New Zealand Government Web Standards

23.2 Specifying compliance with web standards and recommendations

New standards released

The New Zealand Web Standards 2.0 were released in March 2009 and replace the previous version, the New Zealand Government Web Standards 1.0 (below).  See Meeting the standards for more information.

Guide to this standard

23.2 RFPs, RFIs and Contracts make compliance with the New Zealand Web Standards a requirement.

Rationale for this standard

To ensure that these standards and recommendations are made aware to any third parties upfront. This will also be of assistance if and when there is subsequent dispute with a delivered product to or on behalf of agencies, where it is believed one or more of the standards or recommendations have been overlooked.