Royal Style and Titles Act 1973

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The Royal Style and Titles Act 1973 is an Australian federal law that formally defined the monarch’s Australian royal title, emphasizing the sovereign’s distinct role as King (or Queen) of Australia rather than solely as the British monarch.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament
Australian federal statute
appliesTo Australian territories
Commonwealth of Australia
category 1973 in Australian law
Australian constitutional legislation
Monarchy in Australia
citation No. 114 of 1973
clarifies that the sovereign is separately King or Queen of Australia and not only British monarch
commencementDate 1973-08-15
country Australia
dateOfRoyalAssent 1973-08-14
definesTitleOf monarch of Australia
effect established the royal title including the phrase Queen of Australia for Elizabeth II
enactedBy Parliament of Australia
governorGeneralAtAssent Paul Hasluck
historicalContext part of the evolution of Australia’s constitutional independence from the United Kingdom
introducedBy Gough Whitlam
introducedInChamber House of Representatives of Australia
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
language English
legalStatus in force
legalSystem Australian law
legislativeBody Parliament of Australia
longTitle An Act to alter the Style and Titles of the Sovereign in relation to Australia and its Territories
monarchAtEnactment Elizabeth II
predecessor Royal Titles Act 1953 (United Kingdom)
surface form: Royal Style and Titles Act 1953
primeMinisterAtEnactment Gough Whitlam
purpose to define the monarch’s royal style and titles in relation to Australia
to emphasize the sovereign’s distinct role as King or Queen of Australia
relatedTo Australian constitutional law
Australian constitutional monarchy
surface form: Australian monarchy

King of Australia
Queen of Australia
royalAssentBy Elizabeth II
subject Australian constitutional monarchy
surface form: Australian monarchy

royal style and titles
typeOfLaw constitutional statute
yearEnacted 1973

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King of Australia constitutionalBasis Royal Style and Titles Act 1973
King of Australia roleCreatedBy Royal Style and Titles Act 1973
Queen of Australia establishedBy Royal Style and Titles Act 1973
the Crown in right of Australia symbolizedBy Royal Style and Titles Act 1973
subject surface form: Crown in right of Australia
this entity surface form: Royal Style and Titles of the monarch in Australia
Great Seal of Australia relatedTo Royal Style and Titles Act 1973
this entity surface form: Royal Style and Titles in Australia