Terms and Conditions of Use-Caravan & Motorhome

PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE

 

1. Welcome to the Website

 

1.1 Welcome to the Caravan & Motorhome Website. The Website is owned, operated and maintained by Express Publications Pty Limited ACN 057 807 904 (“Express Publications”) of 2 Stanley Street Silverwater NSW 2128 Australia (ph) 612 9741 3800 (fax) 612 1956 (email) [email protected] and has been created for your information, entertainment and communication with other Members.
1.2 Please note that your access to and use of the Website is subject to your acceptance and compliance with this Agreement. By using and/or continuing to access the Website, you agree to be bound by this Agreement and any amendments to it. If you do not agree to any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any amendments, please stop using the Website immediately.
 

2. About the Agreement

 

2.1 To make this Agreement easier to read, we have defined certain words and phrases and capitalised them throughout this Agreement. Definitions of those words can be found in clause 19.
2.2 Use of some parts or features of the Website may be governed by other terms and conditions. Those terms and conditions will also apply to this Agreement, and will prevail over this Agreement if there is any inconsistency between them.
2.3 We may amend this Agreement at any time without notice. Any amendments to this Agreement will be effective as soon as they are posted to the Website. By using this Website you agree to be bound by any changes to this Agreement.
 

3. Membership of Caravan & Motorhome Website

 

3.1 Membership of the Website is free. We reserve the right to charge a membership fee in the future. If we decide to charge a fee, we will post that information on the Website. Express Publications also has the right to charge an appropriate Administration Fee for the calculating and processing of subscription refunds.
3.2 Membership is only open to individuals over the age of 16. This Website is not available to anyone whose previous membership of the Website has been permanently suspended or terminated by Express Publications.
3.3 Individuals must register in their own right (ie. not on someone else’s behalf).
3.4 We may decide in our sole discretion whether to accept your registration.
3.5 If you register as a member you will receive a password.
3.6 You are entirely responsible for the confidentiality and use of your username and password. Express Publications does not take any responsibility for misuse of membership details. Please notify us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorised use of your username and/or password.
3.7 Your membership account (including any feedback between you and Express Publications, your username and password) is personal to you and may not be sold, assigned or transferred to anyone else. As it is in everyone’s interests to promote authenticity and reliability of membership, if you attempt to sell, assign or transfer any aspect of your account, we may suspend or terminate your membership.
3.8 We will communicate with you through the email address you provide on registration. You should notify us promptly if there is any change in the details you provided on registration.
3.9 By registering as a Member, you agree to be added as a subscriber to our newsletter (at no cost). Our newsletters may include special offers or incentives from our selected partners. Please view our Privacy Policy for what we do with your information. With each email newsletter you will be given the opportunity to opt-out of receiving any future promotional communications.
 

4. Protecting Your Privacy

 

4.1 The Website has a Privacy Policy that applies to all users and is incorporated into this Agreement by reference. You should read the Privacy Policy before using the Website.

 

5. Terminating Your Membership

 

5.1 Either you or Express Publications may terminate your membership at any time without cause by giving notice to the other in writing.
5.2 If:
(1) you breach this Agreement or the terms of any other policy or document incorporated into this Agreement by reference;
(2) you act in any manner which we believe is unlawful, or which we believe may give rise to legal liability for you, our Members or Express Publications;
(3) we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide us; or
(4) other Members frequently leave negative feedback about you,
then we may, in our absolute discretion, immediately and without notice, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate this Agreement and your membership of the Website. If we do this, all of Your Information will be automatically removed from the Website.
5.3 If this Agreement terminates:
(1) you are no longer authorised to access the Website;
(2) all restrictions imposed on you, licences granted by you and all disclaimers, indemnities and limitations of liability set out in this Agreement will survive; and
(3) any rights or remedies which Express Publications may otherwise have under this Agreement or at law will be unaffected.
 

