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Test Case

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1

Setup a test Bill

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Login to Lawmaker as a House of Lords user

From the Dashboard, click Create

Select UK Public Bill > Government Bill

Create some sections and Schedules in the Bill, using the Editor

(Alternatively, on the Project Tab, from the Document Actions menu, import a UK PGA from Legislation.gov.uk )

Update the Document Information (either from the Editor, or from the Actions menu next to your version on the Project Tab); change the Version rubric to ‘As Introduced’; ensure Printed by is set to the Lords

Generate a PDF of this version; ensure ‘Line Numbering’ is selected in the Generate PDF modal

On the Project Tab, expand the snapshots below your version and click the Actions menu next to the PDF snapshot version; select Publish

A significant version is created

On the ‘Amendment Workspace’ and ‘Amendment' Manager' tabs the top-left drop-down filter shows an ‘As Introduced’ version

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As an OPC user, create a Traditional List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) for House of Lords amendments

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Login to Lawmaker as an OPC user

Open the UK Bill project

On the Amendment Workspace tab, click New

In the modal, pick Traditional type of amendment list

Bill version: "as introduced" version

House: "House of Lords"

Stage: “Committee”

Specify an unique List name and select a Proposer

Click Create

The Editor will be opened containing the draft list of amendments template

And the Bill name will appear at the top of the template

And the stage will match what I specified

And the proposer will match what I specified

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As an OPC user, create some amendments in the LoDA

Create at least three amendments, so you can test other features (like ‘bulk update status’) in later steps.

Include references to clauses and schedules - this will allow you to test the Order of Consideration later.

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With the LoDA open in the Editor, click inside the first 'Instruction' placeholder

Press Enter and select an amendment from the Content Completion Assistant

Repeat the preceding step to create the following types of amendments:

- leave out clause or leave out schedule

- new clause

- new schedule

- page-line

- stand part motion

- amendment to amendment

A new amendment appears in the Editor

And there are custom placeholders for Page-line, New Clause, New Schedule, and Stand part amendments

And the proposer is the same as the proposer of the previous amendment

And an entry appears in the Structure view

And when I click save, D numbers will be assigned to all my amendments

And the Dnumber assignment shows the user's organisation abbreviation, followed by a number that increases sequentially by 1 and has no leading zeros e.g. OPC1, OPC2

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Turn on/off line numbering for amendments

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With the LoDA open in the Editor

Right-click on an amendment

Select Update line number status

Choose either ‘No line numbers’ or ‘Add line numbers’

Generate a PDF by clicking Document > Generate PDF

For amendments where ‘add line numbers’ has been selected: line numbers appear every five lines

For amendments where ‘no line numbers’ has been selected: no line numbers appear

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Change the Proposer of a Lords amendment and add supporters

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With the LoDA open in the Editor

Click on the Proposer name above an amendment in the main editor window

In the Manage Proposers and Supporters modal which appears, use the Proposers and Supporters fields to add members names to the amendment

Click Update to confirm your selection

Able to bring up the Manage Proposers and Supporters modal

Able to search for and select names in both fields

On clicking Update, chosen names appear in the main Editor window above the relevant amendment

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Generate PDF of Lords amendment LoDA with D-Numbers

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With the LoDA open in the Editor

Click Document

Select Generate PDF

In the Generate PDF modal, select ‘Show D-numbers’

PDF is generated and opens in a new tab

PDF shows the D-numbers of all the amendments

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As an OPC user, Submit Lords amendments from the LoDA

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With the LoDA open in the Editor

Open the ‘Document Information’ panel on the right-hand side

Click Submit List

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After saving and closing the LoDA, go to the Amendment Manager tab

Select one or more of the amendments there

From the Amendment Actions menu, select Submit amendments

Warning modal appears asking you to confirm that you want to submit the amendments

Modal contains the option to ‘mark amendments as government amendments'

On confirming, a progress bar appears

After submission completes, the ‘Amendment information’ panel shows the Status as ‘Submitted’ for all amendments in the list

If you are submitting from the Amendment Manager tab, a green success toastie should appear if the amendments were submitted successfully

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As a HoL user, view submitted Lords amendments in ephemeral list

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HoL table and reject amendments

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Login to Lawmaker as a House of Lord user

Open the Bill project

On the Amendment Manager tab, tick the checkbox next to the OPC-submitted amendments

From the Amendment Actions menu, select Create temporary list

Editor opens, showing the selected amendments

The amendments are editable

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HoL bulk update amendments

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Table and Reject amendments from the ephemeral list

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With the temporary list open in the Editor

Click within the text of one of the amendments

Expand the Amendment Status panel on the right-hand side

Click the ‘Tabled’ or ‘Rejected’

Save the list

Able to view the ‘Tabled' and ‘Rejected’ buttons

Able to click either button

On clicking, the editor locks and a loading spinner briefly displays

On saving, the ‘Status’ shown in the Amendment Status panel shows either Tabled or Rejected

