CB.16:7 - Conformance Checklist

For reliance on a collective contribution, establish:

• The receiving decision, authorised recipient and opportunity to affect it are known or their uncertainty is explicit.
• The practical gain and proposed action are supported at the claimed scope, with a serious alternative where it changes the choice.
• Affected positions, meaningful dissent and missing responses remain distinguishable.
• The position is approved and the spokesperson has a valid mandate with usable discretion and return conditions.
• Promised resources and commitments have their actual owners’ decisions.
• The response is returned accurately, with the effective result and unfinished work.
• Misrepresentation, new conditions and expired authority can reopen the affected contribution.

A recurring exclusion or an external invitation is enough to recognise the opportunity. It does not supply the authority or evidence required for reliance.