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2.0 Legislation
Cite a statute by short title, year, chapter number, section, and subdivisions referenced (in
parentheses):
208
Companies Act 1985, c.6, s.6 (ii)(b)(iii).
Short titles may be abbreviated, if used repeatedly in legal writing. Usually the title of the Act is
replaced by its initials, which should be indicated as follows when first used:
Companies Act 1989 (CA 1989).
Older legislation may not have short titles. Thus, cite statutes enacted before 1962 by regnal
year, chapter number, section, common name or a description of its subject matter, and year:
24 Geo. 2 c.24 (Minority of Successor to Crown) (1750), s.23 (repealed).
1 Edw. 6 c.11 (Repeal of 28 Hen. 8 c.17) (1547).
Obscene Publications Act 1959, 7 & 8 Eliz. 2, c.66.
2.1 Statutory Instruments
Cite statutory instruments by full title, "SI", and year and number [year/number]:
Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Application to Armed Forces etc) Regulations 1994, SI
1994/3276.
2.2 Treaties and Conventions
Cite a treaty or convention as described in Section 1.0 on Treaties and Conventions (on page
266), filling in the source information with the British treaty series by year, abbreviated title (Gr.
Brit. T.S.), treaty number, and Command number:
[Treaty information], 1950 Gr. Brit. T.S. No. 1 (Cmnd. 40), [date of entry, etc.].
3.0 Jurisprudence
3.1 Unreported Cases
Cite unreported cases by name of the parties [Claimant/Appellant v. Defendant/Respondent]
(underlined), “(unreported)”, name of court or tribunal, date of decision and transcript number (if
available):
Smith v. Jones (unreported) Court of Appeal (Civil Division) 3 rd August 1993.