Version 17.2.0 is a minor release, containing a number of bug fixes and some changes necessary to enable Lawmaker to run over split infrastructure.
Version 17.2.0 was released on [11 November 2024].
Infrastructure split
Which instance you will use is determined by the organisation you belong to.
Once v.17.2 is deployed, Lawmaker will be split as follows:
All users in the House of Lords, House of Commons, OPC, PCO and the Scottish Parliament will use one instance (instance 'p'),
All users in SI-drafting organisations will use the other instance (instance 's').
You can log on to Lawmaker as you have done previously (e.g. at https://lawmaker.legislation.gov.uk) and they will be automatically redirected to the correct instance so there is no need to do anything different after the release of this version.
The only difference that you will see is that the web address in your browser will now start https://lawmaker.legislation.gov.uk/p or https://lawmaker.legislation.gov.uk/s.
When a new project is created, the project ID will now have an extra character identifying the instance it was created on - this is to avoid any possibility that two projects could end up with the same ID.
You can still share a document with a user who is based on the other instance. When you share in those circumstances, a copy of the document is automatically created on the other instance. (See Sharing a document with another organisation).
List of bug fixes
Amendments and amendment lists
Support ticket | SMC problem | Description |
|---|---|---|
SPT-1739 | PRB1001010 | Fixed an issue which prevented some Lords amendments from being highlighted in red in the Editor despite them having the same target location information |
SPT-1740 | PRB1001015 | Fixed a problem where the wrong time-zone was used when setting the “Cut-off time” for Scottish Parliament amendment lists |
SPT-1744 | PRB1000911 | Fixed an issue which caused the Quick Filter on the Amendment Manager tab to become stuck on one selection if the table sorting was changed |
Auto-apply amendments and inline amendments
Support ticket | SMC problem | Description |
|---|---|---|
SPT-1704 |
| Fixed an issue which affected the interaction between the Inline and Traditional versions of an Inline LoDA which could prevent users saving their changes |
SPT-1727 | PRB1000982 | Fixed an issue which prevented copied x-refs from being pasted into an inserting amendment in an Inline LoDA |
SPT-1736 |
| Fixed a problem which caused duplicate ID values to be assigned to certain amendments created in an Inline LoDA |
Editor
Support ticket | SMC problem | Description |
|---|---|---|
SPT-1729 | PRB1000912 | Fixed a problem where adding a column to an existing table created incorrect XML (<td> elements inside the <thead> or <th> elements in the <tbody>), depending on which table cell was selected |
SPT-1731 | PRB1000986 | Fixed a problem where tagging Schedule provisions in Edit Portion mode would cause an error in the Tag x-refs operation |
SPT-1735 | PRB1000997 | Fixed an issue where adding a comment to a table cell would freeze the Editor |
SPT-1738 | PRB1001002 | Fixed an issue which prevented pasting of text inside Quoted Text elements |
SPT-1741 | PRB1001008 | Fixed a PDF rendering issue which caused some tracked deletions to display incorrectly in the output file |
SPT-1743 | PRB1001012 | Fixed an issue where the Edit Portion modal would not populate with the list of provisions in a document if that document contained certain forms of invalid XML |
SPT-1748 | PRB1001037 | Fixed an issue which prevented the insertion of a table in the Closing words of a provision |
SPT-1749 | PRB1001022 | Fixed a problem with the Undo function which could cause changes to be lost if two users are editing a document simultaneously and one user refreshes the document, uses Undo, then re-saves |
PDFs
Support ticket | SMC problem | Description |
|---|---|---|
SPT-1688 |
| Fixed an issue which caused running headers at the top of the bill to display incorrectly if a Schedule had been inserted as part of a tracked change |
SI/SSIs
Support ticket | SMC problem | Description |
|---|---|---|
SPT-1714 |
| Change organisation name of DLUHC to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
SPT-1745 | PRB1000981 | Fixed a problem where SI subjects containing an "&" could not be inserted into SIs successfully |