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Accuracy of information and disclaimer of warranties

All material on Rural Law Online is provided in good faith. It is derived from sources believed to be accurate and current as at the date of publication. Your use of Rural Law Online is at your sole risk. Access to Rural Law Online is provided on an 'as available' basis. Neither Rural Law Online nor the Victoria Law Foundation nor its directors or employees make any representation or warranty that (i) any material on Rural Law Online will be reliable, accurate or complete (nor do they accept any responsibility arising in any way for errors in, or omissions from that material); or (ii) your access to Rural Law Online will be uninterrupted, timely or secure. Rural Law Online will not be liable for loss resulting from any action or decision by you in reliance on the information on Rural Law Online, nor any interruption, delay in operation or transmission, virus, communications failure, Internet access difficulties, or malfunction in equipment or software.

The law changes from time to time, and while it is intended that the content of this site should be kept up-to-date via amendments that are implemented on an ad hoc or regular review basis, as appropriate, no representations are made to the effect, nor may any be inferred by you, that this site is completely up-to-date, comprehensive and accurate on any given topic at any particular time. This website is intended as a useful resource and to provide assistance to you in relation to informing yourself in relation to areas of law that may be of interest to you or which may affect your way of life and business and a rural and regional community; however, it is not intended to be a substitute or replacement for obtaining professional legal advice in any particular situation.

General information only - non advisory

The material on Rural Law Online provides general information only. It is not intended as advice and must not be relied upon as such. You should make your own inquiries and take independent advice tailored to your specific circumstances prior to making any decisions.

Copyright

The material provided on Rural Law Online is copyright. It is either owned by Rural Law Online or is used under licence or authorization. You may use this material for your own personal reference only. Except for the temporary copy held in your computer's cache and a single permanent copy for your personal reference, the material may not otherwise be used, copied, reproduced, published, stored in a retrieval system, altered or transmitted in any form or by any means in whole or part (except where such use constitutes fair dealing under the Copyright Act) without the prior written approval of Rural Law Online or the copyright owner where that material is licensed to Rural Law Online. You should be aware that with the changing nature of the law, and given that it is intended to update this website on a regular basis in order to keep it as up-to-date as practicable, information that is copied from this website may in any event cease to be accurate, and reliance upon stored or archived copies of material from this site could therefore be unwise. Copyright subsists also in the source code, whether static or dynamically created, that is used to create or render this website and the prohibitions and limitations on copying and use of material on this website extends to and includes this source code.

You may not use any part of the material on the Rural Law Online site to establish, maintain or provide, or assist in establishing, maintaining or providing your own publications, Internet site or other means of distribution.

Your conduct

As a condition of your use of Rural Law Online, you warrant to Rural Law Online that you will not use Rural Law Online for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms & conditions or any other terms, conditions or notices appearing anywhere on Rural Law Online. You agree to abide by all applicable laws and regulations.

You will be responsible for all costs, losses and damages, whether direct or indirect, pecuniary or physical or of an opportunity cost nature, incurred by Rural Law Online or third parties and which arises from your use of this site or the contents of this site in contravention of these terms and conditions of use.

In particular, you agree not to:

• use Rural Law Online to defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise offend others;
• publish, distribute, e-mail, transmit or disseminate any material which is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, indecent, offensive or inappropriate;
• use any automated scripting tools or software;
• engage in or promote any surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, unsolicited e-mailing or spamming via Rural Law Online;
• impersonate any person or entity;
• upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available using Rural Law Online any material that you do not have a right to make available or which contains viruses, or other computer codes, files or programs designed to interrupt, limit or destroy the functionality of other computer software or hardware or to utilize other computer systems for improper purposes or without authorisation;
• breach any applicable laws or regulations.

Rural Law Online has no obligation to monitor any user's use of Rural Law Online, however Rural Law Online retains the right at all times to monitor, retain and disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
You will indemnify Rural Law Online if Rural Law Online or the Victoria Law Foundation suffer any loss or damage or incur any costs in connection with any breach of these conditions or any other legal obligation by you or your use of or conduct on Rural Law Online.

Third party links
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You expressly agree and understand that in no circumstances will Rural Law Online or the Victoria Law Foundation be liable to you for any indirect, incidental, special and/or consequential losses or damages or loss of profits of whatever nature howsoever arising (including but not limited to any act or omission by Rural Law Online or the Victoria Law Foundation) which result from (i) the use of or access to or any inability to use or access Rural Law Online or any material on Rural Law Online; (ii) unauthorised access to or alterations of your transmissions or data; or (iii) statements or conduct of any third party on Rural Law Online. Excluding liability for negligence the maximum liability of Rural Law Online andthe Victoria Law Foundationis equivalent to the total of any amounts you have paid to Rural Law Onlineor the Victoria LawFoundationin respect of goods or services supplied to you by Rural Law Online or the Victoria Law Foundation through Rural Law Online.

There are additional terms of use that apply if you register to contribute to any of the discussion forums on this website. Regardless of whether you register to contribute to discussion forums, your use of this website constitutes agreement to and acknowledgement of the fact that the views of persons posting queries, comments and statements to the discussion forums or any Frequently Asked Questions ('FAQs') areas of this website are the views of those individuals and not the views of Rural Law Online, nor are they endorsed by Rural Law Online. If you have a complaint about any of the content that may be published in a discussion forum, you should immediately contact us via the Feedback & Enquiries link on this website. You agree that you will not seek to hold legally responsible the managers of the Rural Law Online website for any content that is posted to and published in a discussion forum. See also the Discussion Forums – Terms of Use.

Applicable law
These conditions and all other specific and additional terms which govern your use or membership of and access to Rural Law Online will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Victoria, Australia and, where applicable, laws of the Commonwealth of Australia.

Interpretation
In all terms and conditions of use, copyright, privacy, disclaimer and other notices on this website, the terms "Rural Law Online" and "rurallaw.org.au" will be construed to include the Victoria Law Foundation and its members, officers, employees and agents, and will also be construed to include any manager of the Rural Law Online project and website and any person or entity hosting this website, and any of their members, officers, employees and agents.

See also Discussion Forum - Terms of Use