Is Implement agent identification and authorisation legally binding?

Q: Is Implement agent identification and authorisation legally binding?

Implement agent identification and authorisation is guidance in Singapore. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it. Give each agent a unique identity tied to a supervising agent, human user or department, record the capacity in which it acts, and ensure delegated permissions never exceed what the human user is authorised to do.

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Implement agent identification and authorisation

Is this legally binding?

Guidance. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it.

Give each agent a unique identity tied to a supervising agent, human user or department, record the capacity in which it acts, and ensure delegated permissions never exceed what the human user is authorised to do.

From the source
“An agent should have its own unique identity, such that it can identify itself to the organisation, its human user, or other agents.”
Section 2.1.2, Agent identity best practices, p.12

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