Terms of Use

Effective date: 23rd April 2024

 

1. Website Terms

This website (Website) is owned and operated by PassGP (PassGP, we, us, our). Your use of this Website is subject to:

  • these Terms of Use; and
  • any other terms, conditions, notices or disclaimers displayed on this Website, (together, the Website Terms).

By accessing and using this Website, by purchasing access to any program or course available through this Website (Course) or by accessing any materials, information or content made available on or through the Website, including with any Course (Materials), you are deemed to accept the Website Terms and agree to be bound by them. If you do not accept the Website Terms, you must immediately stop using this Website and must not purchase access to any Course or use any Materials. Other terms may apply to the use of our products and services in addition to the Website Terms, for example, if we supply you with software to access any Course. The terms supplied with those products and services apply in addition to the Website Terms and prevail to the extent of inconsistency (see also section 18). 

As a wholly owned subsidiary of PassGP, PassAMC forms an integral part of the PassGP Group.

Please carefully read these terms and contact us if you have any questions. The Terms & Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement between PassGP and its affiliates, partners, divisions ("we," "us," and "our") and you, personally and, if applicable, on behalf of the entity for which you are using this website (collectively, "you," "your," "yours").

 

2. Amendments to the Website Terms

We may amend the Website Terms from time to time. Amendments will be effective immediately upon the publication of an updated version of the Website Terms on this Website. By continuing to use this Website, you will be deemed to accept the amended Website Terms and agree to be bound by them, except that the terms of your access to any Course or Materials purchased before the Website Terms were amended will remain subject to the Website Terms that applied at the time of your purchase.

 

3. Registration

We may require you to register with us and establish an account (Account) in order to access some parts of the Website, including any Course or Materials (as further discussed at section 4 below). If you register an Account with us: (i) you must provide accurate and complete information when creating or updating or using your Account; and (ii) you must keep your Account credentials and password secure and confidential. You are responsible for any access to the Website which results from the use of your Account login details, even if the access is by another person.

 

4. Access to Course Content

Your access to any Course is subject to you registering an Account and paying us the applicable fee for that Course as detailed on this Website (Course Fee). We will nominate a period of time that you will be able to access the relevant Course and associated Materials in return for payment of the Course Fee (Access Term). On our receipt of the Course Fee, you will be given access to the relevant Course and Materials for the Access Term. The Course Fee is payable in advance. Subject to your rights in respect of any Non-Excludable Term, as that term is described in section 15 below, the Course Fee is only refundable in accordance with our Refund Policy. Your continued access to the Course and Materials is subject to your ongoing compliance with the Website Terms.

If you are not satisfied or unable to use your PassGP subscription for any reason, PassGP has a fully flexible cancellation policy. This is enacted by emailing [email protected], and we will arrange a full refund. Written notice of your cancellation must be received within 7 days of registration of your subscription. After this period, cancellations, transfers, or deferrals will not be accepted. 

This clause does not apply to PassAMC subscriptions, where no refund will be payable in all instances of cancellation. This includes cancellation initiated by PassGP.

 

5. Your Commitment To Us

You:

  • must notify us immediately of any suspected or actual unauthorised use of your Account or any other breach of security;
  • must not use another person’s account;
  • must not share your login credentials to any other person or organisation without the express written consent of PassGP;
  • must keep your Account credentials and password secure and confidential;
  • must not post or transmit to or via the Website any information or material or otherwise use the Website for any activity which: (i) breaches any laws or regulations; (ii) infringes a third party’s rights (including intellectual property rights) or privacy; or (iii) is contrary to any relevant standards or codes, including generally accepted community standards;
  • must not transmit to or via the Website any malicious computer code (including virus, worms and Trojan horses) or any other means of cyber-interference; and
  • must not use the Website in a way which: (i) tampers with, hinders the operation of or makes unauthorised modifications to the Website or any Course or Materials; (ii) inhibits any other user from using the Website or any Course or Materials; (iii) defames, harasses, threatens, menaces or offends any person; or (iv) contains obscene, indecent, inflammatory or pornographic material or material that could give rise to civil or criminal proceedings.

