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Conditions

  1. Downloadable material on this website is provided on the basis that upon downloading you will conduct such virus scanning and other checks as may be necessary to ensure that the downloaded material will not corrupt in any way your data, software or systems or those of any other person.
  2. While we make every effort to check and test our website for viruses, we are not responsible for any loss or disruption to your data or computer system that may happen when you use our website. You acknowledge and agree that we will not be under any liability to you for any loss or damage including consequential loss or damage however caused, whether by negligence or otherwise, that arises in any way from the use of the downloaded material.
  3. If you provide the downloaded material to another party, then you should bring to the attention of that other party these conditions and only provide the downloaded material on the same conditions as those on which we provide the original downloaded material to you via bendigo.courts.vic.gov.au.

Reviewed 7 December 2023