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.
For the purposes of paragraph 51(xxxviii) of the Constitution the Parliaments of all the States have requested the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia to enact an Act in the terms, or substantially in the terms, of this Act.
The Parliament of Australia therefore enacts:
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Succession to the Crown Act 2015.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information | ||
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. Sections 1 and 2 and anything in this Act not else covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 24 March 2015 |
| 2. Sections 3, 4, and 5 | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 24 March 2015 |
| 3. Parts 2, 3 and 4 | A time and day or times and days, to be fixed by Proclamation. | 26 March 2015 (F2015L00337) |
