Terms and Conditions

    1. Welcome to the website of the Queensland Junior Chamber of Commerce trading as the Brisbane Junior Chamber of Commerce (“the BJCC“).

    2. By accessing, browsing or using this website (“Site”), you agree to be bound by these terms, conditions and disclaimers as amended from time to time (“Terms of Use“). Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using this Site.

    3. These Terms of Use are in addition to any other terms and conditions that apply to the sale of goods or provision of services by the BJCC. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, then you must refrain from using thisSite.

    4. The BJCC may amend these Terms of Use from time to time without notice. Any amendment will be effective immediately upon being posted on this Site. Your continued use of this Site after any amendment becomes effective will constitute your agreement to be bound by these Terms of Use, as amended. Please check these terms regularly prior to using our Site to ensure you are aware of any changes.

    1. The BJCC may collect, use, store, record and transmit your personal information entered on this the Site. The BJCC respects the privacy and confidentiality of the information provided by you and adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles. For further details, please refer to the BJCC’s Privacy Policy.Your continued use of the Site and the provision of your personal information constitutes your approval for the BJCC to deal with your personal information.

    1. The BJCC does not warrant, guarantee or make any representation regarding the accuracy, adequacy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of the information available on this Site (“Information”) or that it is suitable for your intended use. The Information is provided by the BJCC in good faith on an “as is” basis without warranty of any kind.

    2. The Information provided is of a general nature only and should not be used as the basis for making any decision, without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information.

    3. The Site may contain historical Information that is not current and is provided for reference purposes only.

    4. The Information does not constitute professional advice.

    5. The BJCC does not warrant or represent that the Information is free from human or mechanical error, technical inaccuracies or other typographical errors or defects. The use of this Site and the Information is at your own risk. You need to make your own enquiries to determine if the information or products are appropriate for your intended use.

    6. The BJCC reserves the right to vary or modify the Information contained on this Site, to change or discontinue any feature or part of this Site, to change the hours of availability and the equipment required to obtain access to this Site, without notice and without liability.

    7. The BJCC makes no warranties, guarantees or representations that the material in this Site will not cause damage or that the material is free from any computer virus or other defects. It is your responsibility to complete a virus check on any Information downloaded.

    8. All warranties, representations and implied terms and any liability which may arise in relation to your access to or use of this Site or the Information is expressly excluded to the extent permitted by law.

    9. The BJCC reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Site at its sole discretion for any reason.

    10. The BJCC will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Site is available continuously, however the BJCC does not guarantee that access to the Site will be continuous or uninterrupted.

    1. It is an essential precondition to you using the Site that you agree and accept that the BJCC is not legally responsible for any loss or damage you might suffer related to your use of the Site, whether from errors or from omissions in our documents or information, any goods or services the BJCC may offer or from any other use of the Site. This includes your use or reliance on any third party content, links, comments or advertisements. Your use of, or reliance on, any information or materials on this Site is entirely at your own risk, for which the BJCC shall not be liable.

    2. The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) and other legislation in Australia may confer rights and remedies on you in relation to our provision of goods and services on the Site which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified (“Non-excludable Rights”). The BJCC does not exclude any Non-excludable Rights but does exclude all other conditions and warranties implied by custom, law or statute to the extent that the BJCC is able to do so.

    3. Except as provided for by the Non-excludable Rights:

      1. All content is provided ‘as is’ and without warranties of any kind, either express or implied;

      2. The BJCC expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose;

      3. The BJCC does not warrant that the functions contained in any content on the Site or your access to the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that any defects will be corrected or that the Site or the server which stores and transmits content to you are free of viruses or any other harmful components;

      4. The BJCC does not warrant or make any representation regarding your access to, or the results of your access to, the Site (including any related or linked websites) or any content on the Site in terms of correctness, accuracy, timeliness, completeness, reliability or otherwise;

      5. Under no circumstances (including but not limited to any act or omission on the BJCC’s part) will the BJCC be liable for any indirect, incidental, special and/or consequential damages or loss of profits whatsoever which result from any use or access of, or any inability to use or access, the Site. You expressly acknowledge and agree that the BJCC may not exert control over users of the Site or other parties or websites referred to on the Site (including but not limited to individuals referred to on the Site as guests and/or experts) and is not liable either for their opinions or their behaviour, including any information and/or advice and any defamatory statements or offensive conduct;

      6. The BJCC is not liable for any loss or damage to the extent that it is caused by you; and

      7. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the BJCC excludes any liability to you that may otherwise arise as a result from your use of the Site.

    4. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this Site meets your specific, personal requirements. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and the BJCC expressly excludes liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

    1. You may from time to time be able, through hypertext or other computer links, to gain access to other websites operated either by the BJCC, its affiliates (“Linked Sites”) or other third parties (“Third Party Linked Sites”).

    2. The Linked Sites may have different terms of use.

    3. Unless otherwise specified, the Third Party Linked Sites are not under the BJCC’s control. The Third Party Linked Sites may have different terms of use. The BJCC is not responsible for the content of any Third Party Linked Sites, or any changes or updates to such sites. The BJCC provides these links for your convenience only. You link to any such Third Party Linked Sites at your own risk. The BJCC is not a party to any transaction between you and a Third Party Linked Site. Unless specified, the BJCC does not sponsor, endorse, adopt, confirm, guarantee or approve of any material or representations made in those Third Party Linked Sites.

    1. The copyright and other intellectual property rights subsisting  in the content of this Site (including, without limitation, the software, design, text and graphics comprised in the Site and the selection and layout of the Site)  is owned by the BJCC and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

    2. You acknowledge and agree that all content, coding, graphics and Information available on this Site is protected by copyright, trade mark or other intellectual property rights and laws.

    3. No part of the Information may be copied, reproduced, modified, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any form or manner without the BJCC’s prior written consent. However, you may download and print these Terms of Use for your personal non-commercial use.

    4. You expressly acknowledge that your use of the Site does not result in you gaining any right, title or interest to the Information or any other aspect of the Site.

    5. Commercial use of the Site and the Information is expressly prohibited.

    6. All trade marks and trade names which appear on this Site are proprietary to the BJCC and/or its affiliates. Use of these trade marks without the owner’s consent will infringe the owner’s intellectual property rights. Nothing in this Site should be interpreted as granting any rights to use or distribute any names, logos or trade marks except with the express written consent of the respective owner.

    1. The BJCC is fully compliant with the Spam Act 2003 (Cth) and the BJCC will not send you promotional material if you do not want it sent to you. The BJCC will not forward your email address to any third parties without your express permission.

    2. Any publication of the BJCC’s email addresses on this Site is to facilitate communications relating to the goods and services supplied by the BJCC. It must not be inferred as consent by the BJCC to receive unsolicited commercial electronic messages.

    1. By accessing and using this Site, you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Queensland, the Federal Court of Australia, and of courts entitled to hear appeals from those Courts. If you access this Site from other jurisdictions, you are additionally responsible for compliance with local laws.

    2. If a provision (or part of it) is held to be unenforceable or invalid, then it must be interpreted as narrowly as necessary to allow it to be enforceable or valid.

    3. If a provision (or part of it) cannot be read down, then the provision (or part of it) must be severed from this Agreement and the remaining provisions (and remaining part of the provision) are valid and enforceable.

    4. A party may exercise its rights at any time and does not waive those even if that party previously waived a breach or default of all or part of the same or other provision or delayed or omitted to exercise its rights.

    5. A waiver is only effective if it is signed by the party granting the waiver and only to the extent set out in the waiver.

Last updated March 2022