Any of the formats in the left-hand column of the table can be used to find the Arrangement of Sections, which has hypertext links to the preamble and to all of the sections and schedules that make up the complete Act.
Any of the formats for an Act can be followed by any of the formats in the right-hand column (separated by space and/or comma) to find an individual section or schedule, a range of sections, or several specified sections. For example:
Children Act, 1989, Section 12
Children Act, 1989 Schedule 8
Children Act 1989 s.12(3b)
Children Act 1989 s.12
1989 Chapter 41 Section 12
1989 c.41 sch.8
Any of the formats for an Act can be preceded by any of the formats in the right-hand column (separated by prepositions, articles, space and/or comma) to find an individual section or schedule. For example:
Section 12(3b) of the Children Act 1989
s. 4 of the Children Act 1989
Schedule 8 of the Children Act 1989
Schedule 8 to the Children Act 1989
Alphabetic characters can normally be upper or lower case, and can include full stops, but they are not normally necessary. The exception is abbreviations of Chapter, where “c.” must be lower case and include a full stop.
References to locations within a section or schedule (e.g. 12(3b)) will lead to information about the whole section or schedule.
Any of the formats in the left-hand column of the table can be used to find the Arrangement of Sections, which has hypertext links to the preamble and to all of the sections and schedules that make up the complete Act.
Any of the formats for an Act can be followed by any of the formats in the right-hand column (separated by space and/or comma) to find an individual section or schedule, a range of sections, or several specified sections. For example:
Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, Section 12
Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 Schedule 2
Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 s.12(3b)
Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 s.12
Any of the formats for an Act can be preceded by any of the formats in the right-hand column (separated by prepositions, articles, space and/or comma) to find an individual section or schedule, a range of sections, or several specified sections. For example:
Section 12(3b) of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
ss. 2,4,8 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
ss. 3-6 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
ss. 3-6 of Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
Schedule 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
Schedule 2 to the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003
Alphabetic characters can be upper or lower case. Abbreviations can include full stops, but they are not necessary.
References to locations within a section or schedule (e.g. 12(3b)) will lead to information about the whole section or schedule.
Measures of the National Assembly for Wales – reference formats
References to Measures of the National Assembly for Wales that JustCite can recognise include:
Formats for Acts:
Formats for sections and schedules:
NHS Redress (Wales) Measure, 2008
NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008
2008 nawm 1
Mesur Gwneud Iawn am Gamweddau'r GIG (Cymru) 2008
2008 mccc 1
Section 7
sect. 7
sec 7
s. 7
s 7
s7
Any of the formats in the left-hand column of the table can be used to find the Arrangement of Sections, which has hypertext links to the preamble and to all of the sections that make up the complete Measure.
Any of the formats for a Measure can be followed by any of the formats in the right-hand column (separated by space and/or comma) to find an individual section. For example:
NHS Redress (Wales) Measure, 2008, Section 7
NHS Redress (Wales) Measure, 2008 s.7(5)(a)
NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008 s.7
2008 nawm 1 Section 7
2008 nawm 2 s.7
2008 nawm 2 s.7(2)(c)
2008 mccc 1 Section 7
Any of the formats for a Measure can be preceded by any of the formats in the right-hand column (separated by prepositions, articles, space and/or comma) to find an individual section. For example:
Section 7 of the NHS Redress (Wales) Measure, 2008
Section 7, NHS Redress (Wales) Measure 2008
Alphabetic characters can be upper or lower case. Abbreviations can include full stops, but they are not necessary
References to locations within a section (e.g. 7(2)(c)) will lead to information about the whole section.
Recognised formats of numbers of Statutory Instruments include:
Statutory Instrument number 3123 of 1995
Statutory Instrument number 3123 of 3/12/95
Statutory Instruments number 3123 of 1995
Statutory Instruments number 3123 of 3/12/95
S.I. No. 3123 of 1995
S.I. No. 3123 of 3/12/95
S.I. n. 3123 of 1995
S.I. n. 3123 of 3/12/95
S.I. 3123 of 1995
SI Nº 3123 of 3 December 1995
Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 3123
Statutory Instrument 1995/3123
Statutory Instruments 1995 No. 3123
Statutory Instruments 1995/3123
S.I. 1995 No. 3123
S.I. 1995/3123
S.I. 1995 3123
S.I. 1995-3123
SI 1995 No. 3123
SI 1995/3123
SI 1995 3123
SI 1995-3123
si 1995 no 3123
si 1995/3123
si 1995 3123
si-1995-3123
Alphabetic characters can be upper or lower case. Abbreviations can include full stops, but they are not necessary. In the short formats, the three elements can be separated by space, hyphen or slash.
The formats of references for Scottish Statutory Instruments that JustCite can recognise include:
Scottish Statutory Instrument number 1 of 2002
Scottish Statutory Instrument number 1 of 8/1/2002
S.S.I. No. 1 of 2002
S.S.I. No. 1 of 8/1/2002
Scottish Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1
Scottish Statutory Instrument 2002/1
S.S.I. 2002 No. 1
S.S.I. 2002/1
SSI 2002 no 1
SSI 2002 1
SSI 2002/1
SSI 2002-1
Alphabetic characters can be upper or lower case. Abbreviations can include full stops, but they are not necessary. In the short formats, the three elements can be separated by space, hyphen or slash.
