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Amendment made: No. 50, in page 13, line 20, at end insert—
'"electoral division" means an electoral division of a region, in terms of section 5(1)(a) of the 1973 Act;'—[Mr. Michael Forsyth.]
§ Mr. Michael ForsythI beg to move amendment No. 51, in page 13, line 22, at end insert—
parent" in relation to a pupil means his natural parent or any other natural person who is his guardian, who has custody of him or who is liable to maintain him;'
§ Mr. SpeakerWith this it will be convenient to take Government amendment No. 52.
§ Mr. ForsythI undertook in Committee to consider again the definition of "parent" in the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 and to see whether it could be improved for the purposes of this Bill. We wanted especially to exclude the possibility of institutions that have custody of a child or the parents of adults taking educational classes at a school being troubled by a spurious vote in a board election. The amendments achieve that purpose and I commend them to the House.
§ Amendment agreed to.
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Amendments made: No. 52, in page 13, line 26, at end insert—
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'pupil" does not include any person over the age of 18 years;'.
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No. 53, in page 13, line 26, at end insert—
regional councillor" means a councillor elected for an electoral division of a region, in terms of section 5(1) of the 1973 Act;'.—[Mr. Michael Forsyth.]