Re: Directives, policies, laws, and regulations that reference WCAG 2.1

The Australian Government and the following state governments reference WCAG 2.1 in the following way:


  *   Digital Service Standard (Federal)
One of the thirteen criteria in the Digital Service Standard is Make it accessible.

“You need to make sure everyone who needs your service can use it. This includes people with disability and older people, and people who can’t use, or struggle with, digital services.
Your service must be accessible to users regardless of their digital confidence and access to a digital environment. This includes users in remote areas and users with different devices.
You also have a legal requirement to ensure your service is usable and accessible to people with disabilities (see the Disability Discrimination Act 1992<https://www.humanrights.gov.au/dda-guide-whats-it-all-about>). Australian Government agencies are required to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA, which includes Level A (see mandate in Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy<https://www.finance.gov.au/archive/publications/wcag-2-implementation/>). You are strongly encouraged to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA which will provide a more accessible experience. Conforming to WCAG 2.1 means you also conform with 2.0.”
https://www.dta.gov.au/help-and-advice/digital-service-standard/digital-service-standard-criteria/9-make-it-accessible


  *   NSW Design Standard (New South Wales State Government)

One of the six design standards is Design with users, for users, and under this is Accessibility and inclusivity.



“Meet Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guide (WCAG) current standard."
https://www.digital.nsw.gov.au/design-system/design-standards/design-with-users-for-users/accessibility-and-inclusivity/meet-wcag


  *   Accessibility guidelines for government communications (Victoria State Government)

“At a minimum, all Victorian Government websites are required to conform with the Level AA WCAG 2.1 standard.

Where the audience is primarily people with disability, it’s required that government websites meet the Level AAA (Triple A) standards, which are the highest accessibility standards.“
https://www.vic.gov.au/accessibility-guidelines-government-communications



  *   South Australia accessibility guidelines (South Australia State Government)

“Meet level AA of WCAG 2.0 or WCAG 2.1 as a minimum”
https://www.accessibility.sa.gov.au/introduction/accessibility-guidelines




Charissa Ramirez
UX Coordinator, NSW Government Digital Channels
Accessibility specialist across Digital Channels project streams
Professional member: International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP)

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From: Phill Jenkins <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>
Date: Tuesday, 14 July 2020 at 9:27 am
To: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Directives, policies, laws, and regulations that reference WCAG 2.1
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Resent date: Tuesday, 14 July 2020 at 9:21 am


Do you know of any country or state directives, policies, regulations, or laws that reference WCAG 2.1?

Web Accessibility Laws & Policies
https://www.w3.org/WAI/policies/<https://clicktime.symantec.com/34W1ABMtSBTSTaDhdUJ6Lgp7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FWAI%2Fpolicies%2F>

None of these reference list WCAG 2.1

1. The European accessibility standard EN 301 549 references WCAG 2.1,
https://www.w3.org/WAI/news/2018-09-13/WCAG-21-EN301549/<https://clicktime.symantec.com/3DkKrsmEQwsHdd9w7M1pL5s7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2FWAI%2Fnews%2F2018-09-13%2FWCAG-21-EN301549%2F>


2. California Consumer Privacy Act regulations will likely require WCAG 2.1
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/insight-applying-the-ccpas-new-accessibility-requirements-to-privacy-policies<https://clicktime.symantec.com/3PijwMXpN2Xdp9PrnnWRfRT7Vc?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.bloomberglaw.com%2Fprivacy-and-data-security%2Finsight-applying-the-ccpas-new-accessibility-requirements-to-privacy-policies>

Australia?

Canada?

Korea?

Do you know of any that reference WCAG 2.1?
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Phill Jenkins
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