Royal Succession Act 2015 (Australia)

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The Royal Succession Act 2015 (Australia) is federal legislation that modernised the rules of succession to the Australian Crown in line with changes agreed by Commonwealth realms, including ending male preference primogeniture and removing disqualification for marrying a Catholic.

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of Australia ⓘ
federal statute ⓘ
affectsTitle King of Australia ⓘ
Queen of Australia ⓘ
alignedWith other Commonwealth realm succession reforms of the early 21st century ⓘ
appliesTo line of succession to the Australian sovereign ⓘ
succession to the Crown of Australia ⓘ
basedOn Perth Agreement ⓘ
changesRule male-preference primogeniture ⓘ
constitutionalContext Australia as a constitutional monarchy ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
governs eligibility to succeed to the Australian Crown ⓘ
harmonisesWith Succession to the Crown Act 2013 (United Kingdom) ⓘ
implementsAgreementWith Commonwealth realms ⓘ
introducesRule absolute primogeniture for succession to the Australian Crown ⓘ
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea constitutional monarchy ⓘ
legislativeBody Australian House of Representatives ⓘ
Australian Senate ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Australia
longTitle An Act to modernise the law relating to royal succession and for related purposes ⓘ
parliament Parliament of Australia ⓘ
partOf Australian law of succession to the Crown ⓘ
purpose to align Australian succession law with that of other Commonwealth realms ⓘ
to modernise the rules of succession to the Australian Crown ⓘ
relatedTo Act of Settlement 1701 ⓘ
Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
Royal Style and Titles Act 1973 (Australia) ⓘ
removesDiscrimination disqualification on the ground of marrying a Catholic ⓘ
gender-based preference in succession ⓘ
removesDisqualificationReason marriage to a Roman Catholic ⓘ
retainsRequirement sovereign must be in communion with the Church of England ⓘ
royalAssentBy Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
scope federal law applying throughout Australia ⓘ
shortTitle Royal Succession Act 2015 ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
subject Australian Crown ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
royal succession ⓘ
typeOfChange modernisation of succession rules ⓘ
yearEnacted 2015 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Queen of Australia → successionLaw → Royal Succession Act 2015 (Australia) ⓘ
Perth Agreement → implementedBy → Succession to the Crown Act 2015 (Australia) ⓘ
linked to: Royal Succession Act 2015 (Australia)
Royal Succession Act 2015 (Australia) → shortTitle → Royal Succession Act 2015 ⓘ
linked to: Royal Succession Act 2015 (Australia)