---
title: "IGADF inquiry: notices, comment on proposed findings, and who may be told"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/military-and-defence-law/igadf-inquiry-notices-and-comment"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a64-igadf-inquiry-notices-and-comment"
area_id: "A64"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A64-H20261018-9", "A64-H20261018-5"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/military-and-defence-law/igadf-inquiry-notices-and-comment  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Military & Defence Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/military-and-defence-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, 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 authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## 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](https://ailawframework.com/practice/military-and-defence-law.md#A64-H20261018-9)
- [Index the investigation and inquiry material for an ADF member](https://ailawframework.com/practice/military-and-defence-law/index-the-investigation-and-inquiry-material-for-an-adf-member.md)

## 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

## Authorities

- [Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force, Frequently asked questions (death inquiries, formal notices under the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Regulation 2016, comment on proposed findings, and who a witness may tell)](https://www.igadf.gov.au/frequently-asked-questions-0)

## 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/military-and-defence-law/igadf-inquiry-notices-and-comment 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.*