division_name: Adoption and Children Bill
motion: <p pid="a.1338.3/2" pwmotiontext="considered">Clause 81 [Adoption Contact Register: supplementary]:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1338.3/3" pwmotiontext="notmoved">[Amendment No. 91 not moved.]</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1338.3/4" pwmotiontext="considered">Clause 83 [Restriction on bringing children in]:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1338.3/5" pwmotiontext="notmoved">[Amendment No. 92 not moved.]</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1338.3/6" pwmotiontext="considered">Clause 84 [Giving parental responsibility prior to adoption abroad]:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1338.3/7" pwmotiontext="notmoved">[Amendment No. 93 not moved.]</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1338.3/8" pwmotiontext="considered">Clause 85 [Restriction on taking children out]:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1338.3/9" pwmotiontext="notmoved">[Amendment No. 94 not moved.]</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1338.3/10" pwmotiontext="considered">Clause 89 [Section 88: supplementary]:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1338.3/11" pwmotiontext="notmoved">[Amendment No. 95 not moved.]</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1338.3/12" pwmotiontext="considered">Clause 91 [Restriction on arranging adoptions, etc.]:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1338.3/13" pwmotiontext="notmoved">[Amendment No. 96 not moved.]</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1338.3/14" pwmotiontext="considered">Clause 96 [Sections 91 to 95: interpretation]:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/1" pwmotiontext="moved">moved Amendment No. 96A:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a.1339.0/2" pwmotiontext="moved">After Clause 96, insert the following new clause&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/3" pwmotiontext="moved">"PRE-COMMENCEMENT ADOPTIONS: INFORMATION</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/4" pwmotiontext="moved">(1) Regulations under section 9 may make provision for the purpose of&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/5" pwmotiontext="moved">(a) assisting persons adopted before the appointed day who have attained the age of 18 to obtain information in relation to their adoption, and</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/6" pwmotiontext="moved">(b) facilitating contact between such persons and their relatives.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/7" pwmotiontext="moved">(2) For that purpose the regulations may confer functions on&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/8" pwmotiontext="moved">(a) registered adoption support agencies,</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/9" pwmotiontext="moved">(b) the Registrar General,</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/10" pwmotiontext="moved">(c) adoption agencies.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/11" pwmotiontext="moved">(3) For that purpose the regulations may&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/12" pwmotiontext="moved">(a) authorise or require any person mentioned in subsection (2) to disclose information,</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/13" pwmotiontext="moved">(b) authorise or require the disclosure of information contained in records kept under section 8 of the Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51) (court records),</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/14" pwmotiontext="moved">and may impose conditions on the disclosure of information, including conditions restricting its further disclosure.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/15" pwmotiontext="moved">(4) The regulations may authorise the charging of prescribed fees by any person mentioned in subsection (2) or in respect of the disclosure of information under subsection (3)(b).</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/16" pwmotiontext="moved">(5) An authorisation or requirement to disclose information by virtue of subsection (3)(a) has effect in spite of any restriction on the disclosure of information in Chapter 5.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/17" pwmotiontext="moved">(6) The making of regulations by virtue of subsections (2) to (4) which relate to the Registrar General requires the approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/18" pwmotiontext="moved">(7) In this section&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/19" pwmotiontext="moved">"appointed day" means the day appointed for the commencement of sections 56 to 65,</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/20" pwmotiontext="moved">"registered adoption support agency" means an adoption support agency in respect of which a person is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000,</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/21" pwmotiontext="moved">"relative", in relation to an adopted person, means any person who (but for his adoption) would be related to him by blood (including half-blood) or marriage."</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/22" pwmotiontext="moved">On Question, amendment agreed to.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/23" pwmotiontext="moved">[Amendments Nos. 97 and 98 not moved.]</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/24" pwmotiontext="moved">Clause 110 [Acquisition of parental responsibility by step-parent]:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.0/25" pwmotiontext="moved">[Amendments Nos. 99 to 101 not moved.]</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.1/1" pwmotiontext="moved">moved Amendment No. 102:</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a.1339.1/2" pwmotiontext="moved">Before Clause 111, insert the following new clause&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.1/3" pwmotiontext="moved">"ORDERS WITH RESPECT TO CHILDREN</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.1/4" pwmotiontext="moved">In section 8 of the 1989 Act (residence, contact and other orders with respect to children) there is inserted&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1339.1/5" pwmotiontext="moved">"(5) The Lord Chancellor may make regulations providing for the separate representation of children in specified circumstances relating to any matter arising from proceedings under this section.""</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1346.3/1" pwmotiontext="considered">On Question, Whether the said amendment (No. 102) shall be agreed to?</p>
  
  <p pid="a.1346.3/2" pwmotiontext="divided">Their Lordships divided: Contents, 136; Not-Contents, 129.</p>