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8.2 Definitions
Normative document
Document that provides rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or
their results. The term normative document is generic, covering documents
such as standards, technical specifications, codes of practice and
regulations.*
Standard
Document established by consensus and approved by a recognised body. A
standard provides, for common and repeated use, guidelines, rules,
characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at achieving the optimum
degree of order in a given context.*
Harmonised standards
Standards on the same subject approved by different standardising bodies,
that establish inter-changeability of products, processes and services, or
mutual understanding of test results or information provided according to
these standards.*
Code of practice
Document that recommends practices or procedures for the design,
manufacture, installation, maintenance and utilisation of equipment,
structures or products. A code of practice may be a standard, part of a
standard or independent of a standard.*
Regulation
Document providing binding legislative rules adopted by an authority.*
Authority
A body (responsible for standards and regulations legal or administrative
entity that has specific tasks and composition) that has legal powers and
rights.*
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Regulatory authority
Authority responsible for preparing or adopting regulations.*
Enforcement authority
Authority responsible for enforcing regulations.*
Specification
Document stating requirements, meaningful data and its supporting medium
stating needs or expectations that are stated, generally implied or
obligatory.**
Procedure
Specified way to carry out an activity or process*. Usually a written
description of all essential parameters and precautions to be observed when
applying a technique to a specific application following an established
standard, code or specification.
Instruction
Written description of the precise steps to be followed based on an
established procedure, standard, code or specification.
Quality plan
Document specifying which procedures and associated resources shall be
applied by whom and when to a specific project, product, process or
contract.*
8.3 Summary
Application standards and codes of practice ensure that a structure or
component will have an acceptable level of quality and be fit-for-purpose.
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COR = corrected
BS 499-1 2009 Current
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BS 4515-1 (2009) 2009 Current
BS 4570 (1985) 1985 Partly Partly superseded by:
Superseded BS EN 1011-8:2004 AMD
BS EN 383
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BS EN 910:1996 1996 Superseded Superseded By: BS EN ISO
5173:2010 + A1 2011
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BS EN ISO 15614‐4:2005 2008
COR 2008
BS EN ISO 15614‐5:2004 2004
BS EN ISO 15614‐6:2006 2006
BS EN ISO 15614‐7:2007 2007
BS EN ISO 15614‐8:2002 2002
BS EN ISO 15614‐10:2005 2005
BS EN ISO 15614‐11:2002 2002
BS EN ISO 15614‐12:2004 2004
BS EN ISO 15614‐13:2005 2005
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