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NI amendments to tables

NI amendments to tables

Amendments made to tables can be drafted using the traditional List of Draft Amendments (LoDA), as long as they follow the format outlined below. This ensures they can be auto-applied should they make it through the amendment phase. The following are examples of table amendments.

Inserting, leaving out and substituting text (within a cell)

Example inserting new text

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Example leaving out some text

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Example substituting new text

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Inserting, leaving out and substituting rows

Example inserting new row

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Where—

  • The line number is the highest line number in the row before the insertion (i.e you can’t insert a new row part-way through an existing row)

  • The table being inserted must have the same number of columns as the table being amended in the bill

  • The quoted structure must only contain a table - no text before the table

  • You can optionally insert a column number in the location e.g. Schedule 18, Page 240, Line 31, Column 2 but Lawmaker will ignore the column number in the context of inserting/leaving out/substituting whole rows

Example leaving out one or more whole rows

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Where—

  • The line numbers correspond to the first and last rows of the row(s) being left out

  • You cannot leave out part of a row - the start and end line numbers must correspond to whole rows

  • Note of caution: vertically merged cells might present issues in this context

Example substituting out one or more whole rows

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Where—

  • The table being inserted must have the same number of columns as the table being amended in the bill

  • The quoted structure must only contain a table - no provisions being inserted before the table

  • You can optionally insert a column number in the location e.g. Schedule 18, Page 240, Line 31, Column 2 but Lawmaker will ignore the column number in the context of inserting/leaving out/substituting whole rows. The line numbers correspond to the first and last rows of the row(s) being left out

  • You cannot leave out part of a row - the start and end line numbers must correspond to whole rows

  • Note of caution: vertically merged cells might present issues in this context