Terms of Use

Cake Decorators Assoc. of Vic Inc.

Website Terms and Conditions of Use

1. About the website

(a) Welcome to the Cake Decorators Association of Victoria Inc. (CDAV) (website). The website offers memberships, renewals, workshop and event bookings and services relating to CDAV and its activities. (Services)

(b) The website is operated by Cake Decorators Association of Victoria Inc. (ABN 78 310 539 329). Access to and use of the website, or any of its associated products or services, is provided by CDAV. Please read these terms and conditions (Terms) carefully. By using, browsing and/or reading the website, this signifies that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the Terms. If you do not agree with the terms, you must cease usage of the website, or any of its services immediately.

(C) CDAV reserves the right to review and change any terms by updating this page at its sole discretion. When CDAV updates the terms, it will use reasonable endeavours to provide you with notice of updates to the terms. Any changes to the terms take immediate effect from the date of their publication. Before you continue, we recommend you keep a copy of the terms for your records.

2. Acceptance of the Terms

(a) You accept the Terms by remaining on the Website. You may also accept the Terms by clicking to accept and agree to the Terms where this option is made available to you by the CDAV in the user interface.

3. Access to the services

(a) Access to the services is available to anyone.

(b) As part of your continued use of the services, you may be required to provide personal information about yourself (such as identification or contact details), including:

(i)Email address

(ii) Preferred username

(iii)Name

(iv)Mailing address

(v)Telephone number

(vi) Bank account details

(c) You warrant that any information you give to CDAV in the course of completing any transaction/interaction, will always be accurate, correct and up to date.

(d) After any transaction or interaction on the Website, you agree to be bound by the Terms.

(e) You may not use the services and may not accept the Terms if:

(i)You are not of legal age (18) to form a binding contract with CDAV (refer to the Supreme Court Act 1986 section 49) or:

(ii)You are a person barred from receiving the services under the laws of Australia or other countries including the country in which you are resident or from which you use the Services.

4. Your obligations as a Website user

(a) As a user of the Website you agree to comply with the following:

(i) You will use the services only for purposes that are permitted by:

(a) The Terms; and

(b)Any applicable law, regulation or generally accepted practices or guidelines in the relevant jurisdictions.

(ii)You have the sole responsibility for protecting the confidentiality of your password and/or email address. Where established, use of your password by any other person may result in the immediate cancellation of the services.

(iii)Where an account is created, any use of your registration information by any other person, or third parties, is strictly prohibited. You agree to immediately notify CDAV of any unauthorised use of your password or email address or any breach of security of which you have become aware.

(iv)Access and use of the Website is limited, non-transferable and allows for the sole use of the Website by you for the purposes of CDAV providing the services.

(v) You will not use the Services or Website in connection with any commercial endeavours except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by the management of CDAV.

(vi) You agree that commercial advertisements, affiliate links and other forms of solicitation may be removed from the Website without notice and may result in termination of the Services. Appropriate legal action will be taken by CDAV for any illegal or unauthorised use of the Website.

(vii) You acknowledge and agree that any automated use of the Website or its Services is prohibited.

5. Payment

(a) Where the option is given to you, you may make payment for the Services (Booking/Service fee) by way of:

(i) Electronic funds transfer (EFT) into our nominated bank account

(ii) Credit Card payment (Credit Card)

b ) All payments made in the course of your use of the Services are made using Stripe. In using the Website, the Services or when making any payment in relation to your use of the Services, you warrant that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the Stripe terms and condition which are available on their website.

(c ) You acknowledge and agree that where a request for the payment of the Services/Booking fee is returned or denied for whatever reason, by your financial institution or is unpaid by you for any other reason, then you are liable for any costs, including banking fees and charges, associated with the Service/Booking fee.

(d ) You agree and acknowledge that CDAV can vary the Services fee at any time.

