Introduction
It’s possible to manually turn on/off line numbering on amendments, including ping pong motions in the UK if you want line numbers to appear when there isn't an amendment to an amendment targeting the amendment/motion.
How to turn on/off line numbering
- With your cursor in the selected amendment, right-click and select “Update line number status”
- The system will present the “Update line number status” dialogue box
- Select whether you want to turn on or turn off line numbering and click ‘Update’
- The system will update the amendment/motion accordingly
Hints and tips
- You can set line numbering against a ping pong message, ping pong amendment and ping pong motion - as well as normal amendments.
- Line numbers are generated as part of the PDF generation process which means you won't see the line numbers against your selected amendment/motion until you view your generated PDF
- For now, line numbers appear as they do in bills - every 5 lines.
- Line numbers will continue to appear by default according to the existing logic applied to amendments to amendments: if the target amendment appears before the amendment to amendment, it will be line numbered by default. This cannot be turned off using this feature.