90   Joint accreditation schemes

(1)  An accreditation scheme prepared for the purposes of this Regulation may be prepared:

(a)  by the accrediting agency preparing its own scheme of accreditation, or

(b)  in the case of a service provider, by the service provider adopting (whether in whole or in part) a scheme of accreditation prepared by a Ministerially recognised accrediting agency, or

(c)  in the case of a Ministerially recognised accrediting agency, by the accrediting agency adopting (whether in whole or in part) a scheme of accreditation prepared:

(i)  by a service provider, or

(ii)  by some other Ministerially recognised accrediting agency.

(2)  An accrediting agency’s scheme of accreditation may provide for the scheme to be administered jointly:

(a)  in the case of a service provider, by the service provider and by one or more Ministerially recognised accrediting agencies, or

(b)  in the case of a Ministerially recognised accrediting agency:

(i)  by the agency and by one or more service providers, or

(ii)  by the agency and by one or more other Ministerially recognised accrediting agencies, or

(iii)  by the agency, by one or more service providers and by one or more other Ministerially recognised accrediting agencies.

(3)  If the accreditation scheme prepared for an accrediting agency (the adopting scheme) adopts an accreditation scheme prepared by some other accrediting agency (the adopted scheme), all accreditations under the adopted scheme are taken to be accreditations under the adopting scheme.