Assessment personnel - will be either employed by, or contracted to, the first purchaser. In either case they must have been trained and obtained the National Dairy Farm Assured Scheme / Lantra certificate to undertake on-farm assessment visits.

The Board of Directors - of the company trading as the National Dairy Farm Assured Scheme Limited. The Board of Directors act as the guardian of the Scheme and are drawn from the National Farmers Union, the Dairy Industry Federation, the Federation of Milk Groups and the British Cattle Veterinary Association. The Board will be responsible for scheme maintenance, amendments to the National Standards and training courses, setting of fees, the appointment of independent auditors, appeals and complaints from first purchasers, approval of reports produced on progress and trends, consultation with other interested parties and decisions on any communication and publicity strategies.

Administration - is a small, part time facility operating under the control of the Board of Directors to undertake the day to day administration of the Scheme. The administration will be responsible for the Scheme's database of first purchasers, registered active producers, assessors, and associated audit reports. Responsibility for the co-ordination of training courses, auditing of the Scheme assessors and first purchaser records also lies with this office. The administration will be available to respond to telephone enquiries during business hours.

Training organisation - is selected by the Board of Directors, to deliver specific, specialist training and auditing services. Successful completion of the training course criteria will enable certification of an assessor.

Assessor auditors - independent auditing of assessors, in the form of accompanied and random audits will be undertaken by approved personnel from the training organisation.

Scheme auditors - first purchaser farm assured records will be independently audited by approved personnel from the Scheme administration.