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 is as follows:

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

Eg “Appointment and Release of Receivers / Managers” (31 March 2005) 58 New Zealand Gazette 1487.

Eg “Notice of Vacancy in Seat in House of Representatives” (1 April 2005) 59 New Zealand Gazette 1517.

Eg “Commission Appointing Anand Satyanand, PCNZM, to be Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Realm of New Zealand” (24 August 2006) 24 New Zealand Gazette 2995.