A Bill to make provision for and in connection with the implementation by the United Kingdom of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.
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1 The legislation will, along with subsequent secondary legislation, enable the United Kingdom (UK) to implement the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (the BBNJ Agreement) UN Text of BBNJ Agreement . Before it can ratify the Agreement, the UK must be in a position to implement its international obligations in full.
2 The Bill contains 26 clauses and one schedule, addressing three of the four substantive parts of the BBNJ Agreement, Part II: Marine Gene…