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WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

 

Owner and Operation

  • This website is owned and operated by L&H Group (ABN 19 730 781 473), a limited partnership (L&H), under the domain names www.lh.com.au (and www.ebranch.com.au) (Websites). L&H currently carries on business under trading names including L&H, Lawrence & Hanson, Auslec, Pacific Datacom, Specialised Lighting Solutions, L&H Solar+Solutions. These Terms of Use also apply to all businesses trading under these names as well as to our other divisions or subsidiaries in Australia (as stated) from time to time, and such entities are also referred to as “L&H under these Terms of Use.

Acceptance and Modification

  • Your access to and use of these Websites is conditional upon your acceptance of, and compliance with these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. By browsing or accessing or using the services on the Websites, you agree to these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy, as well as any other conditions as stated. If, after having read the same you do not accept them, you should log out from this Website and should not proceed with the relevant service.
  • In addition to these Terms of Use, other conditions may apply to your use of this Website, or to products and services offered/advertised via this Website, as provided to you on specific pages on the Websites and/or via other means. Where applicable and as required, you will be bound by these additional terms. For example, in the event that you open an account, apply or obtain credit from L&H or purchase from L&H, you also accept and agree to the Conditions of Sale and Conditions of Credit and Guarantees. In the event of a conflict between these Terms of Use and any Conditions of Sale or Conditions of Credit and Guarantees, the Conditions of Sale and/or Conditions of Credit and Guarantees will prevail.
  • L&H may make changes to and/or remove any material on the Websites and terminate or modify the Websites at any time without notice. L&H may also vary the Terms of Use and other terms on the Websites from time to time and any varied Terms of Use or other terms will be made available on the Websites. By your use of the Websites after any variation, you are taken to have accepted the new Terms of Use and any other updated material and terms.
  • By accessing and/or using the Websites, you affirm that you are either 18 years of age or older, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent. You also affirm that you are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth herein, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Use. If you are a representative of a business or a corporate entity, you warrant that you have the full authority for all actions and services you undertake on behalf of that business or corporate entities via the Websites.

Warranties and Limit of Liability

  • The information contained within the Websites is of a general nature and is provided for general information only and not a substitute for professional advice. It is not intended as specific financial, taxation or credit advice specific to you and should not be taken as such. You should (and L&H recommends that you) obtain independent legal, financial and other advice specific to your situation before making any account or credit application, purchase or decision based on the information contained on the Websites.
  • You use the Websites at your own risk. Although L&H makes a reasonable effort to ensure the content on the Websites is accurate, complete and current, L&H makes no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or currency of the content on the Websites. The content of the Websites may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors.
  • L&H does not guarantee that the Websites will be free from viruses, or that access to the Websites will function as intended or be uninterrupted. As electronic services are subject to interruption or breakdown, access to the Websites is offered on an “as available” basis only. To the full extent permitted by law, L&H assumes no responsibility for any technical malfunction, error, omission, interruption, deletion, delay in operation or transmission, communication line failure, virus, bug, tampering, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to the Websites, or any injury or damage to any person’s computer related to the use of the Websites, or the uploading of material or downloading of any software/material (where permitted) from the Websites.
  • All terms implied by law, except those that cannot be lawfully excluded, are excluded.
  • To the full extent permitted by law: (a) L&H makes no representations about the suitability or accuracy of the content or services of the Websites for any purpose; (b) all content and services are provided “as is” without any warranty of any kind; (c) L&H excludes all terms, conditions, warranties or representations whether express or implied; and (d) L&H (including its related bodies corporate, directors, employees, agents and contractors) exclude all liability howsoever arising (including but not limited to from negligence) for any loss or damage (including but not limited to loss of opportunity or profit), whether direct, indirect, special or consequential, arising in connection with any goods or services advertised or supplied by L&H and/or installation of such goods or services, access, display, copying or use of the Websites, reliance on any information on the Websites and/or or otherwise in connection with these Terms of Use or the services offered via the Website.
  • Nothing in these Terms of Use limits, excludes or modifies the statutory consumer guarantees as provided under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 or any other implied warranties under the ASIC Act or similar laws in Australia, except where L&H is legally permitted to do so. If it is legally permitted to do so, where L&H is liable, then L&H limits its liability to the following: (1) in the case of goods, one or more of the following at L&H’s discretion: (a) the replacement of the goods or the supply of the equivalent goods; (b) the repair of the goods; (c) the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods; or (d) the payment of having the goods repaired; and (2) in the case of services: (a) the supplying of the services again; or (b) the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.

