RE: FN-FORUM: Websites for the disabled

date posted 8th January 2008 11:54


>Nope, they are both governed the same. If the chap who has the web site
offers a service and that service is only >available via the web then it
must be accessible. If he/she offers the service by other means, say
telephone, then the >site does not have to be accessible.

>If the chap who has the physical premises makes his premises accessible
then his site need not be accessible, though I >would argue it would be
cheaper to make the site accessible. However, the point still remains,
provided a disabled >person can access the service via one mechanism then
the service provider has complied with the act. That mechanism does >not
have to be his web site (though it often is).

Ok, So surely then what you are saying must apply in reverse if i understand
your logic correctly. Therefore if the guy has a physical premises and a
website he can choose to ignore the law stating his new build premises must
be accessible purely on the basis that newly constructed website offers the
same products / services.

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