Copyright Notice
© State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) 2009
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask that our users do the same.
The website and its contents are subject to copyright. The DEECD copyright is owned by the State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development).
This website and its contents including pages, documents, online graphics, audio and video are subject to copyright under the laws of Australia and, through international treaties, other countries. The copyright is owned by the State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development), or in the case of some materials, third parties.
You may view the contents of this website and save an electronic copy, download, or print all or part of this website for educational purposes, or for your own information, research or study: but only if you
- do not modify the copy from how it appears on this website; and
- include the copyright notice "© State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development)" on the copy.
All other use requires permission. This permission may be sought at the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development's copyright services unit by emailing copyright@education.vic.gov.au
Permission, if given, will be subject to conditions that will include a requirement that the copyright owner's name, (State of Victoria Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) be acknowledged when the material is reproduced or quoted, either in whole or in part.
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You may not use DEECD's trade marks or the name DEECD except
- by saving, or printing out, a copy of DEECD's website as permitted by the Copyright notice;
- as part of a fair reference to DEECD or applicable sub-site with proper recognition of the trade mark's status; or
- otherwise with DEECD's or copyright owner's prior written consent.
Third party sites
Third party material linked from the DEECD pages, or discovered via the DEECD search engine, is subject to the copyright conditions of the third party. Hence users will need to consult the copyright notice of the third party sites for conditions of usage.
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The State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of this outside information. Further, the inclusion of links or pointers to particular items in hypertext is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered, on these outside sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites. You access those sites and use their products and services solely at your own risk.
You must not reproduce, distribute, transmit, publish, copy, transfer or commercially exploit any information accessed through or received from the DEECD website that would be an infringement of any copyright, patent, trademark design or other intellectual property right.