Queensland Exam Papers - Terms Of Sale for Schools
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All exam papers supplied by Queensland Exam Papers are supplied subject to the following terms.
Definitions
- A reference to a school includes any educational institution to which Papers
are supplied by Queensland Exam Papers. The individual ordering the Papers warrants and
represents that he or she is authorised by the school to enter into an agreement
with Queensland Exam Papers on behalf of the school for the supply of the Papers.
- The following words and phrases have the meanings given to them:
- Papers means the exam papers produced by Queensland Exam Papers including
all question papers and their solutions/marking guides;
- Semester Papers means the Papers for semester exams and mock exams and which are
subject to the controls as to release and security set out below;
- Practice Papers means the Papers for practice purposes and which
are not subject to the controls as to release, storage and security set out below;
- Release Date means the date on which a Semester Paper may be released
to students to take home as specified on the order form, Queensland Exam Papers website
or on the Semester Paper.
Copyright
- Queensland Exam Papers retains copyright in the Papers.
The school ordering the Papers has a non-exclusive licence to copy and communicate
the Papers for non-commercial, educational use within the school.
Notices as to the ownership and licensing of the Papers by Queensland Exam Papers must
not be removed from the Papers or any accompanying documentation.
- The school must not breach the moral rights of the authors of the Papers.
School's Obligations
- The school:
- must not copy or communicate the Papers for use outside the school or for any commercial use;
- must not permit the use of the Papers outside the school;
- must procure that all members of staff, students or other persons who have access
to the Papers at the school do not copy or communicate the Papers for use outside
the school or use the Papers outside the school;
provided that students at the school may take home Practice Papers or Semester Papers
(after the applicable Release Date) for personal use at home.
No release prior to Release Date
- The school warrants and represents that Semester Papers must not be released
to students to take home until after the applicable Release Date. After sitting
the exam and prior to the Release Date, students may review a Semester Paper in
a classroom under strict supervision by school staff. The school must ensure that
students do not copy, communicate or remove Semester Papers until after the
applicable Release Date.
- The school acknowledges that Queensland Exam Papers may supply the same Papers to
other schools under terms comparable to these Terms of Sale.
- The school acknowledges that other schools may use or have access to the same
Papers as those suppled to the school, including prior to the supply by
Queensland Exam Papers of those papers to the school.
- The school indemnifies Queensland Exam Papers, and keeps Queensland Exam Papers indemnified
against, any loss or damage suffered by Queensland Exam Papers in connection with any
release or disclosure of Semester Papers prior to the applicable Release Date
Secure Storage of Semester Papers
- The school must store Semester Papers (whether in printed or electronic format)
securely from the date on which they are supplied by Queensland Exam Papers until the Release Date.
Printed Semester Papers and electronic storage devices containing the Semester Papers
must be kept under lock and key. Prior to the applicable Release Date, Semester Papers
must not be stored on the school network or transmitted by email except with the
prior written permission of Queensland Exam Papers.
No Unauthorised Copying, Communication or Use
- The school acknowledges that it is liable for any unauthorised copying, communication
or use of the Papers in breach of these terms, including any unauthorised copying,
communication or use by members of staff, students or other persons who have access
to the Papers at the school.
- The school will indemnify Queensland Exam Papers, and keeps Queensland
Exam Papers indemnified against, any loss or damage suffered by Queensland Exam Papers arising
out of any unauthorised copying, communication or use by the school or members of staff
or other persons who have access to the Papers at the school.
Queensland Exam Paper's Obligations
- Queensland Exam Papers warrants that the Papers supplied by it are of acceptable
quality and fit for purpose.
- Subject to any relevant law or statute, the liability of Queensland Exam Papers and the
school's remedy for breach of any express warranty, or any guarantee, condition,
warranty or right or remedy imposed or conferred by law, is limited to, at the option
of Queensland Exam Papers, one or more of:
- In the case of any goods: (i) replacement of the goods or supply of equivalent goods;
(ii) repair of the goods; (iii) payment of the cost of replacing the goods,
or acquiring equivalent goods; or (iv) payment of the cost of repairing the goods.
- In the case of any services: (i) supplying the services again; or
(ii) payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.
Consumer warranty
Where the school purchases the Papers as a consumer within the meaning of the
Australian Consumer Law (ACL), the following applies: the benefits given by the
warranty in item 13 above are in addition to other rights and remedies of the school
under the ACL or any other applicable law in relation to the supply of goods or services.
The goods and services supplied by Queensland Exam Papers come with guarantees that cannot be
excluded under the ACL. The school is entitled to a replacement or refund for a major
failure and for compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage.
The school is also entitled to have the goods replaced or services re-supplied if
the goods or services fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not
amount to a major failure. Please contact Queensland Exam Papers at
to make a claim under this warranty.