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Amendment made: No. 216, in page 7, line 12, at beginning insert—
'Subject of sections 35(1) and 50(1),'.—[Dr. Owen.]
§ Dr. OwenI beg to move Amendment No. 7, in page 7, line 13, leave out from 'person' to first 'is' in line 15 and insert
'where he has attained the age of 21 and—
- (a) is not married or
- (b)'.
' or
§ This is a drafting amendment.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Dr. OwenI beg to move Amendment No. 8, in page 7, line 18, at end insert
(iii) his spouse is by reason of ill health, whether physical or mental, incapable of making an application for an adoption order.'.The effect of this amendment would be to enable one of a married couple to apply to adopt alone where a husband or wife is incapable of joining in the application because of physical or mental ill-health. This meets the undertaking that I gave to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston (Mrs. Knight).
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Amendment made: No. 9, in page 7, line 25, leave out subsection (3).—[Dr. Owen.]
1452§ Dr. OwenI beg to move Amendment No. 10, in page 8, line 2, leave out from 'child' to second 'the' in line 4.
This amendment removes a superfluous reference to Clause 32(5) from Clause 11(5) and brings its wording in line with that of Clause 10(4). This is mainly a drafting amendment.
§ Amendment agreed to.