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McGill Style Guide

Regulations

Federal Regulations (Unrevised)

Title (Italics, optional)

SOR/ (Statutory Orders and Regulations)

year-regulation #,

pinpoint.

Example

Offset of Taxes by a Refund or a Rebate (GST/HST) Regulations,

SOR/

91-49,

s 4.

Offset of Taxes by a Refund or a Rebate (GST/HST) Regulations, SOR/91-49, s 4.

Canadian Aviation Security Regulations,

SOR/

2000-111,

s 4.

Canadian Aviation Security Regulations, SOR/2000-111, s 4.

See section 2.6.1.2 of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (7th ed.) for complete rules on citing Federal Regulations (Unrevised)

Federal Regulations (Revised)

Title (Italics)

CRC (Consolidated Regulations of Canada)

chapter

pinpoint

(year).

Example

Migratory Birds Regulations,

CRC,

c 1035,

s 4

(1978)

Migratory Birds Regulations, CRC, c 1035, s 4 (1978).

See section 2.6.1.1 of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (7th ed.) for complete rules on citing Federal Regulations (Revised)

Ontario Regulations

Title (Italics optional)

Consolidated, Revised, & Re-enacted

Year

Jurisdiction & Regulation #

Pinpoint

Example

Animal Health Act

 

 

O Reg 277/12,

s. 21

Animal Health Act, O Reg 277/12, s. 21.

Bees Act

RRO

1990,

Reg 57,

s. 3(2).

Bees Act, RRO 1990, Reg 57, s. 3(2).

See section 2.6.2 of the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (7th ed.) for complete rules on citing Provincial and Territorial Regulations

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