The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018

10.—(1) The Minister for the Cabinet Office must monitor the compliance by public sector bodies of their websites and mobile applications with the accessibility requirement, on the basis of the monitoring methodology.

(2) By no later than 23rd December 2021, and every three years thereafter, the Minister for the Cabinet Office must submit a report to the European Commission on the outcome of the monitoring referred to in paragraph (1), including the measurement data.

(3) The Schedule makes supplemental provision about the reporting requirements referred to in paragraph (2).

(4) In this regulation, the “measurement data” means—

(a) the quantified results of the monitoring activity carried out in order to verify the compliance by public sector bodies of their websites and mobile applications with the accessibility requirement;

(b) quantitative information about—

(i) a sample of websites and mobile applications tested, including the number of websites and applications; and

(ii) the extent to which such websites and mobile applications meet the accessibility requirement.

(5) In this regulation, the “monitoring methodology” means a methodology established in implementing acts by the European Commission for monitoring the conformity of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies with the accessibility requirement.