Publicly Available Specification
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The PAS (Publicly Available Specifications) is a consultative document where the development process and written format is based on the British Standard model BSI Group. Any organisation, association or group who wish to document standardised best practice on a specific subject, both for the benefit of their industry and to help promote their expertise, can commission a PAS, subject to the BSI acceptance process.
The main difference is in the area of consensus; a British Standard must reach full consensus between all stakeholders on technical content, whilst a PAS invites comments from any interested party but does not necessarily incorporate them. This means that the timescale for the development of a PAS can be shorter, typically around 8 months, and is why it is sometimes referred to as the “Rapid Standard Development Process”.
A PAS occupies the intellectual space between in-house and national standards; it allows you to set the standard for an entire industry.
The PAS requires less consensus-building than an ISO, European or British Standard and offers the sponsor more control over how the content is developed. Whilst writing a private document would offer the sponsor complete control over content, BSI’s independence in facilitating the consensus-building process across the industry confers credibility and ensures a high level of technical robustness.
Crucially, the development of a PAS cannot conflict with, or contradict, existing or draft work within the formal standards arena and must complement, not conflict with, any legislation in the subject area. It is also written in accordance with BS drafting rules, which means that the content must be technically robust and cannot be technically constrained (i.e. it cannot include patented or proprietary methods or products). It is written unambiguously and with objectively verifiable requirements or recommendations.
We can help you develop a document that ensures consistency and consensus throughout your organisation or industry. All PAS project proposals are examined by a BSI acceptance panel of experts in the subject field, whose acceptance is a condition of BSI being able to work on a project. This is to provide extra assurance that the project is viable and that it does not conflict with current formal projects.
PAS benefits: Examples:
• Faster development process than a full consensus British Standard
• Capture and share knowledge across the industry
• An effective tool to build awareness and develop a market
• A credible document as a result of BSI’s independence in facilitating the process of consensus building with the stakeholders
• A PAS can be produced for product specifications, codes of practice, guidelines, vocabularies
• A document that provides a benchmark for assessment
• A PAS has the potential to be developed for promotion into the formal standards process at the national, European or international level
BSI committees, whilst the traditional route for developing a standard, are relatively costly and time consuming. The PAS is a route to the production of standards and introduction to the market very quickly without the cost and time expenditure of involving a committee.
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[edit] PAS
- PAS 55: Asset Management
- PAS 77: IT Service continuity Management - Code of Practice
- PAS 78: Guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites
- PAS 79: Fire risk assessment – Guidance and a recommended methodology
- PAS 72: Responsible Fishing - Specification of good practice for fishing vessles
- PAS 55: Asset management - Specification for the optimized management of physical infrastructure assests
- PAS 82: Shopfitting - Management system specification
- PAS 99: Specification of common management system requirements as a framework for integration
- PAS 911: Fire strategies - guideance and framework for their formulation
- PAS 2010: Planning to halt the loss of biodiversity - Code of Practice
- PAS 11 000: Colloborative business relationship - A framework specification
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- PAS 100 Composting specification
- PAS 101 Specification for recovered container glass
- PAS 102 Specification for processed glass for selected secondary end markets
- PAS 103 Specification for quality and guidance for good practice in collection and preparation for recycling
- PAS 104 Specification for quality and guidance for good practice for the supply of post consumer wood for consumption in the manufacture of panel board products
- PAS 105 Specification for paper waste
- PAS 106 General information about real nappies
- PAS 107 Specification for the manufacture and storage of size reduced tyre materials
- PAS 108 Outlines specifications for the density, porosity and dimensions of tyre bales
