Checklist · Military & Defence Law
IGADF inquiry: notices, comment on proposed findings, and who may be told
Checklist for a person involved in an Inspector-General of the ADF inquiry, including an inquiry into the death of a member: appointment, whether answers are compulsory, comment on critical findings, and who may be told.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia, Commonwealth
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when the Office of the IGADF contacts a member, a witness, or a family about an inquiry, including an inquiry into the death of an ADF member. It records the notices and the rights the IGADF's own questions-and-answers page states. It is not a witness statement.
Used for these tasks
- Advise a family on an IGADF inquiry into the death of an ADF member
- Index the investigation and inquiry material for an ADF member
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may list the notices and proposed findings received and index the inquiry material; the lawyer decides what is said to the inquiry and what is compulsory.
AI may
- Index the instrument of appointment, directions, notices and draft findings by date
- Set out, beside each question in a notice, whether the notice says an answer is required
AI must not
- Must not draft the person's evidence, a statement, or comments on proposed findings
- Must not say that answering is voluntary if a formal notice has been given
- Must not advise the person to discuss their evidence with another witness
The lawyer checks
- A formal notice under the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Regulation 2016 is distinguished from a request to answer voluntarily
- Any proposed finding that is critical, or that affects the person's interests, is answered in the time the inquiry allows, by the lawyer with the person
- The person knows who the IGADF page says they may tell, and that a direction or a privacy notice may narrow that
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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