(1) References to an
Act in this section are to that Act so far as it is part of the law of the
State.
(2) In the Act of
Settlement :
(a) in
the Preamble delete “or marry a papist”;
(b) in
the Preamble delete “or marrying”;
(c) in
section 2 delete “or shall marry a papist”.
(3) In the Bill of
Rights :
(a) in
section 1 delete “or by any King or Queene marrying a papist”;
(b) in
section 1 delete “or shall marry a papist”;
(c) in
section 1 delete “or marrying”.
(4) The amendments
made by this section apply in relation to marriages occurring before the
commencement of this section if the person concerned is alive at that
commencement (as well as in relation to marriages occurring after that
commencement).