What are references in Lawmaker?
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Valid internal references will show as purple , e.g. “section 3(2)(a)”
External references will show as blue, e.g. “section 7 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2000”
References that are invalid or have been manually altered are shown with different formatting which is described below in relation to specific features (the formatting is summarised below: https://lawmaker.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/USERMANUAL/pages/edit-v2/500203522#Table-describing-formatting-of-different-references). The formatting in the editor is not replicated in the PDF version of the document but references will become hyperlinks in the PDF that can be used to jump to the target of the reference.
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When the tag operation finishes, you will see all the references Lawmaker has identified highlighted in the Editor according to the table here: https://lawmaker.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/USERMANUAL/pages/edit-v2/500203522#Formatting-of-reference- Formatting of reference types. Internal and external references are, in particular, distinguishable from one another by their colour.
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Where however Lawmaker detects that the target of an existing reference has changed (e.g. because the context in which that reference sits has changed), the reference will be changed accordingly but it will be marked as requiring checking. Such references will appear brown in the Editor (e.g. “regulation 52”) and each one will also be highlighted with a document check error. From the document check panel, you can confirm that the reference remains valid or you can remove the reference mark-up if you think it is no longer appropriate.
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