Accessibility statement

We have an ongoing commitment to ensuring that the content on this website is accessible to the widest range of visitors, regardless of disability.

Navigation

All pages contain a link to the home page, search box, about us, legal notices and contact us. The navigation system has been constructed in a consistent fashion to provide clear navigation pathways throughout the site.

Adobe acrobat PDF files

Many of the documents on the website are in HTML or ASCII (plain text) formats. These formats are generally accessible to people who use screen readers. We also have a large number of documents in Adobe Acrobat® Portable Document Format (PDF).

PDF format is used to preserve the content and layout of our hard copy publications. Publications in PDF can only be viewed and printed using the Adobe AcrobatReader®, version 6.0 or higher. You can download and get help using the Acrobat Reader at the Adobe Systems, Inc. site. The downloadable Acrobat Reader software is available at no charge from Adobe.

People using screen-reading devices generally are unable to read documents directly in PDF format, unless they have accessibility plug-in installed on their system along with the Adobe Acrobat Reader. This plug-in is available at no charge from Adobe. Adobe also has online tools that will convert PDF files to HTML on request. To get the plug-in and latest news about Adobe's accessibility tools and services, visit the Access Adobe site.

Adobe Flash Player is the high performance, lightweight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones and devices. The downloadable Adobe Flash Player is available at no charge from Adobe.