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Applying Amendments

To create an as-amended version of a Bill you can do either of the following (or a combination of both):

  • use the auto-apply feature to automatically apply amendments to a new Bill version, or

  • manually apply amendments to a new Bill version,

Auto-applying amendments

Users can generate a copy of a Bill with any amendments they choose applied to it (regardless of the status of the amendment or whether the amendment is an inline amendment or traditionally drafted amendment). 

All successfully applied amendments will appear marked up in blue or red in the bill version with a corresponding “inline amendment card” in the Inline Amendments right-hand panel in the Editor.

In the document itself, the applied amendments will show up as tracked changes. In the event that an amendment cannot be applied (e.g. the page/line information is incorrect or it overlaps with another applied amendment), it will be listed separately on the "Review" right-hand panel in the Editor with a brief explanation. This means that you will know exactly which amendments out of a batch were applied and which were not.  

We have aimed to support the 3 main types of amendment:

  • Insert (including inserting new clauses/sections and schedules)

  • Leave out, and

  • Substitute (e.g. leave out X and insert Y).

See Auto-application of amendments to a Bill version for more detail.

Accepting auto-applied amendments

Once amendments have been applied to a bill using the Apply Amendments' feature, a clean version of the Bill can be created using the Accept All button on the Inline Amendments right-hand panel in the Editor. You can also accept or reject amendments one-by-one by clicking the tick or cross icons on each amendment card:

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An “as amended” version of the bill can be constructed from both automatically and manually applied amendments and you can make silent printing changes as required by directly editing the text of the bill in the Editor.

See Accepting all applied amendments in a bill version.

Manually applying amendments

You can also apply amendments manually within the Editor, alongside automatically applied amendments. Use this method to make changes that couldn't be applied using the auto-application feature. If you would like the amendments to show as tracked changes, enable tracking by clicking the binoculars in the Editor toolbar: image-20241128-191133.png Any changes you make with tracking enabled can be accepted using the usual 'accept'/'reject' buttons on the Review right-hand panel.

See Manually applying amendments for more help.

Cross-references in applied amendments

If an amendment contains a cross-reference to a provision in another amendment, or to a provision in the bill being amended, then the system should be able to resolve this cross-reference when you paste in the amendment content.

If a cross-reference didn't update as expected, check that the target provision exists in the document where the amendment content was pasted and try running Update x-refs again; see References | How-to-update-internal-references-to-reflect-renumbering-of-provisions

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