Terms and Conditions of Use
By using the Queensland Young Lawyers Association (QYL) Website located at the internet address www.qldyounglawyers.com.au (the Website) in consideration of QYL providing you (the User) with access to the content and facilities provided herein, you agree to the following (Terms and Conditions of Use).
Definitions
Content means the information, documents, graphics, materials and all the works shown on the site;
Materials has the same meaning as Content;
Terms and Conditions of Use means this document;
User means the person who is using website name, in whatever part of the world that they may be;
Website means this website located at www.websitename.com
Website Owner means Queensland Young Lawyers Association Inc.
Restrictions on use
This Website and the information and facilities contained herein must not be used in any unlawful way, or for any illegal purpose, or in any manner that infringes the rights of QYL. In addition, you must not:
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data mine or conduct automated searches on our Website or the content on our Website, whether through the use of additional software or otherwise; |
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incorporate any of the content on our Website or the Content, including advertising or promotional Materials; |
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frame or mirror our Website without our prior written consent; |
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tamper with, hinder the operation of, or make unauthorised modifications to our Website or any Content; |
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knowingly transmit any virus, worm or other disabling feature to or via our Website; |
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defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; |
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advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters from our domain; |
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delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded; |
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use our Website to send commercial, unsolicited or bulk electronic messages to anyone or in any other way which would constitute an infringement of the Spam Act 2003 (Cth); or |
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use QYL's Website or any facilities available on our Website for any activities, or transmit to or via our Website any information or Content which: |
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breach any laws or regulations; |
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breach these Terms and Conditions of Use; |
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infringe a third party's rights (including intellectual property rights, rights of privacy or their trade secrets); |
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are inappropriate, offensive, obscene, threatening, indecent, inflammatory, pornographic, defamatory or confidential; |
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are false or misleading; |
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are discriminatory in breach of State or Commonwealth anti-discrimination legislation; or |
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identify a person or which can be used to identify a person (including any copy, photos or other pictorial representations) unless you have obtained that person's authority; or |
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attempt to do, or permit another person to do, any of the above acts. |
You access website name at your own risk and you are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction (your home country) and these Terms and
Conditions of Use.
Access to our Website outside Australia
We do not represent or warrant that Content on our Website complies with the laws of any country outside of Australia. If you access website name from outside Australia, you do so at your own risk.
Provision of service
We may without notice suspend our Website or disconnect or deny you access to any part of our Website during:
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any technical failure; |
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maintentance period that the QYL decides to utilise; |
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if you do, or allow to be done, anything which in our opinion may have the effect of jeopardising the operation of the Website; |
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QYL may make improvements and or changes to website name or the Content at any time without notice to you. We do not warrant that the site architecture or navigation will not change now or at any time into the future. |
Intellectual property
You may download, print or copy information on website name for your own use. Apart from this, you shall not sell, lease, furnish or otherwise permit or provide access to QYL to any other person and you must not use, reproduce, communicate, publish, or distribute any of the Content on our Website, unless this constitutes a fair dealing for the purposes of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). In particular, you must not reproduce or use any of the information on our Website for commercial gain.
Copyright in Materials on our Website
Unless otherwise indicated, QYL reserves all copyright in the Content and design of our Website. QYL owns all such copyright or uses it under licence or applicable law.
Other than for the purposes of and subject to the conditions prescribed under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (or any other applicable legislation throughout the world), or as otherwise provided for in this copyright notice, no part of any Materials may in any form or by any means (including framing, screen scraping, electronic, mechanical, microcopying, photocopying or recording) be reproduced, adapted, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted without the prior written permission of QYL.
QYL is the owner of several trade marks which appear on our Website. Unauthorised use of these trademarks will infringe our intellectual property rights.
QYL reserves all other rights in Materials and our Website.
Limitation of liability
QYL makes it's Website available for Users to use, however it does not assume a duty of care to Users. QYL makes no warranties or representations regarding the quality, accuracy, completeness, merchantability or fitness for purpose of the Content or the Materials.
QYL does not warrant or represent that our Website or Materials will not cause damage or are free from any computer virus or any other defects or errors.
Where any law implies a warranty into these Terms and Conditions of Use which may not lawfully be excluded, then to the maximum extent permitted by law, our liability for breach of the warranty will at our option be limited to the supply of the product or services again, or the payment of the cost of having them supplied again.
Where liability cannot be excluded, any liability incurred by QYL in relation to the use of our Website or the Content is limited as provided under the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth).
Under no circumstances will QYL be liable for any incidental, special or consequential damages, including damages for loss of business or other profits arising in relation to use or reliance on Content on it's Website.
Links from QYL Website
QYL makes no warranties or representations that Material or content on other websites to which our Website is linked does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person anywhere in the world.
QYL is not authorising infringement of any intellectual property rights contained in material or content on other sites.
Improvements and modifications
QYL welcomes ideas and feedback from Users about all aspects of our website name. You agree that QYL may reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, and publicly display any Materials and other information (including ideas for new or improved products and services) that you submit to any public areas of our Website (such as forums) or by email to QYL.
Miscellaneous provisions
Severance
If any part of these Terms and Conditions of Use are found to be void, unlawful or unenforceable then that part will be deemed to be severable from the balance of the document and the severed part will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and conditions.
Applicable Law
These Website Terms and Conditions and the Materials on QYL's website are governed by the law applicable in the State of Queensland, Australia.
Jurisdiction
QYL and the User irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Queensland, Australia in the event of a dispute over these Terms and Conditions of Use or the Materials contained herein.
Indemnity
By using the QYL Website, you indemnify QYL and its respective officers, employees and agents (the Indemnified) against any claim or proceeding that is made, threatened or commenced, and any liability, loss, damage or expense (including reasonable legal costs on a full indemnity basis) that QYL incurs or suffers as a direct or indirect result of:
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a breach by you of these Terms and Conditions of Use; |
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an actual or alleged breach by you of any law, legislation, regulation, by-law or code of conduct caused by data uploaded or downloaded from our Website; |
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any claims brought by or on behalf of any third party relating to any act or omission by you, including breach of a third parties copyright or trade mark. |
Changes to Terms and Conditions
QYL may change the Terms and Conditions of Use at its discretion by providing notice on our Website. The current version of the Terms and Conditions of Use will be available on our Website at any time.
Waiver
If QYL does not act in relation to a particular breach by you of these Terms and Conditions of Use, this will not be treated as a waiver by QYL of our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches.
Entire agreement
These Terms and Conditions and any warranties implied by law which are not capable of being excluded or modified embody the entire agreement between the parties. Any contact with Customer Service Officers of QYL that includes any negotiations, representations, warranties, arrangements and statements (if any) whether expressed or implied, including any collateral agreement or warranty, with reference to the subject matter or the intentions of either of the parties are merged and otherwise are excluded and cancelled by these Terms and Conditions.
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