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Table of Contents

Revising Legislation
Introduction to UK Legislation Introduction to Revising Legislation Coronavirus Legislation
EU Exit Legislation:
EU Exit Update Guidance Notes
Amendments to earlier affecting EU Exit SIs before their amendments come into force
Glossary
Editorial Principles
Introduction to Editorial Principles
Types of Effect
Extent and Territorial Application
Commencement
Savings
Powers
Blanket Amendments
Errors in Legislation - Lex Errors
Preparation Tasks
Before you start Preparation Tasks: Introduction to Preparation Tasks
Preparation Task Issues (duplicate tasks, etc.)
Carrying out Identify Effects tasks:
Identifying and Marking Up Effects Guidance:
Introduction to Identifying and Marking Up Effects
Identifying and Marking up Commencement, Extent and other Front Page Markings
Identifying and Marking up Affected Provisions
Identifying and Marking up Effects (including Knock-on and Internal Effects)
Identifying and Marking up Textual Effects
Identifying and Marking up Non-textual Effects
Identifying and Marking up Savings
Identifying and Marking up Powers
Identifying and Marking up Blanket Amendments
Marking up using Electronic Markup
Identify Effects - Good Practice Points
Identify Effects - Further Resources (including Model Documents and Guidance on Marking up Special Types of SI)
Carrying out Record Effects tasks: Extended Tables of Effects (TOEs) Guidance for Record Effects:
Introduction to Record Effects
Recording Affected and Affecting Legislation
Recording Affected and Affecting Provisions
Recording Type of Effect
Recording Affecting Extent and Affecting Territorial Application
Recording Savings, Transitional Provisions and other ancillary provisions
Recording Commencement Authority, In Force Date and Qualification
Recording Comments for Editor, Notes and Amendment Applied to Database
Recording Suggested Commentary and Appended Commentary
Recording Effects on Retained EU Legislation
Commencement Orders:
Introduction to Commencement Order tasks
Recording Coming into Force Effects
Commencing Effects Research
Carrying out Initial Edit tasks: Instructions for Online Initial Edit task
Editorial Update
Before you start Editorial Update: Starting Update Tasks
Affected Extent Research
Carrying out Editorial Update: How to carry out textual amendments:
Provision Level Insertions
Higher Level Insertions
Provision Level Substitutions
Higher Level Substitutions
Provision Level Repeals
Higher Level Repeals
How to carry out non-textual amendments
How to carry out manual amendments
Approach to update and troubleshooting update issues: Annotation Conventions
Approach to Update - Some Basic Rules and Exceptions
Common Update Errors
Specific Update Issues
Update Troubleshooting
XMetaL and XML tagging
Find more detail on carrying out specific types of amendment:
Amendment to Earlier Affecting Provision
Applying partially in force amendments which are then brought further into force over time
Blanket amendments
‘Coming into force’ and checking I-notes
Images
Limited extent amendments - includes Concurrent Version Guidance
Lists
Renumbering
Tables