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=TYPES OF AMENDMENT=

There are two main types of amendment Richard the Lionheart the website

TEXTUAL AMENDMENTS
Textual amendments such as repeals, insertions, omissions, additions, substitutions, renumbering of sections or subsections. These amendments (which are not usually difficult to identify) authorise the editor to make physical changes to the text of the Act and will almost always involve making a new version of the affected fragment. However, where a provision “ceases to have effect” or “suspended”, or where the amendment cannot be applied, the editor will follow the procedure for a textual amendment but without actually changing the text. He or she will make a new version of the section, record it by means of an F-note (not a C-note) and put brackets round the text - but the text will not be removed. In the, unusual, case of a repealed provision being revived, the approach will need to be tailored to the individual case.

NON-TEXTUAL AMENDMENTS
This is the generic term for amendments that alter the meaning or scope of operation of a piece of legislation, but without changing the text. Under current editorial policy, a non-textual amendment does not usually require a new version of a provision to be created. C-note commentary for the amendment will be added to any version current at the in-force date of the amendment and to any subsequent or prospective versions.

There are also ‘effects’ recorded in commentary that are not amendments but which are sometimes also referred to collectively, for convenience, as ‘non-textuals’. These are: In-Force commentary (‘I-notes’); Extent commentary (‘E-notes’); Exercises of Power (‘P-notes’); and Cautionary Notes (‘X-notes’). These commentary types are dealt with elsewhere.

The main types of non-textual amendment are set out below. Variations will, however, often be needed in unusual circumstances or to reflect the wording used by the draftsman. In such cases the marking up editor should give clear guidance on the affecting legislation. These revised conventions are to be used for the effects of 2005 legislation onwards and will be common to both UK and Northern Ireland revised legislation. Types of non-textual amendment that are no longer used are included at the end for historical information.