6. Refund Policy

(a) CDAV will only provide you with a refund of the Services/Booking fee in the event they are unable to continue to provide the Services or if the Executive Committee of the CDAV makes a decision, at its absolute discretion, that it is reasonable to do so under the circumstances (Refund).

(b) If a refund is requested by the Website user and the Executive Committee have approved the payment of the refund, the refund amount will be less any fees and charges incurred by CDAV from Stripe or any other associated bank charges to the transaction.

7. Copyright and Intellectual Property

(a) The Website, the Services and all of the related products of the CDAV are subject to copyright. The material on the Website is protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and through international treaties. Unless otherwise indicated, all rights (including copyright) in the Services and compilation of the Website (including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, button icons, video images, audio clips, Website code, scripts, design elements and interactive features) or the Services are owned or controlled for these purposes and are reserved by CDAV or its contributors.

(b) All trademarks, service marks and trade names are owned, registered and/or licensed by CDAV, who grants to you a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty free, revocable licence whilst you are a user to:

(i) Use the Website pursuant to the Terms.

(ii) Copy and store the Website and the material contained on the Website in your device’s cache memory and;

(iii) Print pages from the Website for your own personal and non-commercial use.

Cake Decorators Association of Victoria Inc. retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Website and all related Services.All other rights are expressly reserved by CDAV.

(c ) CDAV retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Website and all related Services.Nothing you do on or in relation to the Website will transfer in any:

(i) Business name, trading name, domain name, trademark industrial design, patent registered design or copyright, or

(ii) A right to use or exploit a business name, trading name, domain name, trademark, or industrial design or

(iii) A thing, system or process that is the subject of a patent, registered design, or copyright (or an adaptation or modification of such a thing, system, or process), to you.

8. Privacy

CDAV takes your privacy seriously and any information provided through your use of the Website and/or Services are subject to the CDAV Privacy Policy, which is available on the Website.

9. General Disclaimer

(a) Nothing in Terms limits or excludes any guarantees, warranties, representation, or conditions implied or imposed by law including the Australian Consumer Law (or any liability under them) which by law may not be limited or excluded.

(b) Subject to this clause, and to the extend permitted by law:

(i) All terms, guarantees, warranties, representations, or condition which are not expressly stated in the Terms are excluded and,

(ii) CDAV will not be liable for any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage (unless such loss or damage is reasonably foreseeable resulting from our failure to meet goodwill arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms, including as a result of not being able to use the Services or the late supply of the Services) whether at common law, under contract tort (including negligence) in equity, pursuant to statute or otherwise.

(c) Use of the Website and the Services is at your own risk. Everything on the Website and the Services is provided to you “as is” and “as available” without warranty or condition of any kind. None of the affiliates, officers, agents, contributors, and licensors of CDAV make any express or implied representation or warranty about the Services or any products or Services (including the products or Services of CDAV) referred to on the Website. This includes (but is not restricted to) loss or damage you might suffer as a result of any of the following:

(i) Failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, failure to correct defects, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus or other harmful component, loss of data, communication line failure, unlawful third-party conduct, or theft, destruction, alteration or unauthorised access to records;

(ii) The accuracy, suitability or currency of any information on the Website, the Services, or any of its Services related products (including third party material and advertisements on the Website);

(iii) Costs incurred as a result of you using the Website, the Services or any of the products of CDAV and

(iv) The Services or operation in respect to links which are provided for your convenience.

10. Limitation of Liability

(a) CDAV’s total liability arising out of or in connection with the Services of these Terms, however arising, including under contract tort (including negligence) in equity, under statute or otherwise, will not exceed the resupply of the Services to you.

(b) You expressly understand and agree that CDAV its affiliates, volunteers, officers, agents, contributors, and licensors shall not be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special consequential or exemplary damages which may be incurred by you, however caused and under any theory of liability. This shall include, but is not limited to, any loss of profit (whether incurred directly or indirectly) any loss of goodwill or business reputation and any other intangible loss.

