Legal
The Hallmark Regulations
What the Regulations govern
1. Who may display the Hallmark
A Hallmark may be displayed only for an engagement that has passed an independent assessment against a published standard, and only by a party entitled to display it — the delivery firm that holds the engagement, on the conclusion of an accredited, independent Assayer. No Practitioner or delivery firm may award it to itself.
2. The conditions it carries
A Hallmark records that one specific engagement was assessed against a stated version of the standard, by a named Assayer, on a date. It does not transfer to other work, survive a material change of scope, or certify the supplier as a whole. The engagement is entered on the public Register, which is the authoritative record of its status.
3. Withdrawal and revocation
The Regulations set out the grounds on which a Hallmark may be withdrawn or revoked — for example, a material change of scope that takes the engagement outside the conditions of its assessment, or a finding that the conditions were not met — and the procedure for doing so. Withdrawn, revoked and superseded records remain on the Register, visibly marked, so their history stays inspectable.
The full document
The Hallmark Regulations are in preparation and not yet published. A draft is available on request. They sit alongside the constitutional documents and govern the display of the Hallmark in detail.