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Title Year and Number Legislation Type Review Date
Environment and Safety Information Act 1988 1988/30 UK Public General Acts
Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1988 1988/29 UK Public General Acts
Farm Land and Rural Development Act 1988 1988/16 UK Public General Acts
Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 1988/4 UK Public General Acts