AGLC4 Rule 3.9.4: Court Practice Directions and Practice Notes

A practice direction or practice note reproduced in a report series is cited by court, then the italic designation, identifier and title, then the report citation and a pinpoint. One not in a report series takes a full date instead of the report citation. A numeric identifier is preceded by No, and the report series version is preferred whenever it exists.

AGLC4 page 81

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 81
Court, Practice Direction/Note Number/Identifier: Title of Practice Direction/Note Citation to Report Series, Pinpoint.
Court, Practice Direction/Note Number/Identifier: Title of Practice Direction/Note, Full Date, Pinpoint.

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

Formatting

  • The court comes first, roman, followed by a comma.
  • The words Practice Direction or Practice Note, the identifier, the colon and the title are all italic.
  • Where the identifier is clearly a number, No and a space come before it; an identifier that is not a number takes no No.
  • A colon with no space before it and one space after it separates the identifier from the title.
  • Where there is no identifier, the designation leads straight into the colon and title.
  • For a reported document, the report citation follows the title after a space with no comma, formatted under rule 2.2.2 and including the starting page.
  • For an unreported document, a comma follows the title, then the full date written day, month in full, year.
  • The pinpoint comes last, after a comma, and is to pages or pages and paragraphs under rules 1.1.6 and 1.1.7.
  • The version in the court's authorised report series is cited in preference to any other.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 81
  1. 78
    Supreme Court of Victoria, Practice Note No 8 of 2010: Management of Group Proceedings (2010) 30 VR 693.
  2. 79
    Supreme Court of Victoria, Practice Note SC Gen 10: Conduct of Group Proceedings (Class Actions), 30 January 2017. [Not: … Practice Note No SC Gen 10: Conduct …]
  3. 80
    High Court of Australia, Practice Direction No 2 of 2010: Use of Initials or Pseudonyms in Applications, 2 November 2010.
  4. 81
    Federal Court of Australia, Central Practice Note: National Court Framework and Case Management, 25 October 2016, para 4.1.

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 81
  • [Not: … Practice Note No SC Gen 10: Conduct …]
    No is added only when the identifier is clearly a number

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.