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Alter the form of the Declaration and Oath required to be made by the Sovereign on
Accession; and for connected purposes.
B E IT ENACTED by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:
PART I
REPEAL OF OLD OATHS
1 Coronation oath
The Coronation Oath Act 1688 (c. 6) shall be repealed.
PART II
ACCESSION OATHS AND DECLARATIONS
3 Accession oath
(1) In the presence of the Accession council, formed of all Privy Counsellors, Great
Officers of State, Realm High Commissioners and senior civil servants, the new
Sovereign shall take the following oath, with the Lord President of the Council
administering the questions;
And if the Sovereign chooses to have a Coronation Ceremony, this shall be the Oath
administered by the Archbishop, however the Oath must also be administered
during the Accession council.
(2) The Oath shall be
President: Is your Majesty willing to take the Oath?
Sovereign: I am willing.
President: Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the Peoples of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, your other Realms
and Territories, and the Commonwealth, according to their respective laws
and customs?
Sovereign: I solemnly promise so to do.
President: Will you to your power cause Law and Justice, in Mercy, to be
executed in all your judgments?
Sovereign: I will.
President: Will you to the utmost of your power maintain and preserve liberty
and freedom of all peoples to exercise their faith and beliefs? Will you
maintain and preserve the democratic right, and right of self determination,
of all persons and realms you rule over? Will you respect and preserve the
sovereignty of Parliament and of the people, and not infringe or interfere in
the democratic process?
Sovereign: All this I promise to do.
Sovereign: The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and
keep.
PART III
COMMENCEMENT AND SHORT TITLE