Clause 23.—(ADOPTED PERSON TO BE TREATED FOR PURPOSES OF SUCCESSION ETC. AS CHILD OF ADOPTER.)

HC Deb 11 May 1964 vol 695 c143

Lords Amendment: In page 16, line 18, leave out "the" and insert: and in the following provisions of this Part of this Act any".

Lady Tweedsmuir

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

This is a drafting Amendment to ensure that any reference to succession to a deceased person throughout Part IV of the Bill will be construed as stated in subsection (1) of Clause 23.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendment agreed to.