Accessibility Statement for the Aviation Regulatory Library website

This accessibility statement applies to regulatorylibrary.caa.co.uk.

This website is run by Civil Aviation Authority. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts

  • zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen

 

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

 

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:

  • some images do not have adequate image descriptions

  • some heading elements are incorrectly applied

  • some tables do not have row headings

 

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

• email reglibrary@caa.co.uk

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 20 days.

 

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact reglibrary@caa.co.uk.

 

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

 

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Civil Aviation Authority is committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

 

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

 

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

  1. Images on some pages do not have suitable image descriptions. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 Non-text content.

  2. Some pages don’t contain a level 1 heading. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships.

  3. Some pages and the PDF output skip heading levels. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships.

  4. Some pages contain incorrectly structured lists. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships.

  5. Some tables in content do not have correctly implemented table row headers. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships.

  6. On all pages a navigation element is assigned a banner role. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships.

  7. Some pages present formulae as images. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.5 Images of Text.

  8. Some pages require horizontal scrolling when enlarged to 400%. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.10 Reflow.

  9. Some pages include examples of incorrectly nested HTML elements. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.1 Parsing.

 

We plan to resolve these issues by 2025.

 

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

 

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 29 September 2022.

 

This website was last tested on 29 September 2022. The test was carried out internally.

The Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) was used when deciding on which pages to test.