Law bibItems: References to provisions of a legislative document - sectRef - Oxford University Press Text Capture Instructions

Law bibItems: References to provisions of a legislative document - sectRef

Where a reference is to a specific provision of a legislative document (international instrument, rules of court, EU legislation, foreign domestic legislation, UK legislation or US legislation) you must capture a sectRef attribute.

To support linking of legislative provisions the sectRef attribute value must be given a named indicator, which may be a contraction or expansion of the actual text.

The indicator is followed by a space only when it is not an abbreviation (i.e. Part rule).

References within the same numbered section to different provisions of an instrument must each be marked up.

If the reference is to a subsection, the sectRef attribute value must include the value of the parent section or paragraph, check the preceding text for the correct value.

Where references are made to a range of provisions, set the sectRef value as the start of the range.

Only capture the values indicated in the table below. If there is no appropriate value, capture the bibItem as pointing to a separate document; for example the term "protocol" does not refer to a provision but to a separate document (see Protocol).

Permitted indicators, and how they appear in text

Indicators in text	sectRef indicator value	Example text	Example sectRef
Section; section; s.; ss; sec.; §;	`s.`	section 5	sectRef="s.5"
subsection; (n)	`s.n(n)`	subsection (7) of that section	sectRef="s.5(7)"
paragraph; p.; para.	`para.`	Paragraph 9	sectRef="para.9"
Article; article; art.;	`Art.`	article 12	sectRef="Art.12"
rule; r.	`rule`	rule 6	sectRef="rule 6"
Regulation; regulation; reg.	`reg.`	regulation 7 to 9	sectRef="reg.9"
Part; Pt.	`Part`	Part 2 Part II	sectRef="Part 2" sectRef="Part II"
Chapter; Ch.	`Ch.`	Part 6, Ch.11	sectRef="Part 6 Ch.11"
Schedule; Sched.; sched.; sch.	`Sch.`	Schedule 23	sectRef="Sch.23"
Appendix; App.	`App.`	Appendix 4	sectRef="App.4"
Clause; cl.	`cl.`	Clause 3	sectRef="cl.3"
Recital; rec; First Recital	`Recital`	Recital 1	sectRef=”Recital 1”
Point	`Point`	Point 7	sectRef=”Point 7”
Preamble; Preambular para (1)	`Preamble`	Preamble Preambular para (1)	sectRef="Preamble"
Annex; ann.; First Annex	`Annex`	Annex 1	sectRef=”Annex 1” sectRef="Annex"
Proclamation	`Proclamation`	Proclamation	sectRef="Proclamation"
Decree no.; Decree number	`Decree`	Decree no. 47	sectRef=”Decree 47”
Title	`Title`	Title 1	sectRef=”Title 1”
Amendment	`Amendment`	Amendment 1 1st Amendment	sectRef=”Amendment 1”
Resolution	`Resolution`	Resolution 1 1st Resolution Resolution 1 (IV)	sectRef=”Resolution 1” sectRef=”Resolution 1 (IV)”
Principle	`Principle`	Principle 1	sectRef=”Principle 1”
General Principle	`General Principle`	General Principle 1	sectRef=”General Principle 1”
Definitions para	`Definitions para`	Definitions para 4	sectRef=”Definitions para 4”
Introduction para N.N	`Introduction para`	Introduction para 1.2	sectRef=”Introduction para 1.2”
Practice Note NN	`Practice Note`	Practice Note 21	sectRef=”Practice Note 21”
Additional Provision N	`Additional Provision`	Additional Provision 4	sectRef=”Additional Provision 4”
CPD	`CPD`	CPD VI	sectRef=”CPD VI”
PD	`PD`	PD 2A	sectRef=”PD 2A”
Dir; Dir.	`Dir`	Dir.4.7	sectRef=”Dir.4.7”
Precedent A	`Precedent`	Precedent H	sectRef=”Precedent H”
Guidance ANN	`Guidance`	Guidance C13	sectRef=”Guidance C13”
Standard Direction NN	`Standard Direction`	Standard Direction 9	sectRef=”Standard Direction 9”
oC	`oC`	oC2	sectRef=”oC2”
fee N; fee N.NN	`fee`	fee 1.23	sectRef=”fee 1.23”
ord.N; ord.N.NN	`ord`	ord.1.23	sectRef=”ord.1.23”
IB N; IB N.NN	`IB`	IB 4.3	sectRef=”IB 4.3”
O N; O N.NN	`O`	O 1.58	sectRef=”O 1.58”
Guideline	`Guideline`	Guideline 1	sectRef=”Guideline 1”
Recommendation	`Recommendation`	Recommendation 1	sectRef=”Recommendation 1”
q.N; q.N.NN	`q`	q.1.23	sectRef=”q.1.23”
qs.N; qs.N.NN	`qs`	qs.1.23	sectRef=”qs.1.23”