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Mr Secretary Milburn 100 Page 60, line 17 [Clause 111], leave out 'parent or guardian of the child' and insert 'person falling within subsection (3)(b) or (c)'.
Mr Secretary Milburn 101 Page 60, [Clause 111], leave out lines 20 to 22.
Mr Secretary Milburn 102 Page 61, line 5 [Clause 111], leave out 'A local authority may, and in prescribed cases must,'.
Mr Secretary Milburn 103 Page 61, line 9 [Clause 111], at end insert—
Mr Secretary Milburn 104 Page 61, [Clause 111], leave out lines 10 and 11 and insert 'a local authority may carry out an assessment of that person's needs for special guardianship support services (but, if the Secretary of State so provides in regulations, they must do so if he is a person of a prescribed description, or if his case falls within a prescribed description, or if both he and his case fall within prescribed descriptions).( ) A local authority may, at the request of any other person, carry out an assessment of that person's needs for special guardianship support services.'.
Mr Secretary Milburn 105 Page 62, [Clause 111], leave out lines 20 to 22 and insert 'any person to whom they may provide special guardianship support services'.
Mr Hilton Dawson 132 Page 63, line 5 [Clause 112], at end insert—'(1B) Regulations may be made by the Secretary of State requiring the local authority to arrange for the appointment of an independent advocate on receiving representations under subsection (1).'.
Mr Hilton Dawson 133 Page 63, line 27 [Clause 112], at end insert—'(3C) Regulations may be made by the Secretary of State requiring the local authority to provide independent advocacy to looked after children who make a complaint under the Children Act 1989.'.
NEW CLAUSES RELATING TO THE REMAINDER OF PART 1Right to obtain information: adult siblings
Dr Liam Fox NC1 To move the following Clause:—'(1) Adult siblings by birth of adopted adults who have been adopted at any time from the enactment of the Adoption Act 1926 shall have the right to make an application to an adoption agency, as specified in regulations, to obtain the information under section 77 relating to his relative who was adopted. (2) The agency shall make enquiries as necessary to establish the views of the adopted person concerning the disclosure of information to the relative. (3) The information applied for shall be supplied by the agency to the applicant unless either—
Adoption by unmarried couples
Dr Evan Harris
NC2 To move the following Clause:—'(1) An adoption order may not be granted on the application of an unmarried couple unless the court is satisfied—
(3) In relation to any application made under this section, the court may take into consideration the arrangements which the applicants have made, or intend to make in order to safeguard the welfare of the child involved, should their relationship break down.'.
Adoption orders: unmarried couples
Mr David Hinchliffe
NC3 To move the following Clause:—'(1) An adoption order may be made on the application of an unmarried couple where both members of the couple have attained the age of 21 years. (2) An adoption order may be made on the application by an unmarried couple if the court is satisfied
Disclosure of information regarding a person's adoption
Dr Liam Fox NC4 To move the following Clause:—'(1) This section shall apply only to an adopted person who has attained the age of 18 years. (2) The appropriate adoption agency shall have a duty to inform an adopted person that he was adopted, subject to the regulations referred to in subsection (3). (3) Regulations may prescribe—
Adoption at birth or within three months thereafter
Dr Liam Fox NC5 To move the following Clause:—'(1) Where an adoption agency is satisfied that each parent or guardian of a child has consented to the child being placed for adoption at birth, the adoption agency must place that child as soon as is practicable with the prospective adopters, with due regard to the birth-parents' rights to alter arrangements within time limits which shall be specified by regulations. (2) Subject to subsection (3), where a local authority is satisfied that the parent's or guardian's consent should be dispensed with, it may place the child with the prospective adopters without first obtaining a placement order, but it shall have a duty to apply for a placement order as soon as is practicable thereafter. (3) Subjection (2) shall only apply to children under the age of three months.'.
Mr Secretary Milburn 26 Page 2, line 5 [Clause 1], after 'harm', insert '(within the meaning of the Children Act 1989)'.
Dr Liam Fox 1 Page 2, line 19 [Clause 1], after 'background', insert ', subject to the proviso that such consideration shall be secondary to the matters to be considered in subsections (2) and (3).'.
Mr Hilton Dawson 108 Page 12, line 19 [Clause 17], leave out 'section 18 or'.
Mr Hilton Dawson 109 Page 13, line 1, leave out Clause 18.
Mr Hilton Dawson 110 Page 13, line 23 [Clause 19], leave out from 'the' to 'may' in line 24 and insert 'making of a placement order under section 20'.
Mr Hilton Dawson 111 Page 13, line 35 [Clause 19], leave out 'wishes' and insert 'does not wish'.
Mr Hilton Dawson 112 Page 14, line 8 [Clause 20], at end insert 'or
Mr Hilton Dawson 113 Page 14, line 9 [Clause 20], after 'order', insert 'under paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2)'.
Mr Hilton Dawson 114 Page 14, line 11 [Clause 20], leave out paragraph (a).
Dr Liam Fox 20 Page 14, line 17 [Clause 20], leave out 'section 23' and insert 'sections 23 and 34(1) and (2)'.
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