How to submit using the Amendment Manager

IMPORTANT: Amendments must first be lodged via an email to the Parliamentary clerks. Once the amendments are lodged via email, it is best practice to submit in Lawmaker soon after.

One way to submit amendments in Lawmaker is by using the Amendment Manager (another way is to submit the list from the editor).

Before you select the amendments to submit, filter your amendments to minimise any errors when selecting.

For more information on filtering amendment manager

See Suggestions for filtering amendment manager

Once filtered, if you cannot find the amendments you are looking for, it may be that their status is “On hold”. You will need to change the status back to “draft” before Lawmaker will allow you to submit it.

Note, amendments that are flagged or where the status is set to “on hold” cannot be submitted. They will need to be unflagged or the status set back to “draft” before they can be submitted.

How to flag and unflag amendments

Go to the Amendment Manager tab
Click on a flag icon on the left-hand side of an amendment to flag it.

The selected amendment will be highlighted yellow in the list when the flag is on. To remove the flag, simply click on the flag icon again.

How to set amendment status to "Draft"

From the 'Amendment Manager' tab, select the 'On hold' amendments you want to set back to 'Draft'

Click on the 'Amendment Action' drop-down menu at the top-right of the screen and select Set 'On hold' to 'Draft'

Amendments will be updated to 'Draft'

To submit amendments in Amendment Manager:

Select the amendments by ticking on the check box to the left.
Select Amendment actions > Submit amendments