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titleDetailed instructions to create the first inline amendment

  1. Place your cursor in the location of the amendment (after “hotel,” in section 44A(1)) and click Enter to view the insert menu

  2. Select Insert text and type a country mansion, into the empty text element

  3. Carry on creating the remaining insert amendments

  4. Click the Save icon or press ctrl+s to save your changes.

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✏️ Exercise 2: Creating structural amendments (leave out, insert and substitute)

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On the Amendment Workspace tab, click on the +New button and ensure that Inline is selected as they type of amendment.

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This exercise takes you through the process of creating different kinds of amendments inline.

Step1: Create an inline LoDA

Start by creating a new inline LoDA called Structural amendments for

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the As Introduced

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version of the Bill at Consideration Stage

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. See Creating a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) .

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If you want your inserted provisions numbered using the auto-assign rule (e.g (1A) after (1) or (A1) before (1), ensure your renumbering mode is set to “Off”

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(Tools > Turn on/off renumbering

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Step 2: Create some ‘insert' structure amendments

In and around Section 8, create the following insert amendments. The instructions below will walk you through creating the first inline amendment.

Inserting a subsection after the first subsection

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Inserting a new subsection with child paragraphs in section 7

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titleDetailed instructions to create the first amendment

  1. In Section 8, place your cursor anywhere in subsection (1) and click Enter to view the insert menu

  2. Select Subsection and typeIn Article 42 of that Order (general permitted hours), in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), after "Article 5(1)(b)" insert "or (m)". within the empty text element

  3. Carry on creating the remaining insert amendments

Save your changes

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and then view the traditional amendments

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Expected output with brief explanation of the type of amendment createdto check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).

Expected output from steps 1-2

Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Insert a new subsection

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Insert new clause before

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Insert new clause after

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Insert new clause with grouping level (cross heading in this instance)

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Insert new subsection with child paragraphs

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Step 3: Create some ‘leave out' structure amendments

In Sections 10 to 12, create the following leave out amendments. The instructions below will walk you through creating the first inline amendment.

Leave out subsection (3)(b) which will include the child quoted structure

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Leave out paragraph (c) inside a quoted structure

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titleDetailed instructions to create the

  1. In Section 10, place your cursor subsection (

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  1. 3)(b) and select ‘Paragraph’ from the breadcrumb to highlight the whole paragraph

  2. There isn’t a hovering tool bar when you select whole provisions, so instead view Inline Amendment Tools in the right-hand panel and click on Leave Out

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Save your changes

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and then view the traditional amendments

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Expected output with brief explanation of the type of amendment createdto check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).

Expected output for step 3

Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Leave out subsection (3)(b) which will include the child quoted structure

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Leave out Subsection (5) which will include the children paragraphs

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Leave out section 11 which, as you’ve selected Consideration Stage when creating the inline document, will auto-convert the wording to the ‘stand part’ motion wording which you will need to manually updating in the traditional list as appropriate

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Leaving out a provision within a quoted structure

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Step 4: Create some ‘Substitute' structure amendments

In Section 13, create the following leave out amendments. The instructions below will walk you through creating

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  1. In Section 13, place your cursor in subsection (1) and select ‘Subsection’ from the breadcrumb to highlight the whole provision

  2. There isn’t a hovering tool bar when you select whole provisions, so instead view Inline Amendment Tools in the right-hand panel and click on Substitute

  3. Type into the empty ‘text’ element In Article 60 of the Licensing Order (sale, etc., of intoxicating liquor to young persons), after paragraph (4) insert "The"

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Carry on creating the remaining substitute amendment

Save your changes

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and then view the traditional amendments

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to check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).

Expected output with brief explanation of the type of amendment created

Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Substitute subsection (3) including the child paragraphs and their child quoted structures

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Substitute subsection (1)

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✏️ Exercise 3: Creating hybrid amendments (part textual and part structural in composition)

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On the Amendment Workspace tab, click on the +New button and ensure that Inline is selected as they type of amendment.

