Template:Cite legislation UK/testcases

Standards

The Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities, 4th edn, lists the following examples of standardised format for citation of UK legislation. The template should output these results verbatim.

• primary legislation:
  • in-text:
    • UK-wide:
      • Food Standards Act 1999, c. 28
      • Act of Supremacy 1558 (note it's been repealed almost entirely, and legislation.gov.uk doesn't actually have any of the content except the incipit and s VIII, nor does the archives collection (which has Henry VIII's 1534 Act of Supremacy); however, Hanover U. has a copy of a bill for this Act, differing in both the incipit and use of modern English, but matching s VIII at its page 447 para 2)
      • Shipping and Trading Interests (Protection) Act 1995
      • Section 7(1) of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (note subsection anchor in URL)
      • Nuclear Installations Act 1965, s 7(1)
      • section 5(1)(a) of the Race Relations Act 1976 (note the need for modified URL, since this was repealed in 2011; /enacted cites original)
      • the Race Relations Act 1976, s 5(1)(a) (note this URL links to the 1 Oct. 2003 revision, not 1976 original revision; OSCOLA doesn't provide a format for indicating this)
      • section 11(1A) of the Limitation Act 1980 (as revised) (note that sections may be alphanumeric; 11(1A) was inserted between 11(1) & 11(2) in 1997)
    • England
      • part of a multi-jurisdiction Act:
        • Water Resources Act 1991 (UK) (note URL is to full text (not table of contents), and ?view=extent is needed to show the jurisdiction annotations; there doesn't appear to be a filter to show only a specific jurisdiction)
      • old Acts; e.g. royal assent given in 41st year of the reign of George III, chapter 90 (90th Act passed that session):
        • Crown Debts Act 1801 (41 Geo 3 c 90)
    • Northern Ireland:
      • made in NI:
        • post 1998:
          • Presumption of Death Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (note nia in URL)
        • pre 1998 (by former Parliament of Northern Ireland):
          • Poultry Improvement Act (NI) 1968 (note apni in URL, and title on website uses (Northern Ireland), contrary to OSCOLA's specific contrast that this should be written (NI) instead)
    • Scotland:
      • made in Scotland (Acts of the Scottish Parliament):
        • Crofting Reform etc Act 2007 (asp 7) (note asp in URL)
    • Wales:
      • made by Wesh Assembly, National Assembly of Wales Measure (nawm (English) or mccc (Welsh)):
        • Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2) (note mwa in URL)
        • Mesur Teithio gan Ddysgwyr (Cymru) 2008 (mccc 2) (note /welsh in URL to get Welsh version, and only the original is available in Welsh; latest revised is only in English)
  • explanatory notes:
    • Explanatory Notes to the Charities Act 2006, para 15 (note notes in URL to get notes, and URL numbering /division/4/1/12 is not predictable; this is 4th heading (first 3 are introduction, summary, & background); 1st section (commentary); 12th paragraph (s 1-3 & s 6-7 got one paragraph each))
  • footnote (put a . after the cite):
    • plain:
      • Consumer Protection Act 1987, s 2.
      • Human Rights Act 1998, s 2.
      • Human Rights Act 1998, s 15(1)(b). (note subsection anchor)
      • Criminal Attempts Act 1981, ss 1(1) and 4(3). (note separate links needed for multiple pincites)
      • Sexual Offences Act 2003, s 1(1)(c).
    • with short reference for later use:
      • Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (NIA 1965) s 7(1). (note OSCOLA omits the comma before section here; probably an error on their part, as it's inconsistent with all the other examples)
    • subsequent reference:
      • NIA 1965, s 12.
  • abbreviations (full form in first use main body; short form subsequent & footnotes):
    • part/parts: pt/pts
    • section/sections: s/ss
    • subsection/subsections: sub-s/sub-ss
    • paragraph/paragraphs: para/paras
    • subparagraph/subparagraphs: subpara/subparas
    • schedule/schedules: sch/schs
  • not in OSCOLA:
    • Act of Supremacy 1558 (1 Eliz 1 c 1) (full citation form of Act cited by OSCOLA without regnal parenthetical)
    • Representation of the People Act 1983, ss 60–66B (OSCOLA doesn't specify how to cite a crossheading, but ss 60–66B is the full range for the pt 1 crossheading Offences, not just an arbitrary range of sections)
    • The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, sch 2, pt III (note /schedule in URL, and /part/III in Roman numerals; OSCOLA doesn't give an example of citing a subpart, e.g. whether to use a comma or Roman numerals)
• secondary legislation:
  • in-text:
    • England & UK-wide
      • modern (SI identifier is "SI (year)/(serial #)"):
        • Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/2996) (note OSCOLA doesn't specify whether to use . in footnotes for SIs, and OSCOLA omits the "The" that's in the title)
        • Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour (Amendment of Minimum Age) Order 2004, SI 2004/3166
        • Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2009, SI 2009/2163, reg 7(2) (note legislation.gov.uk is missing a subsection anchor for regulation-7-2 but has regulation-7 and regulation-7-2-a; this is probably an unpredictable error on their part)
      • older ("statutory rules and orders"):
        • Hollow-ware and Galvanising Welfare Order 1921, SR & O 1921/2032 (note legislation.gov.uk doesn't seem to have this at all, just a reference to it in a superseding SI)
    • Wales
      • made at Westminster:
        • The Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (Commencement No 2) Order, SI 2009/2819 (W 245) (note wsi in URL, omission of W 245 in URL (though it's in the page's subtitle), and /made rather than /enacted for original, though SIs are usually only available in an original, since new ones are typically written to revoke-and-supersede, rather than to amend, even when it's a minor change; e.g. Gender Recognition (Approved Countries and Territories) Order 2011, SI 2011/1630 changed only couple lines from the GRA (AC&T) Order 2005, SI 2005/874)
      • made in Wales:
        • Gorchymyn Mesur Teithio gan Ddysgwyr (Cymru) 2008 (Cychwyn Rhif 2) SI 2009/2819 (Cy 245)
    • Scotland
      • made in Scotland - might be SI or SSI (Scottish Statutory Instrument) (OSCOLA doesn't specify when to use which):
        • Breeding of Dogs (Licensing Records) (Scotland) Regulations 1999, SSI 1999/176 (note ssi in URL)
        • Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994) 1994, SI 1994/1443 (note OSCOLA omits S. 69, and this is under uksi even though it's an Act of Sederunt)
        • Act of Adjournal (Criminal Appeals) 2003, SSI 2003/387 (note ssi not uksi)
    • Northern Ireland
      • made in NI (statutory rules, SR):
        • The River Bann Navigation Order (Northern Ireland) 2010, SR 2010/126 (note nisr in URL)
  • footnote:
    • with short reference for later use:
      • Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999 (UTCCR 1999)
    • subsequent reference:
      • UTCCR 1999
  • abbreviations:
    • regulation/regulations: reg/regs
    • rule/rules: r/rr
    • article/articles: art/arts
  • not in OSCOLA:
    • The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/3998), sch 3 (example of SI schedule)

