Validation of some marriages voided by the Royal Marriages Act 1772
9 Validation of some marriages voided by the Royal Marriages Act 1772
A marriage that was void under the Royal Marriages Act 1772 of Great Britain, so far as that Act was part of the law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, is to be treated as never having been void if:
neither party to the marriage was one of the 6 persons next in the line of succession to the Crown at the time of the marriage; and
no consent was sought under section 1 of that Act, or notice given under section 2 of that Act, in respect of the marriage; and
in all the circumstances it was reasonable for the person concerned not to have been aware at the time of the marriage that the Act applied to it; and
no person acted, before the commencement of this item, on the basis that the marriage was void.
Subitem (1) applies for all purposes except those relating to succession to the Crown.
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