Certification

“Must” and “could” in the trust framework and whether the rules apply to your service

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If a Part or Section in the trust framework applies to your role, then all of the rules in that Part or Section apply to your service. Your service must conform with all of the “must” rules, and service providers can choose whether or not to implement any “could” rules.

You should plan to renew your certification sooner than you think

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You can avoid your service falling off the GOV.UK register by asking your conformity assessment body to complete your recertification process up to 60 days early. You won't lose the remaining time on your current certificate if you do this, and it will help you to avoid any unnecessary disruption.

What happens when you apply to join the register of digital identity and attribute services

Getting onto the GOV.UK register of digital identity and attribute services is not an automatic process. It can take up to 20 working days for your service to appear on the register.

Going to gamma: uplifting your existing certification for the new trust framework and supplementary codes

Text: Uplift your certification to the new trust framework

This blogpost explains how service providers who are already certified against the trust framework can ‘uplift’ to the new version.