Read the text, then write the duty

The method is deliberately boring. Read the instrument and the explanatory statement, read the Rule it amends and the Act that authorises it, list every provision that places a duty or changes a status, write the duty in our own words, name the evidence, and cite the clause. Then test the overlap, re-read the source and publish only what the text proves.

1. One record, many outputs

data/rule.json is the only content source. The pages, the free check, the PDF, the CSV and the XLSX all read it. A correction is made in the record and regenerated, never patched into one page.

2. What counts as a unit

A unit is a provision that places a duty or changes a status. The instrument has one Schedule item, so the duty pages follow the subclauses of the inserted clause 8: listed entity status, the accountable authority role, the officials and the purposes. The name, commencement, authority and schedules are reference pages. The definitions and the continued effect are reference pages. Two related duties, financial reporting and the appropriation transfer, are labelled as related because they attach on establishment rather than being stated in clause 8.

3. Plain English, then the source

Each unit has a requirement in our own words, a separate intent, a practice line, the evidence, the gaps, the preparation steps and the exact source. The instrument sentence is not reproduced. Defined terms stay as the instrument defines them. The strict seven-word overlap check runs against the instrument, the explanatory statement, the Act and the Rule before publish.

4. What the check decides

The free check selects units by organisation, role, whether anyone is made available to the Director, planning responsibility, financial responsibility and the date. It separates the five instrument duties from the two related duties. If an answer is unsure, it returns scope incomplete and names the missing answer. It does not guess a lighter pathway.

5. What it does not decide

It does not decide whether a particular person is an official in fact, whether a particular function is within the six purposes, whether an arrangement is a making-available arrangement, or whether an entity complies. Those are judgements on the evidence, and the kit gives the evidence list, not a verdict.

6. Guidance and currency

The records framework, the performance records and the source register are part of the same record. The practice lines are calibrated against Finance guidance, which is linked on the sources page and never presented as the instrument. The record date is 2026-10-20. The watch re-downloads the instrument, diffs the text and the record, and fails loudly on a change. The diff is what the watch sends. A page is never updated silently.