(2) In the Act of Settlement:
- (a) in the Preamble delete “or marry a papist”;
- (b) in the Preamble delete “or marrying”;
- (c) in section 2 delete “or shall marry a papist”.
(3) In the Bill of Rights:
- (a) in section 1 delete “or by any King or Queene marrying a papist”;
(b) in section 1 delete “or shall marry a papist”;
(c) in section 1 delete “or marrying”.
(4) The amendments made by this section apply in relation to marriages occurring before the commencement of this section if the person concerned is alive at that commencement (as well as in relation to marriages occurring after that commencement).
11.Royal Marriages Act 1772 repealed
The Royal Marriages Act 1772 of Great Britain, so far as that Act is part of the law of the State, is repealed.
12.Validation of some marriages voided by the Royal Marriages Act 1772
(1) A marriage that was void under the Royal Marriages Act 1772 of Great Britain, so far as that Act was part of the law of the State before its repeal by section 11, is to be treated as never having been void if —
- (a) neither party to the marriage was one of the 6 persons next in the line of succession to the Crown at the time of the marriage; and
- (b) no consent was sought under section 1 of that Act, or notice given under section 2 of that Act, in respect of the marriage; and
