division_name: Lords Amendment
motion: <p pid="a.567.8/1" pwmotiontext="lines">26 Clause 44, page 27, line 38, after first "a" insert "married" The Commons disagreed to this amendment but propose the following amendments in lieu thereof&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/2" pwmotiontext="lines">26A Page 24, line 8, leave out "step-parent who" and insert "partner of a parent and the partner"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/3" pwmotiontext="lines">26B Page 24, line 10, leave out "step-parent" and insert "partner"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/4" pwmotiontext="lines">26C Page 26, line 5, leave out "married"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/5" pwmotiontext="lines">26D Page 26, line 7, leave out " a step-parent" and insert "the partner of a parent"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/6" pwmotiontext="lines">26E Page 26, line 15, leave out "married"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/7" pwmotiontext="lines">26F Page 26, line 22, leave out "married"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/8" pwmotiontext="lines">26G Page 28, line 19, leave out from "section" to "a" in line 20 and insert "50(2) by the partner of"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/9" pwmotiontext="lines">26H Page 38, line 19, leave out from beginning to "the" in line 20 and insert "But references in this Chapter to adoption do not include an adoption effected before"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/10" pwmotiontext="lines">26I Page 38, line 21, end insert&#8212; "( ) Any reference in an enactment to an adopted person within the meaning of this Chapter includes a reference to an adopted child within the meaning of Part 4 of the Adoption Act 1976".</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/11" pwmotiontext="lines">26J Page 38, line 23, leave out from "law" to end of line 32 and insert "as if born as the child of the adopters or adopter. (1A) An adopted person is the legitimate child of the adopters or adopter and, if adopted by&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/12" pwmotiontext="lines">(a) a couple, or</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/13" pwmotiontext="lines">(b) one of a couple under section 50(2), is to be treated as the child of the relationship of the couple in question."</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/14" pwmotiontext="lines">26K Page 38, line 34, leave out paragraph (a) and insert&#8212; "(a) if adopted by one of a couple under section 50(2), is to be treated in law as not being the child of any person other than the adopter and the other one of the couple"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/15" pwmotiontext="lines">26L Page 38, line 40, end insert "or to any other natural relationship"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/16" pwmotiontext="lines">26M Page 39, line 1, leave out from 'effect" to 'from" in line 3</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/17" pwmotiontext="lines">26N Page 39, leave out line 9 and insert "adoption"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/18" pwmotiontext="lines">26O Page 39, line 13, leave out from beginning to "adoptive" in line 14 and insert&#8212; "() an adopter may be referred to as an adoptive parent or (as the case may be) as an adoptive father or".</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/19" pwmotiontext="lines">26P Page 39, leave out lines 17 to 19 and insert&#8212; "( ) Subsection (1) does not affect the interpretation of any reference, not qualified by the word "adoptive", to a relationship".</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/20" pwmotiontext="lines">26Q Page 39, line 19, at end insert&#8212; "( ) A reference (however expressed) to the adoptive mother and father of a child adopted by&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/21" pwmotiontext="lines">(a) a couple of the same sex, or</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/22" pwmotiontext="lines">(b) a partner of the child's parent, where the couple are of the same sex, is to be read as a reference to the child's adoptive parents".</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/23" pwmotiontext="lines">26R Page 39, line 24, leave out "66(1)" and insert "66(1) and (1A)"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/24" pwmotiontext="lines">26S Page 40, line 10, leave out from "or" to "for" and insert "(if she does so as one of a couple) as the child of the other one of the couple"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/25" pwmotiontext="lines">26T Page 42, line 8, leave out "person to whom the adopter is married" and insert "other one of the couple"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/26" pwmotiontext="lines">26U Page 46, line 45, leave out "a married couple" and insert "two people"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/27" pwmotiontext="lines">26V Page 49, line 39, leave out from "the" to end of line and insert "adopters or adopter"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/28" pwmotiontext="lines">26W Page 51, line 3, leave out "a step-parent" and insert "the partner of a parent"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/29" pwmotiontext="lines">26X Page 93, line 40, leave out from "adoption"" to "Adoption" in line 41 and insert "after "1978" there is inserted "or in the"."