Training Module: Drafting amendments inline
- Sarah Cogan
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Exercises
- 2.1 Getting Started
- 2.2 Exercise 1: Creating textual amendments (leave out, insert and substitute)
- 2.3 Exercise 2: Creating structural amendments (leave out, insert and substitute)
- 2.4 Exercise 3: Creating hybrid amendments (part textual and part structural in composition)
- 2.5 Exercise 4: Creating amendments involving cross references
- 2.6 Exercise 5: Adding proposers and supporters
- 2.7 Exercise 6: Handling out-of-sync amendments
- 2.8 Exercise 7: Removing amendments from the inline document
Introduction
Exercises
Getting Started
Before you can create inline amendments, you will need a published version of the bill. For these exercises, create a project containing a published version of the following Bill:
The following steps will allow you to create the data required for this exercise.
Exercise 1: Creating textual amendments (leave out, insert and substitute)
This exercise takes you through the process of creating different kinds of amendments inline.
Step 1: Create an inline LoDA
Inline amendments are made within an inline List of Draft Amendments (or âinline LoDAâ).
Start by creating a new inline LoDA called Textual amendments for the As Introduced version of the Bill at Consideration Stage. See Creating a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) .
Step 2: Create some âinsert' text amendments
In Section 2, within Article 44A, create the following insert text amendments.
Step 3: View traditional amendments corresponding to the inline amendments
Every time you save an inline LoDA, Lawmaker updates an associated list containing the traditional form of the amendments in the inline LoDA.
View the traditional amendments and check they match what you were expecting. See Viewing traditional amendments.
Expected outcome of steps 1-3
Type of amendment | Traditional amendment |
|---|---|
Example of an amendment with ordinality |  |
Example of inserting text at the start of a provision | |
Example of inserting text immediately before punctuation (before the ending full-stop) |
Step 4: Create some Leave Out text amendments
In Section 3 create the following leave out text amendments:
Save your changes and then view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).
Expected output of step 4
Type of amendment | Traditional amendment |
|---|---|
Example of an amendment with ordinality | |
Example of leaving out text that spans over a line |
Step 5: Create some Substitute text amendments
In Section 4, create the following substitute text amendments.
Save your changes and view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click on View traditional amendments button to see the new substitute amendments).
Expected output of step 5
Type of amendment | Traditional amendment |
|---|---|
Substitute a word | Â Â |
Substitute a phrase | |
Substitute a single word | |
Leaving out words that span over a line to the end of a line |
Exercise 2: Creating structural amendments (leave out, insert and substitute)
This exercise takes you through the process of creating different kinds of amendments inline.
Step1: Create an inline LoDA
Start by creating a new inline LoDA called Structural amendments for the As Introduced version of the Bill at Consideration Stage. See Creating a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) .
If you want your inserted provisions numbered using the auto-assign rule (e.g (1A) after (1) or (A1) before (1), ensure your renumbering mode is set to âOffâ (Tools > Turn on/off renumbering)
Step 2: Create some âinsert' structure amendments
In and around Section 8, create the following insert amendments.
Inserting a subsection after the first subsection
Inserting a new section before section 8
Inserting a new section after section 8
Inserting a new section after section 9 that is contained within a cross heading
Inserting a new subsection with child paragraphs in section 7
Save your changes and then view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).
Expected output from steps 1-2
Type of amendment | Traditional amendment |
|---|---|
Insert a new subsection | Â Â |
Insert new clause before | |
Insert new clause after | |
Insert new clause with grouping level (cross heading in this instance) | Â Â |
Insert new subsection with child paragraphs |
Step 3: Create some âleave out' structure amendments
In Sections 10 to 12, create the following leave out amendments.
Leave out subsection (3)(b) which will include the child quoted structure
Leave out Subsection (5) which will include the children paragraphs
Leave out section 11
Leave out paragraph (c) inside a quoted structure
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Save your changes and then view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).
Expected output for step 3
Type of amendment | Traditional amendment |
|---|---|
Leave out subsection (3)(b) which will include the child quoted structure | |
Leave out Subsection (5) which will include the children paragraphs | |
Leave out section 11 which, as youâve selected Consideration Stage when creating the inline document, will auto-convert the wording to the âstand partâ motion wording which you will need to manually updating in the traditional list as appropriate | |
Leaving out a provision within a quoted structure | Â Â |
Step 4: Create some âSubstitute' structure amendments
In Section 13, create the following leave out amendments.
Save your changes and then view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).
Expected output with brief explanation of the type of amendment created
Type of amendment | Traditional amendment |
|---|---|
Substitute subsection (3) including the child paragraphs and their child quoted structures | |
Substitute subsection (1) | Â Â |
Exercise 3: Creating hybrid amendments (part textual and part structural in composition)
This exercise takes you through the process of creating different kinds of amendments inline.
Step 1: Create an inline LoDA
Start by creating a new inline LoDA called Hybrid amendments for the As Introduced version of the Bill at Consideration Stage. See Creating a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) .
