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xml:lang="en"><div class="LegSnippet" id="viewLegSnippet"><h3 class="LegP1GroupTitleFirst">Application</h3><div class="eniw"><span class="enNote">This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum</span></div><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 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