http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/952/introductionThe Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018enEQUALITYPUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATIONStatute Law Database2025-06-03Expert Participation2025-06-03 These Regulations transpose Directive 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies (OJ No L 327, 2.12.2016, p.1)(“the Directive”). This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2018/852 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.2018 No. 952EqualityPublic Sector InformationThe Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018Made29th August 2018Laid before Parliament31st August 2018Coming into force23rd September 2018

The Minister for the Cabinet Office is designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites and mobile applications.

The Minister for the Cabinet Office makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, as read with paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, the European Communities Act 1972.

These Regulations make provision for a purpose mentioned in section 2(2) of that Act, and it appears to the Minister for the Cabinet Office that it is expedient for certain references to provisions of EU instruments to be construed as references to those provisions as amended from time to time. 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 3(3) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7), and section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51). S.I. 2018/622. Paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and amended by section 3(3) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) and S.I. 2007/1388. Regulations: transfer of functions (3.6.2025) by The Transfer of Functions (Digital Government) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/557), arts. 1(2), 3 (with arts. 5-8)