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(Not a lawyer) Section 20: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/20 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/20 That does not call
by dfawcus 3y ago
(Not a lawyer)
Section 20: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/20 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/section/20
That does not call out in its table any reference to software. I can't see anything in it which would effect a binding to software products. Section 22 refers to regulations being able to define what are "auxiliary aids", so in theory an SI may have done so.
Scanning the whole Act, the closest thing I can spot is Schedule 25: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/schedule/25 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/schedule/25, however even that defines it as “any service normally provided for remuneration, [...]". Note that is for an online Service, not a Good (which software would generally be). I've also not found what references it.
So that may cover a web site, but only if it was a paid for thing (e.g. online newspaper sites accessed via subscription). I wonder if and how it applies to the likes of Amazon, where the site itself is not paid for, but goods available through it are.
So unless someone can find specific references, I see no reason to believe there is such a statutory requirement in existence for software, certainly not for free software.