HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 c487
The Solicitor-General

I beg to move amendment No.168, in page 82, line 3, leave out 'High Court, a county court or a magistrates'.

Mr. Speaker

With this it will be convenient to take Government amendments Nos. 365, 404 to 406, 318, 319, 169, 170, 366 and 367.

The Solicitor-General

These are drafting and tidying-up amendments consequential on others. I commend them to the House.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendments made: No. 365, in page 83, line 8, leave out `the parents of the child'

and insert—

  1. '(a) any parent making or securing the payments; and
  2. (b) any parent to whom the payments are made or secured,'.

No. 404, in page 83, line 26, leave out 'or 2'.

No. 405, in page 83, line 34, at end insert— '(2A) Where the court makes an order under paragraph 1 against a person who is not the father of the child, it shall record in the order that the order is made on the basis that the person against whom the order is made is not the child's father.'

No. 406, in page 83, leave out line 36 and insert—

  1. '(a) in relation to a decision whether to exercise its powers under paragraph 1, any parent of the child;
  2. (aa) in relation to a decision whether to exercise its powers under paragraph 2, the mother and father of the child:.

No. 318, in page 84, line 2, leave out '£500' and insert `£1,000'.

No. 319, in page 85, line 9, leave out 'or 2'.

No. 169, in page 86, line 32, leave out 'High Court, a county court or a magistrates'.

No. 170, in page 88, line 4, leave out `(4)' and insert '(3)'

No. 366, in page 89, line 5, leave out 'and;' and insert— '(2) In this Schedule except paragraphs 2 and 15.

No. 367, in page 89, line 7, at end insert '; and for this purpose any reference to either parent or both parents shall be construed as references to any parent of his and to all of his parents'.—[The Solicitor-General.]

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