A fact from Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 October 2016 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the naturalisation of Handel(pictured) as a British citizen came via an Act of Parliament which required him to enter into communion with the Church of England?
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Is there any way to determine when this act was repealed? Google searches have been unfruitful, but could it be found in something like Hansard? --Egroeg5 (talk) 00:22, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
There is nothing unusual in an act never being repealed and in this case there would be no sense in repealing it. This is an act that executes an event and has no on-going effect.
On a different point, the reference to the Schism Act as an explanation for this Act cannot be right. The Schism Act was repealed in 1718 and this Act was enacted in 1727. I don’t know enough to correct the text, but I can see it is not right, 94.193.24.191 (talk) 10:06, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The expression "Handel's Naturalisation Act" is, on the face of it, a popular title (also called a popular name). There is no evidence that the expression "Handel's Naturalisation Act" is a short title. A short title can only be given to an Act by legislation. The reason for this is that in order to cite an Act in a legal document by a short title, it is considered necessary to have statutory authorisation. If a name of an Act is not given by legislation, that name is not a short title. This is the main Act that gives short titles to other Acts from this period. You will notice that "Handel's Naturalisation Act" is not included, because it was a private Act. I have conducted a fairly exhaustive search of legislation that confers short titles on Acts of this period, and none of those enactments confer any short title on this Act. The parliamentary archives source does not claim that the expression "Handel's Naturalisation Act" is a short title. Simply calling the Act "Handel's Naturalisation Act" is not an assertion by the parliamentary archives source that the expression "Handel's Naturalisation Act" is a short title. The claim that the expression "Handel's Naturalisation Act" is a short title therefore fails WP:V and WP:NOR and must be removed. For the avoidance of doubt, I have no objection to this Act being called "Handel's Naturalisation Act" in the article. The problem is the appearance of the words "short title", because the expression "short title" is a legal term of art that is being misused. James500 (talk) 03:02, 24 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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