You must also not permit or enable any person to do any of those things. Any breach of these commitments shall be considered a breach of the Terms of Use.

 

6. Personal Use

Unless we agree otherwise explicitly in writing, you are provided with access to the Website, including any Course and Materials, only for your personal use. You are not authorised to print a copy of any Materials contained on the Website. Without limiting the foregoing, you must not without our prior written consent share, sell or otherwise commercialise or deal with any Materials obtained from the Website.

Organisations are strictly prohibited from accessing our Course and Materials. This includes but is not limited to The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, its officers, associates, employees, contractors and other affiliated bodies. A breach of this condition shall be considered as unlawful access to the website and a violation of the Terms of Use.

Violation of this prohibition may result in disciplinary and legal action, including but not limited to any or all of the following:

  • Immediate removal from PassGP and/or PassAMC;
  • Forfeiture of all subscription fees paid as well as any refund due for any unused portion of the subscription;
  • Exclusion from enrolling in any future PassGP and/or PassAMC subscriptions; and
  • Potential civil penalties and criminal prosecution. Wilful infringement of copyrighted works may result in significant fines.
  • Indemnity by the organisation, its officers, associates, employees, contractors and other affiliated bodies to PassGP and its officers for all future legal claims, as set out within the Terms of Use.

 

All PassGP and PassAMC content, including Course materials, digital materials, lectures, recordings, visual and audio aids, and all content received or accessed during your enrolment or Course (collectively, "Content"), is for your personal use only. It must not be shared, resold, auctioned, or transferred to another person in any manner. 

 

7. Your Content

If you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make any material available via this Website (Your Content):

  • you grant us a non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable licence to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, transmit, host and display Your Content for the purposes of: (i) providing you the Website, Course, Materials and associated support; (ii) analysing and improving the operation of the Website and the Courses and Materials we offer; and (iii) developing other products, services or features;
  • you warrant: (i) that you have the right to grant the above licence; (ii) that our exercise of the licence rights above will not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person; and (iii) that Your Content is not defamatory and does not breach any law; and
  • we may monitor or review Your Content, but we are not obliged to do so. We may also alter or remove any of Your Content at any time, including to ensure the operational integrity of this Website.

 

8. Disclaimers

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we do not represent or warrant that the Materials are accurate, reliable, suitable, or complete. In particular:

  • the Materials must only be used for training and education purposes, and must not be used or relied upon to provide any clinical services (including the diagnosis or treatment of a medical condition);
  • the Website and Materials are provided to you on an “as is” basis;
  • the Materials are subject to change at any time without notice. However, we are not obliged to update our or correct any inaccuracy of which we become aware within any timeframe; and
  • although we use reasonable care and skill in providing the Website, we do not promise that the use of the Website will be continuously available, as intended, or virus or fault free.

 

9. Specific Warnings

You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which you employ for accessing and using this Website does not expose you to malicious computer codes (including virus, worms and Trojan horses) or other means of cyber-interference which may damage your computer system. For clarity, we do not accept responsibility for any interference or damage to your computer system which arises in connection with your use of this Website or any Third Party Application or Third Party Content (as defined in section 11 below).

