{"id":"F2015L00337","name":"Succession to the Crown Commencement Proclamation 2015","slug":"succession-to-the-crown-commencement-proclamation-2015","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":92861,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L00337-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Succession to the Crown Commencement Proclamation 2015","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nSuccession to the Crown Commencement Proclamation 2015\n\nI, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under items 3 and 5 of the table in subsection 2(1) of the Succession to the Crown Act 2015, fix the beginning of 26 March 2015 by United Kingdom time as the time and day on which Parts 2, 3 and 4 of, and Schedule 1 to, that Act commence.\n\nThis instrument commences on the day, and at the time, it is registered.\n\nSigned and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 24 March 2015\n\nPeter Cosgrove\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nChristian Porter\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1558},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a purely procedural commencement instrument exercising the timing mechanism already built into the parent Act. It does not expand, limit, or alter the substantive scope of the Succession to the Crown Act 2015; it merely specifies the exact moment the pre-determined provisions take effect."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references","Straightforward temporal calculation only","Ultra-short format (substantively one sentence)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Proclamation is the legal “on” switch for changes to Australia’s monarchy rules: it sets 26 March 2015 (UK time) as the commencement date for key parts of the Succession to the Crown Act 2015 so Australia mirrors the UK. \n\nIt removes male-preference succession and the ban on marrying a Catholic, affecting the Royal Family and anyone with succession rights whose claim depended on gender or marriage to a Catholic."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/succession-to-the-crown-commencement-proclamation-2015","history":"/api/acts/succession-to-the-crown-commencement-proclamation-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/succession-to-the-crown-commencement-proclamation-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/succession-to-the-crown-commencement-proclamation-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/succession-to-the-crown-commencement-proclamation-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/succession-to-the-crown-commencement-proclamation-2015/documents"}}