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  • it only operates at one level, rather than nested levels, so that you can quickly expand and collapse provisions without multiple clicks and so that, even when everything is collapses, the overall document structure remains more apparent.

  • the functionality has been extended across Bills, SIs and amendment lists in a consistent way. It now applies to:

    • Sections/Clauses, and schedule paragraphs, of a Bill;

    • Regulations/articles/rules, and schedule paragraphs, of an SI/SSI;

    • the quoted structure (i.e. the provisions being inserted) by an amendment.

  • the toolbar in the Editor now has two buttons so you can quickly and easily access the functionality to expand all provisions or collapse all provisions (other than the one your cursor is in).

  • All provisions in a Bill etc. will be open by default when the document is first opened. (You can use the button the toolbar to quickly collapse them if needed.)

Quoted structures

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LDAPP-4209

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Done

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Allow doctype to be changed in quoted stuctures

Validation, document checks and data quality

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LDAPP-4191

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Done

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Update schematron rules for v.15

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LDAPP-4259

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QA Ready

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Existing quoted structures not displaying correctly in Editor after LDAPP-4168

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LDAPP-4168

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Done

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Fix whitespace issues in templates etc.

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Jira Legacy
serverSystem JIRA
serverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3e
keyLPS-19

Performance

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LDAPP-4182

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Done

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Alleviate performance impact of rest-api locks data on oxygen

Edit portion functionality

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LDAPP-4211

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Done

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Write REST API tests for edit portion of document functionality

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LDAPP-4139

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Done

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Improvements to document checks (schematron) - there were a few updates to the document check validation:

  • Checks for correct number format will now accept “legal numbering” style (e.g. 3.13B or 1.2);

  • A new check has been added to highlight where two lists have been inserted back to back (this is mostly likely an error and there should only be one list) (LPS-92);

  • A check has been added to identify schedule paragraph numbers in SI quoted structures that are missing a full stop after the number;

  • A new check highlights any locked numbers that are not within a quoted structure - this helps users manage locks created elsewhere while using the Edit Portion feature or the auto-application of amendments feature that may get in the way of subsequent actions (e.g. renumber) (LMS-949, LMS-1078);

  • Various rules have been tweaked to remove false positives (LMS-1460, LMS-1452, LMS-1466) include some errors relating to numbering that would show when using the Edit Portion feature and errors relating to cross-references within amendments.

Quoted structures

You can now change the document type of an existing quoted structure. This is mainly to allow for the correction of cases where the type was set to a UK Act when you want it to be a Scottish Act instead. (Changing the type more substantially, e.g. from an Act to an SI, will not convert the provisions within quoted structure.)

XML Data quality improvements - we’ve fixed various issues with unnecessary whitespace being created by the Editor in the XML which can cause problems downstream in the publishing workflow, including:

  • whitespace being added to the preface when converting a Bill into an Act;

  • whitespace being added when a quoted structure is inserted into a Bill or SI;

  • unnecessary whitespace in the template for Commons resolutions.

Performance

Some significant changes have been implemented in relation to how locking is managed in the Editor to improve the performance of the Editor and make it less dependent on the performance of the back-end servers. This should have an impact particularly when the system is under load (i.e. when lots of users are using it at the same time).

Edit portion functionality

This functionality hasn’t changed but a number of issues and edge cases have been resolved, following a thorough review of the existing code with the result that the feature should now be more robust.

Importing legislation from www.legislation.gov.uk

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LDAPP-4236

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Done

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Version 15 introduces a significant new feature, that enables you to import a document or portion of a document from www.legislation.gov.uk

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https://lawmaker.atlassian.net/jira/servicedesk/projects/LPS/queues/custom/50/LPS-143

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LDAPP-4232

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QA Ready

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - Handling EU nums and headings in schedule paragraphs

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LDAPP-4215

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Done

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into Lawmaker. As part of importing the document, you can convert it from primary to secondary and you can also convert retained EU legislation. More information on the new feature can be found here: Import legislation from www.legislation.gov.uk

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LDAPP-4208

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Done

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Refactor the Import feature

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LDAPP-4202

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - Handle divisions within EU Annex and Appendix

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LDAPP-4198

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - fix case of schedule nums etc.

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LDAPP-4197

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - whitespace being added to imported xml

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LDAPP-4196

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - Handle (Strip out) <del> elements in imported content

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LDAPP-4189

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - can't update properties of imported table

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LDAPP-4188

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - convert Act to SI content and vice versa

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LDAPP-4185

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - EU Annex, Appendix, Attachment

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LDAPP-4181

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Done

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Import from legislation.gov,uk - Handle docName="unknown" in imported quoted structures

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LDAPP-4180

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - convert articles in EU legislation

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LDAPP-4178

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - further table handling

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LDAPP-4175

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - Insert Procedural Rubric and Enacting text in SIs

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LDAPP-4157

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - handle quoted structures

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LDAPP-4156

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - handle tables

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LDAPP-4153

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - basic processing of imported XML

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LDAPP-4152

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - Obtain data from api, extract core content, and create new document containing core content

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LDAPP-4149

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Done

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Import from http://legislation.gov.uk - Build UI component with validation

SI/SSI

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LDAPP-4231

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Done

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Regulation number overlaps with paragraph (1) in SI/SSIs

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LDAPP-4213

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Done

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Update X-ref and Tag X-ref to work with legal numbering 

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LDAPP-4194

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Done

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The feature is still in beta as there are a number of edge cases that may need further refinement in future and some of the infrastructure used to support this feature is temporary while we await some important updates to legislation.gov.uk. Subsequent versions of Lawmaker will update this feature.

