Leeds Harvard: Statutory instrument
Reference examples
Title of the statutory instrument and year. Abbreviation SI year/number. Place of publication: Publisher.
Example:
The Bathing Water Regulations 2013. SI 2013/1675. London: The Stationery Office.
Online statutory instrument
If you are referencing a statutory instrument you found online, this should be indicated in the reference.
Title of the statutory instrument and year. Abbreviation SI year/number. [Online]. Place of publication: Publisher. [Date accessed]. Available from: URL
Example:
The Export Control (Amendment) Order 2018. SI 2018/165. [Online]. London: The Stationery Office. [Accessed 15 May 2018]. Available from: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/
Citation examples
Statutory instrument
The full title of the statutory instrument should be used in the citation.
Example:
(The Bathing Water Regulations 2013)
Common issues
When you're referencing with Leeds Harvard you may come across issues with missing details, multiple authors, edited books, references to another author's work or online items, to name a few. Here are some tips on how to deal with some common issues when using Leeds Harvard.
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- Online items
- URL web addresses
- Multiple authors
- Editors
- Corporate author(s) or organisation(s)
- Locating publisher details
- Multiple publisher details
- Editions and reprints
- Missing details
- Multiple sources with different authors
- Sources written by the same author in the same year
- Sources with the same author in different years
- Two authors with the same surname in the same year
- The work of one author referred to by another
- Anonymising sources for confidentiality
- Identifying the authors’ family name (surname)