Human oversight: AI obligations

Practical requirements extracted from policy instruments, with the source article, the actors they bind, evidence examples and original framework mappings. Legal requirements are marked; everything else is voluntary guidance.

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Legal requirement human oversight United Kingdom

Apply safeguards to solely automated decisions with significant effects

ICO AI guidance · UK GDPR Article 22 as amended by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

Individuals have rights in relation to solely automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects, including being told about the decision, obtaining human intervention, and contesting it. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 amended these rules; the reviewer must confirm the current wording.

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Legal requirement human oversight European Union

Enable and assign effective human oversight

EU AI Act · Article 14; Article 26(2) for deployers

High-risk systems must be designed with human-machine interface tools so natural persons can effectively oversee them, understand capacities and limitations, avoid automation bias, interpret output, decide not to use the system, and intervene or stop it. Deployers must assign oversight to people with the necessary competence, training and authority. For certain remote biometric identification systems, action requires verification by at least two competent persons.

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