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Partcipate in a Published Document consultation

In order to make a comment(s) against a published document consultation you may be required to login.

Note:

If you don't have login details, the registration process will need to be completed before login details can be obtained, please see Registering Online.

1. Access the Published Document Consultation you would like to participate in either:

• Directly from the Consultation Homepage by clicking on the title of the document or;
  
  
  
   
• Clicking the drop-down arrow next to Show Consultation for All Topics.
  
   

2. The screen will now update showing the Contents of the document to the left and additional information about the document you want to consult against.
   
   
   
    
3. Click on the 'Read Document and Comment' button.
   
   The document content will now appear.
4. Navigating through the document can be done by selecting the relevant section names using the document tree to the left or the 'Next' link at the bottom of the page

Once you have read the relevant content:

5. Click the 'Add Comments' link next to the area you wish to make comments.
   
   A message may appear asking you to login before you can make comments.
   
    

6. Click the 'Login' link to the top right.
7. Enter in your Username and Password
8. Click the Login button
9. A form will appear.
10. Enter in your comments as appropriate.

Dependent on the form used for the consultation, you may have to select a Next Page button in order to continue completing the form before completing your comments.

There are different options available to select once you have finished entering in your comments.

• Click the Submit button if you would like to submit your comments.
• Click the Save as Draft button if you would like to save your comment as a Draft and submit it at a later stage.
• Click the Cancel button if you have changed your mind and you no longer want to submit your comment.

If you clicked either the Submit or Save button your comments will now be filtered into your Account area.  To find out more information about how to Manage your Account area please select this link Managing your Account.