Background Succession to the Crown Act 2015
prior succession crown act, succession throne of australia, commonwealth realms, controlled system of male-preference primogeniture, under succession passed first monarch s or nearest dynast s legitimate sons (and legitimate issue) in order of birth, , subsequently daughters , legitimate issue, again in order of birth, sons inherit before sisters, elder children inherit before younger, , descendants inherit before collateral relatives.
succession governed acts of union 1707, restates provisions of act of settlement 1701, , bill of rights 1689. these laws restricted succession legitimate descendants of sophia, electress of hanover (the mother of george i), , bar roman catholics or have married roman catholics. descendants of debarred being or marrying roman catholics, however, may still eligible succeed. convention iterated in preamble statute of westminster 1931, line of succession cannot altered in realm without assent of parliaments of other 15 realms, leading adoption of perth agreement @ 22nd commonwealth heads of government meeting in october 2011.
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