Succession to the Crown Bill 2015

Type: Government
Portfolio: Prime Minister
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 44

Summary

To effect changes to the law consistent with changes being made to the law in the United Kingdom, the bill: ends the system of male preference primogeniture so that the future order of succession will be determined simply by order of birth; removes the bar on succession for an heir and successor of the Sovereign who marries a Catholic; limits the requirement that the Sovereign consent to the marriage of a descendant of his late Majesty King George the Second to the six persons nearest in line to the Crown; validates some marriages voided by the Royal Marriages Act 1772 of Great Britain; makes consequential amendments to the Act of Settlement and Bill of Rights; and repeals the Royal Marriages Act 1772.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	05 Mar 2015
Second reading moved	05 Mar 2015
Second reading debate	17 Mar 2015
Second reading agreed to	17 Mar 2015
Third reading agreed to	17 Mar 2015

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	18 Mar 2015
Second reading moved	18 Mar 2015
Second reading debate	19 Mar 2015
Second reading agreed to	19 Mar 2015
Third reading agreed to	19 Mar 2015


Finally passed both Houses	19 Mar 2015
Assent Act no.: 23 Year: 2015	24 Mar 2015

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Text of bill

First reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

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Bills digest

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Notes

An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

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