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In the event that you do not abide by this Statement of Use, Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of British Columbia, as represented by the Queen’s Printer (the “Queen’s Printer”), may terminate any Agreement, Memorandum of Understanding or License that permits you to access QP LegalEze, a research tool that allows for electronic access to the Data, and may pursue any remedy available at law or in equity.
1. Copyright in any or all information, images, documents and other material made available by the Queen’s Printer through QP LegalEze, including the Statutes and Regulations of British Columbia, Gazette Part II, Supplements, Table of Legislative Changes, Historical Tables, Bulletins, Rules of Court, Bills, and OIC Resumes (the “Data”) belongs exclusively to the Queen’s Printer. Further details about copyright protection over the Data and other government-owned works can be obtained by reference to the federal Copyright Act and the Core Policy Manual, Section 6.3.4(e).
2. You agree that you will not, without the prior written consent of the Queen’s Printer:
a) provide access to QP LegalEze or the Data, or make available the same, to any third party by sale, rental, lease, lending, exchange, donation, commercial distribution or other means;
b) create any good or product, or provide any service that uses, is derived from, modifies or incorporates the Data; or
c) copy the Data in any form, other than for private study or private research, or for use within letters of advice provided by a lawyer, accountant or other professional, as well as reproduction for use in judicial, administrative or parliamentary proceedings.
3. You will not:
a) permit any third-party to use any identification name or number used to access QP LegalEze (a “User ID”) or any alphanumeric sequence that validates a User ID on QP LegalEze (a “Password”);
b) divulge, share or compromise any User IDs or Passwords; c) use or attempt to use the User ID or Password of any other Subscriber;
d) modify or attempt to modify any User ID or Password;
e) test or examine the security related to QP LegalEze;
f) take any action that might reasonably be construed as altering, destroying or rendering ineffective the Data or QP LegalEze;
g) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise copy the Data or QP LegalEze source code; or
h) alter the format or content of a print or display of any Data retrieved from QP LegalEze.
4. You acknowledge and agree that the Data included in QP LegalEze are not the official version of the Data. The official version remains the printed version published by the Queen’s Printer.
5. QP LEGALEZE AND THE DATA ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE QUEEN’S PRINTER DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE DATA OR THAT QP LEGALEZE WILL FUNCTION WITHOUT ERROR, FAILURE OR INTERRUPTION.
6. NO ACTION MAY BE BROUGHT BY ANY PERSON AGAINST THE QUEEN’S PRINTER FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND CAUSED BY ANY REASON OR PURPOSE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, RELIANCE ON THE COMPLETENESS OF THE DATA OR THE FUNCTIONING OF QP LEGALEZE.
7. The Queen’s Printer may at any time, at its sole discretion, amend this Terms of Use Statement and, by publishing the amended terms and conditions on the web page used to enter the User IDs and Passwords, the Queen’s Printer will be deemed to have given you notice of the amended terms and conditions.
8. This Terms of Use Statement and your access to QP LegalEze will be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada.
