Managing a Church Measure in Parliament

You can manage the document information associated with a Church Measure, and insert a front cover on a Measure, using the same Lawmaker functions which exist for UK Bills.

Managing document information

There are two ways to manage document information: within the Editor, or from the Project page. See Managing document information for more general guidance on managing document information.

From with the Editor, click on the ‘Document Information’ icon to show the Document Information pane:

From the Project tab, click the ‘Actions’ menu next to a working version, then select Update Document Information:

Both methods allow you to update the following information:

Title: the title of the Measure

Sub Type: the document sub-type, either ‘Measure’ or ‘Consolidation Measure’

Session: the parliamentary session in which the draft Measure is being considered

Year: the year in which the draft Measure is being considered

Paper number (House of Lords): the Lords paper number assigned to the draft Measure when it appears before the Ecclesiastical Committee. This will appear on the front cover, on the first page of the table of contents, and on the first page of the Measure proper.

Paper number (House of Commons): the Commons paper number assigned to the draft Measure when it is considered by the Ecclesiastical Committee. This will appear on the front cover, on the first page of the table of contents, and on the first page of the Measure proper.

Printed date (House of Lords/House of Commons): the date on which the draft Measure was printed. A date value is generally assigned for both Houses, and it’s usually the same date. This will appear on the front cover.

Adding a front cover and Table of Contents

You can add a front cover to a Draft Measure from the Insert menu in the Editor. This will add both the Front Cover and the Table of Contents. In the Editor, the Front cover appears like this:

In the rendered PDF, the front cover of a Draft Measure appears like this:

Creating an Enacted Measure

Once a Draft Measure has been approved by Parliament, you can create the enacted version of the Measure using the same steps you would use to create the Act copy of a UK Bill. See Converting a UK Bill into an Act for general information about creating Act copies of UK Bills.

To create the enacted version of a Measure, select ‘Duplicate’ from the Actions menu, add a folder name and version label, ensure ‘convert Draft Measure to enacted Measure’ is ticked, then click Create.

This will create a new version of the Measure with the following changes:

• any existing front cover and table of contents will be removed and replaced by the enacted version of the front cover (including a table of contents)

• the Measure Year value will be set to 9999; you will need to add the correct year using the Document Information pane in the Editor or the ‘Update Document Information’ modal on the project tab

• the Assent date value will be set to 1st January 999; you will need to choose the correct date using the Document Information pane in the Editor or the ‘Update Document Information’ modal