Guidance

How to check whether someone has delegated authority (1. 0)

Guidance for services certified against the UK digital verification services trust framework who offer delegated authority as part of their service.

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The guidance (‘the delegated authority guidance’) is written for services certified against the DVS trust framework who offer delegated authority as part of their service.

This is the pre-release of the 1.0 publication of delegated authority guidance. It coincides with the publication of the pre-release of the 1.0 UK digital verification services trust framework. It has been published for business readiness purposes.

Once Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) have been accredited to certify services against the 1.0 trust framework publication and certifications can proceed against it, this guidance will be republished and clearly labelled as the final publication.

Services demonstrating compliance with the delegated authority guidance as part of certification against the 1.0 trust framework will have to comply with this version of the guidance.

This is the first version-controlled publication of the delegated authority guidance. The most recent non-numbered version of this guidance (titled ‘Delegated authority guidance’) can be found on GOV.UK and is, from the date of this publication, to be considered as the 0.4 version of this guidance.

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Published 3 March 2026

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