AGLC4 Rule 7.1.4: Law Reform Commission Publications

Law reform commission publications follow the general rule, with the kind of publication (such as Report, Discussion Paper or Consultation Paper) used as the document type where appropriate.

AGLC4 page 108

Formatting

  • The commission is the roman author, followed by a comma.
  • The publication title is italic.
  • The bracket gives the publication kind, then No and the number where numbered, a comma and the date.
  • An unnumbered publication shows only its kind and the date in the bracket.
  • A publication that is both a numbered report and an interim report may be cited by its series and number, or by its specific kind alone, but the specific kind is never combined with the series number.
  • A pinpoint may combine volume, page and a paragraph in square brackets, for example volume, comma, page, space, paragraph.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 108
  1. 16
    New South Wales Law Reform Commission, Set-Off (Report No 94, February 2000).
  2. 17
    Australian Law Reform Commission, Elder Abuse (Discussion Paper No 83, December 2016).
  3. 18
    Victorian Law Reform Commission, Review of the Adoption Act 1984 (Consultation Paper, August 2016).
  4. 19
    Victorian Law Reform Commission, Civil Justice Review (Report No 14, March 2008).
  5. 20
    Law Reform Commission, Evidence Law Reform Stage 2 (Discussion Paper No 23, August 1985) 4.
  6. 21
    Law Reform Commission, Evidence (Report No 26, 1985) vol 1. [Or: … Evidence (Interim Report, 1985) vol 1.] [Not: … Evidence (Interim Report No 26, 1985) vol 1.]
  7. 22
    Australian Law Reform Commission, For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice (Report No 108, May 2008) vol 1, 339 [7.7].

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 108
  • [Not: … Evidence (Interim Report No 26, 1985) vol 1.]
    the specific kind Interim Report must not be joined to the series number of the Report series

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.