LibGuides: APA 7th Edition Referencing Guide1: Databases/online

Codes of practice, ethical codes, etc.
These are not legislation, but a professional standard or code of practice/ethics. They can be referenced in the same way as a website/PDF.

Reference list entry

New Zealand Nurses Organisation. (2019). Code of ethics.
https://www.nzno.org.nz/Portals/0/publications/Guideline%20-%20Code%20of%20Ethics%202019.pdf?ver=2019-06-27-094754-100

In-text citations

Page/paragraph numbers are optional for paraphrased information.

Narrative
According to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO, 2019) ... (p. 16).

Parenthetical
... (New Zealand Nurses Organisation [NZNO], 2019, p. 16).

Note
Second and subsequent in-text citations can simply use the shortened author form, i.e. NZNO.

Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996

Reference list entry

Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996. www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1996/0078/latest/whole.html

In-text citation

Narrative
As outlined in the Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996 ...

Parenthetical
... (Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996).

Note
Although the legislation is hosted on the Health and Disability Commissioner website, HDC is not the author.

If you are referring to the code more than once, use the whole title with a shortened form in brackets (HDC Code 1996) the first time you mention it. After that, you can use just HDC Code 1996. See below for examples.

First in-text citation narrative

As outlined in the Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996 (HDC Code 1996)...

Following in-text citations narrative

The HDC Code 1996 further states...

First in-text citation parenthetical

... (Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996 [HDC Code 1996]).

Following in-text citations parenthetical

...(HDC Code 1996).