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Familiarising yourself with the contents of the Wiki, as set out in the Table of Contents below, before you carry out a search, will help you to find what you are looking for.

This section gives an overview of the general principles relevant to all editorial tasks, such as what types of legislative effects there are, what jurisdictions they extend to, how and when these effects come into force, what we mean when we refer to “savings” and “powers”, and what blanket amendments are.

Introduction to Editorial Principles

Effects:

Textual Amendments

Non-textual Effects

Extent and Territorial Application

Errors in Legislation - Lex Errors

Preparation and Research Tasks

This section contains information about the editorial tasks that prepare new legislation and its effects on existing legislation for publication on legislation.gov.uk.

Preparation Tasks

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:

Identifying and Marking up Effects

Viewing previously marked up documents to assist with the Identify Effects task

Marking up special types of SIs

Marking up Finance Acts and other financial amendments

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:

TOES style look up table

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 Effects on Retained EU Legislation

Recording Amendments to earlier affecting EU Exit SIs before their amendments come into force

Recording Finance Act effects and other financial amendments

Commencement Orders:

Introduction to Commencement Order tasks

Recording Coming into Force Effects

Commencing Effects Research

Research Tasks
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