OLD - Annex 8 - Demotion rules

Provision

Conditions

Rule

• Subsection or
• Schedule subparagraph
• Definition
• Step

• there is a sibling of the same kind immediately before the provision and
• Contains no sub-sub-paragraph child elements

• Provision will be ‘demoted’ into a paragraph, copying over any text
• If the provision had child elements, they will remain child elements with the following additional change:
  • Sub-paragraphs will be converted ‘down’ a single level

• Paragraph

• Provision will be ‘demoted’ into a sub-paragraph, copying over any text
• If the paragraph had any child elements, these will remain child elements with the exception that a sub-paragraph would be converted to a sub-sub-paragraph

• Sub-paragraph

• Provision will be ‘demoted’ into a sub-sub-paragraph, copying over any text

• Closing words

• Provision will be ‘demoted’ into a sibling of the provision immediately before the closing words, copying over any text.

Provision

Conditions

Rule

• Paragraphs with numbering format (1) or
• Schedule subparagraph
• Definition
• Step

• there is a sibling of the same kind immediately before the provision and
• Contains no paragraph child elements with number format (aa)

• Provision will be ‘demoted’ into a paragraph with the numbering format (a), copying over any text
• If the provision had child elements, they will remain child elements with the following additional change:
  • Lower level paragraphs with numbering format (i) will be converted ‘down’ a single level unless they are children of a child definition or step

• Paragraphs with the numbering format (a)

• Provision will be ‘demoted’ into a paragraph with the numbering format (ii), copying over any text
• If the paragraph had any child elements, these will remain child elements with the exception that a paragraph with the numbering format (i) would be converted to a paragraph with the numbering format (aa) unless they are children of a child definition or step 

• Paragraphs with the numbering format (i)

• Provision will be ‘demoted’ into a paragraph with numbering format (aa), copying over any text

• Closing words

• Provision will be ‘demoted’ into a sibling of the provision immediately before the closing words, copying over any text.

• Bullet lists

• there is a sibling of the same kind immediately before the bullet list being demoted

• The bullet list item and all its child bullet list items will be demoted to become a bullet list at the level down

• Paragraph lists in Explanatory notes and Preamble

• there is a sibling of the same kind immediately before the provision and
• Contains no paragraph child elements with number format (aa)

• The paragraph list item and all its child paragraph list items will be demoted to become a paragraph list at the level below – converting the numbering e.g. from (a) to (i) and (i) to (aa)