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Public Order Act 1986

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

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What to do with it
As published

42 Extent

(1) The provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales except so far as they— (a) amend or repeal an enactment which does not so extend, or (b) relate to the extent of provisions to Scotland or Northern Ireland. (2) The following provisions of this Act extend to Scotland— in Part I, section 9(2) except paragraph (a); in Part II, sections 12 and 14 to 16; Part III; Part V, except sections 38, . . ., 40(4), subsections (1) and (3) of this section and any provision amending or repealing an enactment which does not extend to Scotland. (3) The following provisions of this Act extend to Northern Ireland— sections 38, 41, this subsection, and section 43.

Your change, as a redline

42 Extent

(1) The provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales except so far as they— (a) amend or repeal an enactment which does not so extend, or (b) relate to the extent of provisions to Scotland or Northern Ireland. (2) The following provisions of this Act extend to Scotland— in Part I, section 9(2) except paragraph (a); in Part II, sections 12 and 14 to 16; Part III; Part V, except sections 38, . . ., 40(4), subsections (1) and (3) of this section and any provision amending or repealing an enactment which does not extend to Scotland. (3) The following provisions of this Act extend to Northern Ireland— sections 38, 41, this subsection, and section 43.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.

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