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description: To ensure compliance, a compliance officer can activate the regulation version on its effective date. When you activate the regulation version, the regulation clause versions mapped to the regulation version are also activated. This workflow guarantees that all relevant regulations and clauses are enforced from the specified date.
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# Activate a Published Regulation Version

To ensure compliance, a compliance officer can activate the regulation version on its effective date. When you activate the regulation version, the regulation clause versions mapped to the regulation version are also activated. This workflow guarantees that all relevant regulations and clauses are enforced from the specified date.

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Note You can't activate a regulation version if an regulation clause version is mapped to it. To activate the regulation version, retire the active regulation clause version and then activate the published regulation version. Similarly, a compliance policy clause can only have one active compliance policy clause version associated at a time. Similarly, a regulation clause can only have one active regulation clause version associated at a time.

1. From the App Launcher, find and select **Process Compliance Navigator**.
2. From the navigation bar, select **Regulation Versions**.
3. Open the required regulation version record page.
4. Edit the status field and then select **Activate**.
    
    The option to activate a regulation version appears after you publish it. Similarly, you can activate a regulation clause version after publishing it.
5. Save your changes.