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8 Disqualification arising from marriage

A person is disqualified from succeeding to the Crown if the person is disqualified by subsection 3(3) of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 of the United Kingdom, as in force at the commencement of this section, from succeeding to the Crown in right of the United Kingdom.

9 Amendments and repeal relating to marriage and succession to the Crown

Each Act of England or Great Britain that is specified in Schedule 1, so far as that Act is part of the law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in Schedule 1, and any other item in Schedule 1 has effect according to its terms.

Part 4 — Other modifications of parts of the law of the Commonwealth, States and Territories

10 References to Bill of Rights and Act of Settlement

References, however expressed, in any law that forms part of the law of the Commonwealth or a Territory, to the provisions of the Bill of Rights or the Act of Settlement relating to succession to, or possession of, the Crown are to be read as including references to the provisions of this Act.

11 Union legislation affected by this Act

So far as they are part of the law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, the following are subject to this Act:

(a) Article II of the Union with Scotland Act 1706 of England;
(b) Article II of the Union with England Act 1707 of Scotland;
(c) Article Second of the Union with Ireland Act 1800 of Great Britain;
(d) Article Second of the Act of Union (Ireland) 1800 of Ireland.