Precedents: Administrative & Public Law
6 starting-point precedents for this area. Each one names the law it rests on and says how far AI may help.
- Precedents in this area
- 6
- Full text
- For signed-in accounts
- Newest law stated as at
- 17 October 2026
- Guidance for this area
- Tasks and AI use in Administrative & Public Law
| Precedent | Kind | Where it applies | AI use | Law stated as at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom of information access application (Commonwealth, with NSW and NZ variants and review follow-ups)A scoped request for documents under the FOI Act 1982 (Cth) that meets s 15, heads off practical refusal and charges, and sets up internal and Information Commissioner review, with NSW GIPA and NZ OIA variants. | Letter | Australia, Commonwealth, New South Wales, New Zealand | Yellow | 17 October 2026 |
| Request for a statement of reasons for an administrative decision, with reasons-deficiency tableA request for written reasons under the ART Act 2024 (Cth) s 268 or the ADJR Act s 13, with a table for testing the reasons that come back against s 25D and the review grounds. | Letter | Australia, Commonwealth, New Zealand | Yellow | 17 October 2026 |
| Request for reasons and review of an automated or AI-assisted government decisionA letter to a Commonwealth agency asking whether and how an automated system or AI shaped a decision, who actually decided, and under what authority, while seeking reasons, preservation of system records and review. | Letter | Australia, Commonwealth, United Kingdom (England and Wales), European Union | Yellow | 17 October 2026 |
| Application to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review: completion guide (including the Generative AI Practice Direction)How to choose and complete the right ART application form: reviewable decision, time limits, fees, what goes in each part, attachments, and what the Tribunal's 2026 Generative AI Practice Direction requires of documents you lodge. | Form | Australia, Commonwealth | Yellow | 17 October 2026 |
| Complaint to the Commonwealth Ombudsman: preparation guide and complaint summaryHow to decide whether the Commonwealth Ombudsman is the right body, what to do first, and how to prepare a clear, evidence-backed complaint for the online form, with a model complaint summary to adapt. | Form | Australia, Commonwealth, New South Wales, New Zealand | Yellow | 17 October 2026 |
| Agency AI transparency statement under the DTA standard: advice note and template for government clientsAn advice note and template for a Commonwealth agency's public AI transparency statement that covers each minimum element of the DTA standard and links it to the agency's use case register, privacy policy and review processes. | Policy | Australia, Commonwealth | Yellow | 17 October 2026 |
AI use levels: Green means AI can do most of the drafting and a lawyer reviews it. Yellow means AI helps in set ways and a lawyer checks specific points. Red means a lawyer does the work and AI stays out of the decisive steps.