AGLC4 Rule 24.2.1: Title and Year

Cite the title and year under rules 3.1.1 to 3.1.2. The year of passing is always included in the title even when the official short title lacks it, and a leading The is dropped. A statute from before the nineteenth century without a short title takes the short title given in the Chronological Table of the Statutes or an equivalent online source, rather than its long title.

AGLC4 page 257

Formatting

  • The title and year are italic together.
  • A leading The is omitted from the title.
  • The year is added in italics where the official title lacks it.
  • Where regnal year and chapter follow, the title is followed by a roman comma.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 257
  1. 26
    Human Rights Act 1998 (UK) s 6(1).
  2. 27
    Government of Wales Act 1998 (UK). [Not: Government of Wales Act (UK) …]
  3. 28
    Staple Act 1435, 14 Hen 6, c 2. [Not: The Staple Act 1435, …]
  4. 29
    Private (See of Dublin) Act 1705, 4 & 5 Anne c 13. [Not: An Act for Making Effectual a Grant of Their Late Majesties King William and Queen Mary of the Town and Lands of Seatown to the Archbishoprick of Dublin and for Restoring the Same to the Said See 1705, …]

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 257
  • Government of Wales Act (UK) …
    the year of passing must be included in the title.
  • The Staple Act 1435, …
    a leading The must be dropped and the title italicised.
  • An Act for Making Effectual a Grant of Their Late Majesties King William and Queen Mary of the Town and Lands of Seatown to the Archbishoprick of Dublin and for Restoring the Same to the Said See 1705, …
    the long title must be replaced by the short title from the Chronological Table.

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 257
  • Great Britain, Chronological Table of the Statutes (Stationery Office, 2017)

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.