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allow
any member of the Royal Family to marry a person of any religion
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Marriage
of members of Royal Family |
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Any member of the Royal Family
may marry a person— |
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Roman
Catholic consorts |
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(1) |
The Bill
of Rights (1 Will. & Mar. Sess. 2
c. 2) is amended as follows. |
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(2) |
In section 1, in the paragraph
starting “Upon which their said Majestyes did |
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accepte the crowne”,
omit the words “or shall marry a papist” and “or
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The Act
of Settlement (1700 c. 2) is amended as follows. |
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(4) |
In section 2 (The persons
inheritable by this Act, holding communion with the |
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church of Rome, incapacitated
as by the former Act; to take the oath at their |
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coronation, according to
Stat 1, W & M c 6), omit the words “or shall marry a
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The Union
with Scotland Act 1706 (c. 11) is amended as follows. |
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In Article II (Succession
to the monarchy), omit the words “and persons |
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marrying papists” and
the words “or person marrying a papist”. |
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The Union with England Act
1707 (c. 7) is amended as follows. |
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In Article II, omit the
words “and persons marrying papists” and the words
“or |
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person marrying a papist”. |
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Amendment
of Royal Marriages Act 1772 |
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(1) |
The Royal Marriages Act 1772
(12 Geo. 3 c. 11) is amended as follows. |
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(2) |
After section 2 insert— |
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Power
to withhold consent from or disapprove of marriage not to be |
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exercised
so as to prevent royal marriage on grounds of spouse’s |
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the consent of His Majesty,
his heirs and successors to an |
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intended
marriage shall not be withheld on the grounds of the |
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religious
beliefs, or lack of religious belief, of a person that is to |
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marry
a descendant of his late Majesty King George the Second; |
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(b) |
a resolution of either House
of Parliament under section 2 to the |
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effect
that an intended marriage be disapproved of on the |
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grounds
of the religious beliefs, or lack of religious belief, of a |
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person
that is to marry a descendant of his late Majesty King |
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George
the Second shall have no effect.” |
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The Schedule (which sets
out repeals) has effect. |
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(1) |
This Act may be cited as
the Royal Marriages (Freedom of Religion) Act 2005. |
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(2) |
This Act extends to the United
Kingdom only. |
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