Check ACT legislation citations on the register
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Extract ACT Act and regulation citations from a draft into a list for the legislation register.
- What the lawyer must review
- Label a Commonwealth Act citation as Commonwealth, not as an ACT law
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. Australian Capital Territory
Produce. A citation list marked ACT or Commonwealth, with the register result.
Have ready. The draft; The ACT legislation register; The Federal Register of Legislation where a Commonwealth Act is cited.
Example of the limit. An “ACT” label on a Corporations Act section is corrected before the draft moves.
Stop and hand it back when
- The register has not been opened.
- Commonwealth and ACT citations are mixed without labels.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-09-22.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Extract ACT Act and regulation citations from a draft into a list for the legislation register. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Split ACT and Commonwealth citations.
- Open the in-force ACT text.
- Match the words to the draft.
- The lawyer approves the citations that remain.
Sources
- ACT legislation register · 2026-09-22
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