accessibility statement

Standards compliance

The graphical version of this site conforms to W3C's "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0", available at here, Level A compliance as specified by the World Wide Web Consortium and endorsed by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). Many Level AA requirements are also met.

All pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and use structured semantic markup.

The CSS also validates.

We strive to obey the spirit of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) of 1995 with respect to the provision of services online, as required by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC).

While we use Bobby to test for accessibility, it is just one aspect of our testing procedure. As a computer programme, the Bobby test is not as reliable as expert evaluation.

Access keys

Access keys provide you with a keyboard shortcut to help navigate through the main areas of our site.

How to use Access Keys in your Browser

Browser	What to do
Internet Explorer 5+ (PC)	Hold down the ALT key, press the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER
Firefox (PC)	Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key
Firefox (Mac)	Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key
Safari (Mac)	Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key
Opera	Hold down the Shift key and press Escape, release both keys, then press the number of the accesskey

The following access keys are available throughout this website:

1 - home page
2 - what's new
0 - access key details

PDF (Portable Document Format) documents

All new documents on our website have been converted to PDF format using Acrobat 5.0. Older documents may not support all of the functions now available with Acrobat, however you may contact us to provide you with a hard copy.

accessibility statement

Standards compliance

Access keys

PDF (Portable Document Format) documents

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