AGLC4 Rule 3.3: Order of Parallel Australian Statutes and Bills

When matching Acts or Bills from several Australian jurisdictions are cited together, the Commonwealth item comes first and the state and territory items follow in alphabetical order of jurisdiction. That order holds even when only some jurisdictions are cited, unless the order itself carries meaning.

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Formatting

  • The Commonwealth citation comes first.
  • States and territories follow in alphabetical order of jurisdiction: ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA.
  • Each citation is complete, with its own title, year, jurisdiction and pinpoint.
  • Citations in the series are separated by semicolons.
  • The order is kept when only some jurisdictions are cited, unless a different order matters to the meaning.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 74
  1. 37
    Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52(1); Fair Trading Act 1992 (ACT) s 12(1); Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) s 42(1); Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 (NT) s 42(1); Fair Trading Act 1989 (Qld) s 38(1); Fair Trading Act 1987 (SA) s 56(1); Fair Trading Act 1990 (Tas) s 14(1); Fair Trading Act 1999 (Vic) s 9(1); Fair Trading Act 1987 (WA) s 10(1).
  2. 38
    Oaths and Affirmations Act 1984 (ACT) s 14(1); Oaths Act 1939 (NT) s 8; Oaths Act 1867 (Qld) s 5; Oaths Act 1936 (SA) s 13; Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations Act 2005 (WA) s 5(1).

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.