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charset=utf-8"/> <title xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 No. 952</title> xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"<meta name="DC.Date.Modified" scheme="W3CDTF" content="2019-01-09"/> <style xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text/css" media="screen, print">@import "/web/20230807115558cs_/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/styles/legislation.css";@import "/web/20230807115558cs_/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/styles/secondarylegislation.css";</style> </head> <body> <div class="LegSnippet"> <a name="content"></a> <div xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" class="DocContainer"><a class="LegAnchorID" id="part-1"></a><div class="LegClearPart"></div><h2 class="LegPartFirst"><span class="LegPartNo">PART 1</span><span class="LegPartTitle">General</span></h2><h3 class="LegP1GroupTitleFirst">Citation and commencement</h3><p class="LegP1ParaText"><span class="LegP1No" id="regulation-1">1.</span>—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.</p><p class="LegP2ParaText">(2) These Regulations come into force on 23rd September 2018.</p><h3 class="LegP1GroupTitle">Revocation</h3><p class="LegP1ParaText"><span class="LegP1No" id="regulation-2">2.</span> The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018(<a class="LegFootnoteRef" href="#f00004" title="Go to footnote 1" id="Backf00004">1</a>) are revoked.</p><h3 class="LegP1GroupTitle">Interpretation</h3><p class="LegP1ParaText"><span class="LegP1No" id="regulation-3">3.</span> In these Regulations—</p><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel3">“accessibility requirement” means the requirement to make a website or mobile application accessible by making it perceivable, operable, understandable and robust;</p><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel3">“accessibility statement” means a detailed, comprehensive and clear statement produced by a public sector body on the compliance of its website or mobile application with these Regulations;</p><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel3">“bodies governed by public law” means bodies that have all of the following characteristics—</p><div><div class="LegAlphaList"><div class="LegListItem"><div class="LegLevel4No LegListItemNo">(a)</div><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel4">they are established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character;</p></div><div class="LegListItem"><div class="LegLevel4No LegListItemNo">(b)</div><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel4">they have legal personality; and</p></div><div class="LegListItem"><div class="LegLevel4No LegListItemNo">(c)</div><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel4">they have any of the following characteristics—</p><div><div class="LegRomanList"><div class="LegListItem"><div class="LegLevel5No LegListItemNo">(i)</div><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel5">they are financed, for the most part, by the State, regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law;</p></div><div class="LegListItem"><div class="LegLevel5No LegListItemNo">(ii)</div><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel5">they are subject to management supervision by those authorities or bodies;</p></div><div class="LegListItem"><div class="LegLevel5No LegListItemNo">(iii)</div><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel5">they have an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State, regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law;</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel3">“the Directive” means <a class="LegCitation" title="Go to item of legislation" rel="cite" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230807115558/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/2016/2102">Directive 2016/2102</a> of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies(<a class="LegFootnoteRef" href="#f00005" title="Go to footnote 2" id="Backf00005">2</a>);</p><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel3">“European standard” has the meaning set out in Article 2(1)(b) of <a class="LegCitation" title="Go to item of legislation" rel="cite" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230807115558/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/2012/1025">Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012</a> of the European Parliament and of the Council on European standardisation(<a class="LegFootnoteRef" href="#f00006" title="Go to footnote 3" id="Backf00006">3</a>);</p><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel3">“harmonised standard” has the meaning set out in Article 2(1)(c) of <a class="LegCitation" title="Go to item of legislation" rel="cite" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230807115558/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/2012/1025">Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012</a> of the European Parliament and of the Council on European standardisation(<a class="LegFootnoteRef" href="#f00007" title="Go to footnote 4" id="Backf00007">4</a>);</p><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel3">“mobile application” means application software designed and developed by or on behalf of a public sector body for use by the general public on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, but does not include the software that controls those devices (mobile operating systems) or hardware;</p><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel3">“model accessibility statement” means an accessibility statement adopted by the European Commission in accordance with Article 7(2) of the Directive;</p><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel3">“Official Journal” means the Official Journal of the European Union;</p><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel3">“public sector body” means—</p><div><div class="LegAlphaList"><div class="LegListItem"><div class="LegLevel4No LegListItemNo">(a)</div><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel4">the State;</p></div><div class="LegListItem"><div class="LegLevel4No LegListItemNo">(b)</div><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel4">regional or local authorities;</p></div><div class="LegListItem"><div class="LegLevel4No LegListItemNo">(c)</div><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel4">bodies governed by public law; or</p></div><div class="LegListItem"><div class="LegLevel4No LegListItemNo">(d)</div><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel4">associations formed by one or more of the authorities in paragraph (b) or one or more of the bodies in paragraph (c), if those associations are established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character;</p></div></div></div><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel3">“standard” has the meaning set out in Article 2(1) of <a class="LegCitation" title="Go to item of legislation" rel="cite" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230807115558/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/regulation/2012/1025">Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012</a> of the European Parliament and of the Council on European standardisation(<a class="LegFootnoteRef" href="#f00008" title="Go to footnote 5" id="Backf00008">5</a>); and</p><p class="LegListTextStandard LegLevel3">“time-based media” means media of one or more of the following types: audio-only, video-only, audio-video, audio and/or video combined with interaction.