Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927

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The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 was a UK statute that formally altered the monarch’s royal style and the title of the British Parliament to reflect the changing constitutional relationship with Ireland following the establishment of the Irish Free State.

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Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
affectedEntity royal style and titles of the British monarch ⓘ
title of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
amendedRoyalStyleOf George V ⓘ
appliesTo United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
category Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Ireland ⓘ
Royal styles and titles in the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom constitutional law ⓘ
changedParliamentaryTitleFrom Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
changedParliamentaryTitleTo Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
changedRoyalStyleFrom King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India ⓘ
linked to: British monarch
changedRoyalStyleTo King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India ⓘ
chronology followed the Government of Ireland Act 1920 ⓘ
commencement 1927-04-12 ⓘ
containsSection Section 1 ⓘ
Section 2 ⓘ
context establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
enactedBy House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
hasEffectOn formal designation of the UK Parliament ⓘ
formal designation of the UK state ⓘ
inForceIn 1927 ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfText English ⓘ
legalCitation 17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. 4 ⓘ
legalStatus spent ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
longTitle An Act to make provision with respect to the Royal Style and Titles and the Style of Parliament ⓘ
monarchAtEnactment George V ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
purpose to alter the royal style and titles of the British monarch ⓘ
to alter the title and style of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
reason constitutional changes following the establishment of the Irish Free State ⓘ
to reflect that most of Ireland was no longer part of the United Kingdom ⓘ
relatedTo Anglo-Irish Treaty ⓘ
Irish Free State ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
royalAssent 1927-04-12 ⓘ
sectionCount 2 ⓘ
shortTitle Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 ⓘ
signedBy George V ⓘ
status partly repealed ⓘ
subjectMatter United Kingdom–Ireland relations ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
royal titles ⓘ
typeOfLegislation public general act ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1927 ⓘ

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Royal Titles Act 1953 → relatedTo → Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 ⓘ
Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 → shortTitle → Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 ⓘ