5.2 GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

5.2.1 Cabinet documents

The format for citing cabinet documents is as follows:

Element	Document identifier	Title	Date of document	Reference number	Pinpoint citation
Example	Cabinet Office Circular	“Conduct During Periods of Caretaker Government”	(21 April 1999)	CO 99/5	at [4]

The document identifier describes the document source and type.

The date is given in round brackets.

The reference number will be specific to the type of document:

• pre-1989 Cabinet minutes have references that begin with “CM”;

• 1989-present Cabinet minutes have references that begin with “CAB”;

• Cabinet Office documents have references that begin with “CO”;

• Cabinet Strategy Committee documents have references that begin with “STR”; and

• Cabinet papers have references that begin with “CAB”.

5.2.2 Cabinet Manual

The format for citing the Cabinet Manual is as follows:

Element	Author	Title	Pinpoint citation
Example	Cabinet Office	Cabinet Manual 2008	at [2.91]

5.2.3 Law Commission reports

The format for citing Law Commission reports is as follows:

Element	Author	Title	Official citation	Year of publication	Pinpoint citation
Example	Law Commission	The Prosecution of Offences	(NZLC PP12,	1990)	at 2

Cite Law Commission papers as stand-alone publications and not as part of the AJHR.

The Official Citation takes the form “NZLC xx##”, where xx indicates the type of paper and ## the unique paper number. The Commission produces the following types of paper, which are abbreviated as follows:

Reports Preliminary Papers Study Papers

R PP SP

Miscellaneous Papers Issues Papers Occasional Papers

MP IP OP

5.2.4 New Zealand Gazette

The format for citing the New Zealand Gazette from October 2017 onwards is as follows:

Element	Title	Date of publication	Title	Notice number
Example	“Declaration of State of Local Emergency”	(23 March 2018)	New Zealand Gazette	No 2018-go941

Prior to October 2017 the New Zealand Gazette was organised by issue number. It is cited as follows:

Element	Title	Date of publication	Issue number	Title	Starting page	Pinpoint reference
Example	“Register of Pharmacies”	(24 August 2001)	100	New Zealand Gazette	2597	at 2601

5.2.5 Select committee reports

Select committee reports on Bills should be cited in accordance with rule 4.2.2. Other select committee reports should be cited as follows:

Element	Select Committee name	Title	Date reported	Pinpoint citation
Example	Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee	Briefing on Egypt and the Middle East	(18 March 2011)	at 2