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Bulk update the other amendments' statuses

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With the temporary list open in the Editor

Expand the Amendment Status panel on the right-hand side

Click the Bulk update statuses button

In the Update Amendment Statuses modal, in the ‘Amendments to update’ dropdown, select those amendments which you did not update in the previous step; select ‘Submitted to Tabled’ in the ‘Status transition’ dropdown

Click Update

Save the list

After clicking Update, Editor briefly locks and loading spinner appears

Green success toastie appears in the top-right of the screen

After saving, the status of the amendments (in the Amendment Information panel) is now 'Tabled'

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Update Lifecycle Event for one of the amendments

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Click within the text of one of the amendments which was Tabled

Expand the Amendment Status panel

Click Manage lifecycle events

Use the delete button to remove the ‘Tabled’ event

Click Update

The status of the selected amendment (in the Amendment Information panel) changes to ‘Submitted’

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Create Lords Daily Sheet

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On the Amendment Manager tab, click the Amendment Actions menu and select Create Official List

In the Create amendment list modal, select ‘Lords Daily Sheet’ from the ‘Amendment list’ dropdown

In the Bill Version tab, there should be only one option (the published Bill version)

In the Stage/Committee dropdown, select ‘in Committee of the Whole House’

Select today’s date as the cut-off date, and a time slightly in the future for the cut-off time

Pick any name for the list

Click Create

A Lords daily sheet will open in the Editor containing all the tabled amendments

The amendments will not be numbered

Amendments will be sorted according to the Lord's sort order; refer to the document here for guidance

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HoL update Lifecylce Event

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Move amendment on Lords Daily Sheet using structure view

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Create Lords Daily Sheet

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Drag an amendment into a new location using the Structure View on the left-hand side of the Editor window

Editor is updated showing the amendment in the new location

Structure view also updates

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Move amendment on Lords Daily Sheet using structure view

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Create order of consideration for Lords amendments14

Create an Order of Consideration for Lords amendments

To test this step, some of the amendments you created in earlier steps must refer to numbered clauses and schedules.

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From the Amendment manager tab click on Order of Consideration button

Change the Order so that you can manipulate it such that amendments appear before others e.g.

Schedule 1

Clause(s) 1-2

Click Save

Generate another Lords Daily Sheet

Able to add and amend the Order of Consideration using the modal

In the generated Daily Sheet, the amendments are sorted according to the OoC

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Sort amendments by Order of Consideration on the 'Amendment Manager' tab

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Click the OoC Sort button on the Location column

Amendments are sorted in the list according to the OoC

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Update Daily Sheet Document Information 

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Generate PDF of Lords Daily Sheet from List tab

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Publish Lords Daily Sheet

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Delete Lords Daily Sheet of Lords amendments

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Create Second Daily sheet

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Lords Daily sheet cut off time test

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Add note to Lords amendment

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Use filters on Amendment Manager tab

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Generate a Lords Running List (incl. PDF & Publish)

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Create amendments to amendments (Testing parsing)

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Create a Lords Marshalled List

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Update star status

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Generate PDF of Lords Marshalled List

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Publish Lords Marshalled List

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Recording outcomes (use Next/Previous buttons)

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Create another Daily Sheet (now a supplementary sheet)

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Create a Manuscript Amendment List

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Generate PDF of Manuscript List

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Publish Manuscript List

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Test CCA for all Lords Amendment Lists

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Applying amendments (& resolving cross references)

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Prepare Bill "As Brought From Lords"

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OPC create LoDA for HoC amendments

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Create amendment cross references

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OPC creates HoC amendment

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Amend proposer and add supporters in Commons amendment

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Generate PDF of Commons amendment LoDA with D Numbers

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Set amendments to 'On hold'

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OPC Submit Commons amendments (incl. flag & comment test)

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HoC open submitted amendments in Ephemeral List

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Save ephemeral list as LoDA

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Copy and paste amendments in LoDA

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Bulk Table Amendments

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Bulk 'Ready for published' amendments

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Duplicate a LoDA

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Renumber amendments

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Create Commons Marshalled List (incl. Update List)

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Resolve x-refs

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Update sort codes

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Insert resolutions and motions and convert resolution to order

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Create order of consideration for Commons amendments

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Re-run 'Update List' in Commons Marshalled List

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PDF Commons Marshalled list

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Publish Commons Marshalled List

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Duplicate last published Commons Marhsalled List

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Re-run 'Update List' (having created more amendments & use white star)

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Share Marshalled List with OPC

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Recording outcomes (use Next/Previous buttons)

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Generate a Commons Proceedings Document

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Generate PDF of Commons Proceedings Document

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Publish Commons Proceedings Document

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Create another Commons Marshalled List

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Applying amendments (& resolving cross references)

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Re-open auto-save version on refresh

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