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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
The Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 2024/547 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 2024/541 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 2023/1391 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animals (Penalty Notices) (England) Regulations 2023 2023/1350 UK Statutory Instruments
The Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 2023/1056 UK Statutory Instruments
The Validating Alternative Methods for Salmonella Typing (Amendment) Regulations 2023 2023/793 UK Statutory Instruments
The Seed Marketing (Heterogeneous Material) (Temporary Experiment) (England) Regulations 2023 2023/676 UK Statutory Instruments
The Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2023 2023/517 UK Statutory Instruments
The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England and Scotland) Regulations 2023 2023/287 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Health (Poultry Compartments, Approved Disinfectants and Animal Gatherings) (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Order 2022 2022/1121 UK Statutory Instruments
The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 2022/1120 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 2022/621 UK Statutory Instruments
The Code of Practice for the Welfare of Pigs (Appointed Day and Revocation) (England) Order 2020 2020/127 UK Statutory Instruments
The Individual Ascertainment of Value (England) Order 2019 2019/946 UK Statutory Instruments
The Cattle Compensation (England) Order 2019 2019/945 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Welfare (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 2019/802 UK Statutory Instruments
The Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1241 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 2018/1033 UK Statutory Instruments
The Cattle Compensation (England) (Amendment) Order 2018 2018/754 UK Statutory Instruments 30/11/2021
The Environment and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Revocations) Order 2018 2018/739 UK Statutory Instruments
The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018 2018/731 UK Statutory Instruments 19/07/2023
The Animal By-Products and Pet Passport Fees (England) Regulations 2018 2018/666 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Fees) (England) Regulations 2018 2018/664 UK Statutory Instruments
The Animal Gatherings (Fees) (England) Order 2018 2018/663 UK Statutory Instruments
The Code of Practice for the Welfare of Meat Chickens and Meat Breeding Chickens (Appointed Day and Revocation) (England) Order 2018 2018/303 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Health (Export Certification) (England) (Amendment) Order 2018 2018/286 UK Statutory Instruments
The Tuberculosis (Non-bovine animals) Slaughter and Compensation (England) Order 2017 2017/1254 UK Statutory Instruments 02/01/2023
The Animal Health (Miscellaneous Revocations) Order 2017 2017/1186 UK Statutory Instruments
The Plant Health (Sweet Chestnut Blight) (England) Order 2017 2017/178 UK Statutory Instruments 21/02/2022
The Tuberculosis (England) (Amendment) Order 2016 2016/347 UK Statutory Instruments
The Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2016 2016/247 UK Statutory Instruments 24/03/2021
The Specified Diseases (Notification) (Amendment) (England) Order 2015 2015/2023 UK Statutory Instruments 18/12/2020
The Tuberculosis (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Order 2015 2015/1838 UK Statutory Instruments
The Spring Traps Approval (Variation) (England) Order 2015 2015/1427 UK Statutory Instruments
The Brucellosis (England) Order 2015 2015/364 UK Statutory Instruments
The Imported Livestock Order 1958 1958/558 UK Statutory Instruments
The Pleuro-Pneumonia Order of 1928 1928/205 UK Statutory Instruments