Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to mhtscotland.gov.uk

This website is run by Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.

For example, that means you should be able to:

• use your web browser to change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• zoom in up to 300% without loss of information
• navigate the website using just a keyboard
• navigate the website using speech recognition software
• listen to the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
• access the website using a mobile or tablet

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know that some parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:

• most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

Feedback and contact information

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: communications@scotcourts.gov.uk with details of the problem you have encountered.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Some document formats such as PDF, Microsoft Word and Excel may not be fully accessible. We plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

This fails WCAG success criteria:

• 1.1.1 Non-text content
• 1.3.1 Info and relationships
• 1.3.2 Meaningful sequence
• 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum)
• 2.4.6 Headings and labels

Structure and metadata

Some pages have missing or incorrect structural and metadata elements which may affect how assistive technologies interpret and present content.

• Some lists are not structured correctly, with non-permitted elements (such as <hr>) included within list containers, which may affect how content relationships are conveyed (Info and relationships 1.3.1)

Disproportionate burden

We are not claiming that any of our accessibility issues are disproportionate to fix.

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and office file formats

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they are not essential to providing our services.

Where documents are updated and new PDF documents published, they will meet accessibility standards.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

Recent audits have identified a significant number of PDFs that do not meet accessibility guidelines.

As part of our work to improve the accessibility of this website, we are reviewing our policy on PDFs and other methods of delivering information with a view to making them as accessible as possible.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 03 June 2026. It was last reviewed on 03 June 2026.

This website was last tested on 03 June 2026 by Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.

Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service ran automated tests across the site, to detect compliance with WCAG 2.2 (AA). The automated tests were completed using the latest version of Axe. This was followed by a manual accessibility review of a representative sample of pages and content types

We are currently implementing changes based on this test and will update this page with new information about the improvements we make.