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Sexual Offences Act 2003, s 1(1)(c) .
2.4.3 Older statutes
For older statutes, it may be helpful to give the regnal year and chapter number .
Crown Debts Act 1801 (41 Geo 3 c 90)
In this example, the information in brackets indicates that the Act was given royal
assent in the forty-first year of the reign of George III . The abbreviation c stands for
chapter . The Crown Debts Act 1801 was the ninetieth Act to receive royal assent in
that
session of Parliament, and so is chapter 90 . Citation by chapter number must be
used for older statutes without short titles .
2.4.4 Explanatory notes to statutes
When citing explanatory notes to statutes, precede the name of the statute with the
words ‘Explanatory Notes to the …’ . When pinpointing, cite the paragraph number(s),
preceded by ‘para(s)’ .
Explanatory Notes to the Charities Act 2006, para 15
2.4.5 Bills
Cite
a Bill by its title, the House in which it originated, the Parliamentary session in
brackets, and the running number assigned to it . Running numbers for House of
Commons Bills are put in square brackets; those for House of Lords Bills are not .
When a Bill is reprinted at any stage it is given a new running number .
title | HC Bill | (session) | [number] OR title | HL Bill | (session) | number
The rules for referring to parts of Bills mirror those for referring
to parts of statutes
(see section
2.4.2
) . ‘Clause’ and ‘clauses’ may be abbreviated to ‘cl’ and ‘cls’ in the
text and should be so abbreviated in footnotes .
Consolidated Fund HC Bill (2008–09) [5]
Academies HL Bill (2010-11) 1, cl 8(2)
2.4.6 Wales
Welsh measures are primary legislation of the Welsh Assembly . They are cited by
short title and year, followed by the National Assembly of Wales Measure (nawm or
mccc) number in brackets .
Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2)
Mesur Teithio gan Ddysgwyr (Cymru) 2008 (mccc 2)
Cite parts of Welsh measures as for parts of UK Parliament statutes (section
2.4.2
) .
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2.4.7 Scotland
Acts
Like UK Parliament statutes, Acts of the Scottish Parliament are
cited by short title and
year . Each Act is also given an ‘asp’ number, consisting of a lower-case abbreviation
of the words ‘Act of the Scottish Parliament’ and a running number in the year (eg
‘asp 13’) . For completeness the asp number should be given after the year, in brackets .
Crofting Reform etc Act 2007 (asp 7)
Cite parts of Acts of the Scottish Parliament as for parts of UK Parliament statutes
(section
2.4.2
) .
Bills
Bills before the Scottish Parliament are cited by Scottish Parliament Bill number
and title, followed by the printing in square brackets, the
session and the year in
brackets . Unlike UK Parliament Bills, Scottish Parliament Bills retain their original
numbering throughout, with amended versions of the Bill being identified by the use
of an alphabetical suffix .
SP Bill 4 Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc (Scotland) Bill [as introduced]
Session 1 (1999)
SP Bill 4A Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc (Scotland) Bill [as amended at
Stage 2] Session 1 (2000)
For advice about how to cite pre-1707
Scottish legislation, see Peter Clinch,
Legal
Research: A Practitioner’s Handbook
(Wildy, Simmonds & Hill 2010) .
2.4.8 Northern Ireland
When citing Acts of the former Parliament of Northern Ireland, put ‘NI’ in brackets
between the short title and the year . When citing Acts of the
current Northern Ireland
Assembly, which was established in 1998, put ‘Northern Ireland’ in brackets between
the short title and the year .
Poultry Improvement Act (NI) 1968
Presumption of Death Act (Northern Ireland) 2009
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