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📘 Introduction

Inline amendments

📚 Exercises

🛠️ Getting Started

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titleHow to create a project with published version of a Bill

  1. Download the XML document for the exercise by clicking on the link you’ve been provided with. By default, the downloaded file is usually placed in the “downloads” folder on your computer.

  2. Log in to Lawmaker.

  3. From the Dashboard, create a new project of the type you need for the exercise. Give it a title such as “[Your Initials] [Name of exercise]”. (See Creating a new project.)

  4. From the Project tab for that project, select Document Actions > Upload document, and select the XML file for the exercise which you have downloaded. It can be uploaded into the default folder that has been created in the project. (See Create a new document by uploading an XML file.)

  5. On the newly uploaded document version, select Actions > Update Document Information and update the Title to match the title you originally gave the project.

  6. On the uploaded document version, select Actions > Generate PDF to generate a PDF. (See: Generating and viewing a PDF.)

  7. Select Actions > Publish version on the PDF snapshot version. (See Publishing a Bill document version.)

✏️ Exercise 1: Creating textual amendments (leave out, insert and substitute)

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

Step 1: Create an inline LoDA

Inline amendments are made within an inline List of Draft Amendments (or “inline LoDA”).

Start by creating a new inline LoDA called Textual amendments for the As Introduced version of the Bill at Consideration Stage. See Creating a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) .

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titleDetailed steps to create inline LoDA

  1. Open the test project containing the published Bill and go to the Amendment Workspace tab.

  2. Click +New.

  3. Select “Inline” as the Type of Amendment.

  4. Select “As Introduced” from the Bill version dropdown menu.

  5. Select “Consideration Stage” from the Stage dropdown menu.

  6. Enter Textual amendments in the List name box.

  7. Click Create.

Step 2: Create some ‘insert' text amendments

In Section 2, within Article 44A, create the following insert text amendments.

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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.

Step 3: View traditional amendments corresponding to the inline amendments

Every time you save an inline LoDA, Lawmaker updates an associated list containing the traditional form of the amendments in the inline LoDA.

View the traditional amendments and check they match what you were expecting. See Viewing traditional amendments.

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titleHow to view traditional amendments from an inline LoDA

  1. From the inline LoDA, open the Inline Amendment Tools panel on the right hand side of the Editor.

  2. Click View Traditional Amendments.

A new tab will open containing the traditional amendments corresponding to the amendments in the inline LoDA.

Expected outcome of steps 1-3

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Type of amendment

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Traditional amendment

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Example of an amendment with ordinality

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Example of inserting text at the start of a provision

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Example of inserting text immediately before punctuation (before the ending full-stop)

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Step 4: Create some Leave Out text amendments

In Section 3 create the following leave out text amendments:

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titleDetailed instructions to create the first inline amendment

  1. Highlight the text 'in relation' in article 44C(1).

  2. In the toolbar that appears next to the highlighted text, click Leave Out.

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

Save 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).

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📘 Introduction

Inline amendments

📚 Exercises

🛠️ Getting Started

Before you can create inline amendments, you will need a published version of the bill. For these exercises, create a project containing a published version of the following Bill:

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nameInline_amending_bill.xml

The following steps will allow you to create the data required for this exercise.

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titleHow to create a project with published version of a Bill

  1. Download the XML document for the exercise by clicking on the link you’ve been provided with. By default, the downloaded file is usually placed in the “downloads” folder on your computer.

  2. Log in to Lawmaker.

  3. From the Dashboard, create a new project of the type you need for the exercise. Give it a title such as “[Your Initials] [Name of exercise]”. (See Creating a new project.)

  4. From the Project tab for that project, select Document Actions > Upload document, and select the XML file for the exercise which you have downloaded. It can be uploaded into the default folder that has been created in the project. (See Create a new document by uploading an XML file.)

  5. On the newly uploaded document version, select Actions > Update Document Information and update the Title to match the title you originally gave the project.

