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Table of Contents
Revising Legislation
Editorial Principles
| Introduction to Editorial Principles | ||
Effects:
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| Extent and Territorial Application | ||
| Commencement | ||
| Savings | ||
| Powers | ||
| Blanket Amendments | ||
| Errors in Legislation - Lex Errors | ||
Preparation and Research Tasks
| Preparation Tasks | |||||||||||
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| Before you start Preparation Tasks: | Introduction to Preparation and Research Tasks | ||||||||||
| The Identify Effects task: | Identify Effects Task Overview | ||||||||||
Approach to the Identify Effects Task:
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| Starting the Identify Effects Task | |||||||||||
| Carrying out the Identify Effects Task | |||||||||||
| Carrying out Record Effects tasks: | Extended Tables of Effects (TOES) Guidance for Record Effects:
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Commencement Orders:
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| Research Tasks | |
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| Before you start Research Tasks: | Introduction to Preparation and Research Tasks |
| Carrying out Initial Edit: | Instructions for Online Initial Edit Task |
| Carrying out Secondary Effects Research: | Instructions for Secondary Effects Research Task |
Editorial Update
| Before you start Editorial Update: | Update Editor Checklist | ||||||
| Starting Update Tasks | |||||||
| Affected Extent Research | |||||||
| Carrying out Editorial Update: | How to carry out textual amendments:
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| How to carry out non-textual amendments | |||||||
| How to carry out manual amendments | |||||||
| Editorial Practice in Editorial Update: | Annotation Conventions | ||||||
| Approach to Update - Some Basic Rules and Exceptions | |||||||
| Specific Update Issues | |||||||
| Update Troubleshooting | |||||||
| XMetaL and XML tagging | |||||||
| Find more detail on carrying out specific types of update: | |||||||
| Amendment to Earlier Affecting Provision | |||||||
| Applying partially in force amendments which are then brought further into force over time | |||||||
| Blanket amendments | |||||||
| Applying ‘Coming into force’ effects (including checking I-notes and start dates) | |||||||
| Images | |||||||
| Limited extent amendments - includes Concurrent Version Guidance | |||||||
| Lists | |||||||
| Renumbering | |||||||
| Retained EU Legislation Update | |||||||
| Tables | |||||||
| Editorial Update Review | Guidance for Reviewers | ||||||
Editorial Corrections
| Carrying out TOES and legislation corrections: | Corrections |