 

10. Intellectual Property

All intellectual property including copyright in this Website (including the Materials and any text, graphics, logos, icons, sound recordings and software) is owned by or licensed to us. Other than for the purposes of, and subject to the conditions prescribed under, the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), and except as expressly authorised by the Website Terms, you must not in any form or by any means:

  • adapt, reproduce, store, distribute, print, display, perform, publish or create derivative works from any part of this Website or from any Materials; or
  • commercialise any information, products or services (including the Materials or any software) accessed or obtained from any part of this Website,

without our prior written consent. Any feedback, comments, or suggestions you may provide regarding the Website, any Course or any Materials is entirely voluntary and we will be free to use such feedback, comments or suggestions as we determine and without any obligation to you. If you use any of our trademarks in reference to our activities, products or services, you must include a statement attributing that trademark to us. You must not use any of our trademarks:

  • except with our prior written consent, which may be given or withheld in our absolute discretion, or as otherwise permitted by law;
  • in or as the whole or part of your own trademarks;
  • in connection with activities, products or services which are not ours;
  • in a manner which may be confusing, misleading or deceptive; or
  • in a manner that disparages us or our information, products or services (including this Website, any Course or Materials).

 

11. Third Party Applications and Third Party Content

This Website may contain links to third party websites or applications (Third Party Application). Third Party Applications are linked for convenience only and we are not responsible for the use, content (including information, products and services) or privacy practices of Third Party Applications. We do not endorse, approve or recommend (whether express or implied) any content, information, products or services of any Third Party Applications. Our Courses and Materials may contain links to third party content (Third Party Content). While we proactively review these links, it is possible for individual links to break in between scheduled reviews. When broken links are identified, commercially reasonable efforts are made to rectify these as quickly as possible. Some links to Third Party Content may require a separate paid subscription to access. We only link to Third Party Content that requires a separate subscription when that resource is considered an authority on the subject or a widely used resource in the industry. If you elect to access or use any Third Party Application or Third Party Content in connection with your use of the Website, Courses or Materials, you consent to Your Content being shared with the relevant third party. Your access and use of any Third Party Applications or Third Party Content is subject to the relevant third party’s terms and conditions. To understand how such third party utilises Your Content and other information, you should familiarise yourself with their terms and conditions and their privacy policy. We are not responsible for any third party content that you download or otherwise obtain through the use of the Website, including through any Third Party Application or Third Party Content or for any damage or loss of data that may result. We do not warrant, guarantee or assume responsibility for any Third Party Application or Third Party Content or any service that provides access to our Website, Courses or Materials. We are not responsible for the manner in which third parties use Your Content or information provided to them.

 

12. Privacy Policy

You agree that we may collect, use, hold and disclose your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy (as amended from time to time) which can be viewed here.

 

13. Suspension or Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of this Website, including any Courses or Materials, at any time, if, in our reasonable opinion, you are in breach of the Terms of Use. If your access to all or any part of this Website is suspended or terminated, all restrictions on you and all disclaimers, exclusions and limitations of liability set out in these Terms of Use will survive such suspension or termination. No refund of subscriptions will be payable in instance of suspension or termination.

 

14. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, and subject to any Non-Excludable Term (as that term is defined in section 15 below):

  • all representations, warranties, conditions, guarantees, indemnities or undertakings that would be implied in, or affect, these Website Terms by legislation, common law, tort, equity, or by course of performance, dealing, trade, custom or usage are excluded;
  • neither we nor any person involved in creating, producing or delivering the Website, Courses or Materials is liable to you for losses (whether direct, indirect or consequential), damages, liabilities, charges, expenses, outgoings or costs (including all legal and other professional costs) of any nature or kind which are incurred by you in connection with your access to, use of or reliance on:
  • the Website, any Course or any Materials; or
  • any Third Party Application or Third Party Content,
  • whether in contract, tort (including negligence), statute or otherwise; and
  • in no event shall we or any person involved in creating, producing or delivering the Website, Courses or Materials be liable for any indirect, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including damages for loss of profits, goodwill, data or other intangible losses that result from the use of, or inability to use, the Website, Courses or any Materials.
  • Any individual person or any organisation, its officers, associates, employees, contractors and other affiliated bodies accessing PassGP in contravention of the Terms of Use will release, assume and bear all liability for and indemnify and keep indemnified and defend each of PassGP, its officers and its associates from and against all Claims, and all Liability suffered or incurred by the Indemnified Persons. This is included but not limited to any claim under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
  • The operation of the Law is excluded in relation to all and any rights, obligations and Liabilities arising out of use of PassGP, its Website and Materials which are in violation of the Terms of Use, whether such rights, obligations or Liabilities are sought to be enforced as a breach of contract or claim in tort (including negligence), in equity, under statute or otherwise at Law. 

