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The third and final subgroup of amendments in this group provides for enhanced monitoring of the measures in the Bill. It provides the Government, trade unions, progressive employers and seafarers with transparent and statutory mechanisms to monitor the impact of the Bill’s measures on all seafarers working regularly from UK ports and in UK waters, whether on a ferry or on a heavy-lift vessel installing wind turbines in the North Sea. Amendment 204A requires an annual report to be produced on the post-P&O measures in Clauses 29 and 53, and the related measures in Clause 54 on international agreements relating to maritime employment, including the Maritime Labour Convention. The first report would have to be produced within three months of the date on which this legislation passes. Amendment 204B requires an annual report on Part 1, including measures in Clause 26 on fire and rehire. Amendment 323A also requires an annual report on the impact of the broader provisions in Part 4, including trade union access and trade union recognition, and Part 5. The other amendments in this subgroup are consequential amendments to these reporting requirements for seafarers to ensure that they come into force two months after the day of commencement of the Act.