Document checks - additional guidance

The pages in this section provide guidance for users in resolving some document check messages.

We will aim to cover document checks that most often cause Lawmaker users difficulty.

If you think that a document check that does not currently have an additional guidance check should have, then please raise a Feature Request via the Support Portal.

The body of the document is not divided into an even hierarchical structure. This is because not all provisions in the body are wrapped in the same kind of grouping provision (e.g. a Part).

There are two lists back-to-back when there should only be a single list containing multiple items. To fix, cut and paste all the items into one list and then delete the empty list.

The internal reference citation [...] doesn't match the ID of the target provision ([...]), stored in the href attribute of the reference element). This may mean the citation has not updated correctly or that it has been manually changed. Recreate the...

Reference ________ requires checking as it has been updated.

The legislative document relating to the external reference _______ could not be located on Legislation.gov.uk . This may be because the document doesn't exist yet or because there is a typo in the name.

Multiple reference tags (mref) should surround two or more references. The tags should be removed if they contain only one or no references.

A range reference element (rref) should contain two references. The element can be removed if it contains only one or no references.

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