 

15.Non-Excludable Terms

Nothing in the Website Terms excludes, restricts or modifies any consumer guarantee, right or remedy conferred on you by the Australian Consumer Law contained in Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) or any other applicable law that cannot be excluded, restricted or modified by agreement (Non-Excludable Term). To the maximum extent permitted by law, our liability for breach of a Non-Excludable Term is limited, at our option, to: (a) in the case of goods, any one or more of the following: (i) the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods; (ii) the repair of the goods; (iii) the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods; or (iv) the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired; or (b) in the case of services: (i) the supplying of the services again; or (ii) the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.

 

16. Unfair Contract Terms

If, but for this section, a term of the Website Terms, would be deemed “unfair” within the meaning of Part 2-3 of the Australian Consumer Law, then:

  • such term will be construed, as nearly as possible, to operate without the parts of that term that deem that provision to be “unfair” and, if that is not possible, such provision will be of no effect; and
  • the balance of the Website Terms will continue unaffected.

 

17. Indemnity

You indemnify us against all:

  • claims, actions, proceedings or investigations of any nature or kind (including the allegation or threat of a claim) (Claims); and
  • losses (whether direct, indirect or consequential), damages, liabilities, charges, expenses, outgoings or costs (including all legal and other professional costs on a full indemnity basis) of any nature or kind (Losses),
  • suffered or incurred by us that are caused by or arise from: (i) your use of the Website or Materials contrary to these Website Terms or our disclaimers or instructions to you; (ii) our use of Your Content as permitted by these Website Terms; or (iii) any claim by a third party that Your Content infringes the intellectual property rights of any person. Your liability under this indemnity is reduced to the extent that any Claims or Losses covered by the indemnity were caused or contributed to by our proven wilful misconduct.
  • Any individual person or any organisation, its officers, associates, employees, contractors and other affiliated bodies accessing PassGP in contravention of the Terms of Use will release, assume and bear all liability for and indemnify and keep indemnified and defend each of PassGP, its officers and its associates from and against all Claims, and all Liability suffered or incurred by the Indemnified Persons. This is included but not limited to any claim under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
  • The operation of the Law is excluded in relation to all and any rights, obligations and Liabilities arising out of use of PassGP, its Website and Materials which are in violation of the Terms of Use, whether such rights, obligations or Liabilities are sought to be enforced as a breach of contract or claim in tort (including negligence), in equity, under statute or otherwise at Law. 

 

18. Inconsistencies

If there is any inconsistency between these Terms of Use and any other terms, conditions, notices or disclaimers displayed on individual pages of this Website (Other Terms), the Terms of Use prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.

 

19. Governing Law

The Website Terms are governed by the laws in force in the State of Western Australia, Australia. In respect of all matters connected to the Website Terms, you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of that jurisdiction.

 

20. Miscellaneous

We accept no liability for any failure to comply with the Website Terms where such failure is due to circumstances beyond our reasonable control. If we waive any rights available to us under the Website Terms on one occasion, this does not mean that those rights will automatically be waived on any other occasion. If any part of the Website Terms are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions in the Website Terms continue to apply in full force and effect. We may provide notices to you via publishing such notices on this Website, or via the email address associated with your Account (if applicable). Unless otherwise stated, in the Website Terms:

  • headings are for reference purposes only and do not affect the interpretation of the Website Terms;
  • a reference to a statute, code or other law includes regulations and other instruments under it and consolidations, amendments, re-enactments or replacements of any of them;
  • the singular includes the plural, and vice versa; and
  • “includes”, “including”, “for example”, “such as” and similar terms are not words of limitation.

Â