Introduction
Once a bill has gone through all the amending phases and is ready for enactment, its content will need updating so that it becomes an Act rather than a bill.
How to convert a bill into an Act
- Select Duplicate version from the drop-down menu on the tile of the document version you want to convert into an Act
- The system will ask you to specify a stage and a version description
- When you have provided a stage and version description, select the ‘Convert bill to act’ checkbox and click Create
- The system will create a duplicate version of the document, converting it into an Act and display it on the ‘Project’ tab, under the new stage heading if a different one was specified
Hints and tips
- It is possible to delete elements if they are not required e.g. Table of Contents, Explanatory Notes rubric, Assent date in the date of enactment rubric, Act Year and Act Number
- It is not possible to generate an Act version if the document is already an Act version.
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- Converting a UK Bill into an Act will make the following changes:
- Updates the XML so that it is now an Act document
- Inserts the Act front cover (containing Short title, Chapter Number and Explanatory Notes statement)
- Inserts new Table of Contents (containing Short title, Chapter Number)
- The date of enactment rubric will be added after the long title and the Act Year and Chapter Number will be inserted under the Short title in the preface
- “Bill” in the short title will be changed to “Act” and the Act Year inserted at the end
- “Bill” in the long title will be changed to “Act”
- The stage version rubric will be removed, as will the back cover if there is one