6. Use of the Website

 

6.1 You may not use the Website in any manner or for any purpose that is unlawful, that violates any right of Express Publications or any other person, or that is prohibited by this Agreement. In particular, but without limitation, it is a condition of your use of and/or access to the Website that you do NOT do any of the following:
(1) use the Website for commercial purposes unless you are making a purchase from our Magstore;
(2) use any mechanism, software or other scripts in relation to the Website which could disrupt or interfere with the Website or any servers, software, hardware or equipment connected to or via the Website, including any robot exclusion headers;
(3) restrict or inhibit any other User or Member from using or enjoying the Website;
(4) distribute or transmit any Content of any kind which contains a virus or other harmful component;
(5) distribute, post or upload any pornographic, extremist or racist material or any material which might otherwise be harmful to other Members or Users;
(6) use the Website for the purpose of advertising or promoting political parties or extremist organisations;
(7) violate any Applicable Law relating to your use of the Website; or
(8) use the Website in any manner which we, in our sole opinion, consider inappropriate or inconsistent with the intended purpose of the Website.
6.2 In order to protect other Users, Members and Express Publications from inappropriate use of the Website, you warrant, without limitation, that Your Information:
(1) relates directly to Caravans or Motorhomes, or activities associated with Caravans or Motorhomes or is information provided for purchases from our Magstore;
(2) is owned by you;
(3) does not infringe any third party’s copyright, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
(4) is not false, inaccurate, misleading or fraudulent;
(5) is not obscene, violent, lewd, sexually explicit, defamatory, libellous, threatening or harassing;
(6) does not contain nudity or offensive subject matter or contain a link to an adult website;
(7) does not involve commercial activities or sales, including advertising or pyramid schemes;
(8) does not promote any criminal activity or enterprise, including but not limited to inciting an act of terrorism, buying or making weapons, or violating someone’s privacy;
(9) does not contain or describe pornography and is not otherwise harmful to other Members or Users;
(10) does not violate any Applicable Law; and
(11) will not create liability for Express Publications or cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our internet service providers or other suppliers.
6.3 Express Publications reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action against any Member who breaches clause 6.2, including without limitation, removing the offending Content without notice to the offending Member, terminating their membership, and/or referring a Member to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
6.4 If you believe that a Member has violated this Agreement including without limitation by posting inappropriate or offensive material on this Website, please alert the Website administrators by clicking on the link entitled “Report Abuse”. Express Publications will consider all reported incidents, however it does not guarantee that a request for removal of Content will be accepted.

 

7. Your Information

 

7.1 Express does not accept responsibility for Your Information and does not claim any ownership in the Intellectual Property of Your Information. By posting Content on the Website, you grant to Express Publications a non-exclusive worldwide perpetual royalty-free licence (with a right of sub-licence) to use Your Information, in accordance with, and for the purposes set out in this Agreement and our Privacy Policy.
7.2 You must promptly inform us if you become aware that any of Your Information breaches this Agreement and take whatever steps may be necessary to correct the breach. This clause is not intended to limit our rights under any other provision of this Agreement if such a breach occurs.
7.3 In order to protect your security, we encourage you not to include any personal information that makes you readily identifiable to other Users or Members, for example photos of yourself outside your home, or photos of your car’s licence plate numbers. In addition, you should never share information such as your telephone number or home address with other Members or Users.

7.4 Please refer to our Safety Tips for additional information regarding safety.

 

8. Other Information

 

8.1 We do not check, and do not take responsibility for:
(1) the veracity, accuracy or completeness of information provided by Members on or in connection with the Website (including the identity, age or place of residence of Members); or
(2) the content of information posted on the Website by Members, which other Members may regard as harmful or offensive; or
(3) Content on this Website which we source from Third Party Websites.
8.2 In using the Website, you acknowledge that Members may have registered under false pretences and that there are risks involved in communicating with and disclosing Your Information to other Members.
8.3 We reserve the right to remove Content that we in our sole opinion consider offensive, illegal or may violate the rights of any person, or may harm or threaten the safety of any person.
 

