AGLC4 Rule 15.2.1: Legislation: Title

Write the title as rule 3.1.1 directs, but follow it with a comma rather than a jurisdiction bracket, and leave out a leading The.

AGLC4 page 212

Formatting

  • The title is italic; the comma after it is roman.
  • A definite article at the start of the official title is dropped.
  • Unlike Australian Acts, no jurisdiction in round brackets follows the title; the jurisdiction is instead coded into the statute volume (rule 15.2.2).

Example

Quoted from the Guide, page 212
  1. 6
    Agri-Food Amendment Act, SS 1997, c 27. [Not: The Agri-Food …]

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 212
  • Agri-Food Amendment Act, SS 1997, c 27. [Not: The Agri-Food …]
    the leading The must be removed from the title.

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.