We've talked a lot about the definition of accessibility. This amendment simply has to do with establishing certain guidelines around the accessibility of documents. The way things are now, no such guidelines exist.
The idea here is to set some guidelines for departments using incorporation by reference. The amendment reads as follows:
“accessible, in particular by retaining a copy of it and making it available to the public.”
That would broaden the definition of accessibility, and likely make things clearer for those who pointed out that the definition of what constitutes an accessible document was lacking.
To my mind, if we are going to pass legislation that imposes a requirement—in other words, accessibility—we should at least provide some guidelines defining that requirement.