{{Cite Legislation AU}} produces links to a variety of different legislation resources located on the AustLII site. Formatting is designed to be in compliance with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation.

AustLII has consolidated acts and regulations for every Australian jurisdiction. For some jurisdictions other materials are available. The following table lists the sources available for each jurisdiction (years indicated are the earliest years available for that source).

Cth ACT NSW NT Qld SA Tas Vic WA
Acts
Regulations
Bills 1995 2002 1999 1998 1999 2002 1999 1998
Explanatory memoranda 1996 2002 1999 2005 1999 2001 1999
Repealed acts
Repealed regulations

Most sources use similar parameters.

In all cases jurisdiction will be one of Cth (for federal legislation) or ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic or WA (for state and territory legislation).

The necessary value for the short-name parameter can be obtained from the AustLII URL (it consists of the initials of the short title, the year, and the number of the item in that year, so if you know this information you can compose the short name that way). As an example, for the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), for which the URL is http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/ the short name is "ca1968133".

Consolidated acts
 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | act | short-name | title | section (optional) }}
Where the section parameter is supplied, a link to that particular section will be produced.
Acts as they were made (by number)
 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | num_act | short-name | title | section (optional) }}
Where the section parameter is supplied, a link to that particular section will be produced.
Historical acts (Queensland & Victoria)
 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | hist_act | short-name | title }}
Historical acts are pdfs so there is no capacity to link to a particular section.
Regulations
 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | reg | short-name | title | regulation (optional) }}
Where the regulation parameter is supplied, a link to that particular regulation will be produced.
Regulations As Made
 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | num_reg | short-name | title | regulation (optional) }}
Where the regulation parameter is supplied, a link to that particular regulation will be produced.
Bills
 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | bill | short-name | title }}
Explanatory memoranda
 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | memo | short-name | title | number (optional) }}
These are also known as 'explanatory notes' or 'explanatory statements' in some jurisdictions.
The number parameter is only required when linking to supplementary memoranda; in most cases it will not be required.
Repealed acts
 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | repealed_act | short-name | title | section (optional) }}
Repealed regulations
 {{ Cite Legislation AU | jurisdiction | repealed_reg | short-name | title | regulation (optional) }}
Example Description Produces
{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|ca1968133|Copyright Act 1968}} Citing an act. Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|ca1968133|Copyright Act 1968|41a}} Citing a particular section in an act. Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 41a
{{Cite Legislation AU|Vic|reg|sccpr2005433|Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2005|7.01}} Citing a regulation. Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2005 (Vic) r 7.01
{{Cite Legislation AU|Vic|bill|phab2008253|Public Holidays Amendment Bill 2008}} Citing a bill. Public Holidays Amendment Bill 2008 (Vic)
{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|memo|mlab12008347|Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No 1) 2008|2}} Citing an explanatory memorandum. Explanatory Memorandum, Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No 1) 2008 (Cth) 2

This template produces links to a variety of different legislation resources located on the [[AustLII]] site. Formatting is designed to be in compliance with the [[Australian Guide to Legal Citation]].

Template parameters[Edit template data]

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Jurisdiction1

In all cases jurisdiction will be one of Cth (for federal legislation) or ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic or WA (for state and territory legislation).

Stringrequired
Legislation type2

One of act, num_act, hist_act, reg, num_reg, bill, memo, repealed_act, repealed_reg

Stringrequired
Short Name3

Appears in the AustLII URL

Example
ca1968133
Unknownrequired
Title4

For the citation

Example
Copyright Act 1968
Unknownrequired
Pinpoint reference5

no description

Example
41a
Unknownoptional