AGLC4 Rule 24.2.3: Regnal Year and Chapter
Statutes enacted before 1 January 1963 include the regnal year and chapter; later statutes do not. The regnal year counts the years of the monarch's reign at enactment and uses the monarch's abbreviated name and regnal number. A later session within one regnal year is marked with sess and its number, and the chapter follows abbreviated as c.
AGLC4 page 258
Format
Quoted from the Guide, page 258A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.
Formatting
- Regnal year, monarch abbreviation and regnal number are separated by spaces and use Arabic numerals.
- Two regnal years are joined by a spaced ampersand, as in 22 & 23 Geo 5.
- A session number follows the regnal number as sess and the number, with no comma.
- A comma separates the regnal details from the chapter, which is written c and the number.
- All regnal elements are roman.
Examples
Quoted from the Guide, page 258- 36Workmen’s Compensation Act 1906, 6 Edw 7, c 58.
- 37Statute of Westminster 1931 (Imp) 22 & 23 Geo 5, c 4.
- 38East India Company Act 1784, 24 Geo 3 sess 2, c 2.
Forms in the rule
Quoted from the Guide, page 258- ‘2 & 3 Wm 4’
- ‘1 Geo 6’
- ‘1 Wm & M sess 2’
Abbreviations of monarchs' names for regnal years
Quoted from the Guide, page 258| Monarch’s Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Anne | Anne |
| Charles | Car |
| Edward | Edw |
| Elizabeth | Eliz |
| George | Geo |
| Henry | Hen |
| James | Jac |
| John | John |
| Mary | Mary |
| Philip and Mary | Ph & M |
| Richard | Ric |
| Victoria | Vict |
| William | Wm |
| William and Mary | Wm & M |
See also
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