Section 36

Subsection (2) applies if— a person holds a certificate from an accredited conformity assessment body certifying that digital verification services provided by the person are provided in accordance with a supplementary code, the person applies for a note about one or more of the services to which the certificate relates to be included in the entry relating to that person in the DVS register, the application complies with any requirements imposed by a determination under section 38, and the person complies with any regulations under section 39(1) requiring a fee to be paid. The Secretary of State must include a note in the entry relating to the person in the DVS register recording that the person provides, in accordance with the supplementary code referred to in subsection (1), the services in respect of which the person made the application referred to in that subsection. But subsection (2) does not apply if the supplementary code referred to in subsection (1) has been withdrawn. If the conditions in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1) are not met, the Secretary of State may not include a note described in subsection (2) in the DVS register. For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), a certificate is to be ignored if— it has expired in accordance with its terms, it has been withdrawn by the body that issued it, or it is required to be ignored by reason of provision included in the supplementary code as a result of section 29(9). In this Part, a note included in the DVS register in accordance with subsection (2) is referred to as a supplementary note.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04