Clause 9.1.2: Evaluation of compliance
The organization sets up, runs and keeps processes for evaluating whether it complies with legal and other requirements.
What clause 9.1.2 asks
The organization sets up, runs and keeps processes for evaluating whether it complies with legal and other requirements. It decides how often and by what methods compliance is evaluated, carries out the evaluation and acts where needed, keeps up its knowledge and understanding of where it stands on compliance, and retains documented information on the results.
Evaluating compliance is a separate duty from monitoring performance. It asks whether each legal and other requirement is met, by what method, and what was done when it was not.
Draft 9.1.2 Evaluation of compliance with legal requirements and other requirements, from clause 9.1.2. The draft contents keep the clause and give it the fuller title. No substantive change is described in the summaries held.
Evidence for clause 9.1.2
An auditor will pick a requirement from the register and ask for the evaluation that tested it.
- Compliance evaluationCompliance evaluation schedule and method
- Compliance evaluationCompliance evaluation reports with status per requirement
- Compliance evaluationActions raised for non-compliances
- Compliance evaluationEvidence the organization knows its current compliance status
Where clause 9.1.2 commonly fails
- Compliance assumed rather than evaluated
- Evaluation covers permits but not operational duties
- No action taken on identified non-compliance
What to do about clause 9.1.2 before the revision
Set a schedule that covers the operational duties, not only the permits. Record the method and the status per requirement. Raise an action for every non-compliance. Keep the organization's current compliance position visible to management.
What the record shows for clause 9.1.2
An auditor working on clause 9.1.2 will start with Compliance evaluation schedule and method. The failure this record sees most often is Compliance assumed rather than evaluated. Both are carried into the kit as row 34, with an owner field and a dated action.
Read across from clause 9.1.2
Read the next clause in the group, or open the full index. The revision map shows the draft structure.
Source for clause 9.1.2: ISO 45001:2018, clause 9.1.2, retrieved 18 October 2026. The draft note rests on the public DIS contents and the two named summaries; the requirement, evidence and gaps are written from the held clause record. Every source.