Part 1 — Preliminary
1.Short title
This is the Succession to the Crown Act 2015.
2.Commencement
This Act comes into operation as follows —
- (a) sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent (assent day);
- (b) the rest of the Act, other than Parts 3 and 4 — on the day after assent day;
- (c) Part 3 — on a day fixed by proclamation, and —
- (i) different days may be fixed for different provisions; and
- (ii) the time at which a provision comes into operation may be fixed;
- (d) Part 4 — on the day and at the time that section 10 of the requested Commonwealth Act comes into operation.
3.Terms used
(1) In this Part and Part 4 —
requested Commonwealth Act means the Act the enactment of which is requested by section 6.
(2) In Parts 3 and 4 —
Act of Settlement means the Act of England known by that title;
Bill of Rights means the Act of England known by that title;
Crown means the Crown in all the capacities in respect to which the Parliament of the State has the power to legislate.
