Creating an Enacted version of a draft Church Measure

Once a Draft Measure has been approved by Parliament, you can create the enacted version of the Measure using the same method you would use to create the Act copy of a UK Bill. (See Converting a UK Bill into an Act for general information about creating Act copies of UK Bills.)

To create the enacted version of a Measure, select ‘Duplicate’ from the Actions menu, add a folder name and version label, ensure ‘convert Draft Measure to enacted Measure’ is ticked, then click Create.

This will create a new version of the Measure with the following changes:

• any existing front cover and table of contents will be removed and replaced by the enacted version of the front cover (including a table of contents);

• the Measure Year value will be set to 9999; you will need to add the correct year using the Document Information pane in the Editor or the ‘Update Document Information’ modal on the project tab;

• the Assent date value will be set to 1st January 9999; you will need to choose the correct date using the Document Information pane in the Editor or the ‘Update Document Information’ modal.

The Long Title will remain unchanged. If this begins with the words “Draft of a Measure to….” then you will need to edit this so it instead reads “A Measure to…”

The Measure Number won’t be populated. You can add this using the Document Information pane in the Editor or the ‘Update Document Information’ modal on the project tab.

Submitting the enacted Measure to TNA

After converting the Draft Measure to an enacted Measure, you can then generate a PDF of the enacted version and submit this version to TNA. To do this, follow the same procedure as for UK Acts (see Submitting a UK Act to TNA).