  6. On the uploaded document version, select Actions > Generate PDF to generate a PDF. (See: Generating and viewing a PDF.)

  7. Select Actions > Publish version on the PDF snapshot version. (See Publishing a Bill document version.)

✏️ Exercise 1: Creating textual amendments (leave out, insert and substitute)

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

Step 1: Create an inline LoDA

Inline amendments are made within an inline List of Draft Amendments (or “inline LoDA”).

Start by creating a new inline LoDA called Textual amendments for the As Introduced version of the Bill at Consideration Stage. See Creating a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) .

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titleDetailed steps to create inline LoDA

  1. Open the test project containing the published Bill and go to the Amendment Workspace tab.

  2. Click +New.

  3. Select “Inline” as the Type of Amendment.

  4. Select “As Introduced” from the Bill version dropdown menu.

  5. Select “Consideration Stage” from the Stage dropdown menu.

  6. Enter Textual amendments in the List name box.

  7. Click Create.

Step 2: Create some ‘insert' text amendments

In Section 2, within Article 44A, create the following insert text amendments.

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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.

Step 3: View traditional amendments corresponding to the inline amendments

Every time you save an inline LoDA, Lawmaker updates an associated list containing the traditional form of the amendments in the inline LoDA.

View the traditional amendments and check they match what you were expecting. See Viewing traditional amendments.

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  1. From the inline LoDA, open the Inline Amendment Tools panel on the right hand side of the Editor.

  2. Click View Traditional Amendments.

A new tab will open containing the traditional amendments corresponding to the amendments in the inline LoDA.

Expected outcome of steps 1-3

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Carry on creating the remaining insert amendments

Save 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 from steps 1-2

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Type of amendment

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Traditional amendment

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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.

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
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Leave out paragraph (c) inside a quoted structure

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Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Example of an

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Example of leaving out text that spans over a line

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Step 5: Create some Substitute text amendments

In Section 4, create the following substitute text amendments.

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titleDetailed instructions to create the first amendment

  1. Highlight the text 'first' and in the hovering tool bar, click on Substitute

  2. Type second within the empty text element

  3. Carry on creating the remaining substitute amendments

Save your changes and view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click on View traditional amendments button to see the new substitute amendments).

Expected output of step 5

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Type of amendment

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Traditional amendment

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Substitute a word

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Substitute a phrase

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Substitute a single word

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Leaving out words that span over a line to the end of a line

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

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 the As Introduced version of the Bill at Consideration Stage. 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” (Tools > Turn on/off renumbering)

Step 2: Create some ‘insert' structure amendments

In and around Section 8, create the following insert amendments.

Inserting a subsection after the first subsection

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Inserting a new section before section 8

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Inserting a new section after section 8
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Inserting a new section after section 9 that is contained within a cross heading

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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

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

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amendment with ordinality

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Example of inserting text at the start of a provision

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Example of inserting text immediately before punctuation (before the ending full-stop)

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Step 4: Create some Leave Out text amendments

In Section 3 create the following leave out text amendments:

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titleDetailed instructions to create the first inline amendment

  1. Highlight the text 'in relation' in article 44C(1).

  2. In the toolbar that appears next to the highlighted text, click Leave Out.

Save 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 of step 4

Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Example of an amendment with ordinality

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Example of leaving out text that spans over a line

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Step 5: Create some Substitute text amendments

In Section 4, create the following substitute text amendments.

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titleDetailed instructions to create the first amendment

  1. Highlight the text 'first' and in the hovering tool bar, click on Substitute

  2. Type second within the empty text element

  3. Carry on creating the remaining substitute amendments

Save your changes and view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click on View traditional amendments button to see the new substitute amendments).

Expected output of step 5

Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Substitute a word

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Substitute a phrase

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Substitute a single word

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Leaving out words that span over a line to the end of a line

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

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 the As Introduced version of the Bill at Consideration Stage. 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” (Tools > Turn on/off renumbering)

Step 2: Create some ‘insert' structure amendments

In and around Section 8, create the following insert amendments.

