AGLC4 Rule 24.2.2: Legislation: Jurisdiction

Include or omit the jurisdiction according to the table. Where it is omitted, the title is followed by a roman comma.

AGLC4 page 258

Formatting

  • The jurisdiction is in round brackets directly after the italic title and year.
  • Acts of the United Kingdom Parliament from 1 January 1963 take (UK); earlier Acts omit the jurisdiction.
  • (Imp) may be used for Acts of the Imperial Parliament before 1963, and no comma follows it before the regnal year.
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales use (NI), (Scot) and (Wales).
  • With no jurisdiction, a roman comma follows the title before the regnal year.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 258
  1. 30
    Factories Act 1961, 9 & 10 Eliz 2, c 34.
  2. 31
    Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 (Imp) 28 & 29 Vict, c 63.
  3. 32
    Appropriation Act 2004 (UK).
  4. 33
    Libraries Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (NI).
  5. 34
    Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003 (Scot).
  6. 35
    Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (Wales).

Whether and how the jurisdiction is shown for each United Kingdom legislature

Quoted from the Guide, page 258
Parliament/AssemblyJurisdiction
United Kingdom Parliament (from 1 January 1963)‘(UK)’ should be included
United Kingdom Parliament (before 1 January 1963)Omit jurisdiction
United Kingdom Parliament sitting as the Imperial Parliament (before 1 January 1963)‘(Imp)’ may be included
Northern Ireland Assembly‘(NI)’ should be included
Scottish Parliament‘(Scot)’ should be included
National Assembly for Wales‘(Wales)’ should be included

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.