Terms and Conditions

The Handy Guide Online Portal Website Terms and Conditions

Your use of this website is subject to and constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions. These terms of service contain important information, including warranty disclaimers and limitations of liability.

1. Terms and Conditions

   1. Welcome to the Handy Guide Online Portal (the Handy Guide Website). The Handy Guide Website is operated by the Lady Musgrave Trust ABN 83 010 612 272 and its Related Entities (as that term is defined in Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)) (the Lady Musgrave Trust, we, our or us).

   2. These Terms and Conditions apply to you as a visitor to the Handy Guide Website.

   3. The Terms and Conditions govern your use of the Handy Guide Website, and the supply to any of our services to you through use of the Handy Guide Website.

   4. We strongly recommend that you read all of the terms in the Terms and Conditions.

2. Information of a general nature and no warranties provided

   1. The material on this website is for general information purposes only. The material should not be regarded as advice, including legal or medical advice.

   2. Subject to the consumer guarantees provided for in consumer protection legislation (including the Australian Consumer Law), the Lady Musgrave Trust does not give any express or implied warranties and makes no representations in relation to this website including availability of the website, quality, completeness, accuracy, suitability, acceptability or fitness for purpose in relation to the website, the content, all links to or from the website and the goods and services advertised or accessible on the website.

   3. In particular, while reasonable care is taken in its preparation, the Lady Musgrave Trust does not guarantee or warrant the accuracy, reliability, completeness or currency of the information on this website, or its usefulness in achieving any purpose.

   4. Information on this website should not be used without validating that information from appropriate sources and obtaining professional advice where it is prudent to do so. You should make and rely upon your own assessments and enquiries to verify the accuracy of the information provided.

   5. Subject to the consumer guarantees provided for in consumer protection legislation (including the Australian Consumer Law), the Lady Musgrave Trust does not warrant that this website itself is free from any computer viruses or other defects that your access to this website will be continuous or uninterrupted.

3. Information and Service Directory

   1. The Lady Musgrave Trust provides an “Information and Service Directory” (Directory) on the Handy Guide Website accessible here www.thehandyguide.com.au.

   2. The Directory is provided for information purposes only and is an indicator as to which services might be suitable for you. The information provided from the Directory should not be relied upon as advice and is provided as a general information service only. It is not intended as a substitute for advice from a lawyer, counsellor or healthcare professional and does not take into account your individual circumstances.

4. Limitation of Liability

   1. Subject to the consumer guarantees provided for in consumer protection legislation (including the Australian Consumer Law), the Lady Musgrave Trust excludes all liability for any loss, damage, claim, cost or expense whatsoever arising out of or in connection with these terms, this website, the content, all links to or from this website and the goods and services advertised or accessible on this website.

5. Links

   1. This website may contain links to other websites. The Lady Musgrave Trust provides those links as a ready reference for searching for third party goods and services on the internet and not as an endorsement of those websites, their operators, the goods, services or content that they describe.

   2. Websites which are linked to this website are not covered by these terms of service and may have their own terms and conditions and privacy policy. If you choose to access these linked sites, you do so at your own risk. The Lady Musgrave Trust is not responsible for and will not be liable in respect of the content or operation of those websites or any of the goods, services or content that they describe. The Lady Musgrave Trust is not responsible for and will not be liable in respect of any incorrect link to an external website.

6. Access and communication

   1. The Lady Musgrave Trust does not warrant that you will have continuous access to this website. In the event that the website is unavailable to you due to computer downtime attributable to malfunctions, upgrades, preventative or remedial maintenance activities or interruption in telecommunications supply, the Lady Musgrave Trust will not be liable.

   2. The Lady Musgrave Trust does not and cannot guarantee the delivery of communications over the internet as communications rely on third party services. Any form of electronic communication (including e-mail) is vulnerable to interception by third parties, and as such the Lady Musgrave Trust does not guarantee the security or confidentiality of these communications or the security of this website.

   3. The Lady Musgrave Trust does not provide, and has no control over network or services, communication, the internet or any other technology used or required to access this website. The Lady Musgrave Trust accepts no responsibility for any direct or indirect loss in any form associated with them, whether due to congestion, technical malfunction, viruses or otherwise.

7. Privacy

   1. In some instances when you are using the Handy Guide Website, such as filling out a request to add or update your listing as a service provider, you will have provided personal information to the Lady Musgrave Trust.

   2. We maintain a Privacy Policy that sets out how we handle your personal information. You should read our Privacy Policy at www.thehandyguide.com.au.

   3. Our Privacy Policy is a non-contractual document prescribed by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). It does not impose any contractual obligations on us, and we disclaim any such contractual obligations.

8. Intellectual Property

   1. All intellectual property rights in the Handy Guide Website, the Lady Musgrave Trust’s goods and services and all components of them are owned by the Lady Musgrave Trust.

   2. You must not copy, modify or transmit any part of this website without the Lady Musgrave Trust’s written consent.

   3. This website contains trade marks, logos, service names, trade names of the Lady Musgrave Trust or third parties which may be registered or otherwise protected by law. You are not permitted to use any trade marks, logos, service names or trade marks appearing on this website without our consent.

9. Website licence

   1. The Lady Musgrave Trust grants you a non-exclusive and non-transferrable licence to use the information on this website for your own personal use subject to the restrictions specified in clause 8. You may not download (other than page caching) or modify the Handy Guide Website or any portion of this website.

10. Prohibited Uses
    1. In using the Handy Guide Website you must not:

       1. Engage in any commercial activity including marketing, advertising or commercial promotion of goods or services, data mine or use robots or other data collection methods;

       2. Impersonate or falsely claim to represent a person or organisation;

       3. Defame, abuse, stalk, harass, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others, including without limitation, rights relating to privacy and publicity;

       4. Post, link to, or otherwise communicate or distribute any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful material or information, or otherwise use this website in a manner which in unlawful or would infringe the rights of another person including any intellectual property rights; or

       5. Post, link to, or otherwise distribute any information, material or item which contains a virus, trojan horse, worm or other harmful or disruptive component.

11. Termination

    1. The Lady Musgrave Trust may at any time immediately terminate your access (including restricting access) to the Handy Guide Website or any feature of this website for any reason (including due to your breach or alleged breach of these terms of service) in its sole discretion and without prior notice. Any limitations of our liability will survive such termination.

12. Jurisdiction and law

    1. These terms of service are governed by and must be construed in accordance with the laws of the Queensland, Australia.

    2. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that State and the Commonwealth of Australia in respect of all matters arising out of or relating to these terms of service, their performance and subject matter.

13. Severability

    1. Each provision of these terms of service is severable from the others and severance of a provision will not affect any other provision.

14. Changes to the Handy Guide Website

    1. This website is subject to change at any time without notice and may contain errors.

    2. The Lady Musgrave Trust may from time-to-time review and update these terms of service to take account of new laws, regulations, products or technology. Your use of the Handy Guide Website will be governed by the most recent terms of service posted on this website.

    3. By continuing to use the Handy Guide Website, you agree to be bound by the most recent terms of service posted on this website. It is your responsibility to check this website regularly for updated versions of these terms of service.