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Below is a summary of good practice and the key points of the parts of British Standard BS 5266-1:2011. Readers are referred to the British Standard itself for full details and reminded that this is a summary only.

In the words of BSI, this standard “is a code of practice giving recommendations” whereas BS 5266-8:2004 (BS EN 50172:2004) “specifies requirements”.

This document is broken down into the following sections:

Further Copy to Follow

BS 5266-1:2011, which supersedes BS 5266-1:2005 and BS 5266-10:2008, which are withdrawn.

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