# Step 7 · Compliance

This step holds the participant-facing documents and governance details the trial needs
before it can recruit.

## What you provide

Consent form
: The document participants agree to before taking part. It carries a two-part
  reference (a trial number and a form version) that must match the participant
  information sheet.

Participant information sheet (PIS)
: The sheet describing the trial to participants, including a trial-specific description
  paragraph that is separate from the public info-page text.

Document dates and version
: The finalisation dates and the shared version number used across the consent form and
  PIS.

References
: The governance references captured in {doc}`1-identity` (ethics/protocol reference,
  and optionally a registry ID) are surfaced here alongside the documents.

## Why it matters

Participants see and agree to these documents in the app during consent (see
{doc}`../participants-lifecycle`). The consent/PIS version they agreed to is recorded
against their enrolment, so you always know which revision each participant saw.

Next: **{doc}`8-launch`**.