Q9: Is IAF ID3:2011 still applicable even though ID3:2011 refers to an accreditation standard that is no longer valid (ISO/IEC 17021:2011)?

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A9: Yes. It is applicable. IAF General Assembly Resolution 2015–15 was taken to confirm this. For the maintenance of IAF Technical Committee documents it states: “The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved that references to ISO/IEC 17021 in IAF documents shall be understood to refer to ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 in relation to CABs that have completed the transition and after the transition period. However, ABs and CABs will need to take account of the changes in ISO/IEC 17021-1 when using IAF documents which may not be revised until after the transition period to reference ISO/IEC 17021-1.”