9. Intellectual Property

 

9.1 You acknowledge that the Content in this Website is the subject of Intellectual Property and legal rights (including third party rights). You may not, during or at any time after the expiry or termination of this Agreement, do or permit any act which infringes any of those rights. All Copyright material on this website is owned by either Express Publications Pty Limited or reproduced with the permission of the author.
9.2 Other than as expressly permitted by law or this Agreement, you may not, without the specific prior written consent of Express Publications, do any of the following things, either directly or indirectly:
(1) use, copy, reproduce, translate, reuse, transmit, retransmit, adapt, vary, remove, alter, modify, store, publish, republish, broadcast, link, distribute, frame, post, upload, rewrite, broadcast or store Content;
(2) incorporate Content into any other website or use Content for any commercial purpose;
(3) store Content in a retrieval system by any means, including graphic, electronic or mechanical means, photocopying, recording, taping or storage in an information retrieval system; or
(4) use Content in any manner or for any purpose which is unlawful, which violates any right of Express or which is prohibited by this Agreement.
Requests for copyright clearance can be made in writing through Express Publications Pty Limited at 2 Stanley Street, Silverwater, NSW 2128 Australia.
9.3 Subject to clause 9.2, you must ensure that all copies of material from the Website retain any copyright or other intellectual property notices contained in the original material.
9.4 Some of the copyright in the Content is included on the Website under a licence from third parties. Any permission to use, copy or reproduce that Content (other than in the course of viewing this Website) must be obtained from the copyright owner. It is your responsibility to obtain such authorisation. Unauthorised use including copying, downloading, printing or linking is not permitted unless otherwise expressly stated.
9.5 All names, logos and trademarks (both registered and unregistered) are the property of Express Publications, or the third parties who have contributed to this Website. Nothing contained on this Website should be construed as granting any licence or right to use or distribute any name, logo or trademark displayed on the Website without the prior express written permission of Express Publications, or the third party contributor.
 

10. Indemnity and Limitation of liability

 

10.1 You indemnify Express Publications, its directors, officers, employees, suppliers and agents to the fullest extent permitted by law, from and against all Loss however occurring to you or anyone else arising out of, or in any way connected with, the use of this Website. The cause of the Loss includes but is not limited to:
(1) access or use, or inability to access or use this Website;
(2) reliance on any Content;
(3) the transmission of any computer virus;
(4) Express Publications’ negligence;
(5) a breach of your computer’s security;
(6) any unauthorised access to, modification or alteration of Content;
(7) any material or data sent or received or not sent or received;
(8) any infringement of another’s rights, including Intellectual Property;
(9) any threatening, defamatory, obscene, offensive, harmful, inappropriate, illegal content or conduct of any party;
(10) any Content sent by any third party using and/or included in this Website; and
(11) delays, interruptions, inaccuracies, errors, omissions or cessation of services.
10.2 In relation to Non Excludable Rights, any liability incurred by Express Publications in relation to the use of this Website or the Content is limited as provided under the Trade Practices Act 1974 Cth (section 68A). Liability which cannot be excluded, is limited to the extent possible, at Express Publications’ option, to:
(1) the supply of the goods or services again;
(2) the repair of the goods; or
(3) the payment of the cost of having the goods or services supplied again or repaired.
 

11. Disclaimers

 

11.1 The Website and the Content are provided on an “as is” basis. Express Publications makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the Content of the Website.
11.2 From time to time Express Publications may change the Website to add or remove features or services, without liability to Users or Members.
11.3 To the fullest extent permitted by law, Express Publications disclaims all warranties, express or implied or otherwise, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose relating to your use of the Website, or access to or non-access to the Website. In addition, Express Publications does not warrant that the Website or the server that makes it available, or email sent from Express Publications are free of viruses or other harmful components.
 

12. Links

 

12.1 The Website contains links to Third Party Websites that are not owned, operated or maintained by Express Publications. Express Publications has no control over the content or policies of such Third Party Websites and accepts no responsibility for any Loss arising from your use of a Third Party Website.
12.2 Links to Third Party Websites are for your convenience only and do not constitute endorsement or recommendation by Express Publications of any material found at those sites.
12.3 You visit Third Party Websites entirely at your own risk. We strongly recommend that you carefully read the terms of use and any related policies of each Third Party Website.
 

13. Cookies

 

13.1 During your use of the Website, we may issue to and request from your computer blocks of data known as “cookies”. By using this Website you authorise us to issue such cookies to your computer. You must not alter any cookies sent to your computer from the Website and you must ensure that your computer sends correct and accurate cookies in response to any relevant request from the Website.
 

14. Miscellaneous

 

14.1 If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of law, such invalidity or unenforceability will not affect the remainder of this Agreement which will continue in full force and effect. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
14.2 If you breach any provision of this Agreement, and Express Publications has knowledge of that breach, a failure to pursue legal action or to enforce any remedy against you will not constitute a waiver of our legal rights. Any waiver or legal rights granted under this Agreement will only be effective if it is in writing and signed by Express Publications.
 

