Suspension of Certificates 11. 1) This regulation shall apply to Certification Service Providers that allow subscribers to request for suspension of certificates. 2) Certification Service Providers shall maintain facilities to receive and act upon requests for suspension at all times of the day and on all days of every year. 3) The subscriber identity verification method employed for suspension of certificates shall be specified in the certification practice statement. 4) The Certification Service Provider shall, upon receiving a valid request for suspension of a certificate, ensure that the certificate is suspended and notice of the suspension is published in the repository. Provided that where a request for suspension is received but a Certification Service Provider considers that revocation is justified in the light of all the evidence available to it, the Certificate Service Provider may revoke the certificate instead. 5) A Certification Service Provider may, regardless of the subscriber’s consent, suspend a certificate that it has issued if it has reasonable grounds to believe that the certificate is unreliable. Provided that the Certification Service Provider shall conduct and complete its investigation into the reliability of the certificate and decide within a reasonable time whether to reinstate or to revoke the certificate. 6) It shall be the responsibility of relying parties to check the status of certificates they wish to rely upon. 7) A Certification Service Provider shall confirm with the subscriber or his authorised agent whether to reinstate or revoke the certificate after suspension. 8) A Certification Service Provider shall, within a reasonable time, terminate a suspension initiated by request, upon discovery and confirmation that the request for suspension was made without due authorisation of the subscriber. 9) Where the suspension of a certificate leads to revocation of the certificate, the requirements for revocation in 9