diff --git a/apps/server-asset-sg/src/features/asset-edit/asset-edit.controller.ts b/apps/server-asset-sg/src/features/asset-edit/asset-edit.controller.ts
index 1197eb44..fb29d153 100644
--- a/apps/server-asset-sg/src/features/asset-edit/asset-edit.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/server-asset-sg/src/features/asset-edit/asset-edit.controller.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import { PatchAsset } from '@asset-sg/shared';
-import { User } from '@asset-sg/shared/v2';
-import { Role } from '@asset-sg/shared/v2';
-import { AssetEditPolicy } from '@asset-sg/shared/v2';
+import { AssetEditPolicy, Role, User } from '@asset-sg/shared/v2';
 import { Controller, Get, HttpException, HttpStatus, Param, ParseIntPipe, Post, Put } from '@nestjs/common';
 import * as E from 'fp-ts/Either';
+import * as O from 'fp-ts/Option';
 import { authorize } from '@/core/authorize';
 import { CurrentUser } from '@/core/decorators/current-user.decorator';
 import { ParseBody } from '@/core/decorators/parse.decorator';
@@ -69,16 +68,35 @@ const validatePatch = (user: User, patch: PatchAsset, record?: AssetEditDetail)
     );
   }
 
+  const hasStatusChanged = (key: 'internalUse' | 'publicUse') => {
+    const hasChanged = record == null || record[key].statusAssetUseItemCode !== patch[key].statusAssetUseItemCode;
+    return (
+      hasChanged &&
+      patch[key].statusAssetUseItemCode !== 'tobechecked' &&
+      ((record != null && !policy.hasRole(Role.MasterEditor, record.workgroupId)) ||
+        !policy.hasRole(Role.MasterEditor, patch.workgroupId))
+    );
+  };
+
   // Specialization of the policy where we disallow the internal status to be changed to anything else than `tobechecked`
   // if the current user is not a master-editor for the asset's current or future workgroup.
-  const hasInternalUseChanged =
-    record == null || record.internalUse.statusAssetUseItemCode !== patch.internalUse.statusAssetUseItemCode;
+  if (hasStatusChanged('internalUse')) {
+    throw new HttpException("Changing the asset's internalUse status is not allowed", HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN);
+  }
+
+  // Specialization of the policy where we disallow the public status to be changed to anything else than `tobechecked`
+  // if the current user is not a master-editor for the asset's current or future workgroup.
+  if (hasStatusChanged('publicUse')) {
+    throw new HttpException("Changing the asset's public use status is not allowed", HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN);
+  }
+
+  // Specialization of the policy where we disallow the status work item code to be changed to `published`
+  // if the current user is not a master-editor for the asset's current or future workgroup.
   if (
-    hasInternalUseChanged &&
-    patch.internalUse.statusAssetUseItemCode !== 'tobechecked' &&
+    O.toNullable(patch.newStatusWorkItemCode) === 'published' &&
     ((record != null && !policy.hasRole(Role.MasterEditor, record.workgroupId)) ||
       !policy.hasRole(Role.MasterEditor, patch.workgroupId))
   ) {
-    throw new HttpException("Changing the asset's status is not allowed", HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN);
+    throw new HttpException("Changing the asset's working status is not allowed", HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN);
   }
 };
diff --git a/apps/server-asset-sg/src/features/asset-edit/asset-edit.http b/apps/server-asset-sg/src/features/asset-edit/asset-edit.http
index b11027c7..c421a664 100644
--- a/apps/server-asset-sg/src/features/asset-edit/asset-edit.http
+++ b/apps/server-asset-sg/src/features/asset-edit/asset-edit.http
@@ -71,5 +71,6 @@ Content-Type: application/json
   "titleOriginal": "My Cool Asset",
   "titlePublic": "Our Cool Asset",
   "typeNatRels": [],
-  "workgroupId": 1
+  "workgroupId": 1,
+  "assetFiles": []
 }
diff --git a/libs/asset-editor/src/lib/components/asset-editor-tab-usage/asset-editor-tab-usage.component.ts b/libs/asset-editor/src/lib/components/asset-editor-tab-usage/asset-editor-tab-usage.component.ts
index 0c7da25a..b8499200 100644
--- a/libs/asset-editor/src/lib/components/asset-editor-tab-usage/asset-editor-tab-usage.component.ts
+++ b/libs/asset-editor/src/lib/components/asset-editor-tab-usage/asset-editor-tab-usage.component.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { Dialog, DialogRef } from '@angular/cdk/dialog';
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, Input, OnInit, TemplateRef, ViewChild, inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, inject, Input, OnInit, TemplateRef, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { FormGroupDirective } from '@angular/forms';
 import { MatCheckboxChange } from '@angular/material/checkbox';
-import { LifecycleHooks, LifecycleHooksDirective, fromAppShared } from '@asset-sg/client-shared';
+import { fromAppShared, LifecycleHooks, LifecycleHooksDirective } from '@asset-sg/client-shared';
 import { isNotNull } from '@asset-sg/core';
 import { isMasterEditor } from '@asset-sg/shared/v2';
 import * as RD from '@devexperts/remote-data-ts';
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { RxState } from '@rx-angular/state';
 
 import * as O from 'fp-ts/Option';
-import { Observable, map, of, startWith, switchMap, withLatestFrom, filter } from 'rxjs';
+import { filter, map, Observable, of, startWith, switchMap, withLatestFrom } from 'rxjs';
 import { AssetEditDetailVM } from '../../models';
 import { AssetEditorFormGroup, AssetEditorUsageFormGroup } from '../asset-editor-form-group';
 
diff --git a/libs/shared/v2/src/lib/models/user.ts b/libs/shared/v2/src/lib/models/user.ts
index 2213d554..adeb31e0 100644
--- a/libs/shared/v2/src/lib/models/user.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/v2/src/lib/models/user.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ const hasRole = (role: Role) => (user: User | null | undefined, workgroupId?: Wo
   if (user == null) {
     return false;
   }
-  if (user.isAdmin) {
-    return true;
-  }
   const roleIndex = getRoleIndex(role);
   if (workgroupId != null) {
     const role = user.roles.get(workgroupId);