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This exercise takes you through the process of creating different kinds of amendments inline.

Step 1: Create an inline LoDA

Start by creating a new inline LoDA called Hybrid amendments for

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the As Introduced

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version of the Bill at Consideration Stage

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In the inline document, ensure your renumbering mode is set to “Off” by selecting Tools > Turn on/off renumbering until the green success message says Auto Renumbering: OFF

. See Creating a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) .

Step 2: Create some ‘insert' hybrid amendments

In Section 23, create the following insert amendments. The instructions below will walk you through creating

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titleDetailed instructions to create the third inline amendment

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  1. In Section 23, place your cursor immediately after the text ‘paragraph (3)’ and click Enter to view the insert menu

  2. Select Insert text and type— into the empty text placeholder element

  3. Insert a paragraph and type in sub-paragraph (a), omit "Good Friday or", and

  4. Insert another paragraph and leave the text placeholder empty.

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Save your changes

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and then view the traditional amendments

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Expected output with brief explanation of the type of amendment createdto check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).

Expected output for steps 1-2

Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Breaking subsection (2)(a) into 2 paragraphs

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Adding 2 paragraphs to the end of subsection (3)

Note that the text is added after the full-stop so that Lawmaker knows it should use the ‘at end’ form of words.

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Breaking subsection (4) into paragraphs

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Leave out hybrid amendments

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Step 2: Create some ‘leave out' hybrid

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amendments

In Section 25, create the following insert amendments.

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titleDetailed instructions to create the first amendment

  1. In section 25, within Article 26A(1) (in the inserted text), highlight from the word ‘which’

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  1. to the end of paragraph (b)

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  2. In the hovering tool bar select Leave Out

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  1. the text and paragraphs you highlighted will be coloured red and appear struck out

  2. a new card will appear in the Inline Amendments right-hand panel with the text ‘Leave out’

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Save your changes

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Open the Inline Amendment Tools in the right-hand panel

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Click on the View Traditional Amendments button

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A document showing a list of draft traditionally formatted amendments will open in the Editor in a new browser tab with your new amendment displayed (note that because the provisions being left out were inside a quoted structure, Lawmaker automatically refers to them as ‘lines’ rather than paragraphs)

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Close the traditional list of draft amendments using the Close Editor button

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Now recreate the following leave out hybrid amendment in your inline document

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Save your changes and click on the View Traditional Amendments button on the Inline Amendment Tools panel (if you still had the traditional amendments open in a separate tab, you will need to refresh the list to see the changes by clicking on the refresh button in your browser)

Expected output with brief explanation of the type of amendment createdSave your changes and then view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).

Expected output for step 3

Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Hybrid leave out removing some text and child paragraphs

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Hybrid leave out which will merge 2 separate subsections into a single subsection

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  1. Close the traditional list of draft amendments using the Close Editor button

Substitute hybrid amendments

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Step 3: Create some substitute hybrid amendments

In section 26, create the following inline amendments

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titleDetailed instructions to create the second inline amendment

  1. In Section 26(5) highlight from ‘paragraph' until ‘in’ in section 26(5)(c)

  2. In the hovering tool bar

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all the text and paragraphs you highlighted will be coloured red and appear struck out

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a new ‘text’ element will be inserted after the red text

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a new card will appear in the Inline Amendments right-hand panel with the text ‘Substitute’

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  1. click on Substitute

  2. Type sub-paragraph (a) and

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  1. into the empty ‘text’ element

Save your changes

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Open the Inline Amendment Tools in the right-hand panel

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Click on the View Traditional Amendments button

  1. A document showing a list of draft traditionally formatted amendments will open in the Editor in a new browser tab

  2. your new substitute amendment is displayed

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Close the traditional list of draft amendments using the Close Editor button

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Close the inline document using the Close Editor button

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and then view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).

