diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/fileplancomponents/UpdateRecordsTests.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/fileplancomponents/UpdateRecordsTests.java
index b74c5075ee..88d245eec4 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/fileplancomponents/UpdateRecordsTests.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/fileplancomponents/UpdateRecordsTests.java
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ package org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.fileplancomponents;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.utils.FilePlanComponentsUtil.IMAGE_FILE;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.utils.FilePlanComponentsUtil.createElectronicRecordModel;
 import static org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.utils.FilePlanComponentsUtil.createNonElectronicRecordModel;
-import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST;
 import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.CREATED;
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN;
 import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.OK;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class UpdateRecordsTests extends BaseRMRestTest
 {    
     /* to be used to append to modifications */
     private final String MODIFIED_PREFIX = "modified_";
-    
+
     /**
      * <pre>
      * Given an incomplete record
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ public class UpdateRecordsTests extends BaseRMRestTest
     public void incompleteRecordsCanBeUpdated(FilePlanComponent recordFolder) throws Exception
     {
         FilePlanComponentAPI filePlanComponentsAPI = getRestAPIFactory().getFilePlanComponentsAPI();
-        
+
         // create electronic and non-electronic records in a folder
         FilePlanComponent electronicRecord = filePlanComponentsAPI.createElectronicRecord(createElectronicRecordModel(), IMAGE_FILE, recordFolder.getId());
         assertStatusCode(CREATED);
         FilePlanComponent nonElectronicRecord = filePlanComponentsAPI.createFilePlanComponent(createNonElectronicRecordModel(), recordFolder.getId());
         assertStatusCode(CREATED);
-        
-        for (FilePlanComponent record: Arrays.asList(electronicRecord, nonElectronicRecord)) {            
+
+        for (FilePlanComponent record: Arrays.asList(electronicRecord, nonElectronicRecord)) {
             // generate update metadata
             String newName = getModifiedPropertyValue(record.getName());
             String newTitle = getModifiedPropertyValue(record.getProperties().getTitle());
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class UpdateRecordsTests extends BaseRMRestTest
             assertEquals(updatedRecord.getProperties().getDescription(), newDescription);
         }
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * <pre>
      * Given an incomplete record
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ public class UpdateRecordsTests extends BaseRMRestTest
     public void userWithEditMetadataCapsCanUpdateMetadata() throws Exception
     {   
         RMUserAPI rmUserAPI = getRestAPIFactory().getRMUserAPI();
-        
         // create test user and add it with collab. privileges
         UserModel updateUser = getDataUser().createRandomTestUser("updateuser");
         updateUser.setUserRole(UserRole.SiteCollaborator);
@@ -156,14 +155,14 @@ public class UpdateRecordsTests extends BaseRMRestTest
         assertStatusCode(CREATED);
         FilePlanComponent nonElectronicRecord = filePlanComponentsAPI.createFilePlanComponent(createNonElectronicRecordModel(), randomFolder.getId());
         assertStatusCode(CREATED);
-        
+
         // get FilePlanComponentAPI instance initialised to updateUser
         FilePlanComponentAPI filePlanComponentsAPIAsUser = getRestAPIFactory().getFilePlanComponentsAPI(updateUser);
-        
+
         for (FilePlanComponent record: Arrays.asList(electronicRecord, nonElectronicRecord)) {
             filePlanComponentsAPIAsUser.getFilePlanComponent(record.getId());
             assertStatusCode(OK);
-            
+
             // generate update metadata
             String newName = getModifiedPropertyValue(record.getName());
             String newTitle = getModifiedPropertyValue(record.getProperties().getTitle());
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ public class UpdateRecordsTests extends BaseRMRestTest
             assertEquals(updatedRecord.getModifiedByUser().getId(), updateUser.getUsername());
         }
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * <pre>
      * Given a complete record
@@ -208,16 +207,16 @@ public class UpdateRecordsTests extends BaseRMRestTest
     public void completeRecordsCantBeUpdated(FilePlanComponent recordFolder) throws Exception
     {
         FilePlanComponentAPI filePlanComponentsAPI = getRestAPIFactory().getFilePlanComponentsAPI();
-        
+
         // create electronic and non-electronic records in a folder
         FilePlanComponent electronicRecord = filePlanComponentsAPI.createElectronicRecord(createElectronicRecordModel(), IMAGE_FILE, recordFolder.getId());
         assertStatusCode(CREATED);
         closeRecord(electronicRecord);
-       
+
         FilePlanComponent nonElectronicRecord = filePlanComponentsAPI.createFilePlanComponent(createNonElectronicRecordModel(), recordFolder.getId());
         assertStatusCode(CREATED);
         closeRecord(nonElectronicRecord);
-        
+
         for (FilePlanComponent record: Arrays.asList(electronicRecord, nonElectronicRecord)) {
             // generate update metadata
             String newName = getModifiedPropertyValue(record.getName());
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ public class UpdateRecordsTests extends BaseRMRestTest
 
