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Updates the XML so that it is now an Act document type
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
The back cover will be removed (if there is one)
How to convert a
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UK Bill into an Act
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Select On the Project Tab, select Duplicate version from the drop-down Actions menu on the tile of the document version you want to convert into an Act (see Duplicating a document version).
The system will ask you to specify a stage folder and a version description.
When you have provided a stage folder and version description, select the ‘Convert bill Convert Bill to act’ 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
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Hints and tips
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After conversion, 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
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Open newly created document version in the Editor and do the following:
Check the Act title is correct;
Update the Document Information including Act year, chapter number & assent date (see Managing document information);
Delete Explanatory Notes rubric from front cover if not required (and any other element, e.g. the table of contents);
Save the document.
Generate a PDF (see Generating and viewing a PDF.
On the Project Tab, find the PDF snapshot of the approved PDF version and select Submit to TNA (see Submitting an Act or SI/SSI to TNA).