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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Food (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1501 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animals, Aquatic Animal Health, Invasive Alien Species, Plant Propagating Material and Seeds (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 2020/1388 UK Statutory Instruments
The Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 2020/541 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health Fees etc.) Regulations 2019 2019/1488 UK Statutory Instruments 14/12/2024
The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 2019/1284 UK Statutory Instruments
The Import of and Trade in Animals and Animal Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/795 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/782 UK Statutory Instruments
The REACH etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/758 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/588 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal By-Products and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1120 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fishing (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 2018/849 UK Statutory Instruments
The Private Water Supplies (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 2018/707 UK Statutory Instruments 27/06/2021
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 2016/1154 UK Statutory Instruments 31/12/2019
The Incidental Flooding and Coastal Erosion (England) Order 2011 2011/2855 UK Statutory Instruments
The Poultrymeat (England) Regulations 2011 2011/452 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (england and Wales) Regulations 2010 2010/675 UK Statutory Instruments 06/04/2017
The Major Accident Off-Site Emergency Plan (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 2009/1927 UK Statutory Instruments
The Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 2007/2078 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 2007/79 UK Statutory Instruments 29/08/2019
Animal Welfare Act 2006 2006/45 UK Public General Acts
Landfill (Scheme Year and Maximum Landfill Amount) Regulations 2004 2004/1936 UK Statutory Instruments
Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003 2003/33 UK Public General Acts
The Enzootic Bovine Leukosis (England) Order 2000 2000/2056 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Extension of Section 140) Regulations 1999 1999/396 UK Statutory Instruments
Environment Act 1995 1995/25 UK Public General Acts
The Infectious Diseases of Horses Order 1987 1987/790 UK Statutory Instruments
Food Act 1984 1984/30 UK Public General Acts
The Importation of Processed Animal Protein Order 1981 1981/677 UK Statutory Instruments
The Importation of Hay and Straw Order 1979 1979/1703 UK Statutory Instruments
The Rabies (Control) Order 1974 1974/2212 UK Statutory Instruments