(a) The department of the corporation counsel shall prescribe a uniform format for the preparation and publication of rules of departments and agencies of the city. The uniform format shall provide that each rule published shall be accompanied by a reference to the authority pursuant to which the rule has been adopted, the law implemented by the rule, if any, and the effective date of the rule. The uniform format shall further provide that whenever possible, applicable law should be incorporated by reference and not be reprinted in the rule.
(b) Until such time as a uniform format is established pursuant to subsection (a), the rules of the city shall be prepared and published in the form prescribed in the Hawaii Administrative Rules Drafting Manual, provided that references therein to the Hawaii Revised Statutes shall be deemed references to the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, when appropriate, and other such adjustments shall be made as necessary to give such drafting manual a reasonable interpretation when applied to the City and County of Honolulu.
(Sec. 1-10.2, R.O. 1978 (1987 Supp. to 1983 Ed.)) (1990 Code, Ch. 1, Art. 9, § 1-9.2)