An Act Describing the Calendrial system of Baustralia; regarding the regnal calendar

1. This Act shall be known as the Calendar Act, 2019.

Gregorian and Julian Calendar systems

2. The Parliament of Baustralia, and all governmental offices shall adopt and use the Gregorian calendar.
3. The Julian calendar must not be used for official or legal purposes.
4. The Julian calendar is not banned and can be used for any purposes other than written in paragraph 3.

Regnal Calendar

5. For certain documents, i.e. King’s commissions, Acts of Parliament, and other things, a calendar relating to the reign of the current monarch shall be used.
6. The regnal calendar is described as such:-
1. The regnal year, that is how many years since the reign of the monarch, with the start of the year coinciding with the start of that monarch’s reign.
1. The regnal year is not bound to the start date of the previous monarch’s year.
2. The regnal year shall be written in Arabic numbers.
2. The regnal name, if 5 or more characters, abbreviated to 3 characters and a full stop, or in some cases being defined through an Act of Parliament, or in Appendix A of this Act, 4 or 2 and a full stop.
3. The regnal number of the monarch.
1. The regnal number shall be written in Arabic numbers.
7. In the case of two co-reigning monarchs, a special method of abbreviation can be used, also defined through an Act of Parliament. See Appendix B for examples from other monarchies.

Schedule A - A List of Defined Abbreviations

8. Anne - Anne
9. Charles - Cha.
10. Edward - Edw.
11. Elizabeth - Eliz.
12. George - Geo.
13. Henry - Hen.
14. James - Ja.
15. John - John
16. Mary - Mar.
17. Richard - Ric.
18. Stephen - Ste.
19. Victoria - Vict.
20. William - Will.

Schedule B - A List of Defined Co-Reigning Abbreviations

21. Phillip and Mary - England - Ph. & M.
22. William and Mary - England - Will. & Mar.
23. Reagan and Mecca - Rmhoania - Re. & Me.
24. John and Aidan - Trepenny - Jo. & Ai.
25. Katelynn and John - Edstmae (abdication of Katelynn) - Kat. & John