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(1)The Schedule contains consequential amendments.
(2)References (however expressed) in any enactment to the provisions of the Bill of Rights or the Act of Settlement relating to the succession to, or possession of, the Crown are to be read as including references to the provisions of this Act.
(3)The following enactments (which relate to the succession to, and possession of, the Crown) are subject to the provision made by this Act—
Article II of the Union with Scotland Act 1706;
Article II of the Union with England Act 1707;
Article Second of the Union with Ireland Act 1800;
Article Second of the Act of Union (Ireland) 1800.
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