age check practice statement

The definition, in our words

The provider's published account of the outcomes, components, confidence indicators and controls it uses to deliver an age check.

Why the distinction matters

The working draft on benchmarking names this statement as the core object of the analysis. It is a public document, so a comparison can start before any test data is exchanged.

How to use it in a comparison

Read it before the test and again after it. A statement that changed during the test is a finding, and the report should say which version was assessed.

Where it changes the evidence

A definition is not decoration. It decides which test is meaningful and which result can be compared. Where a supplier's material uses the term differently, the comparison should quote the supplier's use and place it beside this one. A difference in definition is a finding about comparability, and it belongs in the report rather than in a footnote.

The analysis units on this site use the term as the framework defines it. Where a unit turns the term into a question, the question is written on the unit page and the evidence artefact is named. The kit repeats both, so a row in the register and a paragraph in the report use the same meaning.