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Submitting ping pong motions

Owned by Sarah Cogan (Unlicensed)
Last updated: 25 Aug 2022
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Once you have finished drafting your ping pong motion(s), you can submit them for tabling to the appropriate Parliament.  This action changes the permissions on an amendment if you are an OPC user so that the appropriate Parliament users can now view and edit the submitted amendments and you will only have read only access.  

How to submit ping pong motion from the 'Amendments' tab

  1. From the Amendment Manager tab, use the check boxes on the left-hand side of each amendment to select the one(s) you wish to submit

  2. Select Amendment Actions > Submit Amendments from the dropdown menu in the top right of the screen

  3. The selected elements will be updated to status “Submitted” and visible to the appropriate Parliaments’ users

How to submit ping pong motions from the Editor (OPC)

  1. Open the List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) in the Editor

  2. Click on the Document Information right-hand panel in the Editor

  3. Click on the Submit List button

  4. The ping pong motions on the list will all be updated to status “Submitted” and visible to the appropriate Parliaments’ users

How to 'bulk' submit amendments from the Editor (Parliament users)

  1. Open the List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) in the Editor

  2. Click on the Amendment Status right-hand panel in the Editor

  3. From the Bulk update statuses drop-down, select Draft to Submitted

  4. Click on the Update button

  5. Save your changes and all amendments in the list that are set to 'Draft' will be updated to 'Submitted'

  • If a ping pong motion contains tracked changes or comments (in the Editor) then a warning will be displayed when you select to submit them.  You can choose to cancel and remove them or submit them anyway.

  • Submitting ping pong motions from the Amendment Manager tab will only work if:

    • the associated bill document has been published by the appropriate Parliament,

    • their status is “Draft”,

    • there are no active locks on them, and

    • there isn't a flag set against them (this check only works if submitting from the Amendment Manager tab)

  • Submitting ping pong motions from the Document Information right hand panel in the Editor, will only work if:

    • the associated bill document has been published by the appropriate Parliament,

    • their status is “Draft”, and

    • there are no active locks on them.