Amendments made: Government amendment 54, page 113, line 39, at end insert “, and

(c) paragraph 15 makes consequential amendments.”

This amendment is consequential on the amendment inserting a new paragraph 15 in Schedule 11 of the Bill.

Government amendment 55, page 122, line 34, at end insert—

“Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123

13A In Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, in Article 14 (remedial measures for cod in the North Sea), omit paragraphs 2 to 4.”

This amendment repeals provisions of retained EU law concerned with the catching of cod in the North Sea. This will allow the United Kingdom to adopt its own measures in relation to cod in the North Sea.

Government amendment 56, page 123, line 19, at end insert—

“Consequential amendments

15 (1) In the Sea Fishing (EU Recording and Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/334) (as amended by the Exit Regulations)—

(a) in article 2, in paragraph (1)—

(i) omit the definition of “Regulation 2017/2403”;

(ii) in the definition of “third country recording and reporting requirement” omit paragraph (ii) (and the “or” before it);

(b) in that article, for paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5) Any expression used, and not defined, in this Order that is used in the Control Regulation or Regulation 404/2011, or that is used in both of those Regulations, has the meaning it has in the Regulation or Regulations in which it is used.”;

(c) in article 6, omit paragraph (2);

(d) in Schedule 2, in the table, omit the entries relating to Regulation 2017/2403.

(2) In the Sea Fishing (EU Control Measures) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/320) (as amended by the Exit Regulations), in article 2(1)—

(a) omit the definition of “Regulation 2017/2403”;

(b) in the definition of “third country control measure”—

(i) omit “Regulation 2017/2403 or”;

(ii) omit paragraph (a).

(3) In this paragraph “the Exit Regulations” means the Fisheries (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/24).” .—(Victoria Prentis.)

This amendment makes amendments of certain Scottish Statutory Instruments which are consequential on the revocation of retained EU law already provided for in Schedule 11 of the Bill.

Bill read the Third time and passed, with amendments.