---
title: "Legislation and citation currency audit worksheet"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/knowledge-management/legislation-currency-audit"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "km-legislation-currency-audit"
area_id: "KM"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["KM-B12-05", "KM-B12-01", "KM-B12-22"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Legislation and citation currency audit worksheet

> Worksheet for checking citations in a precedent or know-how note against the official instrument or decision, and for recording whether the precedent is still safe to retrieve.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/knowledge-management/legislation-currency-audit  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Knowledge Management](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/knowledge-management.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- 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 4 authorities it cites, for Australia.

## When to use it

Use when a precedent is reviewed, when a cited Act is amended, and when a sweep of the precedent bank looks for stale references. One worksheet can cover a batch. A row is not closed until a person has opened the official source.

## Used for these tasks

- [Check a precedent bank for outdated legislation references](https://ailawframework.com/practice/knowledge-management/check-a-precedent-bank-for-outdated-legislation-references.md)
- [Update a precedent after a law change](https://ailawframework.com/practice/knowledge-management/update-a-precedent-after-a-law-change.md)
- [Monitor regulator and court AI rules for the know-how library](https://ailawframework.com/practice/knowledge-management/monitor-regulator-and-court-ai-rules-for-the-know-how-library.md)

## How AI may be used

A tool may list citations and the proposition the precedent states for each, and a person opens the official source and records whether the proposition still holds.

**AI may:**

- List each Act, regulation, rule, practice note and decision named in the precedent, with the paragraph where it appears.
- Flag a citation whose title or year does not match the current compilation title on an official register the person will open.
- List precedents that cite an instrument the person has marked as amended.

**AI must not:**

- Must not mark a citation as correct, or close a row.
- Must not replace a section number or a case name.
- Must not publish a revised precedent.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Each closed row names the official page opened and the date.
- A citation that could not be found is marked under review and removed from AI retrieval until it is fixed.
- The person who closed the row is named, and is not the tool.

## Authorities

- [Federal Court of Australia, GPN-AI, 16 April 2026, para 4.5 (the responsible person confirms authorities exist and support the proposition)](https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/law-and-practice/practice-documents/practice-notes/gpn-ai)
- [Law Society of NSW, Legal Practice Board of WA and Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner, Statement on the use of artificial intelligence in Australian legal practice (6 December 2024)](https://lsbc.vic.gov.au/news-updates/news/statement-use-artificial-intelligence-australian-legal-practice)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2015, including r 9.1 (confidentiality) and rr 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 (honesty, competence), as stated in the 6 December 2024 joint statement](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2015-0244)
- [Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), Compilation No. 35, compilation date 10 June 2025, as an example of the official compilation page to check](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A04858/latest)

## 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/knowledge-management/legislation-currency-audit 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.*