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"kind": "boundary", "id": "jurisdiction-qualified-identity-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "competence-and-issuance", "name": "Competence and issuance", "description": "Connects the issuing body and required legal acts to evidence of the instrument's status.", "findings": [ { "id": "documented-authority-chain", "name": "Documented authority chain", "description": "Record the asserted basis of competence and evidence of required issuance steps, separating missing evidence from established defects.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which records establish adoption, assent, promulgation or other issuance steps required for this instrument?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "documented-authority-chain-q01" }, { "text": "What source establishes the issuing body's competence, including any limits on delegated authority?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "documented-authority-chain-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "authoritative-text-and-expressions", "name": "Authoritative text and expressions", "description": 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"linked-instruments-and-priority", "name": "Linked instruments and priority", "description": "Captures implementation, incorporation and potential conflicts with other legal instruments.", "findings": [ { "id": "dependency-and-conflict-map", "name": "Dependency and conflict map", "description": "Link supporting instruments and incorporated editions while recording only sourced conclusions about precedence or conflict resolution.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which implementing instruments or incorporated materials are necessary, and does each reference select a fixed version or later changes?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "dependency-and-conflict-map-q01" }, { "text": "What authoritative rule or decision, if any, establishes priority where this law overlaps or conflicts with another instrument?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "dependency-and-conflict-map-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "interpretation-and-supported-action", "name": "Interpretation and supported action", "description": "Connects 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