Inserting a subsection after the first subsection

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Inserting a new section before section 8

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Inserting a new section after section 8
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Inserting a new section after section 9 that is contained within a cross heading

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Inserting a new subsection with child paragraphs in section 7

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  1. In Section

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  1. 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 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 3from steps 1-2

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

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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.

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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
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Leave out paragraph (c) inside a quoted structure

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  1. In Section

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  1. 10, place your cursor

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  1. subsection (

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  1. 3)(b) and select

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  1. ‘Paragraph’ from the breadcrumb to highlight the whole

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  1. 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

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  1. Leave Out

Save 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 with brief explanation of the type of amendment createdfor step 3

Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Substitute

Leave out subsection (3)

including

(b) which will include the child

paragraphs and their child

quoted

structures

structure

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Substitute subsection (1)

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

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 the As Introduced version of the Bill at Consideration Stage. See Creating a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) .

Step 2: Create some ‘insert' hybrid amendments

In Section 23, create the following insert amendments.

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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.

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titleDetailed instructions to create the third first inline amendment

  1. In Section 23, place your cursor immediately after the text ‘paragraph (3)’ and click Enter to view the insert menuSelect Insert text and type— into the empty text placeholder element

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

  3. Insert another paragraph and leave the text placeholder empty.Section 13, place your cursor in subsection (1) and select ‘Subsection’ from the breadcrumb to highlight the whole provision

  4. 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

  5. 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"

Save 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 steps 1-2with brief explanation of the type of amendment created

Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Breaking

Substitute subsection (

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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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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)

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 the As Introduced version of the Bill at Consideration Stage. See Creating a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) .

Step 2: Create some

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‘insert' hybrid amendments

In Section 2523, create the following insert amendments.

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titleDetailed instructions to create the first third inline amendment

  1. In section 25, within Article 26A(1) (in the inserted text), highlight from the word ‘which’ to the end of paragraph (b)In the hovering tool bar select Leave Out 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.

Save 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

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Type of amendment

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Traditional amendment

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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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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 click on Substitute

  3. Type sub-paragraph (a) and into the empty ‘text’ element

Save 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 of step 4

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Type of amendment

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Traditional amendment

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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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  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

Amending text of a cross reference

  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

Inserting marked up cross references into your document

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As your inline document is a copy of the bill that is being amended, you can create cross references to the provisions within it and these will be inserted as valid cross references into the ‘as amended’ bill version if this amendment is applied.

  1. In the Structure View of the inline document, right-click on section 34 and select Select reference to copy > section 34

  2. In section 36(1)(b), delete section 34 text using backspace

  3. Check the breadcrumb to ensure that your cursor is in ‘Insert text’ and use keyboard shortcut CTRL+V to paste the cross reference you just copied from the structure view—

    1. the text Section 34 will appear

    2. it will be coloured purple to indicate that it is a valid internal cross reference

  4. Save your changes

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

  6. 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

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

Amending a cross reference which covers a range of provisions

  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

✏️ Adding proposers and supporters

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

  2. In the Editor, view the Inline Amendment Tools right-hand panel

  3. Click on the Manage Members button and in the Manage proposers and supporters dialog box—

    1. Add a proposer name (select between a Member’s chair title, ministerial title or just their name depending on the capacity in which they are laying the amendment)

    2. Optionally add one or more supporter’s names

    3. Click on the Update button

  4. Save your changes

  5. 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 with the assigned proposer and any supporters

  6. Click on the proposer for any amendment in your traditional list of draft amendments and the Manage proposers and supporters dialog box will open—

    1. Change the proposer name, and

    2. Add one or more supporters to your amendment

    3. Click on Update button

  7. Save your changes and see how that amendment is the only amendment that is updated with the new Member information.

  8. To update proposers and/or supporters in more than one amendment at the same time select Tools > Update Members… from the upper toolbar—

    1. Select a subset of amendments to update (defaults to All)

    2. Select Replace proposer with the selected member

    3. Type a proposer’s name into the Member(s) input field

    4. Click on the Update button

  9. Have a play with the other bulk options and save your changes when you’ve finished updating your list of draft amendments.

