Renumbering provisions
You can trigger a renumbering of a single provision, the whole document or a selection of provisions within the document. There is an additional option to update cross references at the same time as a renumber.
How to renumber
Either,
highlight one or more contiguous provisions, or
leave your cursor in the main body of the bill
Trigger renumbering using one of the following options:
Click on the Renumber icon in the toolbar,
Right-click in the Editor or Structure View and select Renumber,
Press keyboard short-cut Alt+n.
The extent of renumber depends on what you selected for renumbering
If you highlighted some provisions, those provisions will be renumbered.
If your cursor was left inside the body but not inside a quoted structure, you will be given the option of renumbering the whole document, or the provision (clause/schedule) that your cursor is located within
If your cursor was inside a quoted structure, you will be given the option of renumbering the whole quoted structure, or the provision (clause/schedule/regulation etc) that your cursor is located within
It is possible to combine the update of cross references with a renumber action by selecting the ‘update x-refs in the whole document after renumber’ check-box action on the renumber dialog box.
Renumbering and locks
Renumbering the whole document will require locks to be taken on all provisions so can’t be done in totality if anyone else is editing the same document at the time.
The renumbering logic works by renumbering provisions sequentially including all their descendants. If any provisions were locked to others, Lawmaker won’t renumber these provision and those numbers will influence subsequent numbers - see Locking and unlocking numbers.
Renumbering and quoted structures
The renumber function will not renumber provisions in quoted structures except where your cursor is within a quoted structure before you trigger the operation.
If you want to renumber a quoted structure, place your cursor within it and then trigger the renumber operation selecting “whole quoted Structure” as the scope of the operation. This will renumber that quoted structure. It won’t renumber any other quoted structures, including any adjacent quoted structures.
The only exception to this rule is if you trigger renumber from the Project tab using Actions > Finalise version. The check box for renumbering the document will renumber the main body including all quoted structures within the document.
See Quoted structures for more on quoted structures generally.