Step 2: Create some âinsert' hybrid amendments
In Section 23, create the following insert amendments.
Save your changes and then view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).
Expected output for steps 1-2
Type of amendment | Traditional amendment |
|---|---|
Breaking subsection (2)(a) into 2 paragraphs | |
Adding 2 paragraphs to the end of subsection (3) Note that the text is added after the full-stop so that Lawmaker knows it should use the âat endâ form of words. | |
Breaking subsection (4) into paragraphs | Â Â |
Step 2: Create some âleave out' hybrid amendments
In Section 25, create the following insert amendments.
Save your changes and then view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).
Expected output for step 3
Type of amendment | Traditional amendment |
|---|---|
Hybrid leave out removing some text and child paragraphs | |
Hybrid leave out which will merge 2 separate subsections into a single subsection |
Step 3: Create some substitute hybrid amendments
In section 26, create the following inline amendments
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Save your changes and then view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).
Expected output of step 4
Type of amendment | Traditional amendment |
|---|---|
Substitute hybrid that will remove a paragraph | Â Â Â |
Substitute hybrid that will result in the removal of 3 paragraphs | Â Â |
Exercise 4: Creating amendments involving cross references
This exercise takes you through the process of creating amendments that involve cross references, either including them in your amendment or amending an existing cross reference as part of your amendment.
Step 1: Create an inline LoDA
Start by creating a new inline LoDA called Cross reference amendments for the As Introduced version of the Bill at Consideration Stage. See Creating a List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) .
Step 2: Create an amendment that edits a cross reference
In section 36, create the following amendments which are amending existing cross references and involve inserting new marked up cross references
Save your changes and then view the traditional amendments to check they match what you were expecting (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).
Expected outcome of step 2
Type of amendment | Traditional amendment |
|---|---|
Substitute a single cross reference | |
Substituting text within a cross reference range |
As your inline document is a copy of the bill that is being amended, you can create cross references to the provisions within it and these will be inserted as valid cross references into the âas amendedâ bill version if this amendment is applied.
Exercise 5: Adding proposers and supporters
This exercise takes you through the process of adding or updating proposers and supporters against your amendments.
Step1: Open an inline LoDA
Start by opening the inline LoDA you created most recently called Cross reference amendmenents from the Amendment Workspace tab
Step 2: Manage proposer and supporters in the inline LoDA
Assign a proposer to all the amendments in your inline LoDA
Save your changes and then view the traditional amendments to see the proposers and supporters assigned to each amendment (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).
Step 3: Manage proposer and supporters in the traditional LoDA
Assign a different proposer to one amendment and remove the supporters from all amendments
Save your changes when complete.
Expected outcome of steps 1 to 3
Type of amendment | Traditional amendment |
|---|---|
Different proposers for each amendment and no supporters |
Tips
Create a new inline document per proposer as this will make it easier to manage proposers on all the amendments in your document
If you need to manage different supporters or proposers within the same document, make these changes in the traditional document by updating the individual amendment in the Editor, or making updates in bulk using Tools > Update Members⌠in the upper toolbar. Save these sorts of changes to the end so as to avoid any out-of-sync markers in your inline LoDA whilst drafting amendments.
Exercise 6: Handling out-of-sync amendments
This exercise explains how Lawmaker handles changes made to the traditional amendment which do not backwards sync with the inline LoDA. Warning markers are used to signify when the traditional amendment (which gets submitted) is out of sync with the inline equivalent. Itâs possible to remove a warning marker if you are sure you want to overwrite the changes made to the traditional amendment.
Step 1: Open an inline LoDA
Start by opening the recently created inline LoDA called Structural amendmenents from the Amendment Workspace tab
Step 2: Make changes to a traditional amendment
Make the following changes to a new clause amendment in the traditional list and save your changes (Click on View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel)
Step 3: Attempt to edit the inline amendment
Attempt to edit the same amendment in the inline LoDA. A warner marker will prevent you from editing an amendment in the inline LoDA if its equivalent traditional amendment has been amended.
Step 4: Remove the warning marker and overwrite the changes you made to the traditional amendment
In the inline LoDA, remove the black warning marker against the updated amendment before you make further changes to the inline amendment. Save your changes when youâve finished updating the amendment.
Expected outcome of steps 1 to 4
The most recent changes you made to the amendment in the inline LoDA will overwrite any changes you made to the traditional amendment if the warning marker is removed.
Exercise 7: Removing amendments from the inline document
Step 1: Open an inline LoDA
Start by opening the recently created inline LoDA called Textual amendmenents from the Amendment Workspace tab
Step 2: Remove an amendment from the inline LoDA
In the inline LoDA, delete one of the amendment, making a note of its DNumber and saving your changes. View the traditional amendments to check that the amendment you removed is no longer in the list (click View Traditional Amendments in the Inline Amendments Tool panel).
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