---
title: "Guidance and Appeals Panel referral request, first instance"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/form-art-gap-referral-first-instance"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a31-form-art-gap-referral-first-instance"
area_id: "A31"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A31-B8-2", "A31-B6-1", "A31-T1-R1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Guidance and Appeals Panel referral request, first instance

> Link to the Tribunal's first-instance Guidance and Appeals Panel referral request, for an ongoing case. A finalised case uses the second-instance form.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/form-art-gap-referral-first-instance  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Administrative & Public Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at art.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when a party asks for an ongoing Tribunal case to be referred to the Guidance and Appeals Panel. The forms page says not to use this form if the case has been finalised.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare an ART application outline from the decision and reasons](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/prepare-an-art-application-outline-from-the-decision-and-reasons.md)
- [Prepare a tribunal submission compliant with the ART Gen AI practice direction](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/prepare-a-tribunal-submission-compliant-with-the-art-gen-ai-practice-dir.md)
- [Build a review-rights and time-limit table from the decision letter](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/build-a-review-rights-and-time-limit-table-from-the-decision-letter.md)

## How AI may be used

Yellow. A tool may compare a working note with the current official form and list what is missing. The lawyer downloads the form, completes it and lodges it.

**AI may:**

- List the facts and documents the official page says to have ready.
- Compare a working checklist with the current downloaded form and mark gaps.
- Prepare a filing note that quotes only what the official page says.

**AI must not:**

- Do not copy the official form into a new document or file a retyped version.
- Do not invent a form number, fee, time limit or rule that is not on the official page.
- Do not draft, settle or sign an affidavit or other sworn evidence.
- Do not lodge the form or tell the client it has been filed.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Use the first-instance request only for an ongoing case.
- The page says a finalised case uses the online second-instance application instead.
- Download the current first-instance PDF from the forms page.
- A response and a reply are separate forms on the same table.

## Authorities

- [Administrative Review Tribunal forms page.](https://www.art.gov.au/help-and-resources/forms)
- [Guidance and Appeals Panel referral request, first instance.](https://www.art.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-10/Application%20for%20review%20to%20the%20Guidance%20and%20Appeals%20Panel%20-%20first%20instance.pdf)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.art.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-10/Application%20for%20review%20to%20the%20Guidance%20and%20Appeals%20Panel%20-%20first%20instance.pdf)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by art.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/form-art-gap-referral-first-instance and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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