Amendments made: Government amendment 25, page 55, line 17, at end insert—

‘(4) This paragraph does not confer power on a sea fish licensing authority to make arrangements for a licensing function to be exercised on its behalf by another sea fish licensing authority (see instead section (Agency arrangements between sea fish licensing authorities)(agency arrangements between sea fish licensing authorities)).”

This amendment clarifies the relationship between the power in paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to arrange for licensing functions to be exercised by an agent, and the powers in NC8 under which sea fish licensing authorities are able to make agency arrangements with each other.

Government amendment 26, page 57, line 10, leave out sub-paragraph (1)

This amendment removes the definition of “sea fish licensing authority” from Schedule 3. The definition is inserted into clause 49 by a separate amendment. The effect is that the definition applies generally in the Bill. The definition is used in NC8.

Government amendment 27, page 57, line 17, leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

(a) section 15 or 17,”.—(Victoria Prentis.)

This amendment is consequential on NC9 and has the effect that the power of the Scottish Ministers to maintain a list of fishing boats that they regulate even if they are also regulated by the Faroe Islands authorities is not a power that counts as a “licensing function” under Schedule 3.