List of statutory instruments of the United Kingdom, 1978
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This is an incomplete list of statutory instruments of the United Kingdom in 1978.
Statutory instruments
1-499
1–99
Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978 (SI 1978/32)
Merchant Shipping (Provisions and Water) Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/36)
District of South Kesteven (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/43)
District of Selby (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/45)
District of Mid Suffolk (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/46)
District of Teignbridge (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/47)
District of Wychavon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/49)
Tayside Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/58)
Highland Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/59)
London Borough of Tower Hamlets (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/63)
District of Basildon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/87)
City of Chester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/88)
London Borough of Harrow (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/89)
District of Vale of White Horse (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/90)
100–199
Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Documents) (Amendment) Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/107)
New Forest and Southampton (Areas) Order 1978 (SI 1978/129)
State Scheme Premiums (Actuarial Tables) Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/134)
200–299
Patents Rules 1978 (SI 1978/216)
The District of Derwentside (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/231)
Local Government Area Changes (Amendment) Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/247)
Agricultural Holdings (Arbitration on Notices) Order 1978 (SI 1978/257)
Transfer of Functions (Wales) (No. 1) Order 1978 (SI 1978/272)
Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/294)
300–399
Home Loss Payments (Scotland) Order 1978 (SI 1978/323)
Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/375)
Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (No. 2) Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/393)
400–499
National Insurance Commissioners (Pensions) (Preservation of Benefits) Order 1978 (SI 1978/407)
National Insurance Commissioners' Pensions (Requisite Benefits) Order 1978 (SI 1978/408)
The Lothian Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/418)
The Borough of Hastings (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/437)
Industrial Training (Transfer of the Activities of Establishments) Order 1978 (SI 1978/448)
Property (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (SI 1978/459) (N.I. 4)
Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (SI 1978/460) (N.I. 5)
Loughborough and Birstall Light Railway Order 1978 (SI 1978/471)
The District of South Holland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/482)
501–600
Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 3) 1978 (SI 1978/579)
601–700
The Borough of Sandwell (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/610)
Offshore Installations (Fire-fighting Equipment) Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/611)
Legal Aid (Scotland) (General) Amendment Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/622)
Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1978 (SI 1978/627)
701–800
Price Marking (Food) Order 1978 (SI 1978/738)
County Court Funds (Amendment) Rules 1978 (SI 1978/750)
The Borough of Hove (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/753)
Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/795)
801–900
Administration of Justice Act 1977 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1978 (SI 1978/810)
Babies' Dummies (Safety) Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/836)
Cambridge Water Order 1978 (SI 1978/881)
The Grampian Region (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/882)
Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/884)
901–1000
Merchant Shipping (Seamen's Documents) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/979)
Cambridge Water (No. 2) Order 1978 (SI 1978/986)
The District of West Lindsey (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/990)
1001–1100
Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)
Financial Provisions (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 S.I. 1978/1041 (N.I. 11)
Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 S.I. 1978/1045 (N.I. 15)
Payments for Debt (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 S.I. 1978/1046 (N.I. 16)
Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 S.I. 1978/1047 (N.I. 17)
Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 S.I. 1978/1048 (N.I. 18)
Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 S.I. 1978/1049 (N.I. 19)
Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 S.I. 1978/1050 (N.I. 20)
1101–1200
Criminal Appeal (Amendment) Rules 1978 (SI 1978/1118)
Isle of Wight (Havenstreet and Wootton) Light Railway Order 1978 (SI 1978/1119)
Mobility Allowance (Motability Payments Arrangements) Regulations 1978 (SI 1978/1131)
1201–1300
Pensions Increase (Annual Review) Order 1978 (SI 1978/1211)
Industrial Training (Transfer of the Activities of Establishments) (No. 2) Order 1978 (SI 1978/1225)
District of Allerdale (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978 (SI 1978/1246)
Borough of St.
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