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Exception register

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A version-controlled list of approved exceptions, each tied to one rule and one system, with justification, compensating controls, approver and expiry. The policy engine reads it, so a release can pass under a live exception, the verdict says so, and the rule fails again once the exception expires.

Developed in
ch. 12, Risk acceptance and exceptions
Chapters
ch. 12, Governance Program
Contrast with
Risk register
Source
Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Exception register: mentions per chapter4 mentions of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapter12 Governance Program: 4 mentions12 Governance Program4No mentions in the other 22 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Exception register: mentions per chapter4 mentions of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapter000102030405060708101112 Governance Program: 4 mentions4121314151617181920212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Exception register per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map0No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program4Yes
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No
  • Risk acceptance

    A named, signed and expiring decision by someone with the authority a residual band requires, that a risk may remain for a bounded period under named…

Sources

No external source: the term is coined or used in a specific sense by this Body of Knowledge, and the section linked under "Developed in" is its source.

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Exception register. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/exception-register. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026exceptionregister,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Exception register}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/exception-register}
}