Editorial Update/Limited Extent Amendments
Limited extent amendments occur when the amendment to be applied has a narrower geographical extent (or territorial application) than that of the amended provision. We have to make sure that we don’t remove or replace text that still applies in other jurisdictions.
Whether or not an amendment is limited extent or not will have been established prior to update, through extent research. The editorial system will compare the affecting and affected extent when the update is allocated. Where a limited extent amendment is found a warning message will appear on the ‘Update Details’ page and the extents for the relevant amendments will appear in red.
XMetaL has special amendment options for limited extent amendments. These will produce slightly different results than for standard amendments. If you attempt to use the standard menu options when carrying out a limited extent amendment XMetaL will prompt you to use the Limited Extent Menu options.
Limited Extent Insertion: A limited extent insertion will look exactly the same as a standard insertion. The only difference is that the extent will be added to the XML. This information will be used by the website to identify the extent of the amendment. The annotation should include a reference to the extent.
Limited Extent Repeals:
Limited Extent Repeals will not result in the text being replaced by a dotted line. Instead the repeal text will be retained, enclosed by brackets and <repeal> tags, with a f-note reference appearing immediately after the opening bracket. As with insertions, the extent of the amendment will be added to the XML and the annotation should include reference to the extent.
Limited Extent Substitutions:
Limited Extent Substitutions will result in both the new and the old text being retained side by side. Both sets of text will be enclosed by brackets with a f-note reference appearing immediately after each opening bracket. The old text will be enclosed by <repeal> tags and the new <addition> tags. As with repeals and insertions, the extent will be added to the XML and the annotation should include reference to the extent.
We will be continuing to create concurrent versions for whole provision limited extent substitutions. This functionality is still be developed. If you need to apply a limited extent whole provision amendment please speak to your review editor.
Example
- Limited Extent, re-numbering of sub-paragraphs: 1992 c. 51, s. 10 This example also includes a good variety of other limited extent amendments.