This agreement applies as between you, the User of this Website and New Zealand Green Building Council, the owner(s) of this Website. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by Clauses 1, 2, 4 – 11 and 15 – 25 of these Terms and Conditions is deemed to occur upon your first use of the Website. Clauses 3 and 12 – 14 apply only to the sale of Services. If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, you should stop using the Website immediately.
No part of this Website is intended to constitute a contractual offer capable of acceptance. Your order constitutes a contractual offer and Our acceptance of that offer is deemed to occur upon Our sending a confirmation email to you indicating that your order has been accepted.
Access to some services or content may require registration. This will result in you being allocated a username and password that must be used whenever requested. That username and password is personal to you and you agree at all times to maintain the confidentiality of your username and password and not to disclose them to any third party. You agree that you are solely responsible for any use of our website by any person using your username and password. You agree to indemnify the New Zealand Green Building Council (We or Us) against any and all claims arising out of your failure to maintain the confidentiality of your username or password.
You understand that we may for security and technical reasons at any time in our sole discretion and without prior notice to you, prohibit or restrict your access to our website. We will notify you as soon as possible of any restriction to your access rights.
All prices and transactions processed on this website are deemed to be effected in New Zealand and in New Zealand dollars only and, unless otherwise stated, exclude GST.
For on-line orders we accept payment by MasterCard and Visa.
If payment is made using a credit card issued outside New Zealand, any currency conversion will be done according to the terms and conditions of the card. There may be a current conversion fee charged by your card issuer. Credit card payments are processed through Windcave and ANZ Bank.
Numbered tickets or receipts (if different to those automatically generated upon payment) will be sent by email no later than five business days before the event. If posted tickets are required, please contact the NZGBC support team to advise them of this requirement no later than 10 business days before the event.
Refunds will not be given for any of our online courses. If you no longer wish to take the course you have registered for, a substitute delegate may take your place if you haven't started the course yet. For this we will charge a $75 adminstrative fee.
Refunds will not be given in any other circumstance except as required by law.
We do not store credit card information on our website or in our database. Your credit card details have the security offered by Windcave using industry-standard 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology. This prevents information from being intercepted and protects your credit card number when we store your order. Credit card details are sent directly to the bank via Windcave for processing. No actual card data is held or used by us.
We will comply with our Privacy Policy (below) and you accept this policy as governing our use of the personal information we receive about you as an individual.
We either own or otherwise have the right to use the intellectual property rights with respect to the content as well as in relation to our products and services (Intellectual Property). You acknowledge and accept that we are either the owner, or otherwise have the right to use our Intellectual Property and that you will not assert any claim or interest in or to our Intellectual Property, other than in relation to those rights which are expressly provided to you in these website terms and conditions.
You may make any copies of any information reasonably incidental to your viewing of our website and may retain a single permanent copy for your personal reference. The information may not otherwise be used, copied, reproduced, published, altered, transmitted in any form or by any means in whole or in part (except where by law such use cannot be prohibited) without our prior written approval.
We make no warranty, expressed or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the information on this website.
We disclaim (to the maximum extent permitted in law) all liability for any damage or loss resulting from your use of, or reliance on our website or the information provided via the website.
We make no warranty that our website will be free from viruses or any kind of malicious code whatsoever. Reference to any specific commercial product or service does not necessarily constitute or imply our endorsement or recommendation.
We may immediately terminate this agreement without liability if we reasonably believe you are in breach of these terms and conditions or wish to withdraw the website or any part of it.
We may change these terms and conditions at any time. Any revised terms and conditions displayed on our website from time to time will apply to your use of our website, its content and any products or services we offer or supply.
These terms and conditions are governed and construed in accordance with New Zealand law and you accept the exclusive jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts. If a court of competent jurisdiction rules that any part of these terms and conditions are unenforceable for any reason, then such ruling will not affect the remaining provisions of these terms and conditions which will remain in full force and effect at all times.
