Clause 84 - Eligibility
Civil Partnership Bill [Lords]
9:30 am
Question accordingly agreed to.
Amendments made: No. 53, in clause 84, page 39, line 42, leave out 'following modifications' and insert
'modifications specified in subsections (7) and (8)'.
No. 54, in clause 84, page 39, line 45, leave out 'those provisions' and insert
'subsection (5) or those paragraphs'.
No. 55, in clause 84, page 40, line 15, at end insert—
'( ) For the purposes of this section, a degree of relationship specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 exists whether it is of the full blood or the half blood.
( ) Amend section 41(1) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (c.28) (application to determination of forbidden degrees of provisions of that Act relating to the status conferred by adoption) as follows—
(a) after first ''marriage'' insert '', to the eligibility of persons to register as civil partners of each other'', and
(b) for ''and incest'' substitute '', to such eligibility and to incest''.'.—[Jacqui Smith.]
Motion made, and Question put, That the clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill.
The Committee divided: Ayes 12, Noes 2.