Terms and conditions of the Berkshire ALC website

These terms and conditions, including the documents referred to within it, informs you of the terms and conditions of this website. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using the website. Your use of this website indicates your acceptance of these terms and conditions and that you agree to abide by them. Should you not agree to the terms and conditions please do not use the website.

Access to the website

We reserve the right to amend or withdraw the service we provide on our website without notice. We will not be liable for our website not being available for any period of time.

Passwords, user identification codes or any other security procedures you may be provided with must be treated as confidential and must not be disclosed to third parties. We retain the right to disable any passwords, user identification or other security procedures either chosen by you or allocated to you by us if you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms and conditions of website use, in our opinion.

It is your responsibility to make all the necessary arrangements for you to have access to our website. It is also your responsibility to ensure that all persons who access our website through your internet connection are also aware of the terms and conditions and that they also comply with the terms and conditions of the website.

No Invitation to financial advice or inducement to engage in investment activity

The website is not intended to represent, invite or induce investment activity in any circumstances which such communication require approval by an authorised person. There is nothing in this website which is intended to amount to or represent an offer of securities or investment to any member of the public. You must always consult your own professional advisor if you require professional advice. Materials used in our website do not constitute any financial or professional advice.

Intellectual property rights

Unless otherwise stated, we or our licensors own the intellectual property rights and all of the material in the website. Subject to the licence below, all these intellectual property rights are reserved and all works are protected by copyright law and other laws and treaties around the world. You must acknowledge our status as the authors of the material on the website as well as that of any identified contributors. No part of the materials on our website must be used for commercial use without obtaining a licence from us.

License to use website

You may download for caching purposes only, view and print pages from the website for your own personal use, subject to restrictions below. You must not reuse, republish (including republication on another website); sell, rent or otherwise sub-license material on the website. You must not modify digital or paper copies of any of the materials you download or print, including illustrations, photographs, audio or video sequences or any graphics from the accompanying text. You must not redistribute material from this website except for content specifically and expressly made available for redistribution. Any breach of these terms of conditions of the website by you, without limitation to any legal rights which are reserved in full, will immediately cease your right to use our website and all copies of materials you have made must be destroyed or returned to us.

Limitations of liability

The material and information on the website is issued free of charge and you must acknowledge that it would be unreasonable to hold us liable in respect of this and the information on the website. Although we endeavour to ensure all information on the website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; and we do not commit to ensuring that the material is kept up-to-date or remain available. Our liability is limited and excluded to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law and to the maximum extent permitted by law we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions (including without limitation, the conditions implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and the use of reasonable care and skill). We will not be liable for any indirect or direct loss or damage arising under these terms and conditions in connection with our website, whether arising in tort, contract, or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing exclusion, we will not be liable for loss of profit, contracts, business, goodwill, data, income, revenue or anticipated savings arising the under terms and conditions or in connection with our website, whether direct or indirect, and whether arising in tort, contract, or otherwise. Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude or limit our liability for fraud or death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Payment

Payment can only be made with the given purchase option. You, the advertiser, are responsible for ensuring that sufficient funds are available through your given payment option in order for the service to continue. Should payment be declined, we cannot be held responsible for any loss resulting from the cancellation of service.

Advertisement listing and content

We reserve the right to remove or edit any material posted on the website we consider to be unsuitable for its intended purpose. Such action may result in suspending or cancelling your account, restricting access to the website or commencing legal proceedings against you. The advertiser will not receive any refund or compensation for this. The material you post on the website, you grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material in any media, together with the right to sub-licence such rights. We do not take any responsibility for price, representation or value of any advertisement posted on these websites. All advertisements are posted by our users and are featured by us in good faith. We do not hold any responsibility for the validity of advertisements.

Link partners and third party advertising

Within our website, you will find links and reference to third-party materials and websites outside of our site. We do not accept any liability in respect of the content of such material or websites. We are not a party to, or responsible to, any transactions concerning services or goods available from such third party websites.

Revision of terms and conditions

The terms and conditions may be revised periodically. You must check these pages regularly to be sure you are familiar with the up-to-date versions. You will not be notified of any changes.

Guarantees

Advertising on the website does not constitute any part of an offer or a contract. Statements in such advertising or representations of fact should not be relied upon. 

Force Majeure

No party shall be liable for failure to perform its obligations where such failure is as a result of Acts of Nature (including fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, storm or other natural disaster), invasion, war, act of foreign enemies, hostilities (regardless of whether war is declared), civil war, rebellion, insurrection, revolution, military or usurped power of confiscation, terrorist activities, nationalization, government sanction, embargo, blockage, labour dispute, strike, lockout or interruption or failure of electricity (or telephone service). No Party is entitled to terminate this Agreement under Clause 14 (Termination) in such circumstances. If a Party asserts Force Majeure as an excuse for failure to perform the Party’s obligation then the nonperforming Party must prove that the Party took reasonable steps to minimize delay or damages caused by foreseeable events, that all non-excused obligations were substantially fulfilled, and that the other Party was timely notified of the likelihood or actual occurrence of an event which would justify such an assertion, so that other prudent precautions could be taken or contemplated.

Agreement

These terms and conditions, together with our privacy disclaimer, and copyright agreement constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website and supersede all previous agreements in respect if your use of the website.

Disclaimer

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by Berkshire Association of Local Councils and whilst we endeavour to keep the information up-to-date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of this website.

Through this website, you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of Berkshire Association of Local Councils we have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.

Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, Berkshire Association of Local Councils takes no responsibility for and will not be liable for the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.