[2] In a letter to the other realms' heads of government, prior to the Perth Agreement, British Prime Minister David Cameron additionally proposed to limit the requirement to obtain the monarch's permission to marry to the first six people in line to the throne.
[3] Monarchy New Zealand welcomed the Bill, stating "The much-needed changes to the royal succession will remove gender discrimination by allowing women equal right to the throne.
"[4] The Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand described the changes as "too little, too late"[4] and was critical of the continuation of the rule preventing Catholics being monarch.
[5] The bill's provisions are to implement in New Zealand law changes to the succession agreed to at the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
The Bill was introduced into Parliament on 18 February 2013, by Minister of Justice Judith Collins,[6] and it passed its first reading on 2 July 2013,[7] with 104 votes in favour and 15 abstentions.