15. Governing law and jurisdiction

 

15.1 All matters relating to this Website are governed by and are to be construed according to the laws applicable in the State of New South Wales, Australia. You irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales, Australia.
15.2 Express has the right to commence and prosecute any action or proceeding before any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain injunctive or other relief if Express Publications considers (in its discretion) that the action is necessary or desirable.
 

16. Using the Website from outside Australia

 

16.1 If you access the Website from a country other than Australia and the Content and this Agreement do not satisfy the laws of your country, you are not entitled to use the Website or become a Member.
16.2 If you do use the Website despite infringing clause 16.1, you agree to indemnify Express Publications for any Loss which may be incurred as a consequence.
 

17. Magstore

 

17.1 Magstore is an online service where you can purchase subscriptions of Express Publications magazines or other items offered for sale from time to time by entering your details in the form and clicking on the button that says “click here to order”.
17.2 Magstore is owned and operated by Express Publications an Australian company. Contact details are set out in this Agreement.
17.3 By clicking on the “click here button to order” you are agreeing to the following:
(a) You are accepting an offer to purchase a product for the price advertised at the time of your purchase on Magstore.
(b) You have the intention of being legally bound.
(c) You are over the age of 18 years or have the permission of an adult to do so.
(d) You have read and understood the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(e) Your name, address and email address will be added as a subscriber to our newsletter (at no cost). Our newsletters may include special offers or incentives from our selected partners. Please view our Privacy Policy for what we do with your information. Every email newsletter you will receive will have an opt-out provision allowing you to stop receiving any future promotional communications.
(f) You authorize us, our financial institution and our bill payment systems provider to deal with your credit or debit card in order to process your information for the purposes of payment to us for the purchase of subscriptions and/or products.
17.4 Prices for magazines sold exclusively within Australia are advertised in Australian dollars and are inclusive of delivery costs and GST.
17.5 Prices for magazines sold outside Australia are advertised in Australian dollars and are inclusive of delivery costs.
17.6 Payment is to be made in Australian dollars.
17.7 Express Publications will not be held liable for any loss due to you entering incorrect details on the form including but not limited to an incorrect address provided by you. In the event that you change your address between the time you purchase a subscription or product you must notify Express Publications in writing of your change of address. You can contact the Customer Services Department for more details on 1800 801 647.
17.8 You may cancel your subscription at any time subject to clause 17.10 below by contacting the Customer Services Department on 1800 801 647 and will receive a pro rata refund on the cancelled issues. All cancellations are subject to a $ 20.00 cancellation fee which will be deducted from the amount to be refunded to you. Refund cheques take approximately 3 weeks to process.
17.9 You may cancel your product/s at any time subject to clause 17.10 below.
17.10 Express will not provide a refund for magazines or products returned after cancellation where the packaging has been opened and/or damaged.
17.11 Subscriptions will commence with the next available issue and we use our best endeavours to deliver your first magazine to you within 3 to 4 weeks and your subsequent magazines to you between 1 to 2 weeks of the onsale date and we use our best endeavours to deliver to you other products within 4 to 6 weeks.
17.12 In the event a delivery is delayed we will inform you of this and provide you with the option to either wait giving you an approximate wait time, choose a different product of equivalent value or refund your money.
17.13 Offers on the Magstore form part of these terms and conditions.
17.14 All statutory warranties that relate to our goods apply.
 

18. Publication of third party articles and photographs

 

