Voluntary use now, and the route to a UK requirement

UK SRS S1 is a final voluntary standard — the population that must apply it will be fixed by listing rules and legislation, not by the standard. These guides separate the technical standard from the legal trigger, and show what is safe to build while the rules are still proposals.

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