---
title: "Gap-check an AFSL holder's AI governance against ASIC REP 798"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/financial-services-regulation/gap-check-an-afsl-holder-s-ai-governance-against-asic-rep-798"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A28-B1-1"
practice_area: "Financial Services Regulation (AFSL/ASIC/credit)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["CTH"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-10"
---

# Gap-check an AFSL holder's AI governance against ASIC REP 798

> Map the client's AI inventory and policies to REP 798 findings and list gaps.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-10

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Financial Services Regulation (AFSL/ASIC/credit)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/financial-services-regulation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Map the client's AI inventory and policies to REP 798 findings and list gaps. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide significance under general obligations and advise. |
| Written for / versions | Commonwealth |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

Trace relied-on content to independent sources and check for relevant material the output has missed.

- What the AI does: Map the client's AI inventory and policies to REP 798 findings and list gaps.
- What the lawyer does: Decide significance under general obligations and advise.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in the matter and the forum
- Basis: Planning guidance checked against the linked public sources on 10 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.
- Why: The traffic light follows the consequence of an error and how much of the output the lawyer must check before it is used.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Open the cited source and confirm it is the current instrument for this forum and this date.
2. Decide significance under general obligations and advise.
3. Compare the output with the source and the instructions, including material the output left out.
4. The responsible lawyer approves the exact output for its intended use, or sends it back.

## Notes

- Suggested working checks from the linked public sources. Read the source and confirm it applies to this forum and this date. The checks do not approve software or record that the work is done.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Commonwealth

**Deliverable**: Gap-check an AFSL holder's AI governance against ASIC REP 798

**Inputs**

- ASIC REP 798
- The matter instructions and the documents the output will rely on.

**Example**: Stop before the result is filed, sent or relied on. Decide significance under general obligations and advise.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The cited source is not the instrument that applies to this forum or this date.
- The output states a fact, date, citation, figure or commitment that is not in the instructions or the source.
- The responsible lawyer has not approved the exact output for its intended use.

Checked 2026-10-10.

## Sources

- [ASIC REP 798](https://asic.gov.au/regulatory-resources/find-a-document/reports/rep-798-beware-the-gap-governance-arrangements-in-the-face-of-ai-innovation/) (checked 2026-10-10)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*