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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/96 UK Statutory Instruments
The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/90 UK Statutory Instruments
The Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/88 UK Statutory Instruments
The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/76 UK Statutory Instruments
The Air Quality (Amendment of Domestic Regulations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/74 UK Statutory Instruments
The Fertilisers (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/71 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Health (Ips typographus) (England) Order 2019 2019/40 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/39 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/32 UK Statutory Instruments
The Drainage (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/31 UK Statutory Instruments
Kew Gardens (Leases) Act 2019 2019/25 UK Public General Acts
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/25 UK Statutory Instruments
Wild Animals in Circuses Act 2019 2019/24 UK Public General Acts
The Humane Trapping Standards Regulations 2019 2019/22 UK Statutory Instruments
The Leghold Trap and Pelt Imports (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/16 UK Statutory Instruments
Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act 2019 2019/15 UK Public General Acts
The Infrastructure Planning (Water Resources) (England) Order 2019 2019/12 UK Statutory Instruments
The Exotic Disease (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1410 UK Statutory Instruments
The Equine Identification (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1409 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1408 UK Statutory Instruments
The Air Quality (Miscellaneous Amendment and Revocation of Retained Direct EU Legislation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1407 UK Statutory Instruments
The Exotic Disease (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1406 UK Statutory Instruments
The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1405 UK Statutory Instruments
The Marine Environment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1399 UK Statutory Instruments
The Nagoya Protocol (Compliance) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1393 UK Statutory Instruments
The INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1338 UK Statutory Instruments
The Quality Schemes (Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs) Regulations 2018 2018/1275 UK Statutory Instruments
The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) (Amendment) Order 2018 2018/1262 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1241 UK Statutory Instruments
The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1238 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 2018/1227 UK Statutory Instruments
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 2018/1214 UK Statutory Instruments 01/01/2022
The Spring Traps Approval (England) Order 2018 2018/1190 UK Statutory Instruments
The Carcase Classification and Price Reporting (England) Regulations 2018 2018/1164 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 5) Order 2018 2018/1136 UK Statutory Instruments 30/06/2020
The Animal By-Products and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1120 UK Statutory Instruments
The Zoonotic Disease Eradication and Control (Amendment) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1110 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Noise (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 2018/1089 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Health (England) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 2018 2018/1051 UK Statutory Instruments 30/06/2020
The Plant Health (Forestry) (Amendment) (England and Scotland) Order 2018 2018/1048 UK Statutory Instruments