Civil Partnership Bill [HL]
MARSHALLED LIST OF
MOTION AND AMENDMENTS TO BE MOVED
ON CONSIDERATION OF COMMONS AMENDMENTS
[Amendments marked * are new or have been altered]
Amendment
No.
| | COMMONS AMENDMENT NO. 1
THE BARONESS O'CATHAIN |
| The Baroness O'Cathain to move, as an amendment to the motion that this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 1, at end insert "and do propose the following amendments in lieu of the words so left out of the bill— |
| 1A | Page 125, line 29, at end insert— |
| "(10) | No order may be made under this section until the Secretary of State has established a voluntary registration scheme, or schemes, whereby two persons can register their relationship where they— |
| (a) | are within the specified degrees of family relationship, |
| (b) | are both aged over thirty years, |
| (c) | have lived together as co-dependents for a continuous period of twelve years immediately prior to the date of registration. |
| (11) | The scheme or schemes referred to in subsection (10) above shall entitle two people who have registered their relationship to be treated no less favourably than two people who are civil partners of each other in respect of the following— |
| (c) | housing and tenancies, |
| (d) | fatal accident claims. |
| (12) | Schedule (Specified degrees of family relationship) contains provisions for determining when two people are within the specified degrees of family relationship for the purposes of this section." |
| 1B | Insert the following new Schedule— |
| | SPECIFIED DEGREES OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIP |
| (1) | Two people are within the specified degrees of family relationship if one falls within the list below in relation to the other. |
| (2) | In the list "sibling" means a brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister." |
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