You may know this:
UK #InternalMarket Bill has arrived @UKHouseofLords.
But prob. no debate til after crunch EU Council, i.e. week after next.

But what you may not know:
It looks quite different to way it did before, inc. *big* amendments to part on N.Ireland #Protocol...
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Eagle-eyed viewers among you will have spotted the first change.
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Part 5 now starts with 42, not 40.

So the contentious clauses (which, "yes, do break international law") are now:
44 [export declns],
45 [state aid]
& 47 [law? schmaw!].

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The amendments made in @HouseofCommons (covered here) were proposed by the UK Govt.

Clause 42 (GB to NI) no change.

Clause 43: changes to allow new checks to occur NI to GB for certain purposes.

These amendments allow such checks for
* VAT & Excise
* GB biosecurity

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On VAT & Excise, it& #39;s making sure a [new kind of] & #39;check, control or administrative process& #39; can be used for these purposes, e.g. preventing double taxation, collecting duties.

#Protocol sees EU rules on VAT on goods apply in NI but revenue goes to HMRC

Anyway, moving on...
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On Biosecurity:

Pests and diseases aren& #39;t great respecters of #borders, even watery and unfettered ones.

This amendment allows new checks, controls etc. on NI to GB movement of goods in order to deal with a threat to biosecurity in GB, inc (hypothetically) from NI.

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But that isn& #39;t even the exciting part!

We come now to clause 47.

The
"Notwithstanding inconsistency or incompatibility with international or other domestic law"
One.

Just take a look at what& #39;s new here...
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The amended clause specifies that Section 6(1)* of #HumanRights Act 1998 does not apply in relation to Cl. 44 & 45 (the ones to breach the #Protocol).

That section requires acts of public authorities to be compatible with ECHR rights.

Why explicitly disapply it here?
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