Described below are the ways in which legislation is cited for the various types of secondary legislation on SLD.
Statutory Instruments
These may be cited either:
by the title (which includes the year) and Statutory Instrument (S.I.) number (bracketed),
e.g. The Detergents Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2469)
or by just the year and S.I. number (without brackets),
e.g. S.I. 2005/2469
Northern Ireland Orders in Council (which are in the form of Statutory Instruments), will be cited similarly, but with the addition of the ‘N.I.’ series number,
e.g. The Budget (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/860) (N.I. 3)
or
S.I. 2005/860 (N.I. 3)
Scottish Statutory Instruments
These may be cited either:
by the title (which includes the year) and Scottish Statutory Instrument (S.S.I.) number (bracketed),
e.g. The Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/434)
or by just the year and S.S.I. number (without brackets),
e.g. S.S.I. 2005/434
Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
These may be cited either:
by the title (which includes the year) and Statutory Rules (S.R.) number (bracketed),
e.g. The Quarries Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/205)
or by just the year and S.R. number (without brackets),
e.g. S.R. 2006/205
Church Instruments
These instruments do not have any series numbers, perhaps because there are so few of them. They are generally cited by date in the style:
Instrument dated 14.12.2000 made by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York
or, occasionally:
Archbishops’ Instrument dated 14.12.2000
See also
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