3 John 1, chapter 41

An Act respecting the Citations of Baustralian Court Cases, and purposes Connected Therewith

  1. This Act shall be known as the Citation (Legal) Act, 2020.
  2. Former cases will be affected by this Act, but the old citation will remain in usage, suffixed with (O.S.), and the new citation (N.S.), verbally read as Old Style and New Style, respectively.
  3. Citations will be as follows, according to this table:
    1. Style of cause - Year of decision - Vol. - Page - Court
    2. Rex v. Timpson, 1 John 1, vol. 1, p. 2, HMS
  4. For the style of cause, R. stands for Regina. Rex is used for male monarchs. The monarch will always come first in styles of cause.
  5. Courts all have unique identifiers, for example:
    1. HMS - One of His Majesty’s Ships
    2. BCM - Court Martial Court of Baustralia
    3. SCB - Supreme Court of Baustralia; HOL - House of Lords
  6. See 3 John 1 c. 30, section 2 “Regnal Calendar” for calculating the year of decision.