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Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill


 

Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill

 

 
 

Contents

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Succession to the Crown

2   

Roman Catholic consorts

3   

Royal marriages

4   

Commencement

5   

Repeals

6   

Short title and extent

Schedule   —   

Repeals

 

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Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill

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A

Bill

To

Make provision to remove discrimination in respect of Royal marriages and

succession to the Crown. 

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and

consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Succession to the Crown

(1)   

In determining the line of succession to the Crown and to all rights, privileges

and dignities belonging thereto no account shall be taken of gender,

notwithstanding any previous custom or rule of law to the contrary.

(2)   

This section is subject to the Act of Settlement 1700 (c. 2).

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2       

Roman Catholic consorts

(1)   

The Bill of Rights (1688 1 Will. & Mar. Sess. 2 c. 2) is amended as follows.

(2)   

In section 1, in the paragraph starting “Upon which their said Majestyes did

accepte the crowne”, omit the words “or shall marry a papist” and “or

marrying”.

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(3)   

The Act of Settlement 1700 is amended as follows.

(4)   

In section 2 (The persons inheritable by this Act, holding communion with the

church of Rome, incapacitated as by the former Act; to take the oath at their

coronation, according to Stat 1, W & M c 6), omit the words “or shall marry a

papist”.

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(5)   

The Union with Scotland Act 1706 (c. 11) is amended as follows.

(6)   

In Article II (Succession to the monarchy), omit the words “and persons

marrying papists” and the words “or person marrying a papist”.

(7)   

The Union with England Act 1707 (c. 7) is amended as follows.

(8)   

In Article II, omit the words “and persons marrying papists” and the words “or

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person marrying a papist”.

 

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Royal marriages

The Royal Marriages Act 1772 (c. 11) is repealed.

4       

Commencement

(1)   

This Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order

appoint.

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(2)   

No order may be made under this section unless the Secretary of State has

consulted the government of every Commonwealth country on the provisions

of this Act.

(3)   

This Act does not affect any succession to the Crown before the date on which

this Act comes into force.

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(4)   

This Act affects the order of succession to the Crown in the event of the death

of Her present Majesty.

5       

Repeals

The Schedule sets out repeals.

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Short title and extent

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(1)   

This Act may be cited as the Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown

(Prevention of Discrimination) Act 2009.

(2)   

This Act extends to the United Kingdom only.

 
 

Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill
Schedule — Repeals

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Schedule

Section 5

 

Repeals

 

Short title and chapter

Extent of repeal

 
 

Bill of Rights (1688 1 Will. &

In section 1, the words “or shall marry a papist”

 
 

Mar. Sess. 2 c. 2)

and “or marrying”.

 

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Act of Settlement 1700 (c. 2)

In section 2, the words “or shall marry a papist”.

 
 

Union with Scotland Act 1706

In Article II, the words “and persons marrying

 
 

(c. 11)

papists” and the words “or person marrying a

 
   

papist”.

 

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Union with England Act 1707

In Article II, the words “and persons marrying

 
 

(c. 7)

papists” and the words “or person marrying a

 
   

papist”.

 
 

Royal Marriages Act 1772 (c. 11)

The whole Act.

 
 

 

 

 
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