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Welcome to our website (‘our website’ includes the domains lamontbooks.com.au, lamontbooks.com, lamontbooks.net.au, lamontbookclub.com.au, lamontauthors.com.au, lamontschools.com.au and lamontschools.com).

If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy and website disclaimer, govern Lamont Books Pty Ltd’s relationship with you in relation to your use of this website.

These terms and conditions are to be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and our Disclaimer.

By using this website, you signify your acceptance of these terms and conditions of use. For the purposes of these terms and conditions, “Lamont”, “Us”, “Our” and “We” refers to Lamont Books Pty Ltd and “You” and “Your” refers to you, the client, visitor, website user or person using our website.

AMENDMENT OF TERMS

We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms at any time. Please check these terms regularly prior to using our website to ensure you are aware of any changes. We will endeavour to highlight any significant or substantive changes to you where possible. If you choose to use our website then we will regard that use as conclusive evidence of your agreement and acceptance that these terms govern your and Lamont’s rights and obligations to each other.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

It is an essential pre-condition to you using our website that you agree and accept that Lamont is not legally responsible for any loss or damage you might suffer related to your use of the website, whether from errors or from omissions in our documents or information, any goods or services we may offer or from any other use of the website. Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable.

It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific, personal requirements. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

AUTHORITY

If you acting on behalf of a school, Company or organisation you represent and warrant to us that you are duly authorised to do so and that you have the power to legally bind the school, Company or organisation. Upon placing an order or entering into an agreement with us on behalf of another party (such as a school), you represent and warrant that doing so has been duly authorised by that other party and that the agreement is valid and legally binding on that other party and enforceable in accordance with these terms.

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT

For the purposes of Schedule 2 of the Australian Consumer Law, in particular Sections 51 to 53, 64 and 64A of Part 3-2, Division 1, Subdivision A of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Lamont’s liability for any breach of a term of this agreement is limited to: the supplying of the goods or services to you again; the replacement of the goods; or the payment of the cost of having the goods or services supplied to you again.

You must be over 18 years of age to use this website and to purchase any goods or services.

PRICING

All prices shown are in Australian dollars and subject to change without notice and are inclusive of GST. A tax invoice will be provided with all goods sold. Prices change from time to time and whilst we endeavour to be accurate we will contact you if a price has changed significantly from our published price when you placed your order. An order is offer to purchase and does not constitute a contract until it is fulfilled.

DELIVERY OF PHYSICAL GOODS

Lamont uses Australia Post and/or other reputable freight companies to deliver physical goods or they are delivered by our staff.

Deliveries are processed promptly upon receipt of full payment. Please refer to our FAQ’s for delivery information.

There are circumstances where we may not have stock of all of your items and your order may be delayed or sent in multiple parcels. Once we receive stock of a delayed item it will be sent out as soon as possible.

In some circumstances including, but not limited to, where an item has not yet been published or is out of stock with our suppliers, there may be significant delays in receiving an item. Lamont is not responsible for any loss or damage caused by such delays and does not warrant that any items displayed on our website are available immediately or within any specified period of time. If an item becomes unavailable indefinitely we will provide you with a refund. You may also request a refund due to a delay with an item that has not yet been sent to you and, in these circumstances, any refund will be in our sole discretion.

Orders placed with the same delivery address may be combined into one parcel at our sole discretion.

If your item is lost in transit or damaged in transit, please let us know as soon as possible.

Where you claim that an item that was on your invoice was not included in your parcel, such claims will only be considered if made within 14 days of your receipt of the parcel.

RETURNS AND REFUNDS

Lamont handles returns and processes refunds in accordance with the Australian Consumer Protection legislation and will comply with the requirements of the Australian Consumer Protection legislation where it applies.

In addition to any rights you may have under the Australian Consumer Protection legislation, Lamont will accept returns within 21 days of purchase as outlined in the “Returns” section of our FAQ’s. We may, at our sole and absolute discretion, extend this 21 day period. We will not refund any postage charges if the items were sent or delivered to you. This does not apply to bulk orders or special order items (textbooks, print on demand, imported items).

Refunds will be processed promptly and payment made by the same method that you made payment. Refund payments may take up to 7 business days to be received. Refunds are made at the discretion of Lamont.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Lamont may from time to time provide on its website, links to other websites and information on those websites for your convenience. This does not necessarily imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval or arrangement between lamontbooks.com.au and the owners of those websites. Lamont takes no responsibility for any of the content found on the linked websites.

Lamont’s website may contain information provided by third parties for which Lamont accepts no responsibility whatsoever for information or advice provided to you directly by third parties. We are making a ‘recommendation’ only and are not providing any advice nor do we take any responsibility for any advice received in this regard.

DISCLAIMER

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Lamont absolutely disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose. Lamont gives no warranty that the documents, goods or services will be free of errors, or that defects will be corrected, or that our website or its server is free of viruses or any other harmful components.

Whilst we, at all times endeavour to have the most accurate, reliable and up-to-date information on our website, we do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the result of the use of any document, product, service, link or information in its website or as to their correctness, suitability, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.

