Demise of the Crown Act 1901
The Demise of the Crown Act 1901 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It provides that the holding of any office under the Crown is not to be affected in any way by the death of the reigning monarch, and that it is not necessary for anyone to be reappointed to a position in such an event.
Section 1 provided that the Act took effect retrospectively "as from the last demise of the Crown"; i.e. the death of Queen Victoria. Section 1 was repealed by the Statute Law Act 1973 as spent legislation.
In the Republic of Ireland, the Act was repealed in its entirety by the Statute Law Revision Act 2007.
