Processing and submitting SI/SSIs
This section brings together parts of the user manual relevant to processing and submitting SI/SSIs to TNA.
It includes information on managing dates, managing signatures, sharing SI/SSIs with another Lawmaker organisation, marking SI/SSIs as signed, checking SI/SSIs, submitting to TNA, marking SI/SSIs 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 SIs and SSIs
See:
Managing Dates, and the video Managing Dates.
Managing Signatures and the video Inserting and updating Signatures
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 SI/SSIs 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 an SI or SSI, select the Large Print option in the Generate PDF dialogue box - see Generating and viewing a PDF.
Working with SI/SSI drafters
See Tips for secondary legislation drafters working with processing teams
Avoiding common SI/SSI processing errors
See How to avoid and resolve common secondary legislation processing errors