AGLC4 Rule 24.4.3: Parliamentary Papers

Parliamentary papers are cited with author, title and, in round brackets, the House, the paper number and the session, followed by the pinpoint. A paper presented to both Houses carries both numbers separated by a comma.

AGLC4 page 262

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 262
Author, Title (House Paper No Number, Session Year(s) of Session) Pinpoint.

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

Formatting

  • The author is roman and followed by a comma.
  • The title is italic.
  • Inside the round bracket, the House is written in full, followed by Paper No and the number, then a comma, Session and the session years.
  • Where two Houses are cited, each House and number appears in turn, separated by commas, before the session.
  • The pinpoint follows the closing bracket after a space.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 262
  1. 50
    National Audit Office, Regenerating the English Coalfields (House of Commons Paper No 84, Session 2009–10) 11.
  2. 51
    Joint Committee on Human Rights, Prisoner Transfer Treaty with Libya (House of Lords Paper No 71, House of Commons Paper No 398, Session 2008–09) 5.

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.