Vancouver Examples - Government and corporate documents - Legislation

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Short Title year (abbreviated jurisdiction)

Examples

  1. Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 (Qld)
  2. Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)

Notes

Use the year that appears in the short title of the piece of legislation, not the year it was last updated.

Abbreviate the jurisdiction that the legislation comes from. For example, Commonwealth legislation is abbreviated to Cth, New South Wales to NSW, Western Australia to WA, and so on.

Legal references in AMA11 style are based on The Bluebook, and the above is based on Bluebook Table 2.2.