Your goal should be to cite the law in such a way that a reader can find it easily and that a court will know exactly what amendments are included in the reference. An exception to the usual rule that reference should not be made to a short title is the Internal Revenue Code. Only when a rule is not yet published in the Code of Federal Regulations should reference be made to the Federal Register . References to the Federal Register are to its volume and page number, not to any section or paragraph numbers within a document published in it. Table of Contents 6.
Numerous references occur in the statutes to various building and safety codes.
They can be adopted by reference, but problems exist like those when foreign law is adopted by reference. The drafter should use language which adopts a code as it exists on a specific date prior to enactment. This form has three elements. The exact wording of the reference may vary slightly as long as all three elements are included and in the same order as listed here. First, give the number of the standard.