Succession to the Crown Act 2013 (Qld)

Succession to the Crown Act 2013

An Act to change the law relating to succession to the Crown, to validate certain marriages made void by the Royal Marriages Act 1772 of Great Britain, to repeal that Act so far as it is part of the law of the State, to request the Parliament of the Commonwealth to enact under section 51(xxxviii) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth an Act in the terms, or substantially in the terms, set out in schedule 1, and to make consequential amendments to other legislation

Preamble— Parliament's reasons for enacting this Act are— 1 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. 2 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. 3 It is expedient to change the rules on succession to, and possession of, the Crown, to disqualify certain persons from succeeding to the Crown as a result of marriage, to repeal the Royal Marriages Act 1772 of Great Britain so far as it is part of the law of the State and to validate certain marriages made void by that Act. 4 It is expedient to request the Parliament of the Commonwealth to enact under section 51(xxxviii) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth an Act in the terms, or substantially in the terms, set out in schedule 1. 5 It is necessary for the Parliament of the State to enact legislation for these purposes as no Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom after the commencement of the Australia Acts extends to the State as part of the law of the State.