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Royal Style and Titles Act, 1973
Below is a copy of the Royal Style and Titles Act which was passed by the Commonwealth Parliament in 1973 removing from Her Majesty's title reference to Britain or Her Majesty as 'Defender of the Faith'
ROYAL STYLE AND TITLES ACT, 1973
Reprinted as at 31 March 1983
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
1.Short title
2.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 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 1953:¹
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 theRoyal Style and Titles Act 1973.²
Assent to adoption of new Royal Style and Titles in relation to Australia
2. (1) 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
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.
(2) 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.²
SCHEDULE
Section 2
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
¹ Preamble and s. 2 (1)-The Royal Style and Titles Act 1953 was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act
1973 (No. 216,1973).
² 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).
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