Processing and submitting NISRs

This page brings together parts of the user manual relevant to processing and submitting Northern Ireland Statutory Rules (NISRs) to TNA.

It includes information on managing dates, managing signatures, sharing NISRs with another Lawmaker organisation, marking NISRs as signed, checking NISRs, submitting to TNA, marking NISRs as submitted, and generating Large Print PDFs.

Lawmaker introduction

See the Getting started section for general introductory material.

For training videos providing an overview of using Lawmaker for NISRs (and other secondary legislation types), see Training videos for Secondary legislation drafters.

Editing NISRs

See:

• Managing Dates, and the video Managing Dates.

• Managing Signatures and the video Inserting and updating Signatures

• Marking a document as 'Signed'

Sharing documents

See Sharing a document with another organisation and the video Sharing a document with another organisation

Checking documents

See:

• Document checks - validating your document and video Document checks and XML warnings

• Generating and viewing a PDF and video Generating a PDF.

Submitting NISRs to TNA

See:

• Converting a Draft SI/SSI/NISR/WSI into a Made version for instructions on converting your document into a Made version (if it is using a ‘draft' procedure). See also the video Converting a Draft instrument to 'Ready to be made’.

• Marking secondary legislation as 'Submitted to TNA' for instructions on how to mark your document as ‘Submitted to TNA’. See also the video Marking your Document as ‘Submitted to TNA’.

• Downloading a ZIP file of a document for instructions on creating a zip file of your NISR to submit to TNA. See also the video Downloading a ZIP file for submission to TNA.

Generating Large Print (20pt Arial) PDFs

To generate a large print version of your document, select the Large Print option in the Generate PDF dialogue box - see Generating and viewing a PDF.

Working with NISR drafters

See Tips for secondary legislation drafters working with processing teams

Avoiding common NISR processing errors

See How to avoid and resolve common secondary legislation processing errors