Legislation - User Bills Process |
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How to Access
Select Bill in Parliament then Bills by Stage from the main menu in the front-end of the web site.
Description
The window displays all Bills introduced in a specific stage.
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Display Areas for Legislation
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Row A - Is the INFORMATION row. It contains
details of what is being presented in the window and a selection box
displaying the stage. The initial view is the "select process", but by
changing the stage, the legislation presented changes to the entered stage.
Also at the far right of the window is a HELP icon. Clicking on the
icon reveals this HELP screen.
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Row B - Is the COLUMN HEADINGS row.
It contains the column headings for the section D list. The row also
contains the names and flags of the languages for the legislation being
displayed. NOTE: The site is capable of showing one or two languages.
When one language is chosen in the back-end SETTINGS, then the
second language column will disappear.To ensure the items are correctly displayed a Category column is included.
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Row C - Is the LIST TABLE. It
contains the list of bills.
Information (row A)
The row identifies the session displayed, allows the session to be changed, and provides assistance with the page.
Column Headings (row B)
Click on the column heading to sort the list by that column's value
(see figure below). The sorted row will show a direction (up or down)
triangle next to the column name.
- [main] Short Title. Contains the name assigned to the
main language file. Clicking the Short Title text checks for the
existence of the linked PDF file (see below). The Short Title is
followed by the language flag.
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[second] Short Title. Contains the name assigned to the second language
file. Clicking the Short Title text checks for the existence of the linked
PDF file. The Short Title is followed by the language flag. NOTE: This column is only displayed if dual languages are selected via the back-end SETTINGS.

- Introduced by. The department that introduced the Bill.
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Contact. Contains the contact for the Bill.
- Session. The Bill Session according to local processes. Stages are entered via the BILL SESSIONS screen.
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Date Introduced. Contains the introduced date for the BILL files.
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