Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities

2.3 Cases from Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland jurisdiction dates from 1921, and the 
Northern Ireland Law 
Reports
(NI) from 1925 . For cases decided before 1925, cite the 
Irish Reports
or the 
Irish Times Reports
.
Neutral citations follow the model used in England and Wales . The forms of neutral 
citation for the different Northern Irish courts are listed in section 
4.1.4
of the appendix .
Hylands v McClintock
[1999] NI 28
Wilson v Commissioner of Valuation
[2009] NICA 30, [2010] NI 48
2.4 UK primary legislation
2.4.1 Names of statutes
Cite an Act by its short title and year in roman, using capitals for the major words, 
and without a comma before the year .
Act of Supremacy 1558
Shipping and Trading Interests (Protection) Act 1995
Do not use popular titles of Acts, such as ‘Lord Campbell’s Act’ . If you are referring 
to a particular Act a number of times in short succession, it is usually possible to use 
an abbreviated form of the title in the footnotes, without a cross-citation, provided 
the reader has been warned in advance . The abbreviation is usually the initials of the 
main words in the title, and should always include the year (so that, for example, the 
Human Rights Act 1998 becomes ‘HRA 1998’ and not just ‘HRA’) . In the text, it is 
acceptable in such circumstances to refer without any prior warning to ‘the 1998 Act’, 
but only where this short form is sure to be understood .
12
Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (NIA 1965) s 7(1) .
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15
NIA 1965, s 12 .

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If several jurisdictions are discussed in a work, it may be necessary to add the 
jurisdiction of the legislation in brackets at the end of the citation .
Water Resources Act 1991 (UK)
2.4.2 Parts of statutes
Statutes are divided into parts, sections, subsections, paragraphs and subparagraphs . 
In addition, the main text of the statute may be supplemented by schedules, which 
are divided into paragraphs and subparagraphs . The relevant abbreviations are: