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title: "ART certification if the Tribunal requires it"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/art-certification-if-required"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a31-art-certification-if-required"
area_id: "A31"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "red"
version: 1
task_ids: ["J-CTH-F20260922-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# ART certification if the Tribunal requires it

> What the ART Use of Generative AI Practice Direction 2026 means by certification, and when a person must give one. Certification is required if the Tribunal requires it.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/art-certification-if-required  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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What the ART Use of Generative AI Practice Direction 2026 means by certification, and when a person must give one. Certification is required if the Tribunal requires it. The direction also defines disclosure, explanation and verification.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Administrative & Public Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when the Tribunal asks for certification, or when a document must contain a certification under paragraph 3.6, or when a proceeding is to be decided without a hearing and paragraph 3.16 may apply.

## Used for these tasks

- [Verify and disclose generative AI in a tribunal document](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/verify-and-disclose-generative-ai-in-a-tribunal-document.md)

## How AI may be used

A certification is a written statement to the Tribunal. The person who makes it writes and signs it. AI may assemble the facts that person will certify. It does not make the certification.

**AI may:**

- Assemble the tool name, the part of the document, and the checks already recorded, for the person who will certify
- Leave the name and date blank

**AI must not:**

- Must not sign or date the certification
- Must not certify unless the Tribunal has required it or the document requires a certification
- Must not treat the definition as a prescribed form of words

**The lawyer checks:**

- The Tribunal has required certification, or the particular document requires it
- The statement covers disclosure, explanation and verification, and names the person and the date
- The person can say what tool was used, how, and for what purpose, as paragraph 2.6 expects
- Verification was independent. Paragraph 2.4(f) says a tool must not be the only check of its own output

## Authorities

- [Administrative Review Tribunal (Use of Generative AI) Practice Direction 2026, paragraphs 1.12, 2.4 to 2.6 and 3.16](https://www.art.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-08/Administrative%20Review%20Tribunal%20%28Generative%20AI%29%20Practice%20Direction.pdf)
- [Administrative Review Tribunal, news item, New Generative AI Practice Direction available, 24 August 2026](https://www.art.gov.au/about/news-and-updates/new-generative-ai-practice-direction-available)

## Full text and drafting notes

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