8Citation of Acts and Ordinances

8 Citation of Acts and Ordinances

(1) In an Ordinance, instrument or document: (a) an Act may be cited by its short title, or by reference to the secular year in which it was passed and its number; (b) an Ordinance may be cited: (i) by its short title or name; or (ii) if it was numbered as mentioned in former section 7 of this Ordinance—by reference to the secular year in which it was made and its number; and (c) an Imperial Act may be cited by its short title (if any), or by reference to the regnal year in which it was passed and its chapter. (2) An enactment may be cited by reference to the part, section, subsection or other division of the Act, Ordinance or Imperial Act in which the enactment is contained. (3) Every such reference shall be made according to a copy of the Act or Ordinance printed or purporting to be printed by the Government Printer of the Commonwealth, or to a copy of the Imperial Act printed or purporting to be printed by the Sovereign’s Printer in London, as the case may be.