Citing Acts
The full citation of a Statute (or Act) follows the format:
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The short title (or common name) of the Act (in italics) followed
by the date the Act was passed
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The Jurisdiction, abbreviated and in parentheses (eg. Cth
for Commonwealth; NSW for New South Wales)
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If the citation includes a specific section of the Act then
this will be written in one of the following ways:
section x (where x = the section number)
secx
sx
s x
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