Ian Stirling wrote:
Having said all of that, there is a huge cost in the preparation of
and testing to standards. It is reasonable for much of that cost to
be borne by those wishing to access and use that information in the
same way that we pay for other intellectual property like books and
music.

Fortunately HMG has decided otherwise wrt legislation, SI, Building
Regs Approved Documents etc. The key documents you need to be an
architect are free, those you need to be a gas fitter cost ???

Many of the other documents are unavailable.
For example, a while back, UK customs confiscated a consignment of laser
pointers that were 1% over the maximum emissions level, quoting safety as
the reason.

Oops. "And standard BSxxx as justification"

Never mind that they were to be used inside a sealed box.

Class 1 when enclosed then, no safety issue at all!

I have an issue with the police, they want BS PAS 24 doors and frames
fitted to my home. Now this standard is a product of the ACPO and the
police scientific service from what I gather, they through the
soldsecure (ltd) scheme get income for the ACPO (a private limited
company)....Who pushes this requirement, the local CRO (crime reduction
officer), something stinks here IMHO. BS PAS 24 is limited to a very
specific type of door/frame type, so as they don't do doors to that
standard that will fit I then get hit with another ACPO "requirement"...

BS, standard operational B S if you ask me!