SI/SSI improvements

Editor formatting of regulations/articles that are divided into paragraphs - we’ve improved the way the Editor handles the presentation of regulations containing paragraphs so that there isn’t any overlap between the regulation number, the em-dash that follows it and the paragraph number (1) - this was particularly a problem when the regulation number was longer than usual or appeared within a quoted structure.

Legal numbering - limited support has been added for legal numbering (i.e. numbering which consists of numbers separated by a full stop, e.g. 1.1, 1.2, 3.4A, etc. in regulation/article/rule numbers. In particular, the renumbering and cross-referencing features will now behave correctly in relation to them (although some numbers will need to be manually locked). See Legal Numbering - DRAFT for how to use this number format. (LMS-810)

List of support fixes

Editor and misc

Issue key

Status

Summary

User support ticket link

SPT-1424

QA Ready

Incorrect Bill stage version in Information panel

SPT-1345

Done

Auto-correct for (r) changes it to the trade mark symbol

Jira Legacy
serverSystem JIRA
serverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3e
keyLMS

-810

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-1371

SPT-1328

QA Ready

Lawmaker thinks document is already open when it isn't

SPT-1281

Done

Progress bar stuck on 20% with specific UTF-8 characters

SPT-1196

Done

Document permissions are being applied to subsequent documents

Amendments

Issue key

Status

Summary

User support ticket link

SPT-1424

QA Ready

Incorrect Bill stage version in Information panel

SPT-1415

Done

Some Lords Members missing from Lawmaker

Jira Legacy
serverSystem JIRA
serverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3e
keyLMS-1634

SPT-1409

Done

Amendments get assigned to the wrong house when submitted in Oxygen

SPT-1406

Done

Cross heading in quoted structure not rendering correctly in the PDF.

Jira LegacyserverSystem JIRAserverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3ekeyLMS-1588

SPT-1389

Done

Significant Versions of Official Lists are no longer appearing in the right order

Jira Legacy
serverSystem JIRA
serverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3e
keyLMS-1455

SPT-1377

Done

Pasting string of text from an amendment's explanatory statement to another results in the editor displaying xml

Jira Legacy
serverSystem JIRA
serverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3e
keyLMS-1415

SPT-

1345

1319

Done

Auto-correct for (r) changes it to the trade mark symbol

Problems with italic text in Amendments

Jira Legacy
serverSystem JIRA
serverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3e
keyLMS-

1371

1258

SPT-

1344

1268

Done

Unable to change column width in SI Commencement Tables

X-refs in amendments are part-duplicated when auto-applied to a bill.

Jira Legacy
serverSystem JIRA
serverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3e
keyLMS-

1358

SPT-1328

QA Ready

Lawmaker thinks document is already open when it isn't

SPT-1321

Done

User lost changes when saving SI

1083

PDF generation

Issue key

Status

Summary

User support ticket link

SPT-1312

QA Ready

Unusual character in amendment list results in PDF failing to render

Jira Legacy
serverSystem JIRA
serverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3e
keyLMS-

1286

1212

SPT-

1319

1406

Done

Problems with italic text in Amendments

Cross heading in quoted structure not rendering correctly in the PDF

Jira Legacy
serverSystem JIRA
serverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3e
keyLMS-

1258

1588

SPT-1300

Done

Line numbering stops after a table cell with a schedule paragraph

SPT-

1312

1205

QA Ready

Unusual character in amendment list results in PDF failing to render

Done

Hyperlinks cut off on line breaks in PDFs

Jira Legacy
serverSystem JIRA
serverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3e
keyLMS-

1212

SPT-1300

Done

Line numbering stops after a table cell with a schedule paragraph

SPT-1281

Done

Progress bar stuck on 20% with specific UTF-8 characters

SPT-1268

Done

X-refs in amendments are part-duplicated when auto-applied to a bill.

522

SI/SSI

Issue key

Status

Summary

User support ticket link

SPT-1344

Done

Unable to change column width in SI Commencement Tables

Jira Legacy
serverSystem JIRA
serverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3e
keyLMS-10831358

SPT-12051321

DoneHyperlinks cut off on line breaks in PDFs

User lost changes when saving SI

Jira Legacy
serverSystem JIRA
serverId18b81902-662f-326c-8748-cd8a7213ac3e
keyLMS-522

SPT-1196

Done

Document permissions are being applied to subsequent documents

1286