§ The Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs and Agriculture, Scottish Office (Mr. Alick Buchanan-Smith)I beg to move Amendment No. 1, in page 7, line 31, leave out 'sheriff' and insert 'court'.
This is a simple technical Amendment to Clause 5 which deals with the variation and revocation of maintenance orders made in the United Kingdom. As the Bill stands at the moment, there could be a difference in practice between what happens in the sheriff court and in the court of session. This is a drafting error that has come to our notice.
I do not know whether the hon. and learned Member for Dulwich (Mr. S. C. Silkin) would like me to explain in detail, but I assure him that this is simply a drafting Amendment.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause 5, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
§ Clauses 6 and 7 ordered to stand part of the Bill.