NI amendments to tables
As of v19, you cannot draft amendments to table cells or rows using the inline document. Amendments made to tables must be drafted using the traditional List of Draft Amendments (LoDA) instead. The following examples shows how table amendments should be formatted to ensure they will be successfully applied using auto-apply.
Inserting, leaving out and substituting text (within a cell)
Example inserting new text
Example leaving out some text
Example substituting new text
Inserting, leaving out and substituting rows
Example inserting new row
Where—
The line number is the highest line number in the row before the insertion (i.e you can’t insert a new row part-way through an existing row)
The table being inserted must have the same number of columns as the table being amended in the bill
The quoted structure must only contain a table - no text before the table
You can optionally insert a column number in the location e.g. Schedule 18, Page 240, Line 31, Column 2 but Lawmaker will ignore the column number in the context of inserting/leaving out/substituting whole rows
Example leaving out one or more whole rows
Where—
The line numbers correspond to the first and last rows of the row(s) being left out
You cannot leave out part of a row - the start and end line numbers must correspond to whole rows
Note of caution: vertically merged cells might present issues in this context
Example substituting out one or more whole rows
Where—
The table being inserted must have the same number of columns as the table being amended in the bill
The quoted structure must only contain a table - no provisions being inserted before the table
You can optionally insert a column number in the location e.g. Schedule 18, Page 240, Line 31, Column 2 but Lawmaker will ignore the column number in the context of inserting/leaving out/substituting whole rows. The line numbers correspond to the first and last rows of the row(s) being left out
You cannot leave out part of a row - the start and end line numbers must correspond to whole rows
Note of caution: vertically merged cells might present issues in this context