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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 2022/1302 UK Statutory Instruments
The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 2022/1293 UK Statutory Instruments
The Air Quality (Designation of Relevant Public Authorities) (England) Regulations 2022 2022/1292 UK Statutory Instruments
The Organic Production (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 2022/1279 UK Statutory Instruments
The Seed (Equivalence) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 2022/1274 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2022 2022/1266 UK Statutory Instruments
The Agriculture Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) (England) Regulations 2022 2022/1255 UK Statutory Instruments
The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) (Amendment) Order 2022 2022/1242 UK Statutory Instruments
The Rural Development (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2022 2022/1225 UK Statutory Instruments
The Avian Influenza and Influenza of Avian Origin in Mammals (Amendment) (England) Order 2022 2022/1224 UK Statutory Instruments
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2022 2022/1222 UK Statutory Instruments
The Ammonium Nitrate Materials (High Nitrogen Content) Safety (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 2022/1182 UK Statutory Instruments
The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022 2022/1150 UK Statutory Instruments
The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 2022/1142 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Health (Poultry Compartments, Approved Disinfectants and Animal Gatherings) (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Order 2022 2022/1121 UK Statutory Instruments
The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 2022/1120 UK Statutory Instruments
The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2022 2022/1108 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animals, Food, Plant Health, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) Regulations 2022 2022/1090 UK Statutory Instruments
The Yorkshire Water Services Limited (River Ouse, Moor Monkton) Drought Order 2022 2022/1089 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Iwade to Grain No. 1) Order 2022 2022/1088 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Amble to Bamburgh) Order 2022 2022/1086 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Whitstable to Iwade) Order 2022 2022/1085 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment Agency (Upper Black Moss and Lower Black Moss Reservoirs) Drought Order 2022 2022/1059 UK Statutory Instruments
The Pests of Plants (Authorisations) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 2022/1020 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2022 2022/988 UK Statutory Instruments
The Food Information (Amendment of Transitional Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022 2022/938 UK Statutory Instruments
The African Swine Fever (Import Controls) (England and Scotland) Order 2022 2022/926 UK Statutory Instruments
The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 2022/924 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment Agency (Holme Styes Reservoir) Drought Order 2022 2022/902 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Gosport to Portsmouth) Order 2022 2022/884 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Calshot to Gosport) Order 2022 2022/883 UK Statutory Instruments
The Common Agricultural Policy (Cross-Compliance Exemptions and Transitional Regulation) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022 2022/861 UK Statutory Instruments
The Beavers (England) Order 2022 2022/858 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2032
The United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Single-Use Plastics) Regulations 2022 2022/857 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 2022/846 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 2022/836 UK Statutory Instruments
The Aquatic Animal Health (Amendment) Regulations 2022 2022/835 UK Statutory Instruments
The Seal Products (Amendment) Regulations 2022 2022/771 UK Statutory Instruments
The Rural Development (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 2022/765 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Southend to Wallasea Island) Order 2022 2022/760 UK Statutory Instruments