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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.
/enacted
cites original)?view=extent
is needed to show the jurisdiction annotations; there doesn't appear to be a filter to show only a specific jurisdiction)nia
in URL)apni
in URL, and title on website uses (Northern Ireland)
, contrary to OSCOLA's specific contrast that this should be written (NI)
instead)asp
in URL)mwa
in URL)/welsh
in URL to get Welsh version, and only the original is available in Welsh; latest revised is only in English)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))/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)regulation-7-2
but has regulation-7
and regulation-7-2-a
; this is probably an unpredictable error on their part)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)ssi
in URL)S. 69
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even though it's an Act of Sederunt)ssi
not uksi
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Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=1994|chapter=30|act=Education Act 1994|access-date=1 April 2018|show-chapter=yes}}
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"Interpretation Act 1978", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1978 c. 30
![]() | This is the
template test cases page for the
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Template:Cite legislation UK. to update the examples. If there are many examples of a complicated template, later ones may break due to limits in MediaWiki; see the HTML comment " NewPP limit report" in the rendered page. You can also use Special:ExpandTemplates to examine the results of template uses. You can test how this page looks in the different skins and parsers with these links: |
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.
/enacted
cites original)?view=extent
is needed to show the jurisdiction annotations; there doesn't appear to be a filter to show only a specific jurisdiction)nia
in URL)apni
in URL, and title on website uses (Northern Ireland)
, contrary to OSCOLA's specific contrast that this should be written (NI)
instead)asp
in URL)mwa
in URL)/welsh
in URL to get Welsh version, and only the original is available in Welsh; latest revised is only in English)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))/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)regulation-7-2
but has regulation-7
and regulation-7-2-a
; this is probably an unpredictable error on their part)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)ssi
in URL)S. 69
, and this is under uksi
even though it's an Act of Sederunt)ssi
not uksi
)nisr
in URL){{
Cite legislation UK/sandbox}}
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Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=1835|chapter=50|act=Highway Act 1835|brief=yes}}
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Cite legislation UK/sandbox|type=si|year=2017|number=797|si=The Legal Officers (Annual Fees) Order 2017}}
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Cite legislation UK/sandbox|type=si|year=2020|si=The Criminal Procedure Rules 2020|rule=3.16}}
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Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=2017|chapter=30|section=3|act=Digital Economy Act 2017}}
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Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=2017|chapter=30|section=3|act=Digital Economy Act 2017|brief=yes}}
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Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=2011|chapter=25|section=10|act=Charities Act 2011|access-date=1 April 2018}}
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Cite legislation UK/sandbox|year=1994|chapter=30|act=Education Act 1994|access-date=1 April 2018|show-chapter=yes}}
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"Interpretation Act 1978", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1978 c. 30