Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 89:

In page 107, after line 33, to insert the following:

“Amendment of section 3 of Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act 2000173.Section 3 of the Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act 2000 is amended in subsection (2) by the deletion of paragraph (e).”.

Amendment No. 89 was signalled on Committee Stage. It is consequential on some of the new provisions of the section 6D being inserted in the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 by section 45. That section 6D sets out clear rules on when a non-marital father is a guardian by virtue of the operation of the law, administrative measures and court rulings of other jurisdictions. The new section 6D is clearer than the existing provision in section 3(2) of the Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act. I propose to repeal section 3(2)(e) by means of this amendment.

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