Royal Style and Titles Act 1947
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Royal Style and Titles Act 1947
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Royal Style and Titles Act 1947
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Short title and commencement 1
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Royal Style and Titles 1
Notes
Compilation table 1
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Royal Style and Titles Act 1947
An Act relating to the Royal Style and Titles of His Majesty.
1. Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Royal Style and Titles Act 1947, and shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by proclamation 1.
[2. Deleted: No. 11 of 1953 s. 3.]
3. Royal Style and Titles
(1) Where the Style and Titles appertaining to the Crown appear in an Act, schedule, form, regulation, rule, rule of court, local law or by‑law, enacted, prescribed or made in, pursuant to, or under the authority of an Act, they are amended by substituting for them, the Styles and Titles set forth in the Schedule to this Act 2.
(2) When and as often as the Style and Titles appertaining to the Crown are altered, the Governor may by proclamation declare that the Style and Titles as so altered shall be substituted for the Style and Titles appearing in any Act, schedule, form, regulation, rule, rule of court, local law or by‑law, enacted, prescribed or made in, pursuant to or under the authority of an Act 3.
[Section 3 inserted: No. 11 of 1953 s. 4; amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]
Notes
1 This reprint is a compilation as at 24 September 2004 of the Royal Style and Titles Act 1947 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.
Compilation table
| Short title | Number and year | Assent | Commencement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Style and Titles Act 1947 | 38 of 1947 | 11 Dec 1947 | 19 Mar 1948 (see s. 1 and Gazette 19 Mar 1948 p. 627‑8) |
| Royal Style and Titles Act Amendment Act 1953 | 11 of 1953 | 10 Nov 1953 |