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Accessibility

Our website has a number of accessibility features including:

• using accessibility keys (listed below)
• using a common design throughout
• using printable pages
• cascading style sheets
• ensuring that images used are given appropriate alternative text descriptions (‘ALT texts’)
• avoiding the use of other proprietary publishing formats and other media formats that require third-party plug-ins.

Accessibility keys

The following Accessibility keys are available to assist navigation of the site:

In Mozilla:

• Alt + S - Skip navigation
• Alt + 1 - Home page
• Alt + 2 - What's new
• Alt + 3 - Site map
• Alt + 4 - Search
• Alt + 8 - Disclaimer
• Alt + C - Contact us
• Alt + P - Printable version of page
• Alt + 0 - Access key details (this page)

In Internet Explorer:

• Alt + S + enter - Skip navigation
• Alt + 1 + enter - Home page
• Alt + 2 + enter - What's new
• Alt + 3 + enter - Site map
• Alt + 4 + enter - Search
• Alt + 8 + enter - Disclaimer
• Alt + C + enter - Contact us
• Alt + P + enter - Printable version of page
• Alt + 0 + enter - Access key details (this page)

Please note that not all keys will be available from the "printable" pages.

Adjusting the text size.

The size of the text within this site can be increased or decreased as required:

In Mozilla:

• Increase text size = Ctrl + +
• Decrease text size = Ctrl + -

In Internet Explorer:

• Select 'text size' from the View menu and then choose the text size you require.

We welcome your suggestions and comments:

If you have any accessibility or technical problems when using this site, please email the detail to us or complete our feedback form.