AGLC4 Rule 25.3.6: Legislation: Session Laws: Starting Page and Pinpoint References

The page on which the statute begins in the session laws follows the abbreviation. Where an original pinpoint was given, the session laws page or pages carrying that provision follow the starting page after a comma.

AGLC4 page 284

Formatting

  • A space separates the abbreviation from the starting page.
  • A comma and a space precede the session laws pinpoint.
  • Page ranges use an unspaced en dash and may shorten the second number.
  • The starting page is repeated as the pinpoint where the provision is on the first page.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 284
  1. 68
    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub L No 96-511, 94 Stat 2812.
  2. 69
    Animal Disease Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Control Act of 2001, Pub L No 107-9, §§ 2–3, 115 Stat 11, 11–16. [Not: … 115 Stat 11.]

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 284
  • … 115 Stat 11.
    when an original pinpoint is given the matching session laws page must be given too

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.