Burdens of official checks discussed (8)
I believe the answer is:
refrains
'burdens' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'official checks discussed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'official' could be 'ref' (match official in football, say) and 'ref' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'rains' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for refrains that I've seen before include "Choruses" , "Burdens" , "Forbears from songs?" .)