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self-certification

British  

noun

  1. (in Britain) a formal assertion by a worker to his employer that absence from work for up to seven days was due to sickness. From 1982 this replaced a doctor's certificate for the purposes of paying sickness benefit See also sick note

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Autonomous-vehicle companies are required to follow a self-certification process to operate without a driver, said Bill Lamoreaux, a spokesman from the department: “ADOT’s top priority is safety.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

“We all know the self-certification method has failed,” one ICE official wrote in an email.

From Salon Oct. 22, 2025

In 2018, the first year of the programme, the trust's self-certification led to it being paid £1,288,241.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2025

There should be a digital application for permit self-certification used by project permit coordinators for consolidating all departmental reviews, clearances and sign-offs at on-site permitting centers.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2025

“The FAA has always been hands on. We don’t have self-certification authority or delegation,” he said, “We have to go through the full process.”

From Seattle Times Mar. 2, 2023

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