Third Party Links

  • In an attempt to provide increased value to our visitors, L&H may link to sites operated by third parties. However, even if the third party is affiliated with L&H, we have no control over these linked sites, all of which have separate privacy and data collection practices and terms of use, independent of our Websites. These linked sites are only for your convenience and therefore you access them at your own risk. Nonetheless, L&H seeks to protect the integrity of our Websites and the links placed upon it to the extent reasonably possible, and we therefore welcome any feedback on not only our own Websites, but for sites that our Websites link to.
  • 13. L&H is not responsible for the operation of, content or any information on linked sites, and will not be liable for or any loss or damage you may incur through your use of these websites. Prior to disclosing your personal details on any linked site, L&H recommend that you peruse their Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, as mentioned above.

Intellectual Property

  • All materials and content on the Websites, including but not limited to any and all copy, logos, trade marks, service marks, designs, products, software, images, sound recordings, video recordings, content downloads, streaming audio, streaming video, and other audio visual materials, are the property of, or used under license by, L&H and are subject to copyright and other intellectual property protection.
  • Information published by L&H via the Websites, or made available to you by L&H otherwise, may be printed or downloaded but only for your personal or informational and non-commercial use, unless stated otherwise. Other than for the purposes of and subject to the conditions prescribed under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) or other applicable laws, the information may not otherwise be reproduced and must not be distributed or transmitted to any other person or used in any way without the written permission of L&H.
  • Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any patent, trademark, copyright (except as expressly provided above), or proprietary rights of L&H or any third party.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use
As a condition of your use of the Websites, you warrant and agree that you will not access or use the Websites:

  • for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use;
  • in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Websites or disrupt or interfere with any other person’s use and enjoyment of the Websites;
  • to spam or knowingly transmit any virus or other disabling feature to or via the Websites or upload material that may breach any laws including intellectual property or privacy rights;
  • to attempt to gain unauthorised access to any restricted sections of the Websites;
  • to obtain or attempt to obtain any material or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Websites, via its normal functionality;
  • to copy or reproduce (other than for your own personal or informational use) any part of any content from the Websites without L&H’s prior written permission; and
  • to distribute, alter, modify, create derivative works, commercially exploit or publicly display any part of any content from the Websites without L&H’s prior written permission.
  • In order to use the Websites, it is your responsibility to procure access to the Internet, to pay any costs associated with that access and to acquire any hardware and/or software and other means necessary to facilitate the services.
  • Harassment in any manner or form on the Websites, including via e-mail, chat, or by use of obscene or abusive language, is strictly forbidden. Impersonation of others, including an L&H or other licensed employee, host, or representative, as well as other members or visitors on the Websites is prohibited. You may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the Websites any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable which may constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or which may otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law. You may not upload commercial content on the Websites or use the Websites to solicit others to join or become members of any other commercial online service or other organization.

Indemnity

  • You indemnify L&H, its related bodies corporate, directors, employees, agents and representatives, from and against all actions, suits, claims, demands, liabilities, costs, expenses, loss and damage (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) incurred or suffered as a direct or indirect consequence of you accessing and/or using the Websites, or any activity related to your account (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the site using your Internet account.

Australian Law

  • The Website and these Terms of Use are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws in force Victoria, Australia. You irrevocably and unconditionally agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria, Australia.
  • If any provision in these Terms of Use is found to be unlawful, void or unenforceable for any reason, then that provision shall be deemed severable from and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

Contact

  • If you have any questions relating to these Terms of Use, please contact us via the following details:
    L&H Central Office, Level 2 / 1 Capel Street Blackburn 3130 Email: digital at lh.com.au Telephone: (03)9697 1546
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