  10. Close the traditional amendment list by selecting the Close Editor button

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Using Manage Members in the inline document will assign the same proposer (and any supporters) to ALL amendments in the document.

You can more finely tune which amendments will be assigned which proposer in the traditional list view.

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Create a new inline document per proposer which will make it easier to manage proposers on all the amendments in your document

If you need to manage different supporters or proposers within the same document, make these changes in the traditional document by updating the individual amendment in the Editor, or making updates in bulk using Tools > Update Members… in the upper toolbar

✏️ Making tweaks to the traditional amendment

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

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

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

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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

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Save your changes

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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Step 2: Create some ‘leave out' hybrid 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’ to the end of paragraph (b)

  2. In the hovering tool bar select Leave Out

Save 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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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 click on Substitute

  3. Type sub-paragraph (a) and into the empty ‘text’ element

Save 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 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

This exercise takes you through the process of creating amendments that involve cross references, either including them in your amendment or amending an existing cross reference as part of your amendment.

Step 1: Create an inline LoDA

Start by creating a new inline LoDA called Cross reference amendments for the As Introduced version of the Bill at Consideration Stage. See Creating a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) .

Step 2: Create an amendment that edits a cross reference

In section 36, create the following amendments which are amending existing cross references and involve inserting new marked up cross references

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titleDetailed instructions to create both amendments

  1. In both cases, you need to delete the whole cross reference by highlighting it and selecting Substitute from the Inline Amendment Tools

  2. To insert the marked up cross reference, find the target provision in the structure view

  3. Right-click and select Select reference to copy and select your preferred notation

  4. Back in the Editor, paste the copied cross reference into the ‘Insert text’ element using keyboard shortcut CTRL+V

  5. Click the Save icon or press CTRL+S to save your changes.

Save 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 outcome of step 2

Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Substitute a single cross reference

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Substituting text within a cross reference range

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As your inline document is a copy of the bill that is being amended, you can create cross references to the provisions within it and these will be inserted as valid cross references into the ‘as amended’ bill version if this amendment is applied.

✏️ Exercise 5: Adding proposers and supporters

This exercise takes you through the process of adding or updating proposers and supporters against your amendments.

Step1: Open an inline LoDA

Start by opening the inline LoDA you created most recently called Cross reference amendmenents from the Amendment Workspace tab

Step 2: Manage proposer and supporters in the inline LoDA

Assign a proposer to all the amendments in your inline LoDA

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titleDetailed instructions on how to assign members to all amendments in your inline LoDA

  1. View the Inline Amendment Tools right-hand panel and click on the Manage Members button

  2. In the Manage proposers and supporters dialog box add a proposer name (select between a Member’s chair title, ministerial title or just their name depending on the capacity in which they are laying the amendment) and add two supporters.

  3. Click on the Update button and save your changes

Save your changes and then view the traditional amendments to see the proposers and supporters assigned to each amendment (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).

Step 3: Manage proposer and supporters in the traditional LoDA

Assign a different proposer to one amendment and remove the supporters from all amendments

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titleDetailed instructions how to update Members on an individual amendment

  1. Click on the proposer for any amendment in your traditional list of draft amendments and in the Manage proposers and supporters change the proposer name and delete all the supporters

  2. Click on Update button when complete

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titleDetailed instructions how to update Members in bulk

  1. Select Tools > Update Members… from the upper toolbar

  2. In the Update Members dialog box, select which amendments you want to update and select Replace proposer with the selected member

  3. Type a proposer’s name into the Member(s) input field and click on the Update button

  4. Repeat the steps but this time leave all amendments selected and select Remove the selected member(s) as supporters which will remove all supporters from your amendments.

