Amendments to amendments are always sorted so that they appear under the target amendment they are amending (apart from in Lords Daily Sheets when the target amendment is not usually displayed).
Creating Lords amendments to amendments
In the List of Draft Amendments (LoDA)…
Click ‘Enter’ and select Amendment - Amendment to amendment option
The default text that appears in the italicised amendment note is As an amendment to the amendment in the name of to , printed on sheet HL Bill .
Update this to point to the appropriate amendment (see example rubrics in the information panel below).
If the target amendment has been numbered, rewrite this so that it reads As an amendment to amendment x
How to populate the italicised amendment note to ensure the location information is correctly updated which will ensure sorting the amendment will happen correctly in an amendment list:
If the target amendment was a ‘page-line’ style amendment, the amendment to amendment’s italic text should be phrased something like: “As an amendment to the amendment in the name of Lord Purvis of Tweed to Clause 5, page 2, line 33, printed on sheet HL Bill 128(a)”. This will ensure the provision, page and line attributes in the location table (visible in the “Amendment Information” right-hand panel) will be updated correctly.
If the target amendment was a new Clause amendment, the amendment to amendment’s italic text should be phrased something like: “As an amendment to the amendment in the name of Lord Purvis of Tweed to After Clause 2 printed on sheet HL Bill 128(a)”. This will ensure the provision attribute in the location table (visible in the “Amendment Information” right-hand panel) is updated correctly with “sec_2”. However you also need to manually update the Location attribute in the Location table on the ‘Amendment Information' right-hand panel. To do this, click on the empty cell and type “before” or “after” and wait a second for the amendment to be updated before saving your changes.
Creating Commons amendments to amendments
In the List of Draft Amendments (LoDA)…
Click ‘Enter’ and select Amendment - Amendment to amendment option
Add the amendment number of the target amendment and fill out the amendment as required