Storage) Order 2012 2012/1645 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Weymouth Bay) Order 2012 2012/1559 UK Statutory Instruments
The Bridgewater Canal (Transfer of Undertaking) Order 2012 2012/1266 UK Statutory Instruments
The Control of Dogs (Designation of the Common Council of the City of London as a Secondary Authority) Order 2012 2012/1223 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Amendment of Fixed Penalty Amount) (England) Order 2012 2012/1150 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trent Valley Internal Drainage Board Order 2012 2012/1032 UK Statutory Instruments
The Swale & Ure Drainage Board Order 2012 2012/1031 UK Statutory Instruments
The Ouse and Humber Drainage Board Order 2012 2012/1030 UK Statutory Instruments
The North Level District (2010) Internal Drainage Board Order 2012 2012/1029 UK Statutory Instruments
The Needham and Laddus Internal Drainage Board Order 2012 2012/1028 UK Statutory Instruments
The Doncaster East Internal Drainage Board Order 2012 2012/1027 UK Statutory Instruments
The Danvm Drainage Commissioners Order 2012 2012/1026 UK Statutory Instruments
The Cowick and Snaith Internal Drainage Board Order 2012 2012/1025 UK Statutory Instruments
The Axe Brue Internal Drainage Board Order 2012 2012/1024 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Commencement No. 19) Order 2012 2012/898 (C. 28) UK Statutory Instruments
The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2012 2012/879 (C. 25) UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fishing (Licences and Notices) (England) Regulations 2012 2012/827 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Act 2003 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2012 2012/264 (C. 8) UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Appeals against Works Notices) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 2012/67 UK Statutory Instruments