CONDITIONS GOVERNING ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS SITE

SCOPE: By making any use of the site, you thereby accept and agree to be bound by these conditions. If you do not agree to these conditions, you must not use the site. These conditions apply to all use of the site including your use of sections of the site which are subject to additional specific conditions. Your use of any section of the site which is subject to specific conditions is subject to your prior acceptance of those specific conditions.

DEFINITIONS: "Providers" means the University of Exeter (Camborne School of Mines) and any of its officers, employees, agents or contractors that may be authorised by it to provide site design or content to the site; "the site" means all or any part of this website and its content; "you" (and the possessive "your") means any person who uses the site.

WARRANTIES / ACCURACY OF DATA: The Providers provide information on an 'as is' basis. All express or implied conditions or warranties of any kind (including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, freedom from contamination by computer viruses and non-infringement of proprietary rights) are excluded. Although information has been produced and processed from sources believed to be reliable, no express or implied warranty is made regarding the accuracy, currency, suitability, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of any information. This disclaimer applies to both isolated and aggregate uses of the information. If you find any errors or omissions, you are invited to report them to the Providers.

LIABILITY ARISING FROM USE OF THIS SITE: Your use of the site is entirely at your own risk. In no event will the Providers be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, direct, indirect, punitive, special, consequential damages, lost profits, lost data or business interruption) arising out of the use, inability to use, or the results of use of the site or information therein, or arising from your purchase or inability to purchase any goods or services promoted on the site, whether based on contract, tort, statute, common law, equity or any other legal theory and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages. Without limitation, this exclusion of liability applies to any damages or injury, including but not limited to those caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to, alteration of, or use of any material. If circumstances arise where you are entitled to claim damages from the Providers notwithstanding the provisions of these conditions, the Providers' liability to you for the aggregate of such claims (regardless of the basis on which you are entitled to claim) is limited to the provision of the information, products or services again or payment of the cost of providing the information, products or services again.

INDEMNIFICATION: You must indemnify the Providers and the hosts, operators, developers of and contributors to the site and keep them indemnified against all claims, liabilities, expenses (including legal fees on a solicitor-client basis) or losses that may be made against or sustained by any of them arising from your breach of these conditions or otherwise howsoever from or in connection with your use of the site.

THIRD PARTY MATERIAL: The site may include content or references supplied by users or other third parties ("third party material"). The Providers do not monitor and accept no liability for third party material. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information contained in third party material, is the responsibility of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) of that third party material. The Providers make no representation and give no endorsement of the accuracy, adequacy, currency, suitability, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of the content of any third party material or the identity, knowledge or qualifications of any provider of third party material. Your access to and reliance on third party material is entirely at your own risk. References in third party material to any specific product(s), process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its sponsorship, endorsement or recommendation by the Providers, and such references shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES: Any links to third party websites from the site are provided solely as a convenience to you. The Providers make no representation as to the intellectual property rights of any material available on the linked third party websites and accept no responsibility for any broken or redirected links. The presence of such links should not be taken to imply any type of association, sponsorship, endorsement, monitoring, approval of, or responsibility for, the linked third party website or its content. The Providers do not review or monitor any linked third party website(s) and neither the Providers nor the contributors to this website are responsible for the contents, accuracy, adequacy, currency, suitability, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of any material on any third party website. Your access to and reliance on any third party website is entirely at your own risk and it is your responsibility to evaluate the content and usefulness of information obtained from such sites.

INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT: You acknowledge that neither the Providers nor the hosts, operators or developers of this website are liable for defamatory, offensive, illegal or inappropriate content available at the site or accessed from the site and that the risk of injury from such content rests entirely with you. You must not e-mail, post or submit in any form any defamatory, offensive, illegal or inappropriate material or any material containing a virus, worm, Trojan horse or other code that manifests contaminating or destructive properties.

VIRUSES: The Providers cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that any files available for downloading through this site will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that manifests contaminating or destructive properties. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for virus detection, accuracy of data input and for maintaining an appropriate means for the reconstruction of any lost data.

SECURITY AND AVAILABILITY: The Providers are unable to warrant that this site will be free from risks within computer systems and networks that may result in the interception, corruption, alteration, non-delivery, incorrect delivery or loss of information transmitted over the internet or that your use of the site will be uninterrupted or error free.

COPYRIGHT AND LIMITED RIGHT TO USE MATERIALS: The Providers (or third parties in the case of third party material) own and retain the copyright and other intellectual property rights in the materials and information found at the site including without limitation web pages, documents, text, designs, graphics, audio and video. Strictly on the condition that you keep all content intact and in the same form as presented on the site, you have the right to download, display and print the materials on this site for personal use in the pursuance of continuous improvement to occupational health and safety in the quarry industry. Except as stated herein, none of the material may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Providers. You must not use the content in any manner or for any purpose which is unlawful or in any manner which violates any right of the Providers or which is prohibited in these conditions. You must not sell or otherwise commercially exploit any information available at the site.

GOVERNING LAW: As the site server resides in the United Kingdom, and the site is controlled by the Providers from the UK, UK law governs these conditions. By accessing this site, you agree that this website agreement is formed in the United Kingdom and that all matters relating to this site shall be governed by the laws of the UK, without regard to the conflicts of laws principals thereof. For greater certainty, you agree and hereby submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the United Kingdom with respect to such matters.

CHANGES: The Providers may revise these conditions at any time by changing this web page. Your continued use of this site after such a revision demonstrates your acceptance of that revision and you are advised to visit this page regularly to ensure your awareness. The Providers may modify the content, nature or accessibility of the site as and when they see fit.

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The information on this website is provided in good faith but with no guarantee or express or implied warranty as to the accuracy, validity, timeliness or completeness of any of the information provided. All users must refer to the original legal or other official sources before relying upon such information. The provider of this website cannot guarantee or warrent that files available for downloading will be free from viruses or other contaminating or destructive material and all files on or linked to this website are used at the users'own risk. Click here and read the Conditions of Use of this website. © J.G.Bennett 2007