Testing sandbox version

Defaults

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox}}

"Interpretation Act 1978", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1978 c. 30

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|brief=yes}}

"Interpretation Act 1978", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1978 c. 30

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|type=si}}

"The Statutory Instruments Regulations 1947", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1948/1

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|type=si|brief=yes}}

"The Statutory Instruments Regulations 1947", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1948/1

Specific Act

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=1835|chapter=50|act=Highway Act 1835}}

"Highway Act 1835", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1835 c. 50

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=1835|chapter=50|act=Highway Act 1835|brief=yes}}

"Highway Act 1835", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1835 c. 50

Specific SI

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|type=si|year=2017|number=797|si=The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2017}}

"The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2017/797

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|type=si|year=2017|number=797|si=The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2017|brief=yes}}

"The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2017/797

SI with different subdivisions

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|type=si|year=2017|number=797|si=The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2017|article=3}}

"The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2017: Article 3", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2017/797 (art. 3)

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|type=si|year=2002|si=The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002|regulation=36}}

"The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002: Regulation 36", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2002/3113 (reg. 36)

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|type=si|year=2020|si=The Criminal Procedure Rules 2020|rule=3.16}}

"The Criminal Procedure Rules 2020: Rule 3.16", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2020/759 (r. 3.16)

Section parameter

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=2017|chapter=30|section=3|act=Digital Economy Act 2017}}

"Digital Economy Act 2017: Section 3", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2017 c. 30 (s. 3)

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=2017|chapter=30|section=3|act=Digital Economy Act 2017|brief=yes}}

"Digital Economy Act 2017: Section 3", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2017 c. 30 (s. 3)

Access date parameter

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=2011|chapter=25|section=10|act=Charities Act 2011|access-date=1 April 2018}}

"Charities Act 2011: Section 10", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2011 c. 25 (s. 10), retrieved 1 April 2018

Show chapter parameter

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=1994|chapter=30|act=Education Act 1994|access-date=1 April 2018|show-chapter=yes}}

"Education Act 1994", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1994 c. 30, retrieved 1 April 2018

{{Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=1994|chapter=30|act=Education Act 1994|show-chapter=yes}}

"Education Act 1994", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1994 c. 30

Testing main template

{{Cite_legislation_UK}}

"Interpretation Act 1978", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1978 c. 30