§ The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made by the Commons in page 10, line 19, leave out from 'where' to end ofline 26 and insert
§ 'it appears to the court—
- that the non-entitled spouse has led the entitled spouse to believe that he or she would consent to the dealing and that the non-entitled spouse would not be prejudiced by any change in the circumstance of the case since such apparent consent was given; or
- that the entitled spouse has, having taken all reasonable steps to do so, been unable to obtain an answer to a request for consent.'.
§ with the following Amendment:
§ In line 5, leave out 'circumstance' and insert 'circumstances'.
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§ The Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Alexander Fletcher)I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.
A mistake in the drafting of Commons amendment No. 68 was fortunately spotted before it was considered by another place. It will be readily apparent that the addition of "s" to the word "circumstance" improves the sense of the amendment.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Lords amendment to Commons amendment agreed to.