The Commission is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities and we aim to improve the user experience for all users of our website. In designing our website, we have applied the NZ Government Web Standards.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 define requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.
WCAG 2.2 defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA and Level AAA.
Our goal for our website is WCAG 2.2 Level AA conformance.
The Commission undertook an accessibility audit in mid-2026 to assess the site against this standard and identify opportunities for improvement. Following the audit, we made several small changes to improve accessibility, including better support for assistive technologies and improvements to the user interface.
Technical specifications
Accessibility of the Law Commission's website relies on:
- HTML
- WAI-ARIA
- CSS
- JavaScript.
Assessment approach
The accessibility of our website has been assessed with:
- https://wave.webaim.org/
- https://accessibilityinsights.io/docs/web/overview/
- Google Lighthouse.