---
title: "Request to issue a summons (Administrative Review Tribunal): give evidence, produce documents, or both"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/form-art-summons-request"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a31-form-art-summons-request"
area_id: "A31"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A31-T1-R7", "A31-B1-2"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Request to issue a summons (Administrative Review Tribunal): give evidence, produce documents, or both

> Link to the Tribunal's request to issue summons and the three summons forms, with a guide to choosing the form, describing the documents, one request per summons, and AI use with produced material.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/administrative-and-public-law/form-art-summons-request  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the official form at art.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when a party needs the Tribunal to summon a person to give evidence or produce documents in a review (s 74 of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024).

## Used for these tasks

- [Build a tribunal hearing chronology and document list](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law.md#A31-T1-R7)
- [Check an ART submission against the Generative AI Practice Direction checklist](https://ailawframework.com/practice/administrative-and-public-law/check-an-art-submission-against-the-generative-ai-practice-direction-che.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may help draft the description of the documents sought from the issues in the review and check each request is complete; the lawyer settles the scope and checks every request before it is lodged.

**AI may:**

- Draft a description of the documents sought, linked to the issues in the review, for the lawyer to narrow and settle
- Check that a separate request is completed for each summons and the right summons form is used

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide whom to summon or the scope of the summons
- Must not put documents produced under summons into a tool the Tribunal's directions and the law do not allow

**The lawyer checks:**

- Correct form: give evidence, produce documents, or both
- One request for each summons
- Documents described precisely enough for the person to identify them, with a clear link to the issues
- Use of produced documents limited to the proceeding

## Authorities

- [Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (Cth) s 74 (Tribunal may summon person to give evidence or produce documents)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2024A00040/latest/text)
- [Administrative Review Tribunal, Forms: Summons (Request to issue summons; Summons to give evidence; Summons to produce documents; Summons to give evidence and produce documents)](https://www.art.gov.au/help-and-resources/forms)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.art.gov.au/help-and-resources/forms)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by art.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-18.

## 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-summons-request 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.*