LDC-E5304 — Enactment basis does not resolve

What it means

A declared basis must land on a power norm of the parent act: the checker follows the reference into the parent package and expects a norm template with a power payload there. When the reference names no node at all — or a node that is not a power — the chain has a ground that grants nothing, so the checker stops at the basis and says why the landing failed.

Point the basis at the power norm the issuance actually exercises, and submit the parent package that holds it.

Example

run

{"argv": ["check-delegation", "$ROOT/sub.json", "$ROOT/parent.json", "--organ", "urn:org:fixture:ministry-health"], "files": {"sub.json": "{\"nodes\": [{\"kind\": \"source_work\", \"id\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub#ORDER\", \"package\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub\", \"sourceKind\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub#order\", \"regulates\": [\"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#ProcurementProcedure\"], \"basis\": [\"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#NoSuchPower\"]}, {\"kind\": \"source_edition\", \"id\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub#ORDER_ED\", \"work\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub#ORDER\", \"package\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub\", \"lifecycle\": [{\"status\": \"adopted\", \"extent\": \"2026-05-01\"}, {\"status\": \"in_force\", \"extent\": \"2026-06-01\"}]}]}", "parent.json": "{\"nodes\": [{\"kind\": \"source_work\", \"id\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#LAW\", \"package\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent\", \"sourceKind\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#law\"}, {\"kind\": \"source_edition\", \"id\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#LAW_ED\", \"work\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#LAW\", \"package\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent\", \"lifecycle\": [{\"status\": \"in_force\", \"extent\": \"2020-01-01\"}, {\"status\": \"repealed\", \"extent\": \"2027-01-01\"}]}, {\"kind\": \"norm_template\", \"id\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#ApproveProcurementRules\", \"package\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent\", \"modality\": \"power\", \"payload\": {\"kind\": \"power\", \"holder\": {\"kind\": \"entity_ref\", \"id\": \"urn:org:fixture:ministry-health\"}, \"exercise\": {\"kind\": \"call\", \"function\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#approve_rules\", \"args\": [{\"kind\": \"entity_ref\", \"id\": \"urn:org:fixture:ministry-health\"}]}, \"effect\": {\"kind\": \"create\", \"after\": {\"kind\": \"literal\", \"polarity\": \"positive\", \"predicate\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#rules_in_force\", \"args\": []}}, \"subject\": [\"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#ProcurementProcedure\"]}}]}"}, "expect": "LDC-E5304"}

Fix

run

{"argv": ["check-delegation", "$ROOT/sub.json", "$ROOT/parent.json", "--organ", "urn:org:fixture:ministry-health"], "files": {"sub.json": "{\"nodes\": [{\"kind\": \"source_work\", \"id\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub#ORDER\", \"package\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub\", \"sourceKind\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub#order\", \"regulates\": [\"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#ProcurementProcedure\"], \"basis\": [\"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#ApproveProcurementRules\"]}, {\"kind\": \"source_edition\", \"id\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub#ORDER_ED\", \"work\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub#ORDER\", \"package\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub\", \"lifecycle\": [{\"status\": \"adopted\", \"extent\": \"2026-05-01\"}, {\"status\": \"in_force\", \"extent\": \"2026-06-01\"}]}]}", "parent.json": "{\"nodes\": [{\"kind\": \"source_work\", \"id\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#LAW\", \"package\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent\", \"sourceKind\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#law\"}, {\"kind\": \"source_edition\", \"id\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#LAW_ED\", \"work\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#LAW\", \"package\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent\", \"lifecycle\": [{\"status\": \"in_force\", \"extent\": \"2020-01-01\"}, {\"status\": \"repealed\", \"extent\": \"2027-01-01\"}]}, {\"kind\": \"norm_template\", \"id\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#ApproveProcurementRules\", \"package\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent\", \"modality\": \"power\", \"payload\": {\"kind\": \"power\", \"holder\": {\"kind\": \"entity_ref\", \"id\": \"urn:org:fixture:ministry-health\"}, \"exercise\": {\"kind\": \"call\", \"function\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#approve_rules\", \"args\": [{\"kind\": \"entity_ref\", \"id\": \"urn:org:fixture:ministry-health\"}]}, \"effect\": {\"kind\": \"create\", \"after\": {\"kind\": \"literal\", \"polarity\": \"positive\", \"predicate\": \"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#rules_in_force\", \"args\": []}}, \"subject\": [\"urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#ProcurementProcedure\"]}}]}"}, "expect": null}

Engine message

The chain checker reports this in its own wording:

Output

LDC-E5304: act urn:law:fixture:delegation:sub#ORDER: basis urn:law:fixture:delegation:parent#NoSuchPower does not resolve into a parent power norm — no node with this id in the parent package (§127)

Related

• LDC-E5303 — the neighbouring delegation refusal.