Template:Cite Legislation AU

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{{Cite Legislation AU}} produces links to a variety of different legislation resources located on the AustLII site. Formatting is designed to be in compliance with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation.

AustLII has consolidated acts and regulations for every Australian jurisdiction. For some jurisdictions other materials are available. The following table lists the sources available for each jurisdiction (years indicated are the earliest years available for that source).

	Cth	ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA
Acts	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Regulations	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Bills	1995	2002	1999	1998	1999		2002	1999	1998
Explanatory memoranda	1996	2002	1999	2005	1999			2001	1999
Repealed acts		•	•
Repealed regulations		•	•

Usage

Most sources use similar parameters.

In all cases jurisdiction will be one of Cth (for federal legislation) or ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic or WA (for state and territory legislation).

The necessary value for the short-name parameter can be obtained from the AustLII URL (it consists of the initials of the short title, the year, and the number of the item in that year, so if you know this information you can compose the short name that way). As an example, for the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), for which the URL is http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/ the short name is "ca1968133".

Consolidated acts

 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | act | short-name | title | section (optional) }}

Where the section parameter is supplied, a link to that particular section will be produced.
Acts as they were made (by number)

 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | num_act | short-name | title | section (optional) }}

Where the section parameter is supplied, a link to that particular section will be produced.

Historical acts (Queensland & Victoria)

 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | hist_act | short-name | title }}

Historical acts are pdfs so there is no capacity to link to a particular section.

Regulations

 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | reg | short-name | title | regulation (optional) }}

Where the regulation parameter is supplied, a link to that particular regulation will be produced.

Regulations As Made

 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | num_reg | short-name | title | regulation (optional) }}

Where the regulation parameter is supplied, a link to that particular regulation will be produced.

Bills

 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | bill | short-name | title }}

Explanatory memoranda

 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | memo | short-name | title | number (optional) }}

These are also known as 'explanatory notes' or 'explanatory statements' in some jurisdictions.

The number parameter is only required when linking to supplementary memoranda; in most cases it will not be required.

Repealed acts

 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | repealed_act | short-name | title | section (optional) }}

Repealed regulations

 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | repealed_reg | short-name | title | regulation (optional) }}

Examples

Example	Description	Produces
{{Cite Legislation AU\|Cth\|act\|ca1968133\|Copyright Act 1968}}	Citing an act.	Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
{{Cite Legislation AU\|Cth\|act\|ca1968133\|Copyright Act 1968\|41a}}	Citing a particular section in an act.	Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 41a
{{Cite Legislation AU\|Vic\|reg\|sccpr2005433\|Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2005\|7.01}}	Citing a regulation.	Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2005 (Vic) r 7.01
{{Cite Legislation AU\|Vic\|bill\|phab2008253\|Public Holidays Amendment Bill 2008}}	Citing a bill.	Public Holidays Amendment Bill 2008 (Vic)
{{Cite Legislation AU\|Cth\|memo\|mlab12008347\|Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No 1) 2008\|2}}	Citing an explanatory memorandum.	Explanatory Memorandum, Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No 1) 2008 (Cth) 2
{{Cite Legislation AU\|Cth\|act\|coaca430\|Australian Constitution\|51}}	Citing the Constitution.	Australian Constitution (Cth) s 51

Template data

Australian law citation in AGLC format, with a link to the AustLII site

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Jurisdiction	`1`	In all cases jurisdiction will be one of Cth (for federal legislation) or ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic or WA (for state and territory legislation).	String	required
Legislation type	`2`	One of act, num_act, hist_act, reg, num_reg, bill, memo, repealed_act, repealed_reg	String	required
Short Name	`3`	Appears in the AustLII URL Example ca1968133	Unknown	required
Title	`4`	For the citation Example Copyright Act 1968	Unknown	required
Pinpoint reference	`5`	no description Example 41a	Unknown	optional

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