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Biosecurity Import & Export Standards Directorate Ko ngā Paerewa Whakauru me te Whakaputa Koiora
Concept artefact · v1.0 · May 2026
Overview Tools 2 · Consistency Check
Tool 2 · drafting

Standard Consistency Check: catch terminology and structural inconsistencies before consultation, not after.

Compares a draft IHS clause against the BIES IHS template structure and the corpus of in-force IHSs. Returns a redline of structural gaps, terminology inconsistencies, and cross-reference errors, severity-ranked, with a suggested fix and a citation back to the prior IHS that established the precedent.

Cuts: 1 to 3 quality-control review cycles per draft
Step: 02 of the IHS revision lifecycle
Architecture: advisory only, drafter approves each fix
Why this matters

The pattern this addresses

The cut flowers consultation surfaced this exact issue. The Royal NZ Institute of Horticulture flagged that the draft used "devitalisation" in clause 4.2 but "treatment for sterilisation" in Annex B. That kind of inconsistency is preventable. It costs the directorate a revision cycle when raised in submissions, and it costs reputational credibility with industry submitters who pay attention.

How the tool catches it

The model knows the BIES IHS template structure (Scope, Definitions, Eligible Countries, Pre-export Requirements, Treatment, Documentation, Inspection, Certification, Equivalence, Audit). It knows which terms are canonical in the published IHS corpus. It knows which cross-references are required where. It returns an issue list, severity-ranked, with a suggested fix and a corpus citation for each.

Live demo

Try it on a sample draft clause. Or paste your own.

The samples are short, deliberately flawed draft IHS clauses, in the style observed in real BIES drafting work. The tool returns a redline you would expect from a strong internal QA review, in seconds.

Standard Consistency Check Tool 2 · Anthropic Claude
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Scenario. Draft IHS clause 4.2 of the Cut flowers and foliage IHS amendment, plus draft Annex B. The drafter has used inconsistent terminology and is missing a required cross-reference.

Pre-loaded: 3 issues across structure, terminology and cross-reference.

Scenario. Draft IHS clause for aquatic animal products. Multiple issues: missing required Documentation section reference, undefined term "approved facility", and inconsistency with the in-force IHS for biological products.

Pre-loaded: 4 issues across multiple categories.

Run on your own draft clause. Paste the draft IHS clause and a brief context line. The tool calls the Anthropic Claude API from your browser. Your API key stays in this tab and is not transmitted anywhere except to api.anthropic.com.

Held only in this browser tab. Get a key from console.anthropic.com.
Consistency redline · draft for drafter review