Succession to the Crown Act 2015 (WA)

Western Australia Succession to the Crown Act 2015 Western Australia Succession to the Crown Act 2015 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 4 2. Commencement 4 3. Terms used 4 4. Object of this Act 5 5. Relationship with Sovereign not affected 5 Part 2 — Request for Commonwealth legislation 6. Request for Commonwealth legislation 6 Part 3 — Other provisions Division 1 — Succession to the Crown not to depend on gender 7. Succession to the Crown not to depend on gender 7 Division 2 — Marriage and succession to the Crown 8. Removal of disqualification arising from marriage to a Roman Catholic 7 9. Disqualification arising from marriage 7 10. Amendments relating to marriage to a Roman Catholic 7 11. Royal Marriages Act 1772 repealed 8 12. Validation of some marriages voided by the Royal Marriages Act 1772 8 Division 3 — Other modifications of parts of the law of the State 13. Union legislation affected by this Act 9 Part 4 — General 14. References to Bill of Rights and Act of Settlement 10 Schedule 1 — Requested Commonwealth Act Notes Compilation table 17 Defined terms Western Australia Succession to the Crown Act 2015 An Act — * to request the Parliament of the Commonwealth to enact under section 51(xxxviii) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth an Act to change the law relating to royal succession and royal marriages; and * to also make provision in relation to royal succession and royal marriages, and for related purposes. Preamble 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 request the Parliament of the Commonwealth to change the law relating to royal succession and royal marriages by legislating under section 51(xxxviii) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth in the terms, or substantially in the terms, set out in Schedule 1. 4 It is also expedient for the Parliament of Western Australia to legislate in relation to royal succession and royal marriages. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: