Checklist · Superannuation
ERISA plan instrument checklist
Checklist of what 29 U.S.C. § 1102 says a written employee benefit plan instrument must contain. It reviews a document. It does not write the plan.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- United States
- 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 United States.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a lawyer is comparing an employee benefit plan instrument with 29 U.S.C. § 1102. Do not use it to calculate a benefit, a contribution, or a tax.
Used for these tasks
- Compare a self-managed retirement-fund deed to a current-law checklist
- Build a trustee-duties compliance table for the fund
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
Yellow: the lawyer checks the instrument against section 1102 and the plan's own procedures.
AI may
- List the written-instrument, named-fiduciary, funding, allocation, amendment, and payment provisions in section 1102.
- Record the optional provisions in section 1102(c) as optional.
- Leave the names of fiduciaries and the amendment procedure blank.
AI must not
- Do not draft or amend the plan instrument.
- Do not define employee benefit plan or fiduciary. Section 1002 was not opened.
- Do not restate section 1105(c)(1). It was not opened.
- Do not calculate contributions, vesting, or a tax component.
The lawyer checks
- Confirm the document is the plan instrument, not a booklet.
- Name the fiduciaries from the instrument.
- Read section 1105 before describing allocation of fiduciary responsibility.
- Do not import superannuation contribution or preservation rules. They were not used.
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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