LAST UPDATED November 6, 2024

Welcome to the Blackburn Lake Sanctuary website!

These Terms & Conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of the website located at (including all subdomains of ) ("the Website").

By accessing the Website you accept these Terms & Conditions. Do not continue to use the Website if you do not agree to take all of the Terms & Conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms & Conditions and all Agreements:

"The Client", "you" and "your" refers to you, the person log on the Website and compliant to these Terms & Conditions.

"The Committee", "ourselves", "we", "our" and "us", refers to Blackburn Lake Sanctuary Advisory Committee.

"Party" or "Parties", refers to both the Client and the Committee.

All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner for the express purpose of meeting the Client’s needs in respect of provision of the Committee's stated services, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of Victoria, Australia.

Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalisation and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

Cookies

The Committee employs the use of cookies. By accessing the Website, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with the

Privacy Policy.

Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user’s details for each visit. Cookies are used by the Website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting the Website.

License

Unless otherwise stated, the Committee and/or it's licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on the Website. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from the Website for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You must not republish, sell, rent, sub-license, reproduce, duplicate, copy or redistribute content from the Website.

Parts of the Website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. We do not filter, edit, publish or review comments prior to their presence on the Website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of the Committee, it's agents and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who post their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, the Committee shall not be liable for the comments or for any liability, damages or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the comments on the Website.

We reserve the right to monitor all comments and to remove any comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive or causes breach of these Terms & Conditions.

You warrant and represent that you are entitled to post the comments on the Website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so; the comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark of any third party; the comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy; the comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

You hereby grant the Committee a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorise others to use, reproduce and edit any of your comments in any and all forms, formats or media.

Hyperlinking to our Content

The following organisations may link to the Website without prior written approval: government agencies, search engines, news organisations, online directory distributors (in the same manner as they hyperlink to the websites of other listed businesses) and system wide accredited businesses except soliciting non-profit organisations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups.

These organisations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organisations:

commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources; community sites; associations or other groups representing charities; online directory distributors; internet portals; accounting, law and consulting firms; and educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organisations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavourable to ourselves; (b) the organisation does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of the Committee; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organisations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

If you are one of the organisations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an email to Us. Please include your name, your organisation name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to the Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Allow 2-3 weeks for a response.

Approved organisations may hyperlink to the Website by use of our business name; or by use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or by use of any other description of the Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site.

No use of the Committee's logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

iFrames

Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around any pages of the Website that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of the Website.

Content Liability

We shall not be held responsible for any content that appears on your website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that is rising on your website. No link(s) should appear on any website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to the Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to the Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these Terms & Conditions at any time. By continuously linking to the Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these Terms & Conditions as amended from time to time.

Removal of links from the Website

If you find any link on the Website that is offensive for any reason, please contact and inform us. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly. We do not ensure that the information on the Website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the Website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury; limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this section and elsewhere in these Terms & Conditions: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.

To the extent that the Website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

If you have any queries or complaints about these Terms & Conditions please contact us at:

Blackburn Lake Sanctuary Advisory Committee

Peter Dempsey, Secretary

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 98786829