Specification Administration

8.1 Specification change procedures
CCA will periodically review the CPS in light of policy and/or infrastructure technology change. The CPS will be revised if required.

The revision-related record of the Certification Practice Statement will be maintained and will include the following:

Latest Version of the Certification Practice Statement with version no.

• Revised contents with changes highlighted

Revision record of the Certification Practice Statement

• Previous versions of the Certification Practice Statement

8.2 Publication and notification policies
The revised Certification Practice Statement will be made available by the CCA to the user community through publication on CCA's website.

CCA also notifies the CAs about the revised Certification Practice Statement. The revised Certification Practice Statement is in force from the date and time of publication on CCA's website.

8.3 CPS approval procedures 

8.3.1 Items that can change without notification
Editorial, typographical corrections or changes to the contact details shall be made to this Certification Practice Statement without notification.

8.3.2 Changes with notification
The CCA shall give a minimum of 45 days notice to the certificate holders of any substantial changes made to the certification practice statement.

Changes to items, which in the judgment of the CCA will not materially impact a substantial majority of certificate holders may be changed on a minimum 30 days notice. While changes required by law, or those in the judgment of the CCA required to be implemented for the benefit of certificate holders may be made with a reasonable notice period. Notice of all changes made under section 8.3.2 of this certification practice statement will be published on the website of the CCA at http://cca.gov.in/documents.