# R7.1 — Mandate and Scope - **Resource code:** R7.1 - **Resource version:** 1.0 - **Last substantively revised:** 18 June 2026 > **Competence and status limitation:** This form is not law, regulation, an official form, or legal or medical advice. Completion does not automatically establish fact, fault, responsibility, diagnosis, illegality, finding, or binding decision. Adapt the form to applicable competence, rules, and institutional procedure. ## Use 1. Complete before collection and analysis begin. 2. Formulate the principal question without embedding the conclusion. 3. Record changes to the mandate as a new substantive revision of the working document. > **Privacy note:** The blank resource does not transmit or store information. When completed digitally or manually, the user is responsible for lawful processing, secure storage, access control, deletion, and any publication. ## 01. Identification and Responsibility Identify the audit and the responsible functions. ### Case or record ID ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Date and version ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Commissioner or initiative ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Auditor and responsible editor ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Any competent decision-maker ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## 02. Purpose and Questions Bound what the examination is intended to answer. ### Purpose ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Unit or object of audit ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Principal question ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Subquestions ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## 03. Scope and Boundaries Make period, material, jurisdiction, and explicit exclusions visible. ### Period ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Material and source types that may be included ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Jurisdiction, rules, and institutional procedure ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### What the audit is not intended to decide ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## 04. Competence, Impartiality, and Consequence Record role limitations and possible consequences for affected persons. ### Relevant competence and competence limitations ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Conflicts, interests, and impartiality notes ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Who may be affected, and how? — requires privacy assessment ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ### Who should review the mandate? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ## Related documents - [R7 — Cases, Resources, and Worksheets](/en/reality-audit/resources/) - [Audit Standard](/en/reality-audit/standard/) - [Procedure](/en/reality-audit/procedure/) - [Workbench](/en/reality-audit/workbench/) ## Suggested citation Vikesland, M. A. A. (2026). “R7.1 — Mandate and Scope.” Røyndalism — R7 Resources, resource version 1.0. ## Revision note First public edition. Pure design, print, accessibility, and format changes do not trigger a new resource version.