SAA/SNZ HB18.65:1996

1 - SAA/SNZ HB18.65:1998 - GUIDE 65 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BODIES OPERATING PRODUCT CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
6 - Introduction
7 - 1 Scope
7 - 2 References
7 - 3 Definitions
7 - 3.1 supplier:
8 - 4 Certification body
8 - 4.1 General provisions
8 - 4.2 Organization
9 - 4.3 Operations
9 - 4.4 Subcontracting
9 - 4.5 Quality system
10 - 4.6 Conditions and procedures for granting, maintaining, extending, suspending and withdrawing certification
10 - 4.7 Internal audits and management reviews
10 - 4.8 Documentation
11 - 4.9 Records
11 - 4.10 Confidentiality
11 - 5 Certification body personnel
11 - 5.1 General
11 - 5.2 Qualification criteria
12 - 6 Changes in the certification requirements
12 - 7 Appeals, complaints and disputes
12 - 8 Application for certification
12 - 8.1 Information on the procedure
13 - 8.2 The application
13 - 9 Preparation for evaluation
13 - 10 Evaluation
13 - 11 Evaluation report
14 - 12 Decision on certification
14 - 13 Surveillance
14 - 14 Use of licences, certificates and marks of conformity
14 - 15 Complaints to suppliers

Provides general requirements for bodies operating a system for third-party product certification (which may include a process or service) as a means of assurance that the system complies with specified Standards and other normative documents. This Handbook is identical with and has been reproduced from ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996.

This Guide specifies general requirements that a third-party operating a product certification system shall meet if it is to be recognized as competent and reliable.In this Guide the term "certification body" is used to cover any body operating a product certification system. The word "product" is used in its widest sense and includes processes and services; the word "standard" is used to include other normative documents such as specifications or technical regulations.The certification system used by the certification body may include one or more of the following, which could be coupled with production surveillance or assessment and surveillance of the supplier 's quality system or both, as described in ISO/IEC Guide 53:a) type testing or examination;b) testing or inspection of samples taken from the market or from supplier 's stock or from a combination of both;c) testing or inspection of every product or of a particular product, whether new or already in use;d) batch testing or inspection;e) design appraisal.NOTE 1 ISO/IEC Guide 28 may be consulted for a model of one form of a third-party product certification system.

First published in Australia as HB18.40-1991.
First published in New Zealand as HB18.40:1991.
Jointly revised and redesignated HB18.65:1998.