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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 2023/1243 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 2023/1046 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) (Amendment) Order 2023 2023/1045 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 2023/982 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2028
The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 2023/770 UK Statutory Instruments
The Food Information (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2019 2019/1218 UK Statutory Instruments 13/12/2024
The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/814 UK Statutory Instruments
The Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/746 UK Statutory Instruments
The Quality Schemes (Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs) Regulations 2018 2018/1275 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 Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (England) Regulations 2018 2018/556 UK Statutory Instruments 04/05/2023
The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 2018/486 UK Statutory Instruments 01/10/2023
The Sea Fish (Marketing Standards) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2018 2018/437 UK Statutory Instruments
The Littering From Vehicles Outside London (Keepers: Civil Penalties) Regulations 2018 2018/171 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017 2017/1312 UK Statutory Instruments 09/01/2020
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (England and Wales) Order 2017 2017/1248 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (England) Regulations 2017 2017/1050 UK Statutory Instruments
The Water Supply and Sewerage Services (Customer Service Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 2017/246 UK Statutory Instruments
The Household Waste (Fixed Penalty and Penalty Charge) Regulations 2015 2015/969 UK Statutory Instruments
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015 2015/776 UK Statutory Instruments 05/10/2020
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Amendment of Fixed Penalty Amount) (England) Order 2012 2012/1150 UK Statutory Instruments
The Sea Fishing (Penalty Notices) (England) Order 2011 2011/758 UK Statutory Instruments
The Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010 2010/1157 UK Statutory Instruments
Flood and Water Management Act 2010 2010/29 UK Public General Acts
The Water Industry (Special Administration) Rules 2009 2009/2477 UK Statutory Instruments
Planning Act 2008 2008/29 UK Public General Acts
The Contaminated Land Regulations 2006 2006/1380 UK Statutory Instruments
The Dog Control Orders (Prescribed Offences and Penalties, etc) Regulations 2006 2006/1059 UK Statutory Instruments
Commons Act 2006 2006/26 UK Public General Acts
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 2005/16 UK Public General Acts
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Scallops) (Irish Sea) Order 2004 2004/2040 UK Statutory Instruments
Water Act 2003 2003/37 UK Public General Acts
The Wye Navigation Order 2002 2002/1998 UK Statutory Instruments
The Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalty) (England) Order 2002 2002/425 UK Statutory Instruments
The Litter (Fixed Penalty) (England) Order 2002 2002/424 UK Statutory Instruments
Petroleum Act 1998 1998/17 UK Public General Acts
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) Order 1997 1997/1565 UK Statutory Instruments
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) Revocation Order 1996 1996/2466 UK Statutory Instruments
The Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish and Plants) Order 1996 1996/448 UK Statutory Instruments