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JoseSparrow
Holder of the sacred carrot
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- 23/01/1999
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- 24/05/2007
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The price of the law
As part of my job I have to make sure properties are up to specification on fire safety, this includes fire alarms detectors and such. Due to massive changes in the legislation I had a need to find out the exact requirements stipulated by British Standard 5839 - 6.
Now I was aware of what British Standards where (that kite mark thing you see on things) and that they cover pretty much every aspect of our lives. So off I went whizzing through cyber space to the home of BS the British Standard Institute where I thought I would be able to look this up and pour through pages of technical information about fire safety.
Oh no how wrong I was, to find out how to comply with a legal requirement they wanted to charge me £195 to download the 140 page document!!!
Yes that’s right £1.39 a page for what is the law.
Now I am as keen a reader as the next person but no book I have ever read is worth £1.39 a page let alone technical crap.
I can not believe that we have these set of requirements that affect every soul in these fair isles yet if you want them they charge you a fortune to get them.
So I ask anyone reading this (You must be a British citizen or resident to sign the petition so overseas friends tell your UK buddies) to visit the following link and petition the pm to sort this out.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/British-Standard
Now I was aware of what British Standards where (that kite mark thing you see on things) and that they cover pretty much every aspect of our lives. So off I went whizzing through cyber space to the home of BS the British Standard Institute where I thought I would be able to look this up and pour through pages of technical information about fire safety.
Oh no how wrong I was, to find out how to comply with a legal requirement they wanted to charge me £195 to download the 140 page document!!!
Yes that’s right £1.39 a page for what is the law.
Now I am as keen a reader as the next person but no book I have ever read is worth £1.39 a page let alone technical crap.
I can not believe that we have these set of requirements that affect every soul in these fair isles yet if you want them they charge you a fortune to get them.
So I ask anyone reading this (You must be a British citizen or resident to sign the petition so overseas friends tell your UK buddies) to visit the following link and petition the pm to sort this out.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/British-Standard
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