Legislative materials
Note: Different units at Deakin use different referencing styles. Check your unit assessment information to find which style you are required to use.
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Last updated: 6 March 2024
Acts
- The year of the Act appears in italics following the title.
- The jurisdiction abbreviation is included in brackets. See AGLC rule 3.1.3 for jurisdiction abbreviations.
- For more information on abbreviations used in pinpoint references, see AGLC rule 3.1.4.
Title of Act year (Abbreviation of jurisdiction) pinpoint.
3 Transfer of Land Act 1958 (Vic) s 74.
5 Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) sch 2.
38 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005 (Cth) pt 3A div 2.
Citing individual parts of legislative materials
- A short title may be given for a portion of an Act, piece of delegated legislation or Bill.
- The short title is provided in brackets at the end of the first citation. This short title is then used in subsequent references.
- Pinpoints following the short title in subsequent references refer only to items within that portion of the Act.
For further information, see AGLC rule 3.1.7.
12Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) sch 1 (‘Criminal Code’).
13 Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) sch 2 (‘Australian Consumer Law’).
….
25 Criminal Code (n 12) s 80.2(5).
26 Australian Consumer Law (n 13) s 3.
Bills
- Bills are cited in similar way to Acts, but the title is not italicised.
- For information on how to refer to a portion of a Bill, see advice in this guide under ‘Acts’.
- Pinpoints are often to clauses or subclauses.
For more information on abbreviations used in pinpoint references see AGLC rule 3.1.4.
Title of Bill year (Abbreviation of jurisdiction) pinpoint.
51 Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 (Cth) cl 83.
Explanatory memoranda
Explanatory memoranda are also known as explanatory statements or explanatory notes in different jurisdictions and should be cited appropriately for each jurisdiction.
Pinpoints are usually to pages, or pages and paragraphs.
Explanatory Memorandum/Statements/Notes, Citation of Bill pinpoint.
13 Explanatory Memorandum, Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Bill 2006 (Vic).