</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/30" pwmotiontext="lines">26Y Page 94, line 4, leave out from "(1)" to '66" in line 5 and insert "after "1976" there is inserted "or section""</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/31" pwmotiontext="lines">26Z Page 94, line 7, leave out from "(a)" to "(2)(b)" in line 8 and insert "after "39" there is inserted "or subsection"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/32" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26AAPage 94, line 9, leave out from "(b)" to "66" in line 10 and insert "after "1976" there is inserted "or section""</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/33" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26BBPage 94, line 12, leave out from "birth)" to "68(2)" in line 13 and insert "at the end of subsection (2) there is inserted "or section""</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/34" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26CCPage 94, line 14, end insert&#8212; "The Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36)In section 38 of the Adoption Act 1976 (meaning of "adoption" in Part 4), in subsection (2), after "1975" there is inserted "but does not include an adoption of a kind mentioned in paragraphs (c) to (e) of subsection (1) effected on or after the day which is the appointed day for the purposes of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002"".</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/35" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26DDPage 101, line 25, leave out paragraph (a) and insert&#8212; "(a) for subsection (1)(a) there is substituted&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/36" pwmotiontext="quot">"(a) a Convention adoption, or an overseas adoption, within the meaning of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, or"".</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/37" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26EEPage 101, line 28, leave out from "(2)(a)" to "66" in line 29 and insert "after "1976" there is inserted "or section""</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/38" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26FFPage 101, line 32, leave out from "principle)" to end of line 34 and insert "for paragraph (c) of subsection (3) there is substituted&#8212; "(c) is an adopted person within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002"".</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/39" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26GGPage 101, line 35, leave out from "(5)" to end of line 38 and insert "after "1976" there is inserted "or section 68 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002""</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/40" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26HHPage 105, line 3, leave out from "mother)" to end of line 4 and insert "in subsection (2), for "child of any person other than the adopter or adopters" there is substituted "woman's child""</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/41" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26IIPage 105, line 5, leave out from "father)" to end of line 6 and insert "in subsection (5)(c), for "child of any person other than the adopter or adopters" there is substituted "man's child""</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/42" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26JJPage 105, line 17, leave out from "(3)" to "4" in line 18 and insert "after "1976" there is inserted "or Chapter"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/43" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26KKPage 107, line 16, leave out "11 to 13 and 17" and insert "and 11 to 13"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/44" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26LLPage 107, line 33 leave out paragraph 99</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/45" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26MM Page 112, line 14, leave out paragraph 9</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/46" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26NNPage 114, line 10, leave out paragraph 13</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/47" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26OOPage 114, line 23, leave out paragraph 15</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/48" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26PPPage 116, line 10, column 2, at end insert "except Part 4 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/49" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26QQPage 116, column 2, leave out lines 32 and 33</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/50" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26RRPage 117, line 31, leave out "Section 4"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/51" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26SSPage 117, line 46, leave out "Section 85(4)"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/52" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26TTPage 119, line 10, at end insert "couple ... section 139(4)"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.567.8/53" pwmotiontext="unrecognized">26UUPage 119, line 27, end insert "partner, in relation to a parent of a child . . . section 139(7)"</p>
  
  <p pid="a.575.0/1" pwmotiontext="moved">rose to move, as an amendment to the Motion that the House do not insist on their Amendment No. 26 to which the Commons have disagreed, and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 26A to 26UU in lieu thereof, leave out from "House" to end and insert "do insist on their Amendment No. 26".</p>
  
  <p pid="a.620.3/1" pwmotiontext="considered">On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 26AB) shall be agreed to?</p>
  
  <p pid="a.620.3/2" pwmotiontext="divided">Their Lordships divided: Contents, 184; Not-Contents, 215.</p>