- From: David Sloan <DSloan@computing.dundee.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:15:09 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Tom Croucher said: "In the UK currently you are not obligated to be accessible, however in Oct 2004 when the Disability Discrimation Act of 1995 (DDA) part III comes into force then all public web sites (as services I gather, although I am not a lawayer) are obligated to be accessible to a reasonable degree." My understanding is that this is incorrect. Goods, facilities and service providers have been covered since 1999 under the DDA Section III, which requires them not to unjustifiably discriminate against someone on account of a disability. If they provide goods, facilities and services through a web site, then legal argument has suggested that the web site is covered by this legislation. See: http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/01-2/sloan.html http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_l egalcase.hcsp
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