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Human Oversight Procedure
A procedure for the humans who oversee an AI system: what they must be able to do, when they intervene, how an override is recorded, drawn from every recorded oversight duty.
What's inside
- Document: roles, competence, the oversight measures each recorded duty requires, intervention and override, escalation
- Override log sheet: date, system, decision overridden, reason, reviewer
Preview
The sheets and sections of version v1, as built. Columns marked ▾ have a dropdown; ƒ is a formula.
Sheet: Override log
| Log ID | Date | System | Output or decision overridden | Action taken ▾ | Reason | Overseer | Reviewed by | Reported as incident ▾ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rows are yours to fill; the dropdowns, formulas and colour rules are already in place. | ||||||||
Sheet: Oversight duties
| Duty | Category | Instrument | Jurisdiction | Who it binds | Nature | Source reference | Applies from | What it requires | Evidence a reviewer expects | ISO/IEC 42001 | NIST AI RMF | Verification | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test and monitor systems, enable human control, and be transparent with users (guardrails 4 to 6) | Human oversight | Australian Voluntary AI Safety Standard | Australia | Deployer / user organisation, Provider / developer | Voluntary | Guardrails 4, 5 and 6 | Test AI models and systems before deployment and monitor them in operation; enable meaningful human control and intervention; and inform end users about AI-enab | Test reports and user disclosure records | MEASURE and MANAGE functions | Source-linked | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/australia-vaiss-testing-human-control-transparency | ||
| Enable and assign effective human oversight | Human oversight | EU AI Act | European Union | Provider / developer, Deployer / user organisation | Legal requirement | Article 14; Article 26(2) for deployers | 2026-08-02 | High-risk systems must be designed with human-machine interface tools so natural persons can effectively oversee them, understand capacities and limitations, av | Human oversight procedure and role assignment | Annex A control on human oversight | GOVERN 3.2, MANAGE 2.x | Source-linked | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-human-oversight |
| Employers and employment agencies must let candidates request an alternative selection process or accommodation | Human oversight | NYC Local Law 144 (automated employment decision tools) | New York (United States) | Deployer / user organisation | Legal requirement | NYC Administrative Code Section 20-871(b)(1); 6 RCNY Section 5-303 | 2023-07-05 | The advance notice to candidates and employees must allow them to request an alternative selection process or a reasonable accommodation. The DCWP rules make cl | Alternative-process and accommodation request log | Annex A.9.2 | GOVERN 5.1, MANAGE 4.1 | Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026 | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-new-york-city-local-law-144-alternative-process-request |
| Determine the appropriate level of human involvement in AI decisions | Human oversight | Singapore Model AI Governance Framework | Singapore | Deployer / user organisation | Voluntary | Second edition, Part on human involvement in AI-augmented decision-making | Using a risk-impact matrix (probability and severity of harm), organisations choose human-in-the-loop, human-over-the-loop or human-out-of-the-loop designs and | Risk-impact assessment and human-involvement decision | GOVERN 3.2, MANAGE 2.x | Source-linked | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/singapore-mgf-human-involvement | ||
| Operators of high-impact AI must ensure human management and supervision | Human oversight | Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust | South Korea | Provider / developer, Deployer / user organisation, Public authority / government body | Legal requirement | Article 34(1) | 2026-01-22 | Operators of high-impact AI must ensure that the AI is subject to human management and supervision, so that people remain able to monitor its operation and inte | Human supervision design and assigned supervisors | Annex A.9.2 | GOVERN 3.2, MANAGE 2.4 | Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026 | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/south-korea-ai-basic-act-art-34-high-impact-ai-human-oversight |
| Respect the right to object to automated decision-making without human intervention | Human oversight | UAE PDPL | United Arab Emirates | Deployer / user organisation | Legal requirement | Article on data-subject rights relating to automated processing (reviewer to cite article number) | Data subjects may object to decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produce legal or similarly serious effects, subject to exc | Automated decision objection procedure | GOVERN 5.x, MANAGE 4.x | Source-linked | https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/uae-pdpl-automated-decision-objection |
Document outline (DOCX)
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Roles and competence
- 3. What the overseer must be able to do
- 4. When to intervene
- 5. Recording an intervention
- 6. Duties this procedure serves
- Test and monitor systems, enable human control, and be transparent with users (guardrails 4 to 6)
- Enable and assign effective human oversight
- Employers and employment agencies must let candidates request an alternative selection process or accommodation
- Determine the appropriate level of human involvement in AI decisions
- Operators of high-impact AI must ensure human management and supervision
- Respect the right to object to automated decision-making without human intervention
- Provide routes to contest AI outcomes and seek redress
- Apply safeguards to solely automated decisions with significant effects
Duties this template covers (9)
Each is cited in the file with its source reference and a link back to the record.
- Test and monitor systems, enable human control, and be transparent with users (guardrails 4 to 6)
- Offer meaningful human review of an adverse consequential decision
- Enable and assign effective human oversight
- Employers and employment agencies must let candidates request an alternative selection process or accommodation
- Determine the appropriate level of human involvement in AI decisions
- Operators of high-impact AI must ensure human management and supervision
- Respect the right to object to automated decision-making without human intervention
- Provide routes to contest AI outcomes and seek redress
- Apply safeguards to solely automated decisions with significant effects
Legal basis
Version history
| Version | Built | Dataset | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| v1 | 914895c3103e | First version, built from dataset 914895c3103e. |
Only the latest version is served. A rebuild that changes the content adds a version; a rebuild that does not is skipped.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Human Oversight Procedure free?
- Yes. Download the DOCX and XLSX without an account, under CC BY 4.0. You may use, adapt and share this template, including commercially, with attribution to aipolicytracker.org.
- What is it generated from?
- Version v1 was built on 26 September 2026 from dataset 914895c3103e: 16 recorded duties are cited in it, drawn from 9 instruments. Every row that cites a duty links to the record, and the record links to the official source.
- How will I know when it changes?
- The library is rebuilt daily. When a change to the records reaches this template it gets the next version, a changelog in the version history below, an entry in the AI policy updates hub and the templates feed, and a line in the weekly digest for subscribers of the templates topic.
- Does completing it make us compliant?
- No. It is an informational resource, not legal advice; it helps produce the evidence a regulator, customer or auditor asks for. Whether a duty applies to you is a judgement the template cannot make.
Informational only, not legal advice. Verify every claim against the linked official sources and consult qualified counsel before acting.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Human Oversight Procedure free?
- Yes. Download the DOCX and XLSX without an account, under CC BY 4.0. You may use, adapt and share this template, including commercially, with attribution to aipolicytracker.org.
- What is it generated from?
- Version v1 was built on 26 September 2026 from dataset 914895c3103e: 16 recorded duties are cited in it, drawn from 9 instruments. Every row that cites a duty links to the record, and the record links to the official source.
- How will I know when it changes?
- The library is rebuilt daily. When a change to the records reaches this template it gets the next version, a changelog in the version history below, an entry in the AI policy updates hub and the templates feed, and a line in the weekly digest for subscribers of the templates topic.
- Does completing it make us compliant?
- No. It is an informational resource, not legal advice; it helps produce the evidence a regulator, customer or auditor asks for. Whether a duty applies to you is a judgement the template cannot make.