AGLC4 Rule 25.3.7: Legislation: Session Laws: Year

Give the year of enactment, or if unavailable the year of commencement, in round brackets after the starting page or pinpoint. Leave it out when the title already contains that year, or, for state laws, when the volume year has already been given.

AGLC4 page 284

Formatting

  • A space and the year in round brackets follow the last page reference, with no comma before the bracket.
  • No year bracket where the title contains the same year.
  • No year bracket where a state session laws volume is identified by its year.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 284
  1. 70
    Smithsonian Facilities Authorization Act, Pub L No 108-72, §§ 4–5, 117 Stat 888, 889 (2003).
  2. 71
    Child Citizenship Act of 2000, Pub L No 106-395, tit II, 114 Stat 1631, 1633–6. [Not: … 114 Stat 1631, 1633–6 (2000).]
  3. 72
    Act of 21 March 2002, Pub L No 102-2002, 2002 Ind Acts 1597. [Not: … 2002 Ind Acts 1597 (2002).]

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 284
  • … 114 Stat 1631, 1633–6 (2000).
    the year is already in the title, so it is not repeated
  • … 2002 Ind Acts 1597 (2002).
    the year is already given as the volume, so it is not repeated

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.