Guidance

Accessibility statement: Implementation of electronic survey and certification systems

Published 6 July 2022

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This statement applies to content published on the https://maritimewindowuk.azurewebsites.net domain.

This website is run by VISMA. It is designed to be used as many people as possible. The text should be clear and simple to understand.

You should be able to:

  • zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • navigate some of the website using speech recognition software
  • interact with some of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

How accessible this website is

Whilst we have endeavored to ensure the accessibility of our site, we know from several accessibility reports that parts of this website are not fully accessible.

For example:

  • some tables do not have row headings
  • some documents have poor colour contrast
  • some heading elements are not consistent
  • some images do not have image descriptions
  • most buttons are not correctly identified

We are actively working to address these limitations and we will update the statement when issues are fixed or when we expect them to be fixed.

Feedback and contact information

If you require information on this website in a different format, please contact us via:

Email: [email protected] or [email protected].

In your message, include:

  • the web address (URL) of the content
  • your email address and name

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website.

If you have any accessibility query including:

  • issues with accessing information or using this website
  • an accessibility problem not listed on this statement
  • any positive feedback about this website’s accessibility

Contact us via:

Email: [email protected] or [email protected].

Your information will help us improve the website for all users.

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 contact us with a complaint and you’re not happy with our response contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Maritime and Coastguard Agency 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. Content inserted with CSS is not read by some screen readers, and not available to people who turn off style sheets. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships)
  2. The language attribute cannot correctly identify the language of the page. This means screen readers may not be able to pronounce words correctly. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 3.1.1 (Language of Page)
  3. The CSS outline or border style on an element makes it difficult or impossible to see the dotted link focus outline. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.7 (Focus Visible)

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

Non-HTML documents published before September 2018 do not need to be accessible - unless users need them to use a service.

How we tested this website

We use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines V2.1 level A and level AA to test how accessible this site is.

We used the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) and technical evaluation tool to test all of the pages for https://maritimewindowuk.azurewebsites.net.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 18 June 2021. It was last reviewed on 6 July 2022.

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