Drafting traditional NI amendments

Amendments do not have to be drafted using an inline document for auto-apply to work. They can also be drafted in traditional format using a traditional List of Draft Amendments (LoDA).

How to draft an amendment in a traditional LoDA

Instructions

From the Amendment Workspace tab, click on the +New button
Select ‘traditional’ as the type of amendment and select the appropriate bill version and stage and provide a unique name for the list.
In the Editor, place your cursor in the empty List Body element and click Enter to view the insert menu
Select the appropriate amendment and update it as required

Tips

Leave the num placeholder element empty. If you generate a PDF, empty placeholder elements are not rendered so they can safely be ignored.
You can optionally type into the empty subtitle element at the top of the LoDA to record a title for your set of amendments.
Assign a proposer to the first amendment in your traditional LoDA and when you insert subsequent amendments, they will be auto-assigned the same proposer
Supporters will not be copied when you insert amendments after an amendment with a proposer: only the proposer is copied.
You can change the proposer (and/or supporters) by clicking on the proposer name in the LoDA or using Tools > Update Members…

Pre-populated amendments

Click Enter to view the insert menu—

Amendment description	Inserted amendment
Amendment	Inserts a blank amendment
Amendment - New Clause	Inserts a new clause amendment with an empty clause ready to type into
Amendment - New Schedule	Inserts a new schedule amendment with an empty schedule ready to type into
Amendment - Page-line insert structure	Inserts a new amendment with an empty subsection ready to type into (you will need to delete the subsection and change it to the appropriate provision if your starting element isn’t a subsection)
Amendment - Page-line	Inserts a new amendment without a quoted structure for any textual amendments (or use ‘Quoted Structure’ in the insert menu if you need to insert new provisions)
Amendment - Stand part motion	Inserts a stand part motion used at Consideration Stage with the boiler-plate text requiring a minor update
Amendment - Amendment to amendment	Inserts the boiler plate template for an amendment to amendment allowing you to draft an amendment to a page-line amendment or to an amendment inserting a new clause/schedule
Amendment - Leave out Clause / Schedule	Inserts a 'leave out clause/schedule' amendment used at Further Consideration Stage. Can be easily converted to a substitute clause/schedule amendment by adding the text ‘and insert—’ and selecting Quoted Structure from the insert menu and selecting either Section or Schedule from the ‘Quoted Structure’ dialog box.

Inserting explanatory statements

When you have inserted an amendment and your cursor is inside that amendment, when you click enter to get the insert menu, you will see a new option to insert an Explanatory Statement

Inserting an explanatory statement will include the “Member’s explanatory statement” heading in bold with an empty text element to type in the content of the explanatory statement