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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Radioactive Contaminated Land (Modification of Enactments) (England) Regulations 2006 2006/1379 UK Statutory Instruments
The General Drainage Charges (Anglian Region) Order 2006 2006/826 UK Statutory Instruments
The Witham Third District Internal Drainage District (Alteration of Boundaries) Order 2006 2006/774 UK Statutory Instruments
The Broads (2006) Internal Drainage Board Order 2006 2006/773 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006 2006/641 UK Statutory Instruments
The North Level Internal Drainage Board Order 2005 2005/3601 UK Statutory Instruments
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) and National Emissions Inventory Regulations 2005 2005/2903 UK Statutory Instruments
The North Somerset Internal Drainage Board Order 2005 2005/2725 UK Statutory Instruments
The River Deben Internal Drainage Board Order 2005 2005/2512 UK Statutory Instruments
The Ramsey Internal Drainage Board Order 2005 2005/2477 UK Statutory Instruments
The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 2005/894 UK Statutory Instruments
The Parrett Internal Drainage Board Order 2005 2005/431 UK Statutory Instruments
The Lower Severn Internal Drainage Board Order 2005 2005/430 UK Statutory Instruments
The End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) Regulations 2005 2005/263 UK Statutory Instruments
The Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (England) Regulations 2004 2004/3212 UK Statutory Instruments
The Amalgamation of the West of Ouse, Gaywood, Magdalen, Marshlands Smeeth and Fen, and Wingland Internal Drainage Districts Order 2004 2004/1657 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004 2004/99 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003 2003/3245 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 2003/3242 UK Statutory Instruments
The End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003 2003/2635 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 2003/164 UK Statutory Instruments
Water Act 2003 2003/37 UK Public General Acts
Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 2003/33 UK Public General Acts
The Wye Navigation Order 2002 2002/1998 UK Statutory Instruments
The Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) (England) Regulations 2001 2001/2954 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 2000/3359 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Other Dangerous Substances (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 2000/1043 UK Statutory Instruments
The Anti-Pollution Works Regulations 1999 1999/1006 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Protection Zone (River Dee Catchment) (Procedural and Other Provisions) Regulations 1999 1999/916 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Protection Zone (River Dee Catchment) Designation Order 1999 1999/915 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Extension of Section 140) Regulations 1999 1999/396 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Impact Assessment (Fish Farming in Marine Waters) Regulations 1999 1999/367 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water (Compulsory Works Powers) (Notice) Regulations 1999 1999/221 UK Statutory Instruments
Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 1999/24 UK Public General Acts
The Surface Water (Fishlife) (Classification) Regulation 1997 1997/1331 UK Statutory Instruments
The Control of Pollution (Applications, Appeals and Registers) Regulations 1996 1996/2971 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection (Applications, Appeals and Registers) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1996 1996/979 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Licences (Suspension and Revocation) Regulations 1996 1996/508 UK Statutory Instruments
Environment Act 1995 1995/25 UK Public General Acts
The Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994 1994/2841 UK Statutory Instruments