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Good questions. Strong records.

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01Read the lesson
02Use the worksheet
03Practise safely
04Discuss & review

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Choose a kit or search by task. Open the fields and checks, then download a text file or copy the template. Use fictional information for practice. Downloading submits nothing to the site. Keep completed records in the approved channel; mandates, reviews and permissions remain separate.

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R-01
Research & evidence

Issue intake

Define the question before work begins.

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Open fields and completion checks

Required fields

  1. Requestor and date
  2. Exact question
  3. Jurisdiction and decision-maker
  4. Known deadline
  5. Requested output
  6. Potential overlap
  7. Initial sensitivity class

Completion checks

  • Search the project register
  • Do not promise a legal conclusion
  • Identify urgent legal deadlines for referral

Typical roles: researcher · coordinator · regional coordinator

R-02
Research & evidence

Scope and research plan

Set boundaries, methods, owners and completion gates.

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Open fields and completion checks

Required fields

  1. Question and exclusions
  2. Definitions
  3. Jurisdiction and date range
  4. Research tasks and owners
  5. Required primary sources
  6. Contrary-evidence plan
  7. Reviewers and due dates
  8. Publication status

Completion checks

  • Use primary sources where available
  • Give exact page, paragraph, section or timestamp
  • Separate facts, allegations, opinions, law, inferences and open questions
  • Record material contrary evidence and unresolved gaps

Typical roles: coordinator · regional coordinator

R-15
Research & evidence

Independent review report

Record a reviewer’s source, method and fairness checks.

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Open fields and completion checks

Required fields

  1. Package and version
  2. Conflict check
  3. Scope reviewed
  4. Source verification sample
  5. Contrary material assessment
  6. Privacy check
  7. Required corrections
  8. Decision and reasons
  9. Reviewer signature date

Completion checks

  • Reviewer must be independent of the original conclusion
  • Return unsupported claims
  • Record recusals

Typical roles: reviewer

R-16
Research & evidence

Correction and version record

Preserve what changed and why.

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Open fields and completion checks

Required fields

  1. Record and version
  2. Previous wording
  3. Corrected wording
  4. Reason
  5. New authority
  6. Materiality
  7. Who approved
  8. Readers notified
  9. Effective date

Completion checks

  • Never silently overwrite a material published conclusion
  • Preserve superseded versions
  • Distinguish correction from disagreement

Typical roles: researcher · reviewer · governance officer