Succession to the Crown Act 2013

This article is about the British law passed in 2013. For previous British proposals with similar names, see Royal Succession Bills and Acts. For the similarly named Canadian law of the same effect, see Succession to the Throne Act, 2013. For the similarly named Australian law of the same effect, see Succession to the Crown Act 2015.

Succession to the Crown Act 2013
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to make succession to the Crown not depend on gender; to make provision about Royal Marriages; and for connected purposes.
Citation2013 c. 20
Introduced byNick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Commons)
Lord Wallace, Advocate General for Scotland (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent25 April 2013
Commencement26 March 2015[1]
Other legislation
AmendsBill of Rights 1689, Act of Settlement 1701
Repeals/revokesRoyal Marriages Act 1772
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 (c. 20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the laws of succession to the British throne in accordance with the 2011 Perth Agreement.[2] The Act replaced male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture for those in the line of succession born after 28 October 2011, which means the eldest child, regardless of gender, precedes any siblings. The Act also repealed the Royal Marriages Act 1772, ended disqualification of a person who married a Roman Catholic from succession, and removed the requirement for those outside the first six persons in line to the throne to seek the Sovereign's approval to marry. It came into force on 26 March 2015,[1] at the same time as the other Commonwealth realms implemented the Perth Agreement in their own laws.[3]

  1. ^ a b Succession to the Crown Act 2013 (Commencement) Order 2015 at legislation.gov.uk (retrieved 30 March 2015)
  2. ^ "Bills before Parliament". Parliament of the United Kingdom.
  3. ^ Statement by Nick Clegg MP, UK parliament website, 26 March 2015 (retrieved on same date).