Request a Fine Review | Whitehorse City Council

Your Rates | Whitehorse City Council

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Online Payments | Whitehorse City Council

Pet Registration | Whitehorse City Council

Apply | Whitehorse City Council

Make a Report to Council | Whitehorse City Council

Fines and Infringements | Whitehorse City Council

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

September 2025

August 2025

Whitehorse City Council

	Title / URL	Issues
	Request a Fine Review \| Whitehorse City Councilwww.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/living-working/fines/fine-review	100
	Your Rates \| Whitehorse City Councilwww.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/living-working/rates/your-rates	49
	Pay a Fine \| Whitehorse City Councilwww.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/living-working/fines/pay-fine	39
	Online Payments \| Whitehorse City Councilwww.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/payment	26
	Pet Registration \| Whitehorse City Councilwww.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/living-working/pets/register-pet	20
	Apply \| Whitehorse City Councilwww.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/apply	16
	Make a Report to Council \| Whitehorse City Councilwww.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/report	13
	Fines and Infringements \| Whitehorse City Councilwww.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/living-working/fines	6

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Whitehorse City Council

Where this issue has occurred