11. Termination of Contract

(a) The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or CDAV as set out below:

(b) If you want to terminate the Terms, you may do so by:

(i) Not renewing the subscription at the end of the subscription period.

(ii) Providing CDAV with 5 day’s notice of your intention to terminate; and

(iii) Closing your accounts for all of the services which you use, where the CDAV has made this option available to you.

Your notice should be sent, in writing, to the CDAV via the Contact Us link on our Home page.

(i) You do not renew the Subscription at the end of the Subscription period.

(ii) You have breached any provision of the Terms or intend to beach any provision.

(iii) CDAV is required to do so by law.

(d) The provision of the Services to you by CDAV is, in the opinion of CDAV no longer commercially viable.

Subject to local applicable laws, CDAV reserves the right to discontinue or cancel your subscription where applicable at any time and may suspend or deny, at its sole discretion, your access to all or any portion of the Website or the Services without notice if you breach any provision of the Terms or any applicable law or if your conduct impacts CDAV’s name or reputation or violates the rights of those of another party.

12. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify CDAV, its affiliates, volunteers, members, contributors, agents, third party content providers and licensors from and against:

(a) All actions, suits, claims, demands, liabilities, costs, expenses, loss and damage (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis) incurred, suffered and arising out of or in connection with your content.

(b) Any direct or indirect consequences of you accessing, using, or transacting on the Website or attempts to do so; and or

13. Dispute resolution

(a) Compulsory:

If a dispute arises out of or relates to the Terms, either party may not commence any Tribunal or Court proceedings in relation to the dispute, unless the following clauses have been complied with (except where urgent interlocutory relief is sought).

(b) Notice:

A party to the Terms claiming a dispute (Dispute) has arisen under the Terms, must give written notice to the other party detailing the nature of the dispute, the desired outcome and the action required to settle the Dispute.

On receipt of that notice (Notice) by that other party, the parties to the Terms (Parties) must:

(i) Within 28 days of the Notice endeavour in good faith to resolve the Dispute expeditiously by negotiation or such other means upon which they may mutually agree.

(ii) If for any reason whatsoever, 28 days after the date of the Notice, the Dispute has not been resolved, the parties must either agree upon selection of a mediator or request that an appropriate mediator be appointed by the Executive Committee of the Association or their nominee.

(iii) The Parties are equally liable for the fees and reasonable expenses of a mediator and the cost of the venue of the mediation and without limiting the foregoing undertake to pay any amounts requested by the mediator as a pre-condition to the mediation commencing. The Parties must each pay their own costs associated with the mediation.

(iv) The mediation will be held in Melbourne, Australia.

(d) Confidential:

All communications concerning negotiations made by the Parties arising out of and in connection with this dispute resolution clause are confidential and to the extent possible, must be treated as “without prejudice” negotiations for the purpose of applicable laws of evidence.

(e) Termination of Mediation

If 30 days have elapsed after the start of a mediation of the dispute and the dispute has not been resolved, either Party may ask the mediator to terminate the mediation and the mediator must do so.

14. Venue and Jurisdiction

The Services offered by CDAV is intended to be viewed by residents of Australia.In the event of any dispute arising out of or in relation to the Website, you agree that the exclusive venue for resolving any dispute shall be the courts of Victoria, Australia.

15. Governing Law

The terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia.Any dispute, controversy, proceeding or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to the Terms and the rights created hereby shall be governed, interpreted, and construed by, under and pursuant to the laws of Victoria, Australia, without reference to conflict of law principles, notwithstanding mandatory rules.The validity of this governing law clause is not contested. The Terms shall be binding to the benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.

16. Independent Legal Advice

Both parties confirm and declare that the provisions of the Terms are fair and reasonable and both parties having taken the opportunity to obtain independent legal advice and declare the Terms are not against public policy on grounds of inequality or bargaining power or general grounds of restraint of trade.

17. Severance

If any part of these Terms is found to be void or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that part shall be severed, and the rest of the Terms shall remain in force.