It is your sole responsibility and not the responsibility of Lamont to bear any entire costs of servicing, repairs, or correction. The applicable law in your state or territory may not permit these exclusions, particularly the exclusions of some implied warranties. Some of the above may not apply to you but you must ensure you are aware of any risk you may be taking by using this website or any products or services that may be offered through it. It is your responsibility to do so.

YOUR PRIVACY

At Lamont, we are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect about you to maximize the services that we provide to you. Lamont respects the privacy and confidentiality of the information provided by you and adheres to the Australian Privacy Principles. Please read our separate Privacy Policy carefully.

You may change your details at any time by advising us in writing via email. All information we receive from our customers, is protected by our secure servers. Lamont’s secure server software encrypts all customer information before it is sent to us. Furthermore, all of the customer data Lamont collects is secured against unauthorized use or access. Credit card information is not stored by us on our servers.

THIRD PARTIES

Lamont does not and will not sell or deal in personal or customer information. We may however use in a general sense without any reference to your name, your information to create marketing statistics, identify user demands and to assist it in meeting customer needs generally. In addition, we may use the information that you provide to improve its website and its services and for other uses as outlined in our Privacy Policy, but not for any other use.

DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

Lamont may be required, in certain circumstances, to disclose information in good faith and where Lamont is required to do so in the following circumstances: by law or by any court; to enforce the terms of any of our customer agreements; or to protect the rights, property or safety of Lamont, its customers or third parties.

EXCLUSION OF COMPETITORS

If you are in the business of creating similar documents, goods or services for the purpose of providing them for a fee to users, whether they be business users, school users or domestic users, then you are a competitor of Lamont. Lamont expressly excludes and does not permit you to use or access its website, to download any documents or information from its website or obtain any such documents or information through a third party. If you breach this term then Lamont will hold you fully responsible for any loss that it might sustain and further holds you accountable for all profits that you might make from such unpermitted and improper use. Lamont reserves the right to exclude and not permit any person from using its website or any of the documents and information contained on it.

COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK AND RESTRICTIONS OF USE

This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance, trademarks and graphics. You are not permitted to reproduce the documents, information or materials on the website for the purposes of sale or the use by any third party. In particular you are not permitted to republish, upload, transmit electronically or otherwise or distribute any of the materials, documents or products that may be available for download from time to time on this website.

Lamont expressly reserves all copyright and trademark in its website and in all documents and information on its website and reserves the right to take action against you if you breach any of these terms.

Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following: you may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only; and you may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material; and, in relation to Teacher Notes, as outlined in the Teacher Notes section below.

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

TEACHER NOTES

Teachers and schools may download and reproduce our ‘Teacher Notes’ for educational purposes only.

The Teacher Notes may not be reproduced in an environment other than a school and may not be used for commercial or other purposes without prior written permission.

Some of these notes are based upon notes provided by the publishers of these books. Where this is the case, we have acknowledged the source of the original notes and reproduced or altered them with permission. These notes may also be used for educational purposes only and the restrictions outlined above in relation to reproduction apply.

WHOLE AGREEMENT

These terms and conditions represent the whole agreement between you and Lamont concerning your use and access to Lamont’s website and your use and access to the documents and information on it. No other term is to be included in this agreement except where it is required to be included by any legislation of the Commonwealth or any State or Territory. All implied terms except those implied by statute and which cannot be expressly excluded are hereby expressly excluded.

EXCLUSION OF UNENFORCEABLE TERMS

Where any clause or term above would by any applicable statute be illegal, void, or unenforceable in any State or Territory then such a clause shall not apply in that State or Territory and shall be deemed never to have been included in these terms and conditions in that State or Territory. Such a clause if legal and enforceable in any other State or Territory shall continue to be fully enforceable and part of this agreement in those other States and Territories. The deemed exclusion of any term pursuant to this paragraph shall not affect or modify the full enforceability and construction of the other clauses of these terms and conditions.

JURISDICTION

This agreement and this website are subject to the laws of Victoria and Australia. If there is a dispute between you and Lamont that results in litigation then you must submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria.

Disclaimer

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only and is provided by Lamont Books Pty Ltd (‘Lamont’). While we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. You need to make your own enquiries to determine if the information or products are appropriate for your intended use.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.

Through this website you may be able to link to other websites which are not under the control of Lamont. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those websites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.

Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, Lamont takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

This website and its contents are the copyright of Lamont Books Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.

Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following:

• You may print or download contents to a local hard disk for your personal and non-commercial use only.
• You may copy some extracts only to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material.

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. You may not transmit it or store it on any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

Additional terms regarding copyright of Teacher Notes:

• Teachers and schools may download and reproduce our ‘Teacher Notes’ for educational purposes only.
• These may not be reproduced in an environment other than a school and may not be used for commercial or other purposes without prior written permission.
• Some of these notes are based upon notes provided by the publishers of these books. Where this is the case, we have acknowledged the source of the original notes and reproduced or altered them with permission. These notes may also be used for educational purposes only and the restrictions outlined above in relation to reproduction apply.