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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Wine (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/639 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020 2020/603 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/589 UK Statutory Instruments
The Vegetable Plant Material and Seed (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 2020/579 UK Statutory Instruments
The Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/576 UK Statutory Instruments
The Direct Payments to Farmers (Inspections) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020 2020/575 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020 2020/552 UK Statutory Instruments 14/12/2024
The Direct Payments Penalty Simplification (England) Regulations 2020 2020/551 UK Statutory Instruments
The Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 2020/541 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fishing (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/516 UK Statutory Instruments
The Direct Payments to Farmers (Application Deadlines) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 2020/510 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/489 UK Statutory Instruments
The Common Agricultural Policy (Control and Enforcement, Cross-Compliance, Scrutiny of Transactions and Appeals) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 2020/477 UK Statutory Instruments
The Direct Payments to Farmers (Crop Diversification Derogation) (England) Regulations 2020 2020/475 UK Statutory Instruments
The Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2020 2020/463 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/381 UK Statutory Instruments
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2020 2020/324 UK Statutory Instruments
The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) (Amendment) Order 2020 2020/268 UK Statutory Instruments
The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/248 UK Statutory Instruments
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 2) (England) Order 2020 2020/245 UK Statutory Instruments
The Isles of Scilly (Amendment) Order 2020 2020/217 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment Act 1995 (Commencement No. 26) Order 2020 2020/216 UK Statutory Instruments
The Isles of Scilly (Application of Water Legislation) Order 2020 2020/214 UK Statutory Instruments
The Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (England) Order 2020 2020/207 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Walney Island) Order 2020 2020/140 UK Statutory Instruments
The Code of Practice for the Welfare of Pigs (Appointed Day and Revocation) (England) Order 2020 2020/127 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/109 UK Statutory Instruments
The Rules for Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/91 UK Statutory Instruments
The Financing, Management and Monitoring of Direct Payments to Farmers (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/90 UK Statutory Instruments
The Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020 2020/41 UK Statutory Instruments
Fisheries Act 2020 2020/22 UK Public General Acts
Agriculture Act 2020 2020/21 UK Public General Acts
The Plant Health etc. (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/9 UK Statutory Instruments
Direct Payments to Farmers (Legislative Continuity) Act 2020 2020/2 UK Public General Acts
The Official Controls (Plant Health and Genetically Modified Organisms) (England) Regulations 2019 2019/1517 UK Statutory Instruments 14/12/2024
The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 2019/1488 UK Statutory Instruments 14/12/2024
The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019 2019/1455 UK Statutory Instruments
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) (No. 2) Order 2019 2019/1453 UK Statutory Instruments
The Waste and Environmental Protection (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/1443 UK Statutory Instruments
The Eggs and Poultrymeat (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 2019/1442 UK Statutory Instruments