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This is the website of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence which is operated by Griffith University of University Drive, Meadowbrook 4131. References in these terms and conditions to Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence are references to Griffith University, operator of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence. Contact details are: http://www.franchise.edu.au/contact-us.html; phone +61 7 3382 1401.
By accessing, viewing or otherwise using this website, including purchasing franchising products and services through this website or participating in blogs, you acknowledge and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with any of these terms and conditions, do not use this website and do not purchase goods and services through this website.
The content on this website is intended only to provide a summary and general overview of matters of interest to the franchising sector. It is not intended to address the circumstances of any particular individual or entity and is not intended to influence you in making a decision in relation to an investment or financial product. The content on this website is not intended to constitute legal advice or financial advice or a substitute for legal advice or financial advice. Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence is not a financial service provider and does not hold an Australian Financial Services Licence. You should obtain legal and financial advice before making any investment decision.
The information on this website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence does not warrant the completeness, timeliness, suitability or accuracy of any material on this website, nor does it warrant that access to this website will be uninterrupted, timely or secure. Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence ’s total liability to you (including because of our negligence) resulting from your use of this website or its contents is limited in aggregate to $1.
Opinions expressed on this website, and in other publications available from this website are not necessarily the opinions of Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence , but reflect the opinions of the respective authors.
Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence does not represent or warrant that any files or material obtained from or through this website will be free from computer viruses and these files or materials are provided on the basis that you assume all responsibility for any loss, damage or consequences resulting directly or indirectly from use of these files and material. No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed as totally secure and any information which you transmit to Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence is transmitted at your own risk.
From time to time, this website may contain links to web sites operated by third parties or the Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence may invite third parties to contribute material to this website. Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence does not approve, endorse or assume responsibility for the accuracy of this third party material and does not endorse or recommend the services of these third parties. You access and use this third party material at your own risk and on the basis of the exercise of your own judgement.
Third parties providing material or other contributions to this website may have paid for the right to do so or may have been requested to provide materials or contributions because they are sponsors of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence.
Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence reserves the right to change, at any time without notice, any material on the website.
If you post a blog or post comments to blogs, you are legally responsible for the content of those blogs and you must not post material which is inflammatory (commonly referred to as ‘trolling’), xenophobic, racist, abusive, hateful, false, misleading, defamatory, obscene, self-promoting or which constitutes a breach of someone else’s copyright. You grant Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence a perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, world-wide and royalty free licence to exploit the copyright in material you post as Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence sees fit.
Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence owns the copyright and other intellectual property rights in the content of this website (except for some third party materials as agreed between Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence and the relevant third party). You may browse or print these contents for non-commercial, personal or internal business use. You must obtain Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence ’s prior written permission if you would like to use, copy or reproduce any part of this website for any other purpose.
By posting material to the website, you waive any moral rights which you would otherwise have had in relation to that material.
Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence reserves the right to terminate your access to this website at its discretion. Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence also reserves the right to alter these terms and conditions at any time with or without notice to you. The amended terms and conditions will be effective immediately upon them being published by Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence on this website. Your continued use of this website will constitute acceptance of those changes. These terms and conditions were last amended on 7 September 2011.
You must not use this website in any manner or for any purpose which is:
You may not copy, modify, transmit or distribute any material from this website and you acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading material from this website.
You must not use this website to purchase goods and services unless you are over eighteen years of age and otherwise legally capable of entering into contracts.
You may purchase goods and services stated to be available from time to time through this website for the prices specified as applicable from time to time on this website.
Your purchase order must contain your name, email address, credit card details and any other ordering details required by this website. Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence may at its discretion accept or reject your offer to purchase. If Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence does not accept your offer to purchase, neither you nor Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence will have any further liability to the other arising from that offer or the rejection of that offer.
We may refuse to process a transaction for any reason or refuse service to anyone at any time at our sole discretion. We will not be liable to you or any third party by reason of our withdrawing any product from this website whether or not that product has been sold (subject to us refunding any money you have paid to us on account for that withdrawn product); removing or editing any materials or content on the website; refusing to process a transaction or unwinding or suspending any transaction after processing has begun.
Information products sold through this website are intended only to provide a summary and general overview of matters of interest to the franchising sector. They are not intended to address the circumstances of any particular individual or entity and are not intended to influence you in making a decision in relation to an investment or financial product. Information products sold through this website are not intended to constitute legal advice or financial advice or a substitute for legal advice or financial advice. Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence is not a financial service provider and does not hold an Australian Financial Services Licence. You should obtain legal and financial advice before making any investment decision.
The liability of Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence for the consequences of supply of goods and services through this website is limited to, at Asia-Pacific Centre for Franchising Excellence ’s option, the supply of the goods and services again, the repair of the goods or a refund of the amount paid for the goods and services.
These terms and conditions and the supply of franchising products and services through this website are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Queensland Australia and you irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Queensland.
If any provision of these terms and conditions is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of law, such invalidity or unenforceability will not affect the remainder of the terms and conditions that will continue in full force and effect.