Explanatory note or select committee report on a Bill
What it is
The explanatory note printed with a Bill, or a select committee’s report on it.
How to cite it
Cited as part of the Bill under r 4.2.2, naming which of the two you mean.
Example citation
Judicial Matters Bill 2008 (216-1) (explanatory note) at 5.
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