Discussion Forums - Terms of Use

By registering for and participating in the discussion forums, you agree to these terms and conditions that apply to your use of the discussion forums. These terms and conditions of use apply to the "My Forum" and "Hot Topics" discussion forums on the Rural Law Online website, and to any similar features that may be implemented in this website from time to time, including (but not limited to) any bulletin boards or chat rooms. All of these features are comprised in the term "discussion forums" in these terms and conditions.These terms of use and the other notices on this site (general Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and Disclaimer) may change from time to time. These changes are at the sole discretion of the manager of the Rural Law Online website. You should review all of these terms of use and other notices regularly in order to apprise yourself of any such changes.

You acknowledge that the views of persons posting queries, comments and statements to the discussion forums are not necessarily the views of Rural Law Online, and are not necessarily endorsed by Rural Law Online. The discussion forums are intended to be a medium for the exchange of information between, and points of view of, many people, and these are the points of view and statements, opinions or questions of those individuals and not of Rural Law Online. Divergent points of view can provide for vigorous and refreshing debate within online forums, and while you will not always agree with another user's opinion, it is courteous to remember that each user is entitled to his or her own viewpoint.

In your use of the discussion forums, you should be courteous to persons whom you may be interacting with and to anyone who is the subject of your posting. You must not use the discussion forums to engage in any illegal activity, any civil wrong or tort or any other activity that may cause loss or damage to another person. The general terms and conditions of using this website apply to your use of the discussion forums, and they advise that you will be responsible for the loss or damage caused to any person by use of this website (including the discussion forums) and which is in contravention of any of the terms and conditions that govern use of this website and the discussion forums. You agree to indemnify Rural Law Online in relation to any loss or damage incurred by Rural Law Online and any liability to a third party that accrues to Rural Law Online as a result of your use of this website and the discussion forums in contravention of these terms and conditions.

Without limiting the activities which may be prohibited by these conditions by virtue of them constituting offences against the criminal or civil law, you must not post any material to this website that:

comprises a false or misleading statement or representation;
constitutes misleading or deceptive conduct;
is defamatory in any jurisdiction;
is a breach of copyright or other intellectual property right;
contravenes a suppression order or a statutory provision or notice of similar effect;
constitutes a contempt of court or Parliament, including but not limited to publication in relation to a matter that is sub judice;
constitutes a breach of confidence or contract;
exhorts or counsels any person to commit an offence against the criminal or civil law;
constitutes a breach of public order;
contravenes publications classifications laws;
contravenes discrimination or antivilification laws; or
contravenes laws governing and restricting political advertising.

In addition, you must not use the discussion forums for commercial purposes.

You may post to discussion forums only under your own username and you must not utilize those forums in a manner by which you purport to be someone else.

At all times, you should maintain an awareness that a range of people from many different backgrounds, of very different ages, and with differing levels of familiarity with legal matters and with the computing environment will be reading and posting to these discussion forums.

The Rural Law Online website reserves the right to remove any postings to the discussion forums that contravene any of the limitations referred to above, which contain expletives or foul language, which are considered to be discourteous or which otherwise the managers of the Rural Law Online website in their sole discretion consider to be inappropriate for inclusion in the forums, and this may be done without any prior notice to the person who has contributed that posting.

The Rural law Online website reserves the right to suspend or cancel the registration of any user who contravenes any of the terms and conditions that apply to use of this website and the discussion forums.