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Re: Does a charity count as public sector - in terms of the Equality Act?

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From: Date: Jul 31, 2020 3:44AM

Jim,

The Equality Act mentioned in your email subject line covers all
sectors, so a charity certainly has obligations under that bit of
legislation (and has done since 2010, or 1995 if you count its
predecessor the Disability Discrimination Act).

Under the Public Sector Accessibility Regulations you mention in your
actual email, if the charity has received public funding (and government
funding qualifies), then they also need to meet the deadlines imposed by
that legislation. There is more information about the Public Sector
Accessibility Regulations here:
https://tetralogical.com/articles/public-sector-accessibility-regulations/

Hope this helps.
Léonie.



On 31/07/2020 10:17, Jim Byrne Accessible Web Design wrote:
> Hi,
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> I've been asked by a Scottish charity if they fall within the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018?
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> From what I can tell they have been given government/public sector money do specific pieces of work. They are not sure if that means they are subject to the September deadlines for getting their websites accessible.
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> Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
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> Thanks,
> Jim
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> About Jim Byrne
> With over two decades of experience Jim Byrne is one of the UK's most experienced practitioners in the area of accessible web design. Jim provided feedback during the development of WCAG 2 as part of the Guild of Accessible Website Designers. He is the author of a number of technical books, training courses and accessibility guides. Jim was a winner of the equal access category of the Global Bangemann Challenge.
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> Jim Byrne: Specialist in Accessible Website Design.
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