The format for citing cabinet documents is as follows:

Eg 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”.

The format for citing the Cabinet Manual is as follows:

Eg Cabinet Office Cabinet Manual 2008 at [2.91].

The format for citing Law Commission reports is as follows:

Eg 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:

Eg Law Commission Forfeiture under the Customs and Excise Act 1996 (NZLC R91, 2006).

Eg Law Commission Reforming Criminal Pre-trial Processes (NZLC PP55, 2004).

Eg Law Commission Tribunal Reform (NZLC SP20, 2008).

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

Eg “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:

Eg “Register of Pharmacies” (24 August 2001) 100 New Zealand Gazette 2597 at 2601.

Eg “Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No 171” (13 July 2017) 73 New Zealand Gazette 127 at 128.