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Make
provision to remove discrimination in respect of Royal marriages
and |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Succession
to the Crown |
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(1) |
In determining the line
of succession to the Crown and to all rights, privileges |
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and dignities belonging
thereto no account shall be taken of gender, |
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notwithstanding any previous
custom or rule of law to the contrary. |
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(2) |
This section is subject
to the Act of Settlement 1700 (c. 2). |
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Roman
Catholic consorts |
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(1) |
The Bill of Rights (1688
1 Will. & Mar. Sess. 2 c. 2) is amended as follows. |
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(2) |
In section 1, in the paragraph
starting “Upon which their said Majestyes did |
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accepte the crowne”,
omit the words “or shall marry a papist” and “or
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(3) |
The Act of Settlement 1700
is amended as follows. |
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(4) |
In section 2 (The persons
inheritable by this Act, holding communion with the |
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church of Rome, incapacitated
as by the former Act; to take the oath at their |
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coronation, according to
Stat 1, W & M c 6), omit the words “or shall marry
a |
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The Union
with Scotland Act 1706 (c. 11) is amended as follows. |
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(6) |
In Article II (Succession
to the monarchy), omit the words “and persons |
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marrying papists”
and the words “or person marrying a papist”. |
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(7) |
The Union
with England Act 1707 (c. 7) is amended as follows. |
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(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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The Royal Marriages Act
1772 (c. 11) is repealed. |
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(1) |
This Act comes into force
on such day as the Secretary of State may by order |
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(2) |
No order may be made under
this section unless the Secretary of State has |
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consulted the government
of every Commonwealth country on the provisions |
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(3) |
This Act does not affect
any succession to the Crown before the date on which |
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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 |
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The Schedule sets out repeals. |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited
as the Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown |
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(Prevention of Discrimination)
Act 2009. |
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(2) |
This Act extends to the
United Kingdom only. |
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