</p><h3 class="LegP1GroupTitle">Application</h3><p class="LegP1ParaText"><span class="LegP1No" id="regulation-4">4.</span>—(1) These Regulations apply to a website or mobile application of a public sector body, except a website or mobile application of—</p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-1-a">(a)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">public service broadcasters and their subsidiaries, and of other bodies or their subsidiaries fulfilling a public service broadcasting remit;</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-1-b">(b)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">non-governmental organisations, unless they provide services that—</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP4Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP4No" id="regulation-4-1-b-i">(i)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP4Text">are essential to the public; or</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP4Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP4No" id="regulation-4-1-b-ii">(ii)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP4Text">specifically address the needs of, or are meant for, persons with disabilities; and</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-1-c">(c)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">schools or nurseries, except for the content of their websites or mobile applications relating to essential online administrative functions.</span></p><p class="LegP2ParaText">(2) These Regulations do not apply to the following content of a website or mobile application of a public sector body—</p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-2-a">(a)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">office file formats published before 23rd September 2018, unless such content is needed for active administrative processes relating to the tasks performed by the public sector body;</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-2-b">(b)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">pre-recorded time-based media published before 23rd September 2020;</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-2-c">(c)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">live time-based media;</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-2-d">(d)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">online maps and mapping services, as long as essential information is provided in an accessible digital manner for maps intended for navigational use;</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-2-e">(e)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">third-party content that is neither funded nor developed by, nor under the control of, the public sector body;</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-2-f">(f)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">reproductions of items in heritage collections that cannot be made fully accessible because of either—</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP4Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP4No" id="regulation-4-2-f-i">(i)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP4Text">the incompatibility of the accessibility requirement with either the preservation of the item concerned or the authenticity of the reproduction; or</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP4Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP4No" id="regulation-4-2-f-ii">(ii)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP4Text">the unavailability of automated and cost-efficient solutions that would easily extract the text of manuscripts or other items in heritage collections and transform it into content compatible with the accessibility requirement;</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-2-g">(g)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">content of extranets and intranets published before 23rd September 2019, until such websites undergo a substantial revision; and</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-2-h">(h)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">content of websites and mobile applications qualifying as archives.</span></p><p class="LegP2ParaText">(3) In this regulation—</p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-3-a">(a)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">“archives” means a website or mobile application which—</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP4Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP4No" id="regulation-4-3-a-i">(i)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP4Text">only contains content that is not needed for active administrative processes; and</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP4Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP4No" id="regulation-4-3-a-ii">(ii)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP4Text">is not updated or edited after 23rd September 2019;</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-3-b">(b)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">“extranets and intranets” means a website that is only available for a closed group of people and not to the general public;</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-3-c">(c)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">“items in heritage collections” means privately or publicly owned goods presenting an historical, artistic, archaeological, aesthetic, scientific or technical interest and that are part of collections preserved by cultural institutions such as libraries, archives and museums; and</span></p><p class="LegClearFix LegP3Container"><span class="LegDS LegLHS LegP3No" id="regulation-4-3-d">(d)</span><span class="LegDS LegRHS LegP3Text">“office file formats” means a document in a format that is not intended primarily for use on the web and that is included in web pages, such as Adobe Portable Document Format, Microsoft Office documents or their open-source equivalents.</span></p><div class="LegFootnotes"><div class="LegClearFix LegFootnotesContainer"><div class="LegClearFix LegFootnote" id="f00004"><div class="LegFootnoteNoContainer">(<span class="LegFootnoteNo">1</span>)</div><p class="LegText"><a class="LegCitation" title="Go to item of legislation" rel="cite" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20230807115558/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/852">S.I. 2018/852</a>.</p></div><div class="LegClearFix LegFootnote" id="f00005"><div class="LegFootnoteNoContainer">(<span class="LegFootnoteNo">2</span>)</div><p class="LegText">OJ L 327, 2.12.2016, p.1.</p></div><div class="LegClearFix LegFootnote" id="f00006"><div class="LegFootnoteNoContainer">(<span class="LegFootnoteNo">3</span>)</div><p class="LegText">OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p.19.</p></div><div class="LegClearFix LegFootnote" id="f00007"><div class="LegFootnoteNoContainer">(<span class="LegFootnoteNo">4</span>)</div><p class="LegText">OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p.19.</p></div><div class="LegClearFix LegFootnote" id="f00008"><div class="LegFootnoteNoContainer">(<span class="LegFootnoteNo">5</span>)</div><p class="LegText">OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p.19.</p></div></div></div></div> </div> </body></html>