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How many Councils are aware of the new accessibility regulations for council websites?

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I was surprised to be told today of the new regs on accessibility for websites.

Details can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/accessibility-requirements-for-public-sector-websites-and-apps#exemptions

I note that Councils will be legally responsible for their website meeting the accessibility standards, even if outsourced to a third party supplier.
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My guess is very few.  This makes the case for putting a stop to posting scanned paper print outs of minutes etc.  I suspect a lot of Town/Parish Councils get to know about things like this through NALC newsletters, but did NALC (who I am not a fan of) issue one about these accessibility requirements?
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We heard about it via our local county association but understood that for councils with websites already up and running, the date for compliance is not until next year anyway.
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