Terms and Conditions

The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia provides its online services on the following terms.

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia's Website. By continuing to access the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia digital services, you agree to accept these terms and conditions in full. Please check this page regularly, so you are aware of any updates to the terms. If you do not agree with any of the terms of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia's website, please do not use the service.

Terminology

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and any or all agreements: “You” and “Your” refers to the person accessing this website and accepting the Association’s terms and conditions. “The Association”, “Ourselves”, “We”, “Our” and “Us” refers to the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance, and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to you in the most appropriate manner, whether by formal meetings of a fixed duration, or any other means, for the express purpose of meeting your needs in respect of provision of the Association’s stated services, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of Australia. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalisation and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

Privacy

Any personal details and data acquired by the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia from your participation in any the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia digital service will be used only in accordance with the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Privacy Policy.

Disclaimers

The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia does not endorse the views or material contained in the contributions of members of the public or third-party sites. The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia is not responsible for the content, availability or performance of external sites linked to or hosting the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia digital services.

The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia digital services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. You understand and agree that you use the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia digital services at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage or loss whatsoever that results from such use. The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia disclaims to the fullest extent permitted by law all guarantees, warranties or representations of merchantability, acceptable quality and fitness for any purpose, security, reliability, accuracy, timeliness, and performance of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia digital services and any content contained therein.

General

These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New South Wales which shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of these Terms of Use to be unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

Enquiries/Complaints

For information regarding use of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia website, contact the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Digital administrator/Information Officer or Secretary as listed on this website.

If you have concerns about inappropriate or infringing content accessed through any the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia digital services, please alert the officers.

Cookies

We employ the use of cookies. By using The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia’s website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia’s privacy policy. Most of the modern day interactive web sites use cookies to enable us to retrieve user details for each visit. Cookies are used in some areas of our site to enable the functionality of this area and ease of use for those people visiting. Some of our affiliate / advertising partners may also use cookies. 

License

Unless otherwise stated, The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may view and/or print pages from / for your own personal use subject to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

  • Republish material from /
  • Sell, rent or sub-license material from /
  • Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from /
  • Redistribute content from The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (unless content is specifically made for redistribution).

Hyperlinking to our Content

The following organizations may link to our website without prior written approval:

  • Government agencies;
  • Search engines;
  • News organizations;
  • Online directory distributors when they list us in the directory may link to our website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the websites of other listed businesses;
  • Systemwide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our website.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other website information so long as the link:

  • is not in any way misleading;
  • does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services;
  • fits within the context of the linking party's site.

We may consider and approve in our sole discretion other link requests from the following types of organizations:

  • commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources
  • dot.com community sites;
  • associations or other groups representing charities, including charity giving sites, online directory distributors;
  • internet portals;
  • accounting, law and consulting firms whose primary clients are businesses;
  • educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we determine that:

  • the link would not reflect unfavourably on us or our accredited businesses (for example, trade associations or other organizations representing inherently suspect types of business, such as work-at-home opportunities, shall not be allowed to link);
  • the organization does not have an unsatisfactory record with us;
  • the benefit to us from the visibility associated with the hyperlink outweighs the absence of;
  • where the link is in the context of general resource information or is otherwise consistent with editorial content in a newsletter or similar product furthering the mission of the organization.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other website information so long as the link:

  • is not in any way misleading;
  • does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and it products or services;
  • fits within the context of the linking party's site.

If you are among the organizations listed above and are interested in linking to our website, you must notify us by contacting the Information Officer listed on this website. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information (such as a phone number and/or e-mail address) as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our website, and a list of the URL(s) on our site to which you would like to link. Allow 2-3 weeks for a response.

No use of The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia’s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our website. You agree to immediately remove all links to our website upon such request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and its linking policy at any time. By continuing to link to our website, you agree to be bound to and abide by these linking terms and conditions.

Membership

Membership of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia comes with a variety of benefits as listed on this website.

Membership Fees

All fees displayed on the website are in Australian Dollars and inclusive of GST, unless otherwise indicated.

Discounted fees are only available to certain members of the Association.

Description of services and fees may be subject to change or correction at any time. Although we seek to ensure information is correct, we make no representation or warranty as to information being accurate or complete. If we discover an error (e.g. services are displayed for the wrong fee), we will try to notify you as soon as possible and allow you to cancel your order and obtain a refund if desired. You may be required to provide your credit card details to us for the purpose of issuing a credit to your credit card account in the amount of any cancelled order.

By submitting an order via the website, you warrant that:

  • you are capable of entering into a legally binding contract with the Association;
  • you are authorised and able to make payment via the method you have chosen;
  • the payment information you have provided is correct;
  • your purchase is not made for the purpose of commercial resale.

A contract for membership is only formed once we have accepted an order by issuing a receipt number.

Regular members pay $80 for electronic-only delivery. Concessional members pay $40 for electronic-only delivery. Concessional membership includes full time students. 

Payment Method

Payment of membership fees can be made with valid credit cards (Visa, Mastercard) or Paypal. The Applied Linguistics Association of Australia will deduct all amounts owing at the time of processing your order. If we are unable to deduct from your credit card the total amount owing to us in one transaction, we may process any number of transactions on your credit card until the total amount owed to us is paid.

Refund Policy

Membership fees are non-refundable.

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