Statutes

In-text citations

Paraphrasing

The Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s. 124(1) outlines the powers that a company has in regards to ...

Direct quote

Place direct quotes between single quotation marks ' ' and provide the title of the Act, year, jurisdiction and section number(s) (if applicable).

Section 1 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) outlines the purpose of this Act: 'The object of this Act is to enhance the welfare of Australians through the promotion of competition and fair trading and provision for consumer protection' (2).

Reference list

Template

Act title and year (Jurisdiction) s. xx

Examples

Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s. 124(1)

Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Notes on style

• Formatting of statutes appears the same in the reference list as in your text.
• Start with the name of the statute in Italics, followed by the year the statute was passed. Then in brackets, state the abbreviation for the parliament which passed the Act, and finally the section number and subsection number if referring to a particular section of the statute.