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I will now consider amendments no
Enabling
clauses customarily use the word "may" rather than the word "shall"
because the discretion to use the power to make Orders in Council
lies with the Crown, acting through the Privy Council. It would be
quite inappropriate for Parliament to seek to bind the Crown by
replacing the word "may" by the word "shall" in these three cases.
The Government recognises the importance of avoiding statelessness.
It
is for that reason that they have included paragraph 2(3) in the
Schedule. Firm commitsments in this respect have already been given
to the House. The Government also realises the importance of making
the necessary changes in legislation provided for under paragraph 3
of the Schedule. That is why we have included enabling clauses in
the Bill. The proposed amendments would be inconsistent with
legislative practice and I urge the committee to reject them.
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