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4.Object of this Act

The main object of this Act is that the law relating to the effect of gender and marriage on royal succession be changed consistently with changes made to that law in other Australian jurisdictions and in the United Kingdom, so that the Sovereign of Australia is the same person as the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

5.Relationship with Sovereign not affected

It is not the intention of this Act to affect the relationship between the Sovereign and the State as existing immediately before its enactment or that that relationship be in any way affected by the enactment by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of the requested Commonwealth Act.