Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ROYAL STYLE AND TITLES ACT 1947 - NOTES

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	11 Dec 1953 (see s. 2 and Gazette 11 Dec 1953 p. 2423)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4	14 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)
Reprint 1: The Royal Style and Titles Act 1947 as at 24 Sep 2004 (includes amendments listed above)

² The Schedule referred to is a Schedule to the Royal Style and Titles Act Amendment Act 1953 and reads as follows:

“

Schedule

The Royal Style and Titles

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Australia and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of The Faith.

”.

Section 5 of that Act reads as follows:

“
In this Act, “the United Kingdom” means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

”.

³ By a proclamation made under s. 3(2) of this Act and published in the Gazette 7 December 1973 at p. 4479, the Style and Titles pertaining to the Crown were altered to:

“
Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.

”.