Page 769 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 24 March 1993
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Clause 45
MS ELLIS (4.15), by leave: I move:
Page 21, subclause (2), line 16, omit "Upon", substitute "Subject to subsection (3), upon".
Page 21, subclause (3), line 21, omit "surname" (first occurring), substitute "name".
Page 21, subclause (3), line 22, omit "as his or her surname".
These amendments refer to the question raised in the debate last night concerning the word "surname", as originally appearing in the Bill. Our committee decided that it would be much more appropriate to use the word "name", to allow both surname and forename for consideration, and that is the reason for these amendments.
MS SZUTY (4.16): These amendments will enable the child to retain its forename as well as its surname. At present, the Bill provides that adoptive parents can nominate the forename of the adopted child on application to the court. I would hope that in most circumstances the adopted child and the adoptive parents would agree on the child's forename. However, this may not always be the case; hence this amendment. The amending provision allows the child to have a direct say regarding his or her name, and this was commented on last night by Ms Ellis in her remarks on the Bill. This provision will be especially advantageous for older children with distinctive cultural names who wish to retain them.
Amendments agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 46
MS ELLIS (4.17): I move:
Page 21, subclause (1), line 31, omit "in lawful wedlock".
I shall refer very briefly to the amendment. The committee felt that it was inappropriate in this day and age to use the term "in lawful wedlock" in such a Bill, and we have recommended the removal of that term.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 47 to 55, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
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