DEFDPL031 — Provide support in service discipline law matters
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What an assessment for DEFDPL031 must cover
27 assessable components: 4 elements (12 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 8 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Plan and prepare for the provision of support in service discipline law
- 1.1Receive and act on instructions that require the provision of support in service discipline law matters
- 1.2Analyse circumstances, and interpret and clearly define discipline issues
- 1.3Review requests for information with instructing legal officer
2 Prepare and process documents involved in service discipline law matters
- 2.1Check incoming documents for completeness and timely delivery, and contact sender where insufficient information is supplied or deadlines are not honoured
- 2.2Identify, complete initial preparation and process documents in accordance with legal practices and organisational procedures
- 2.3Despatch documents in accordance with legal practices and organisational procedures
3 Perform research to support instructing legal officer
- 3.1Review matter and determine search requirements in conjunction with instructing legal officer
- 3.2Retrieve and process relevant documents and exhibits in accordance with legal practices and organisational procedures
- 3.3Retrieve, research and review precedent and case law, legislation procedural manuals and make summaries, as required
- 3.4Forward summaries from research and review to instructing legal officer and present explanations, as required
4 Conduct post-matter administration
- 4.1Conduct post-matter administration, as required, in accordance with organisational procedure
- 4.2Update and maintain legal records in relation to operational and legal requirements
Performance evidence
- analysing requests and documents for completeness and timelines
- assisting instructing legal officer to plan and prepare for support to service discipline proceedings
- communicating effectively on legal matters with instructing legal officer and stakeholders providing the required information
- filing and maintaining records for service discipline law matters in accordance with Defence policy
- preparing and processing documents and briefs involved in discipline law matters under instruction of legal officer
- undertaking post-matter administration
- undertaking research to support instructing legal officer and preparing summaries of research in accordance with identified processes
Knowledge evidence
- access to case law, precedents and Legal Technical Guidance resources
- Defence Force Discipline Act (DFDA) and related legislation
- documents and forms supporting criminal law matters and service discipline proceedings
- records management in accordance with Defence policy
- relationship between and hierarchy of levels withing the service discipline system
- relevant discipline manuals
- relevant legal processes and practices, documents, exhibits and witnesses, correct delegations and stages involved in the entire discipline process requiring legal support
- relevant legal terminology and its use in accordance with organisational procedures
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Questions about assessing DEFDPL031
What does an assessment tool for DEFDPL031 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for DEFDPL031 needs to address all 27 unit components: 4 elements with 12 performance criteria, 7 performance evidence requirements, 8 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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Related units
- DEFDPL015 — Address complex legal and ethical issues in a Defence environment
- DEFDPL016 — Conduct legal research
- DEFDPL018 — Manage and analyse a legal matter file
- DEFDPL019 — Obtain information from a client
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- DEFDPL024 — Provide high-level support on criminal law matters
- DEFDPL025 — Provide high-level support on legal assistance matters
- DEFDPL026 — Provide high-level support on operations law matters
- DEFDPL027 — Provide high-level support on service discipline matters
- DEFDPL028 — Provide paralegal support across Defence legal matters and tasks
- DEFDPL029 — Provide support in criminal law matters
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