  5. Click on the Update button when complete

Save your changes when complete.

Expected outcome of steps 1 to 3

Type of amendment

Traditional amendment

Different proposers for each amendment and no supporters

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Tips

  • Create a new inline document per proposer as this will make it easier to manage proposers on all the amendments in your document

  • If you need to manage different supporters or proposers within the same document, make these changes in the traditional document by updating the individual amendment in the Editor, or making updates in bulk using Tools > Update Members… in the upper toolbar. Save these sorts of changes to the end so as to avoid any out-of-sync markers in your inline LoDA whilst drafting amendments.

✏️ Exercise 6: Handling out-of-sync amendments

This exercise explains how Lawmaker handles changes made to the traditional amendment which do not backwards sync with the inline LoDA. Warning markers are used to signify when the traditional amendment (which gets submitted) is out of sync with the inline equivalent. It’s possible to remove a warning marker if you are sure you want to overwrite the changes made to the traditional amendment.

Step 1: Open an inline LoDA

Start by opening the recently created inline LoDA called Structural amendmenents from the Amendment Workspace tab

Step 2: Make changes to a traditional amendment

Make the following changes to a new clause amendment in the traditional list and save your changes (Click on View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel)

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Step 3: Attempt to edit the inline amendment

Attempt to edit the same amendment in the inline LoDA. A warner marker will prevent you from editing an amendment in the inline LoDA if its equivalent traditional amendment has been amended.

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titleDetailed instructions how to create an out-of-sync amendment

  1. View the traditional amendments by clicking on View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel

  2. Add or remove some text in one of your amendments and save the changes, making a note of the DNumber

  3. Back in the inline LoDA, attempt to type into the amendment you just updated.

  4. Yellow warning messages will advise you that the corresponding amendment in the traditional list has been changed and a black triangle will appear on that amendment card in the Inline Amendments right-hand panel indicating that the inline LoDA is out-of-sync with changes made in the traditional LoDA.

Step 4: Remove the warning marker and overwrite the changes you made to the traditional amendment

In the inline LoDA, remove the black warning marker against the updated amendment before you make further changes to the inline amendment. Save your changes when you’ve finished updating the amendment.

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titleHow to remove the out-of-sync warning marker to over-ride changes made to the traditional amendment

  1. In the inline LoDA, view the Inline Amendment right-hand panel and click on the black warning triangle

  2. In the Remove out-of-sync warning marker dialog box click on the Remove button

  3. Add or remove some text from the amendment (this time you will be able to).

  4. Save your changes and go back to the traditional list to view the new changes that have overwritten your original changes to the traditional amendment (you might need to refresh your list if you already had the tab open in the browser)

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

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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.

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Close the traditional list using the Close Editor button

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Close the inline document using the Close Editor button

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Expected outcome of steps 1 to 4

The most recent changes you made to the amendment in the inline LoDA will overwrite any changes you made to the traditional amendment if the warning marker is removed.

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✏️ Exercise 7: Removing amendments from the inline document

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From the Amendment Manager, select the inline document called Textual amendments and open it in the Editor

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Step 1: open an inline LoDA

Start by opening the recently created inline LoDA called Textual amendmenents from the Amendment Workspace tab

Step 2: Remove an amendment from the inline LoDA

In the inline

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LoDA,

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Delete this amendment by clicking on the cross in the bottom right of the amendment card and wait for the amendment to be removed

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Save your changes

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View the traditional list in the Editor and find the amendment using the DNumber that you deleted in the inline document.

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delete one of the amendment, making a note of its DNumber and saving your changes. View the traditional amendments to check that the amendment you removed is no longer in the list (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).

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The amendment that was deleted from the inline document has not been deleted from Lawmaker. You can still view it on the Amendment Manager tab.

If you filter the Amendment Manager by using the filter option List of Draft Amendment’s name and select Textual Amendments, you will see the list of amendments minus the amendment that you had deleted from the list.

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