My understanding has been that ANNEX material is reference material,
should not shall, and is not an enforceable part of the standard
regardless of referencing it or not. If that were the case every
asterisk pointing to ANNEX material could be considered part of the
standard.
/Thank you,
Bob Knight, CET III//
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On 2/4/2025 2:29 PM, Hinson, Ryan wrote:
Ran into a scenario where there is disagreement on whether Annex A
information is enforceable since the Standard language specifically
calls out an Annex figure:
Here is the language from NFPA 20 (2022) Section 4.16.4 regarding
bypass configurations and whether gates both up- and downstream of the
bypass check are /required/:
Here is the explicitly referenced Annex figure:
I assert that, if explicitly referenced (as if referencing an outside
document), that document becomes part of the standard and is
enforceable as such. There are those who disagree and says that
unless the Annex is formally adopted, it is not required.
What say you?
*Ryan L. Hinson**, PE*, SET***\ Burns & McDonnell
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