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Terms of Use
You and Your means the user of australia.gov.au, any Smart Form or an australia.gov.au Account.
Our, Us and We means the Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Department of Finance and Deregulation.
- australia.gov.au is managed by Us. In entering and using australia.gov.au, You are accepting Our Terms and Conditions on and from the date on which You first use australia.gov.au.
- Your use of australia.gov.au is deemed to be Your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Please read them carefully.
Lawful Purposes
- You agree to use australia.gov.au only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, australia.gov.au by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within australia.gov.au.
- You are prohibited from posting or transmitting via australia.gov.au any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous material, or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, likely to give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any law. We will cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order lawfully requesting or directing Us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials on australia.gov.au.
Disclaimer
- We do not accept any liability should any Loss arise from Your use of the information and services on or provided by or through australia.gov.au. You must exercise Your own judgement with respect to Your use of australia.gov.au and You should carefully evaluate the accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance to You of the material on australia.gov.au.
- Your use of the australia.gov.au website does not:
- affect any obligation owed to You by any Agency; or
- reduce any obligation You owe to any Agency.
- The australia.gov.au website is not a substitute for independent professional advice and You should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to Your particular circumstances.
- We have instituted protections against Harmful Code. However, we cannot guarantee that no Harmful Code will enter australia.gov.au. By accessing australia.gov.au, You will be assuming all risks associated with the use of this website, and any linked websites, including risks to Your computer, software or data damaged by any Harmful Code which might be transmitted, downloaded or activated via australia.gov.au or its contents. We recommend that You use appropriate and up-to-date firewall and anti-virus software to protect Your computer systems.
Linked websites
- We take reasonable care in linking australia.gov.au to other websites but We have no direct control over the content presented in those websites or the availability of those websites. Any information on a linked website is provided "As Is". It is Your responsibility to make decisions about the accuracy, currency, completeness, correctness and reliability of information contained in such websites.
- We make no representation that the material on any linked websites does not infringe the intellectual property rights or any other rights of any person. We do not authorise the reproduction of such material.
- We do not endorse or recommend any links to external websites, or third party content, including products and services offered by, from or through those websites or their content.