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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) Order 2021 2021/236 UK Statutory Instruments
The Approved Country Lists (Animals and Animal Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/211 UK Statutory Instruments
The Fertilisers and Ammonium Nitrate Material (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 2021/207 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 2021/187 UK Statutory Instruments
The Zoonoses (Amendment) (England) Order 2021 2021/165 UK Statutory Instruments
The Fertilisers and Ammonium Nitrate Material (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 2021/159 UK Statutory Instruments
The Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) Regulations 2021 2021/158 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/136 UK Statutory Instruments
The Agricultural Holdings (Units of Production) (England) Order 2021 2021/102 UK Statutory Instruments
The Organic Control (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/94 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Health (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 2021/79 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Temporary Measures) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/78 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/54 UK Statutory Instruments
The Countryside Stewardship (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/42 UK Statutory Instruments
Environment Act 2021 2021/30 UK Public General Acts
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (Amendment) Order 2021 2021/23 UK Statutory Instruments
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 2021/21 UK Public General Acts
The Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2021 2021/19 UK Statutory Instruments
The FLEGT Licensing Scheme (Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 2021/2 UK Statutory Instruments
The Organic Production (Organic Indications) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1669 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Commission Regulation (EC) No 865/2006) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/1668 UK Statutory Instruments
The Meat Preparations (Amendment and Transitory Modification) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1666 UK Statutory Instruments
The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1661 UK Statutory Instruments
The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1653 UK Statutory Instruments
The Agriculture Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020 2020/1650 UK Statutory Instruments
The Hazardous Substances and Packaging (Legislative Functions and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1647 UK Statutory Instruments
The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1637 UK Statutory Instruments
The Spirit Drinks, Wine and European Union Withdrawal (Consequential Modifications) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1636 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fishing (Penalty Notices and Designation) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Order 2020 2020/1635 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 2020/1631 UK Statutory Instruments
The Food and Drink (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1627 UK Statutory Instruments
The Control of Mercury (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1620 UK Statutory Instruments
The Detergents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1617 UK Statutory Instruments
The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1616 UK Statutory Instruments
The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 2020/1599 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1590 UK Statutory Instruments
The World Trade Organisation Agreement on Agriculture (Domestic Support) Regulations 2020 2020/1578 UK Statutory Instruments
The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1577 UK Statutory Instruments
The Common Fisheries Policy (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1542 UK Statutory Instruments
The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1540 UK Statutory Instruments