0 an official statement that you make about yourself, especially in connection with tax or illness:
1 an official statement that you make about your financial situation, your health, etc.:
Type 2 is self-certification, without fixed criteria or independent outside review.
It seems to me likely that food poisoning has increased because of the widespread use of microwave ovens rather than because of self-certification.
For example, a scheme of self-certification for illness was introduced and immediately brought a marked reduction in absenteeism.
There are considerable problems with self-certification: who would decide on qualifications, and so on?
I should emphasise that self-certification will be introduced gradually.
Those fears are particularly potent because self-certification is not described as fully in the text as the other procedures.
The number of businesses taking part in self-certification is not expected to exceed 30,000.
Business wanted self-certification, which is a good idea, but it might engender some unnecessarily wrong outcomes.
