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(They’re called “quoted structures” because element used in Akoma Ntoso to hold structured content that is being quoted in some way from another document. They are similar to what, in the existing SI template, were called “long quotes”.)

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If you are creating a textual amendment in a Bill or SI that only inserts or substitutes a single word or a phrase then you should use a quoted text element instead - see Quoted Text.

How to insert a quoted structure

  1. Use any of the following methods:

    • press Enter and select Quoted Structure

    • right-click in the Editor and select Insert quoted structure

    • from the Insert menu in the toolbar, select Insert quoted structure

    • use keyboard shortcut CTRLCtrl+qQ.

  2. Select a starting element and adjust any other settings in the dialogue box.

  3. Click Insert.

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When you insert a quoted structure you can set various properties of the the quoted structure. Some of these can be updated after the quoted structure is inserted by right-clicking within the quoted structure and selecting Update quoted structure properties (You can also do the same using the Insert menu in the toolbar.)

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Document type

(Can’t be changed after quoted structure is inserted.)

Selecting the document type determines how the contents of the quoted structure will be formatted and what starting elements are available.

By default, the document type will be the Act type that corresponds to the document you are editing (e.g. an Act of the Scottish Parliament if you are editing a Scottish Bill, or a UKPGA if you are editing an amendment list for the Commons or the Lords)..

The possible types are:

  • Act of the Scottish Parliament (asp)

  • United Kingdom Public General Act (ukpga)

  • UK Statutory Instrument

  • Scottish Statutory Instrument

  • Church Measure

  • EU Regulation, EU Directive or EU Decision

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The Indent level option allows you to alter that indent.

  • Indent level “none” means the normal indent will be applied.

  • Indent level “-

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  • 1” removes the normal indent that is applied to provisions within a quoted structure.

  • Indent levels

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  • “1” and above add additional indent beyond the deafult indent.

See https://lawmaker.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/USERMANUAL/pages/25526905/Default+indent+for+starting+provisions+in+a+quoted+structure for more on when and how to use this feature.

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Inserting a quoted structure immediately after another quoted structure

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nameinsert adjacent quoted structure

To insert a quoted structure immediately after another quoted structure either:

  • right-click in the Editor within the existing quoted structure and select Insert adjacent quoted structure, or

  • From the Insert menu on the toolbar, select Insert adjacent quoted structure.

See https://lawmaker.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/USERMANUAL/pages/25526905/Default+indent+for+starting+provisions+in+a+quoted+structure for more on when and how to use this feature.

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More notes on quoted structures

  • You can copy or cut a quoted structure by placing your cursor in the quoted structure, selecting “quoted structure” from the breadcrumb and then pressing CTRL+c or CTRL+c as appropriate. To paste it, place your cursor in the provision/amendment you want your quoted structure to appear after and use the keyboard short cut CTRL+v.

  • You can’t use the Tag x-refs features The Tag References feature will only pickup external references when the cursor is in a quoted structure because there won’t be enough context to resolve any internal references found. But you can create manual x-refs to and from provisions in a quoted structure - see To create cross references References . (You can’t currently create manual cross-references to provisions within a quoted structure that is marked as relating a EU document type.

  • The training video on Managing footnotes, textual amendments and references in SI/SSIs includes how to insert quoted structures.

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