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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022 2022/26 UK Public General Acts
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 2022/22 UK Public General Acts
The Private Storage Aid for Pigmeat (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 2022/21 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Grain to Woolwich) Order 2022 2022/20 UK Statutory Instruments
Animals (Penalty Notices) Act 2022 2022/19 UK Public General Acts
The Official Controls (Temporary Measures) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 2021/1491 UK Statutory Instruments
The Exotic Animal Disease (Amendment) (England) Order 2021 2021/1472 UK Statutory Instruments
The Wine (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/1471 UK Statutory Instruments
The Approved Country Lists (Animals and Animal Products) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 2021/1454 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 2021/1443 UK Statutory Instruments
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) (No. 2) Order 2021 2021/1440 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fisheries (Amendment etc.) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 2021/1429 UK Statutory Instruments
The Eggs (England) Regulations 2021 2021/1413 UK Statutory Instruments
The Ozone-Depleting Substances (Grant of Halon Derogations) Regulations 2021 2021/1397 UK Statutory Instruments
The Common Organisation of the Markets in Agricultural Products (Marketing Standards and Organic Products) (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/1396 UK Statutory Instruments
The Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/1395 UK Statutory Instruments
The Reservoirs Act (Panels of Civil Engineers) (Applications and Fees) Regulations 2021 2021/1362 UK Statutory Instruments
The Import and Export Licensing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 2021/1358 UK Statutory Instruments
The Littering From Vehicles Outside London (Keepers: Civil Penalties) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/1357 UK Statutory Instruments
The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Transfer of Staff to the Office for Environmental Protection) Regulations 2021 2021/1353 UK Statutory Instruments
The Upwell Internal Drainage Board Order 2021 2021/1336 UK Statutory Instruments
The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2021 2021/1307 UK Statutory Instruments
The Avian Influenza (H5N1 in Wild Birds) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 2021/1305 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2021 2021/1274 UK Statutory Instruments
The Products Containing Meat etc. (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/1271 UK Statutory Instruments
The Private Storage Aid for Pigmeat (England) Regulations 2021 2021/1269 UK Statutory Instruments
The Organics (Equivalence and Control Bodies Listing) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/1266 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 2021/1229 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water and Sewerage Undertakers (Exit from Non-household Retail Market) (Consequential Provision) Regulations 2021 2021/1208 UK Statutory Instruments
The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 2021/1171 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/1096 UK Statutory Instruments
The Direct Payments to Farmers (Inspections) (England) Regulations 2021 2021/1057 UK Statutory Instruments
The Tuberculosis in Animals (England) Order 2021 2021/1001 UK Statutory Instruments
The Meat Preparations (Amendment and Transitory Modification) (England) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 2021/972 UK Statutory Instruments
The Doncaster East Internal Drainage Board Order 2021 2021/919 UK Statutory Instruments
The Fisheries Act 2020 (Scheme for Financial Assistance) (England) Regulations 2021 2021/908 UK Statutory Instruments
The REACH etc. (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/904 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021 2021/809 UK Statutory Instruments
The International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 and 1418/2007) Regulations 2021 2021/785 UK Statutory Instruments
The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Maldon to Salcott) Order 2021 2021/769 UK Statutory Instruments