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# Royal And Parliamentary Titles Act 1927

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Royal And Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
1927 c.4
An Act to provide for the alteration of the Royal Style and Titles and of the Style of Parliament and for purposes incidental thereto.
[12th April 1927]

## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-1}



## 2 Alteration of the style of Parliament. {#section-2}

(1) Parliament shall hereafter be known as and styled the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; . . .
(2) In every . . . public document issued after the passing of this Act the expression “United Kingdom” shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

## 3 Short title. {#section-3}

This Act may be cited as the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927.