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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Psittacosis or Ornithosis Order 1953 1953/38 UK Statutory Instruments
The Diseases of Animals (Extension of Definition of Poultry) Order 1953 1953/37 UK Statutory Instruments
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 1953/28 UK Public General Acts
Agricultural Land (Removal of Surface Soil) Act 1953 1953/10 UK Public General Acts