Provide contestability, supply-chain transparency and records (guardrails 7 to 9)

Practical action

Add AI clauses to supplier contracts and keep an AI system register with evidence links.

Who does it apply to?

Voluntary for all Australian organisations using AI.

Actors

Provider / developerDeployer / user organisation

Sectors

Cross-sector / all sectors

Use cases

AI in finance, credit and insuranceAI in public services

Which controls meet this duty?

Satisfies: the control, operated properly, does the work the duty asks for. Supports: it contributes but the duty needs more. Each control page lists every other duty it serves, so work done once can be counted once.

• satisfiesContractual termLegal counsel · once per ai system
  Contractual allocation of AI duties across the supply chain

  Serves 9 recorded duties · evidence: AI supplier clause set, AI customer or deployer clause set, Contract clause index against the AI register

  AI clauses make supply-chain transparency and record sharing enforceable.

• supportsProcessCustomer operations lead · once per ai system
  Decision explanation, human review and appeal route

  Serves 12 recorded duties · evidence: Adverse-decision explanation template, AI decision challenge and human review procedure, Challenge and reversal log

  Challenge process for impacted people.

• supportsProcessAI governance lead · continuous
  AI system inventory and classification

  Serves 11 recorded duties · evidence: AI system register, Risk-tier classification sign-off, AI intake and classification procedure

  Register with evidence links for third-party review.

Templates that cover this duty

Generated from the records. Free · no account · links emailed to your work address. This duty is cited in each file with its source reference and a link back here.

• AI Vendor Due-Diligence Questionnaire

  Checklist · XLSX and DOCX · v3

• NIST AI RMF ↔ EU AI Act ↔ ISO/IEC 42001 Crosswalk

  Crosswalk · XLSX · v3

• AI Audit Evidence Tracker

  Register · XLSX · v1

• AI Contract Clause Library

  Policy · DOCX and XLSX · v2

What evidence would a reviewer expect?

Framework mappings

Original editorial crosswalks. They cite clause numbers only and reproduce no standard text; confidence reflects how direct the mapping is.

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Frequently asked questions

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Provide contestability, supply-chain transparency and records (guardrails 7 to 9) (Australian Voluntary AI Safety Standard)” [AIPT-OBL-0003, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0003 (accessed 27 October 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Permanent id AIPT-OBL-0003: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.

Cite the official text alongside it: Voluntary AI Safety Standard, Australian Government, Department of Industry, Science and Resources, https://www.industry.gov.au/publications/voluntary-ai-safety-standard.

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  title        = {{Provide contestability, supply-chain transparency and records (guardrails 7 to 9) (Australian Voluntary AI Safety Standard)}},
  year         = {2026},
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  url          = {https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/australia-vaiss-contestability-supply-chain-records},
  urldate      = {2026-10-27},
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}

Change history

Similar obligations in other instruments

• Verify conformity before importing or distributing high-risk AI — EU AI Act, European Union
• Providers of high-risk AI must have written agreements with suppliers of components, tools and services — EU AI Act, European Union