INTERPRETATION (Hansard, 17 July 1968)

§ Mr. Ross

I beg to move Amendment No. 97, in page 57, line 31, at end insert: 'and to any enactment of that Parliament passed after this Act and re-enacting the said enactment with or without modifications.'. Clause 95(3) at present provides that any reference in that Bill to an enactment of the Northern Ireland Parliament and to an enactment which that Parliament has power to amend is to be construed in relation to Northern Ireland as a reference to that enactment as amended by any Act of the Northern Ireland Parliament.

Clause 96 provides that the Northern Ireland Parliament may by appropriate legislation make such amendments of those provisions of the Bill which extend to Northern Ireland as are necessary to bring them into conformity with the Northern Ireland legislation. As we explained in Committee, it is inappropriate for the Westminster Parliament to legislate for Northern Ireland on the pro- 1556 hibition of publication of proceedings, and accordingly Clause 58, which relates to prohibition of publication of proceedings in any children's hearing, was dis-applied from Northern Ireland.

However, the Northern Ireland Parliament may wish to legislate to cover this point, but Clause 96 does not bite on Clause 58, as it does not now apply to Northern Ireland. Accordingly, it is necessary to make an appropriate adjustment in the Bill to ensure that this can be done.