Amend accreditation

An amendment may be used at any time during the period of accreditation where insufficient surveillance has been carried out on a category of accreditation or on an individual or failure to comply with a condition of accreditation applied by Trading Standards.

The process for amendment is as follows:

Step 1

• Trading Standards Client Manager sends a letter that states the details of the non-compliance(s), summarises the attempted actions to resolve the matter and confirms the class(es) of instrument that has been amended; and whether the amendment applies to the individual or organisation.
• Trading Standards will issue an updated Letter of Accreditation to the organisation, which includes the amendment.

Step 2

• An organisation that receives a letter of amendment may appeal the Secretary's decision within 28 days from the date of the letter of amendment to the District Court.