6CAccrediting authority may grant accreditation to certification bodies

#### 6C Accrediting authority may grant accreditation to certification bodies (1) The functions of an accrediting authority are: (a) to assess, in accordance with disability auditing criteria established by it and made publicly available in such manner as it considers appropriate, whether certification bodies will carry out certifying functions competently and impartially; and (b) if it is satisfied that a certification body will carry out those functions competently and impartially, to grant accreditation to the body. (2) If an accrediting authority ceases to be satisfied that an accredited certification body is carrying out certifying functions competently or impartially, the authority must, by written notice given to the body, withdraw the body’s accreditation. (3) If an accrediting authority grants accreditation to a certification body or withdraws the accreditation granted to a certification body, the authority must, as soon as practicable, notify the Secretary in writing of the grant or withdrawal, as the case may be, of the accreditation and of the authority’s reasons for its decision to grant or withdraw the accreditation. (4) An accreditation continues in force until: (a) it is withdrawn; or (b) if the authority that granted the accreditation ceases to be an accrediting authority—the end of the period of 3 months after the cessation; whichever first occurs.