Policies Update - United Kingdom

Country: United Kingdom

Addition to legislation section (please put at top, because this supersedes
previous legislation):
Title of document: Equality Act 2010
Link to document: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents
Summary of the document: Legislation that supersedes the Disability
Discrimination Act 1995 in England, Scotland and Wales

Addition to additional information section (please put at top, because this
supersedes previous UK standards):
Title of document: BS 8878:2010 Web accessibility ­ Code of Practice
Link to document: 
http://shop.bsigroup.com/en/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030180388
Summary of the document: Standard that supersedes PAS-78. Provides an
introduction to digital accessibility for non-technical professionals and
outlines a framework for web accessibility when designing or commissioning
web products. See also Summary of BS 8878
<http://www.hassellinclusion.com/bs8878/>  by its lead-author.

Many thanks

Jonathan