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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Isles of Scilly (Amendment) Order 2020 2020/217 UK Statutory Instruments
The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2020 2020/109 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 2019/1285 UK Statutory Instruments
The North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation (Amendment) Order 2019 2019/1239 UK Statutory Instruments
The Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation (Amendment) Order 2019 2019/1223 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 2019/1093 UK Statutory Instruments
The Tollesbury and Mersea (Blackwater) Fishery Order 2019 2019/974 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1241 UK Statutory Instruments
The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1238 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 2018/1227 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal By-Products and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1120 UK Statutory Instruments
The Equine Identification (England) Regulations 2018 2018/761 UK Statutory Instruments
The Bathing Water (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2018 2018/527 UK Statutory Instruments 31/07/2018
The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) Order 2018 2018/501 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 2018/486 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2023
The Littering From Vehicles Outside London (Keepers: Civil Penalties) Regulations 2018 2018/171 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 2018/110 UK Statutory Instruments 31/12/2019
The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017 2017/1312 UK Statutory Instruments 09/01/2020
The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (England) Regulations 2017 2017/1050 UK Statutory Instruments
The Caseins and Caseinates (England) Regulations 2017 2017/848 UK Statutory Instruments 26/09/2022
The Cattle Identification (Amendment) Regulations 2017 2017/101 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 2016/1154 UK Statutory Instruments 31/12/2019
The Commons (Registration of Town or Village Greens) and Dedicated Highways (Landowner Statements and Declarations) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 2016/1081 UK Statutory Instruments
The Fal Fishery Order 2016 2016/716 UK Statutory Instruments
The Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016 2016/618 UK Statutory Instruments 27/06/2021
The Control of Noise (Appeals) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2016 2016/279 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 2016/149 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) (Amendment) Order 2016 2016/76 UK Statutory Instruments
The Honey (England) Regulations 2015 2015/1348 UK Statutory Instruments 24/06/2020
The Regional Flood and Coastal Committees (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 2011/695 UK Statutory Instruments
The Legislative Reform (Dangerous Wild Animals) (Licensing) Order 2010 2010/839 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (england and Wales) Regulations 2010 2010/675 UK Statutory Instruments 06/04/2017
The Sea Fishing (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing) Order 2009 2009/3391 UK Statutory Instruments
The Major Accident Off-Site Emergency Plan (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) (England and Wales) Regulations 2009 2009/1927 UK Statutory Instruments
The Bathing Water Regulations 2008 2008/1097 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 2007/79 UK Statutory Instruments 29/08/2019
The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 2002/3080 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2000 2000/3184 UK Statutory Instruments
The Town and Country Planning (Trees) Regulations 1999 1999/1892 UK Statutory Instruments
The Statutory Nuisance (Appeals) Regulations 1995 1995/2644 UK Statutory Instruments