Tips for secondary legislation drafters working with processing teams

The purpose of these tips is to reduce queries just before a piece of secondary legislation is due to be submitted, registered and published, when time can be very short.

Where not already in place, it is suggested that legal teams:

• give the relevant processing team plenty of notice before a Lawmaker document needs to be processed and/or submitted for registration and publishing

• resolve document checks as you draft (particularly Mandatory checks) especially before the document is passed to the processing team, contacting Lawmaker support if required

• clarify to the processing team exactly which document version of a Lawmaker document should be Made and/or submitted for registration and publishing, ensuring the processing team has permissions to access the correct version

• support the processing team with using Lawmaker until the document is submitted successfully

• create a shared legal advisory/processing team guide on Lawmaker roles and responsibilities, and

• do not expect the processing procedures for Word template document to apply, without first checking with the processing team.