             // attempt to update record
             filePlanComponentsAPI.updateFilePlanComponent(updateRecord, record.getId());
-            assertStatusCode(BAD_REQUEST);
+            assertStatusCode(FORBIDDEN);
 
             // verify the original record metatada has been retained
             FilePlanComponent updatedRecord = filePlanComponentsAPI.getFilePlanComponent(record.getId());
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ public class UpdateRecordsTests extends BaseRMRestTest
             assertEquals(updatedRecord.getProperties().getDescription(), record.getProperties().getTitle());
         }
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Helper method to generate modified property value based on original value
      * @param originalValue original value
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-service-context.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-service-context.xml
index 56d5b0f6af..0301dd0644 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-service-context.xml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/config/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/rm-service-context.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'>
-
-<beans>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+   xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+   xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+   xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+   xsi:schemaLocation="
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.0.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd">
 
    <!--  Helper beans -->
 
@@ -569,9 +580,9 @@
           parent="baseService">
         <property name="nodeService" ref="nodeService"/>
         <property name="filePlanService" ref="filePlanService" />
-        <property name="filePlanRoleService" ref="filePlanRoleService" />        
-        <property name="authorityService" ref="authorityService"/>        
-        <property name="permissionService" ref="permissionService"/>   
+        <property name="filePlanRoleService" ref="filePlanRoleService" />
+        <property name="authorityService" ref="authorityService"/>
+        <property name="permissionService" ref="permissionService"/>
         <property name="transactionService" ref="transactionService"/>
     </bean>
 
@@ -1060,8 +1071,21 @@
         <property name="renditionService" ref="RenditionService" />
         <property name="dispositionService" ref="DispositionService"/>
         <property name="recordableVersionService" ref="RecordableVersionService"/>
+        <property name="alwaysEditURIs" ref="recordService_alwaysEditURIs" />
     </bean>
 
+   <!-- Defines a list of namespace URIs for properties, which should be always editable -->
+   <util:list id="recordService_alwaysEditURIs" value-type="java.lang.String">
+      <value>http://www.alfresco.org/model/security/1.0</value>
+      <value>http://www.alfresco.org/model/system/1.0</value>
+      <value>http://www.alfresco.org/model/workflow/1.0</value>
+      <value>http://www.alfresco.org/model/application/1.0</value>
+      <value>http://www.alfresco.org/model/datalist/1.0</value>
+      <value>http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0</value>
+      <value>http://www.alfresco.org/model/bpm/1.0</value>
+      <value>http://www.alfresco.org/model/rendition/1.0</value>
+   </util:list>
+
     <bean id="recordMetadataAspectBootstrap" class="org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.record.RecordMetadataBootstrap" init-method="init" abstract="true">
     	<property name="recordService" ref="recordService"/>
     	<property name="namespaceService" ref="namespaceService"/>
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/record/RecordServiceImpl.java b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/record/RecordServiceImpl.java
index b40c64b197..d274d78e8f 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/record/RecordServiceImpl.java
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/module/org_alfresco_module_rm/record/RecordServiceImpl.java
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 
 package org.alfresco.module.org_alfresco_module_rm.record;
 
-import static com.google.common.collect.Lists.newArrayList;
-
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -158,18 +156,22 @@ public class RecordServiceImpl extends BaseBehaviourBean
     };
 
     /** always edit model URI's */
+    private List<String> alwaysEditURIs;
+
+    /**
+     * @param alwaysEditURIs the alwaysEditURIs to set
+     */
+    public void setAlwaysEditURIs(List<String> alwaysEditURIs)
+    {
+        this.alwaysEditURIs = alwaysEditURIs;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return the alwaysEditURIs
+     */
     protected List<String> getAlwaysEditURIs()
     {
-        return newArrayList(
-            NamespaceService.SECURITY_MODEL_1_0_URI,
-            NamespaceService.SYSTEM_MODEL_1_0_URI,
-            NamespaceService.WORKFLOW_MODEL_1_0_URI,
-            NamespaceService.APP_MODEL_1_0_URI,
-            NamespaceService.DATALIST_MODEL_1_0_URI,
-            NamespaceService.DICTIONARY_MODEL_1_0_URI,
-            NamespaceService.BPM_MODEL_1_0_URI,
-            NamespaceService.RENDITION_MODEL_1_0_URI
-        );
+        return this.alwaysEditURIs;
     }
 
     /** record model URI's */