Scope & policy

Clause 4.3 and clause 5. The scope statement is the first thing a certification body reads, and an unjustified exclusion is the fastest route to a Stage 1 finding.

AIMS scope statement

Name the organisational units, locations and AI systems in scope. Scoping tightly is legitimate; scoping vaguely is not.

Not approved

Scope statement

Boundaries

Organisational units, sites, and where the system's responsibility ends.

Exclusions and their justification

Every exclusion needs a reason an auditor would accept.