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Succession to the Crown Act 2015

No. 23, 2015

An Act to change the law relating to royal succession and royal marriages, and for related purposes

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Object of this Act
4 Relationship with Sovereign not affected
5 Definition of Crown
Part 2—Succession to the Crown not to depend on gender
6 Succession to the Crown not to depend on gender
Part 3—Marriage and succession to the Crown
7 Removal of disqualification arising from marriage to a Roman Catholic
8 Disqualification arising from marriage
9 Amendments and repeal relating to marriage and succession to the Crown
Part 4—Other modifications of parts of the law of the Commonwealth, States and Territories
10 References to Bill of Rights and Act of Settlement
11 Union legislation affected by this Act
Part 5—Repeal or amendment of this Act
12 Repeal or amendment of this Act
Schedule 1—Further provisions relating to marriage and succession to the Crown
Part 1—Amendments relating to marriage to a Roman Catholic
Act of Settlement
Bill of Rights
Part 2—Repeal of the Royal Marriages Act 1772

Succession to the Crown Act 2015
No. 23, 2015

An Act to change the law relating to royal succession and royal marriages, and for related purposes

[Assented to 24 March 2015]
Preamble
  On 28 October 2011, representatives of nations of which Her Majesty is the Sovereign agreed that the rules on succession to, and possession of, the Crown should be changed so as to make succession not depend on gender and to end the disqualification arising from marrying a Roman Catholic.
  The United Kingdom has further proposed to disqualify certain persons from succeeding to the Crown as a result of marriage, to repeal the Royal Marriages Act 1772 and to validate certain marriages made void by that Act.
  For the purposes of paragraph 51(xxxviii) of the Constitution the Parliaments of all the States have requested the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia to enact an Act in the terms, or substantially in the terms, of this Act.

The Parliament of Australia therefore enacts:

Part 1—Preliminary