Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation, accessibility regard in designing, procuring or acquiring self-service kiosks
O. Reg. 191/11, s. 6 (2) (self-service kiosks)
In force since .
An accessibility requirements rule binding private bodies.
- Instrument type
- a regulation made under an act
As of .
What it requires
- When designing, procuring or acquiring a self-service kiosk (an interactive electronic terminal, including a point-of-sale device, intended for public use that allows users to access one or more services or products or both), have regard to its accessibility for persons with disabilities (s. 6 (2) and (5)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
If you get it wrong
Penalty structure
A director sets the administrative penalty from Schedule 3 for a corporation ($500 to $15,000) or Schedule 2 for an individual or unincorporated organization ($200 to $2,000), by the impact of the contravention and the contravention history (s. 83 (1)). Only where both are major may the director treat that penalty as a daily penalty, so $15,000 a day for a corporation to a maximum of $100,000, and $2,000 a day for an individual or unincorporated organization to a maximum of $50,000.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- Currency
- CAD
- Fixed cap
- 100,000
- Per violation unit
- Day
- Per violation amount
- 15,000
Over one month, CAD 100,000, which is the instrument's own cap: the penalty stops accruing on day 7.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
A director appointed under section 30 of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005
What this law does
Section 6 requires large organizations and small organizations to have regard to the accessibility for persons with disabilities when designing, procuring or acquiring self-service kiosks. A kiosk is an interactive electronic terminal, including a point-of-sale device, intended for public use that allows users to access one or more services or products or both. The Regulation as filed set for large organizations and for small organizations.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app ships a consumer interface.