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Terms and Conditions

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE

Terms of Website Use and Acceptable Use Policy

Terms of Website Use

This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of the website: nirab.org.uk (“Website”), whether as a guest or a registered user. Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website, you indicate that you accept these Terms of Website Use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these Terms of Website Use, please refrain from using the Website.

Information About Us

www.nirab.org.uk is a site for the Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board (“NIRAB”). NIRAB is provided with secretariat support (including management of the Website) by the Nuclear Research and Innovation Office (“NIRO”) (which in turn is hosted, pursuant to a contract with BEIS) by the National Nuclear Laboratory Limited (“we”, “us”, “our”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 3857752 and have our registered office at Chadwick House, Warrington Road, Birchwood Park, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 6AE.

Accessing the Website

Access to the Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Website without notice (see below). We will not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

When using the Website, you must comply with the provisions of our Acceptable Use Policy.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these terms, and that they comply with them.

Intellectual Property Rights

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in the Website, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s), documents or images from the Website for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted on the Website.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on the Website must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the materials on the Website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

Reliance on Information Posted

Commentary and other materials posted on the Website are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

The Website Changes Regularly

We aim to update the Website regularly and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to the Website, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

Our Liability

The material displayed on the Website is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we, other members of our group of companies and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude:

All conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.

Any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with the Website or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of the Website, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including, without limitation any liability for:

loss of income or revenue;

loss of business;

loss of profits or contracts;

loss of anticipated savings;

loss of data;

loss of goodwill;

wasted management or office time; and

for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable, provided that this condition shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories set out above.

This does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Information About You and Your Visits to the Website

We process information about you in accordance with our Website Privacy Notice. By using the Website, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

Viruses, Hacking and Other Offences

You must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website. You must not attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.

By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

Linking to the Website

You may link to the Website home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

You must not establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.

The Website must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of the Website other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our Acceptable Use Policy.

If you wish to make any use of material on the Website other than that set out above, please address your request to info@niro.org.uk

Links from the Website

Where the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to the Website although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country.

These Terms of Website Use and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

Variations

We may revise these Terms of Website Use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these Terms of Website Use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on the Website.

Your Concerns

If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site, please contact info@niro.org.uk.

Acceptable Use Policy

This Acceptable Use Policy sets out the terms between you and us under which you may access the website www.nirab.org.uk (“Website”). This Acceptable Use Policy applies to all users of, and visitors to, our site.

Your use of the Website means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the policies in this Acceptable Use Policy, which supplement our Terms of Website Use.

www.nirab.org.uk is a site for the Nuclear Innovation and Research Advisory Board (“NIRAB”). NIRAB is provided with secretariat support (including management of the Website) by the Nuclear Research and Innovation Office (“NIRO”) (which in turn is hosted, pursuant to a contract with BEIS) by National Nuclear Laboratory Limited (“we” “our” or “us”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 3857752 and we have our registered office at Chadwick House, Warrington Road, Birchwood Park, Warrington, Cheshire, WA3 6AE.

Prohibited Uses

You may use the Website only for lawful purposes. You may not use the Website:

In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.

In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.

To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

You also agree:

Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of the Website in contravention of the provisions of our Terms of Website Use and Acceptable Use Policy.

Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:

any part of the Website;

any equipment or network on which our site is stored;

any software used in the provision of the Website; or

any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

Suspension and Termination

We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this Acceptable Use Policy through your use of the Website. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.

Changes to the Acceptable Use Policy

We may revise this Acceptable Use Policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this Acceptable Use Policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on the Website.