AGLC4 Rule 21.2.2: Legislative Materials: Delegated Legislation

Cite New Zealand delegated legislation under rule 3.4, adding the statutory rule number after the jurisdiction and a comma before any pinpoint.

AGLC4 page 242

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 242
SR Year/Instrument Number

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • The title and year are italic, followed by (NZ) in round brackets.
  • The statutory rule number follows the jurisdiction as SR, a space, the year, a slash and the number, with no space around the slash.
  • A comma separates the statutory rule number from the pinpoint.

Example

Quoted from the Guide, page 242
  1. 17
    Electronic Transactions Regulations 2003 (NZ) SR 2003/288, reg 4.

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 242
  • ‘SR 2004/225’

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.