Ordered from IET - full member price £52 inc delivery to UK. Agree with Mayfair, as a mandatory requirement, like other forms of mandatory requirements (e.g. law, H&S etc), it should be downloadable free of charge, or available in printed form at cost. But, that would mean overturning the money winning venture that the UK government is currently very proud of - the British Standards Institute (remember this is BS7671, not IET7671 - IET "only" provides the intellectual management and input). BSI has no real accountability to the state as it is a private organisation, it is independent and therefore runs as it wishes, and any left over cash (and there's lots of it) is poured back into the business as it is a non profit organisation. The government sees it as a major feather in the cap of UK plc (superbrand etc) so that won't be changing in the short term. (ps I know this because I was shortlisted for interview, which I didn't get, and did a lot of research in prep). Of course the right thing to do would be make the BSI subordinate to the IET, give it a proper governance structure and cut out loads of senior managers they've got all over the shop. But in the meantime, get your cheque books out folks!
