Law AGLC4 Referencing Guide

Footnote - general format

Title Year (Jurisdiction) Pinpoint.

Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) s 20.

Footnote - with short title

Title Year (Jurisdiction) Pinpoint ('Short Title’).

Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) s 20 (‘PIP Act’).

Additional tips

• Pinpoint references to an Act usually include an abbreviation of a designation, eg s (section), sch (schedule), cl (clause) (see AGLC4 Rule 3.1.4 for a full list of abbreviations)
• When a short title is given to a portion of an Act, delegated legislation or Bill, the short title should be placed after the pinpoint, eg Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) sch 1 ('Criminal Code') (AGLC4 Rule 3.1.7)

Bills are referred to in the same way as Acts, except their titles are not italicised.

Footnote - general format

Title Year (Jurisdiction) Pinpoint.

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 (Cth) cl 83.

Footnote - with short title

Title Year (Jurisdiction) Pinpoint ('Short Title’).

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 (Cth) (‘CPRS Bill’).

Additional tips

• The abbreviation for clause 'cl' is used for pinpoint references (AGLC4 rule 3.2)

Delegated legislation (regulations, rules and orders) are cited similar to Acts.

Footnote - general format

Title Year (Jurisdiction) Pinpoint.

Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 (NSW) reg 34.

Footnote - with short title

Title Year (Jurisdiction) Pinpoint ('Short Title').

Work Health and Safety Regulation 2017 (NSW) reg 34 ('WHS Regulation').

Additional tips

• Use the abbreviations in rule 3.1.4 and 3.4 to refer to pinpoints of delegated legislation eg ord (order), reg (regulation), r (rule), ords (orders), regs (regulations), rr (rules)

The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia may be cited as the Australian Constitution, the Commonwealth Constitution or the Constitution if there is no ambiguity as to which constitution is being cited.

 eg Australian Constitution s 51(ii).

If necessary it may also be referred to within its enacting legislation

eg Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (Imp) 63 & 64 Vict, c 12, s 9.

The constitutions of individual states should be cited as you would an Act

eg Constitution of Queensland 2001 (Qld) s 3. 

Explanatory Memoranda are also known as Explanatory Statements or Explanatory Notes. Use the term that is referred to in the source you are referencing.

Footnote

Explanatory Memorandum/Notes/Statement, Bill Pinpoint.

Explanatory Notes, Adoption Bill 2009 (Qld) 5-6, 29.

Additional tips

• The citation to the Bill should adhere to rule 3.2
• Pinpoints should be to pages or paragraphs (or both) in accordance with rules 1.1.6-1.1.7 (see General rules)

The following abbreviations are used for Australian jurisdictions: