What name was given to the act which bans Roman Catholics from the throne?
Succession to the British throne Succession to the British throne Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, sex (for people born before October 2011), legitimacy, and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 restrict succession to the throne to the legitimate Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover that are in "communion with the Church of England". Spouses of Roman Catholics were disqualified from 1689 until the law was amended in 2015. Protestant descendants of those excluded for being Roman
Succession to the Throne Act, 2013 Harris noted a "political controversy" around the same subject. In the hearing of an application to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, presented on 7 March 2013, Bryan Teskey argued that the "Succession to the Throne Act, 2013" was unconstitutional, being in violation both of section 2 of the "Canada Act 1982" (as it endeavoured to allow a British law to have force in Canada) and of section 15 of the "Charter of Rights and Freedoms" (as it assented to a law that does not eliminate the prohibition of Roman Catholics from the royal line of succession). Citing the earlier