Select Committee on Legislation and Security debate -
Wednesday, 18 May 1994

SECTION 46.

Mr. Taylor

I move amendment No. 76:

In page 37, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following subsection:

"(7) The function conferred on a health board by subsection (2) shall be a function of the chief executive officer of the board.".

The term "health board" when used without qualification means the persons who make up the board membership. The purpose of the amendment is to make the revision of social inquiry reports a function of the staff rather than the members of the board. This is being done by conferring responsibility on the chief executive officer.

Amendment agreed to.

Section 46, as amended, agreed to.

Sections 47 to 49, inclusive, agreed to.

SCHEDULE.

Chairman

Amendment Nos. 77, 79, 80, 82 and 83 are related. No. 78 is an alternative to No. 77 and No. 81 is an alternative to No. 82. Therefore, amendment Nos. 77 to 83, inclusive, may be discussed together.

Mr. Taylor

I move amendment No. 77:

In page 39, in the third column, opposite the reference to "1844, c. 82" in the first column, before "Sections 19 and 25" to insert the following:

"In section 9, ‘, and that they are both of the full age of twenty-one years, or, when either of the parties shall be under the age of twenty-one years, that the consent of the person or persons who consent to such marriage is required by law has been obtained thereto, or that there is no person having authority to give such consent, or that such party is a widower or widow,as the case may be'".

Ms Keogh

The purpose of my amendment was to abolish the outdated denominationally based rules dealing with civil and religious ceremonies. Is this also the thrust of the Minister's amendment?

Mr. Taylor

That is the ideal solution but it is the subject of a complex review.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment No. 78 not moved.

Mr. Taylor

I move amendment No. 79:

In page 39, in the third column, opposite the reference to "1844, c. 81" in the first column, after "Sections 19 and 25" to insert the following:

"In section 22, ‘, and that they are both of the full age of twenty-one years, or, where either of the parties shall be under the age of twenty-one years, that the consent of the person or persons whose consent to such marriage is required by law has been obtained thereto, or that there is no person having authority to give such consent, or that such party is a widower or widow, as the case may be'".

Amendment agreed to.

Amendments Nos. 80 and 81 not moved.

Mr. Taylor

I move amendment No. 82:

In page 39, in the third column, opposite the reference to "1870, c. 110" in the first column, after "void.'", to insert "and the words ‘, and that they are both of the full age of twenty-one years, or where either of the parties shall be under the age of twenty-one years, that the consent of the person or persons whose consent to such a marriage is required by law has been obtained thereto, or that there is no person having authority to give us such consent, or that such person is a widower or widow, as the case may be'. Section 41".

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment No. 83 not moved.

Question "That the Schedule, as amended, be the Schedule to the Bill." put and agreed to.

Title agreed to.