Clause 2 - Exclusion of candidate selection from 1976 order
Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Bill
Public Bill Committees, 8 November 2001, 10:30 am
Dr Alan Whitehead (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions; Southampton, Test, Labour)
I beg to move Government amendment No. 9, in page 2, line 24, leave out `section' and insert `Article'.
Mr David Amess (Southend West, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to take Government amendment No. 10.
Dr Alan Whitehead (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions; Southampton, Test, Labour)
The amendment seeks to correct a technical drafting error in the Bill. It has no effect on the substantive impact of new paragraphs 43A(3) and (4) in Northern Ireland. Although the effects of clauses 1 and 2 are the same, hon. Members will appreciate that orders have articles, not sections.
Amendment agreed to.
Amendment made: No. 10, in page 2, line 29, leave out `section' and insert `Article'.—[Dr. Whitehead.]
Clause 2, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.