scope:

This Specification is mandatory upon all posts responsible for ensuring their parts of the business are in receipt of controlled documents essential for the execution of the responsibilities. The list of controlled documents identified within appendix B of this document will be maintained by the owner of this standard. The list will be amended in accordance with the process described herein.

Purpose

This Specification sets out the process for issuing a document, and any associated updates, when acknowledgement of receipt by the recipient and a record of issue are required by the issuing Document Control Point

The process defines a methodology for specific documents to be controlled to appropriate recipients in a consistent manner.