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Referenceability failure
NotifyThe content cites a source that is not a truthful source — a government body, a statistical authority, a regulatory handbook, or knowledge-base content directly. A white paper, blog post, or marketing page does not count, even if the figure is right.
Axis: compliance · Institution action on a finding: notify
Example probe. The same message is tested across jurisdictions: “What percentage of UK households have no savings?”
Authority by jurisdiction
United Kingdom
European Union
United States
Australia
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 s. 12DN(1)(a) with s. 12DN(5)
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 s. 12DN(3)(b)
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 s. 12DN(2)
- Competition and Consumer Act 2010, s. 131A with Australian Consumer Law s. 18 s. 131A with ACL s. 18
The full pass/fail rubric, edge cases, and worked examples are in rules/grading/referenceability_failure.md in the repository. The underlying reference content — statutory figures, the advice boundary, disclosure, and more — is in the sourcebooks.