This communication does not substitute or replace the Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service Certificate Policy. You must
agree to the terms of the Certificate Policy before you rely on a Certificate or otherwise access or use Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service
Certificate Status Information
You will be deemed to have accepted the terms of this Agreement by either Relying upon a Certificate or the information
embedded in a Certificate or by accessing or using Certificate Status Information even if you have not read this Agreement. You demonstrate
your knowledge and acceptance of this Agreement by submitting a query to search for or to verify the Status of a Certificate or by otherwise
Relying on or using any information, Certificate Status data or services provided by the Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service. If you do not
accept the Agreement, do not submit a query or rely on the Certificate. In this case, you are advised to postpone any transaction which
places reliance on a Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service Certificate until you have satisfied yourself by other means of the trustworthiness
of the Certificate and of the measures to be taken to support your Reliance on the Certificate.
This Agreement does the following:
• Describes the actions that the Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service Issuing Authority will take to enable you to make an
informed decision as to whether you wish to Rely on a Certificate (including the information embedded in a Certificate).
• Contains procedures that you must follow before checking, Relying on, or otherwise using a Certificate or information embedded
in a Certificate.
This Agreement applies when you:
• Submit a query in search of a Certificate.
• Verify a Digital Signature created with a Private Key corresponding to a Public Key contained in a Certificate.
• Rely on a Certificate or on the information contained within a Certificate in support of a transaction.
• Otherwise rely on or use any information or services provided by the Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service.
The Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service publishes a Certificate Policy which governs the issuance, usage and management
of Certificates. The Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service complies with that Certificate Policy and in particular, represents that the
information contained in a Certificate has been Validated in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate Policy. The Certificate
Policy is published as part of the Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service and important provisions are summarised in the PKI Disclosure
Statement. If there are any changes to the Certificate Policy, the Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service Issuing Authority will comply with
its provisions regarding change control and notification. To the extent permitted by English Law, the Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service
Issuing Authority makes no representations and holds out no warranties in respect of Certificates or Certificate Status Information other
than those expressly set out in the Certificate Policy.
You accept and warrant that your use of Certificate Status Information and your Reliance on or use of any Certificate
or the information embedded in it will be governed by the Certificate Policy.
The Certificate Policy defines specific obligations that you must meet before Relying on a Certificate or any information
embedded in the Certificate, If you rely on or use a Certificate (including the information embedded in the Certificate) without first
meeting these obligations, your reliance on or use of that Certificate or the information will be inconsistent with this Agreement and will
be considered unreasonable and in derogation of your duty of care under the Common Law of England and Wales.
Policy provisions defining terms of use of and Reliance on Certificates, together with Certificate Status Information are
provided by the Issuing Authority. Relying Parties must therefore accept that sufficient access to information is provided to ensure that you
can make an informed decision as to the extent to which you will choose to Rely upon or use a Certificate or the information embedded in it.
You further accept that you are responsible for deciding whether to rely on a Certificate or information embedded in it.
Subscribers of Certificates issued by the Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service are obliged to inform the Issuing Authority
or its nominated representative, should any passwords, pass-phrases, PINs, private keys or other personal secrets used in obtaining
authenticated access to PKI facilities be compromised or be suspected of being compromised. On receipt of such a notice, the Trustis HMRC
SET Certificate Service Issuing Authority will Revoke the compromised Certificate and publish notice of such Revocation for the benefit of
Relying Parties. However, you acknowledge the possibility of theft or other form of compromise of a Private Key corresponding to a Public
Key contained in a Certificate which may not be detected by the Subscriber, and of the possibility of use of a stolen or compromised Key to
authenticate a person or to forge a Digital Signature to a document.
The Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service Issuing Authority’s liability to you is limited to that specified in our
Certificate Policy and is summarised in the PKI Disclosure Statement.
Each point of this Agreement is separate and the invalidity or unenforceability of any point for any reason will not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other point. This Agreement is published by the Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service Issuing
Authority. Any claims, complaints, disputes or proceedings in connection with the provision of Certificates, the Repository or any other
digital certification service by the Trustis HMRC SET Certificate Service Issuing Authority or with this Agreement must be pursued according
to the provisions of the Certificate Policy.
Terms used in this agreement are defined in http://www.trustis.com/pki/HMRCSET/policy/glossary.pdf
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