Expected output of step 4

Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Substitute hybrid that will remove a paragraph

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Substitute hybrid that will result in the removal of 3 paragraphs

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✏️ Exercise 4: Creating amendments involving cross references

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  1. On the Amendment Workspace tab, click on the +New button image-20250218-153255.png

  2. In the Create new list of draft amendments dialog box—

    1. Type of amendment - select Inline

    2. Bill version can be left as As Introduced

    3. Select Consideration Stage for Stage

    4. Add a unique list name e.g. cross references in amendments

    5. Click on the Create button

    6. The inline document will open in the Editor in a new browser tab

    7. Set your renumbering mode to “Off” if you haven’t already by selecting Tools > Turn on/off renumbering until the green success message says Auto Renumbering: OFF

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  1. Amend Section 36(1)(b) by changing the cross reference ‘section 33’ to ‘section 34’—

    1. Highlight the '3’ within section 33

    2. The hovering tool bar will not appear as you are modifying a cross reference and instead it presents the cross reference hovering tool bar

    3. Circumvent this by opening the Inline Amendment Tools and selecting Substitute

    4. Lawmaker will not let you change part of a cross reference so it automatically highlights the whole cross reference to strike out so you will need to recreate the whole cross reference by typing Section 34 into the empty ‘text’ placeholder

  2. Save your changes

  3. Open the Inline Amendment Tools in the right-hand panel

  4. Click on the View Traditional Amendments button

    1. A document showing a list of draft traditionally formatted amendments will open in the Editor in a new browser tab

    2. your new amendment is displayed

  5. Close the traditional list of draft amendments using the Close Editor button

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  1. Amend Section 36(1)(c) by attempting to change the cross reference to subsection (2) to (3)—

    1. Highlight the '2’ within subsection (2)

    2. The hovering tool bar will not appear as you are modifying a cross reference and instead it presents the cross reference hovering tool bar

    3. Circumvent this by opening the Inline Amendment Tools and selecting Substitute

    4. Lawmaker will not let you change part of a cross reference so it automatically highlights the whole cross reference to strike out. In this case, the cross reference covers the range (2) to (6) so you will need to type in the full cross reference section 34(3) to (6)

  2. Save your changes

  3. Open the Inline Amendment Tools in the right-hand panel

  4. Click on the View Traditional Amendments button

    1. A document showing a list of draft traditionally formatted amendments will open in the Editor in a new browser tab

    2. your new amendment is displayed

  5. Close the traditional list of draft amendments using the Close Editor button

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  1. From the Amendment Manager, select the inline document called Structural amendments and open it in the Editor

  2. In the Inline Amendment Tools right-hand panel, click on the View Traditional Amendments button

  3. In the traditional list, find a new clause amendment and add NEW TEXT to the section heading in the quoted structure.

  4. Save your changes, make a note of its DNumber and close the traditional list using the Close Editor button.

  5. In the inline document, view the Inline Amendments right-hand panel and find the amendment that you just updated using the DNumber that you noted down in the step before and see a black warning triangle appears next to the amendment

  6. Click on the amendment card to jump to the inline amendment in your inline document and note that the inline amendment doesn’t show NEW TEXT in the heading because traditional amendments do not backwards synchronise with their inline equivalents.

  7. Attempt to add some text to the amendment and you will see a yellow warning message appear letting you know that it’s not possible to make changes due to the out-of-sync warning marker

  8. In the Inline Amendment right-hand panel, click on the black warning triangle and a Remove out-of-sync warning marker dialog box appears—

    1. This warning lets you know that the traditional version of this amendment has been updated,

    2. If you make a change to the inline version of the amendment, it would overwrite your traditional version so the warning prevents you making any changes and unwittingly overwriting your traditional version

    3. Click on the Remove button

  9. Add DIFFERENT TEXT to the header of the same new clause amendment. This time you will be able to.

  10. Save your changes

  11. In the Inline Amendment Tools right-hand panel, click on the View Traditional Amendments button

  12. In the traditional list, see that the text DIFFERENT TEXT now appears in the heading of the new clause amendment and it has overridden the changes you previously made.

  13. Close the traditional list using the Close Editor button

  14. Close the inline document using the Close Editor button

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