Queen of Australia: Royal Style and Titles Act 1973

ROYAL STYLE AND TITLES ACT 1973 Reprinted as at 31 July 1983 Table of Provisions © Commonwealth of Australia (1991) All legislation herein is reproduced by permission but does not purport to be the official or authorised version. It is subject to Commonwealth of Australia copyright. The Copyright Act 1968 permits certain reproduction and publication of Commonwealth legislation. In particular, s.182A of the Act enables a complete copy to be made by or on behalf of a particular person. For reproduction or publication beyond that permitted by the Act, permission should be sought in writing from the Australian Government Publishing Service. Requests in the first instance should be addressed to the Manager, Commonwealth Information Services, Australian Government Publishing Service, GPO Box 84, Canberra ACT 2601. Table of Provisions Short Title Assent to adoption of new Royal Style and Titles in relation to Australia Schedule Royal Style and Titles An Act relating to the Royal Style and Titles WHEREAS, in accordance with the Royal Style and Titles Act 1953 Note 1, Her Majesty, by Proclamation dated 28th May, 1953, adopted, as the Royal Style and Titles to be used in relation to the Commonwealth of Australia and its Territories, the Style and Titles set forth in the Schedule to that Act: AND WHEREAS the Government of Australia considers it desirable to propose to Her Majesty a change in the form of the Royal Style and Titles to be used in relation to Australia and its Territories: AND WHEREAS the proposed new Style and Titles, being the Style and Titles set forth in the Schedule to this Act, retains the common element referred to in the preamble to the Royal Style and Titles Act 1953: Note 1 BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows: Short Title 1. This Act may be cited as the Royal Style and Titles Act 1973. Note 2 Assent to adoption of new Royal Style and Titles in relation to Australia 2. The assent of the Parliament is hereby given to the adoption by Her Majesty, for use in relation to Australia and its Territories, in lieu of the Style and Titles set forth in the Schedule to the Royal Style and Titles Act 1953 Note 1, of the Style and Titles set forth in the Schedule to this Act, and to the issue for that purpose by Her Majesty of Her Royal Proclamation under such seal as Her Majesty by Warrant appoints. The Proclamation referred to in sub-section (1) shall be published in the Gazette and shall have effect on the date upon which it is so published. Note 2 SCHEDULE Royal Style and Titles Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. NOTES Preamble and s.2 (l) - The Royal Style and Titles Act 1953 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1973 (No. 216, 1973). Act No. 114, 1973; reserved for Her Majesty's pleasure, 14 September 1973; Queen's-Assent, 19 October 1973; Queen's Assent proclaimed, 19 October 1973 (see Gazette 1973, No. 152). The Beginner's Guide to the Australian Constitution CD-ROM contains a sequence on this document.