18.1 Under this section you request Express Publications to publish Your Works on its website and you give your consent to Express Publications to do so.
18.2 Express Publications agrees to publish Your Works on its website subject to this Agreement.
18.3 You acknowledge and agree that there will be no fee charged by you or Express Publications for Your Work being published on the Express Publications website.
18.4You give Express Publications permission to amend your grammar in Your Work including the right to alter, modify, add or delete part of your Work including not identifying you as the author of the Work.
18.5You give Express Publications permission to delete any part of Your Work which is obscene or otherwise deemed by Express Publications to be not politically correct.
18.6You warrant to Express Publications that your Works are original and do not :
(a) infringe any existing copyright or other intellectual property rights of any other third party;
(b) contain any defamatory material as defined by the Defamation Act 2005 (NSW);
(c) include material which is misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive viewers;
(d) obscene or illegal material;
(e) contain content that breaches any law.
18.7 You will provide Express Publications with an indemnity in the event that you breach your warranty set out in this Agreement against all loss, injury or damage ( including legal costs or expenses properly incurred) occasioned to Express Publications in consequence of any breach by you of this warranty.
18.8 Subject to this Agreement you will retain all copyright in Your Works.
18.9 You warrant that you have obtained the necessary consents of third parties to display their trademarks and other intellectual property on our website.
18.10 You warrant that in Your Works you will not provide any links whether legal or illegal links to third party websites.
18.11 You may use our web address to link our website to another website provided that the other website is a legal website. Such link shall not be construed as Express Publications endorsing that other website.
18.12 You acknowledge that you will provide a statement on Your Works as to whether you permit it to be copied or downloaded. In the event that you do not provide such a statement then our website will have a general prohibition to copying, downloading, printing material or linking material to another website.
18.13 This Agreement is governed by the law of NSW and the Commonwealth of Australia and you unconditionally and irrevocably agree to submit to the courts of either jurisdiction.
18.14 By submitting Your Works to Express to republish on its website you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to the conditions above.
 

19. Definitions

 

19.1 In this Agreement:
(1) Agreement means the terms, conditions, notices, disclaimers and offers to purchase contained in this document and elsewhere on the Website;
(2) Applicable Law in relation to any person, action or thing means the following in relation to that person, action or thing:
(a) any law, rule or regulation of any country (or political sub-division of a country);
(b) any obligation under any licence in any country (or political sub-division of a country); (c) any lawful and binding determination, decision or direction of a regulator in any country (or political sub-division of a country);
(3) Content means any information including files, text, material, images, data, sounds, graphics, software, photos, graphics, software downloads, goods, service documents, layouts, applets, CGI interfaces, product photographs, screen designs, descriptions, illustrations, catalogues, advertisements, third party advertisements, publicity material, audio and video material, references to products or services, or specifications contained in, referred to, on this Website, obtained or able to be viewed by accessing any part of this Website (which may be out of date or superseded), whether it be obtained directly or indirectly, in any machine or human readable format;
(4) Express Publications means Express Publications Pty Limited ACN 057 807 904 its subsidiaries, officers, agents, directors, officers, employees and “related bodies corporate” as defined in the Corporations Act 2001;
(5) Intellectual Property means all intellectual property rights as defined by Article 2 of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Convention 1967, in any inventions, designs, trademarks, trade names, circuit layouts, plant varieties, business and domain names, logos and get-up, confidential information, matter, materials or works accessible on or via the Website;
(6) Loss means any direct, special, indirect, incidental or consequential liabilities, damages, claims, losses, costs, expenses, actions, claims, suits, demands, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), statute or otherwise, whether suffered by you, someone else, or claims made against you through the use of this Website. This includes, but is not limited to, loss of business profits, legal costs and defence or settlement costs;
(7) Member means any person who has registered as a member on the Website;
(8) Non Excludable Rights means the rights and remedies conferred by the Trade Practices Act 1974 and similar State and Territory Legislation in Australia in relation to the provision of goods or services on web sites which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified. Where any Act of Parliament implies any term, condition, representation or warranty into the use of this Website or your use of or access to the Website, and that Act prohibits exclusion of that term, condition, representation or warranty, then it will be included in these Non Excludable Rights;
(9) Services means the services provided by Express Publications on the Website;
(10) Third Party Websites means sites and resources located on servers maintained by others over whom Express Publications has no control;
(11) User means any person who visits and browses the Website but has not registered as a Member;
(12) Website means those web pages contained within the domain http://www.candm.com.au and any sub-domains; and
(13) Your Information means any information you provide to us or other Members in the process of registering as a Member, creating a gallery, posting Content onto the Website, posting messages using noticeboards or other communication tools on the Website (including the feedback area) or otherwise in corresponding with us or other Members, and includes:
(a) your personal details;
(b) information provided under clause 3; and
(c) Content posted by you on the Website.
(14) Your Work/s means your article/s and /or photograph/s.

 

Also read the Privacy Policy.