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BBA WEBSITE – TERMS & CONDITIONS

 

 

This website is operated by the British Board of Agrément ("BBA"). Your use of BBA's website ("Website") is governed by these Terms & Conditions ("Terms"). By accessing and/or using the Website you accept these Terms. If you do not intend to be bound by these Terms, please do not access and/ or use the Website.

 

1. Information

1.1 You may use the Website to gain access to Agrément Certificates issued by the BBA.

 

1.2 You acknowledge that each Agrément Certificate has been issued subject to the "Conditions of Certification" specified in the relevant Agrément Certificate.

 

1.3 Agrément Certificates are specific to the product or system referenced therein and the BBA stands behind its Agrément Certificates.

 

1.4 Other website information is provided for general information purposes and is not bespoke. We endeavour to provide information (which for the purposes of these Terms includes images) on the Website that is accurate, current and complete, but, subject to clause 1.1, we do not guarantee it in those respects, and it is your responsibility to check the accuracy of such information before taking or refraining from any action based upon it.

 

2. Liability

2.1 The BBA makes no warranties, representations or undertakings in respect of the operation of the Website, the Website content (including, without limitation, as to its accuracy, quality, completeness and/ or fitness for any purpose), the services referred to on the Website and/or any content of any other website linked to it.

 

2.2 In no event will the BBA be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential loss or damage arising from the use of the Website or use of or reliance on the information presented on the Website, whether based on warranty, contract, tort or any other legal grounds.

 

3. Copyright and Intellectual Property

3.1 The Website content (including, without limitation, the BBA Agrėment Certificates) is protected by copyright, and the BBA owns such copyright, unless stated to the contrary by the BBA in writing.

 

3.2 Subject to this clause 3 and the other obligations upon you contained in these Terms, the BBA grants and you accept a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access and use the Website (including any of the BBA Agrėment Certificates) for the purpose of your own personal use and/ or your own internal business purposes.

 

3.3 The trade marks, logos, and service marks ("Marks") displayed on the Website (including, without limitation, on the BBA Agrėment Certificates) are the property of the BBA or other third parties. You are not permitted to use the Marks without the prior written consent of the BBA or such third party that may own the Marks. Trade Marks of the BBA include, but are not limited to, British Board of Agrément, BBA, Agrément Certificate, BBA Certificate, HAPAS and HAPAS Certificate.

 

4. Restrictions upon Copying

4.1 You may copy Website content to a local hard disk and print extracts of Website content for your own personal use and/ or your own internal business purposes (as appropriate).

 

4.2 If a copy of any part of the Website content is being passed to a third party, BBA’s intellectual property rights must be acknowledged, the third party must be informed of these Terms and agree to be bound by them, and the supply of such Website content must not be for commercial purposes or gain.

 

4.3 Copying of Website content is permitted only in accordance with these Terms. You may not otherwise copy, reproduce, distribute, edit or amend Website content or otherwise incorporate Website content into any other publication or work in any form of media. Any request to copy Website content outside the scope of the licence granted in these Terms should be made via the Feedback button. The BBA reserves its right to refuse to grant any such request.

 

 

5. Information Service Provision

5.1 The Website is intended normally to be available at all times. The BBA will not be liable for any failure to achieve this level of availability.

 

5.2 The Website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in circumstances of system failure, maintenance or repair and for other reasons.

 

5.3 You agree that the BBA may, in its sole discretion, at any time terminate or restrict your access to the Website.

 

6. Obligations and Restrictions

6.1 Your use of and activities upon the Website must not:

6.1.1 be false, inaccurate or misleading;

6.1.2 infringe any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;

6.1.3 be fraudulent;

6.1.4 be in breach of any applicable laws or regulations, licences or third party rights;

6.1.5 interfere in any way with the proper working of the Website and in particular you must not circumvent security, tamper with, hack into or disrupt the operation of the Website or surreptitiously intercept, access without authority or expropriate any system, data or personal information as defined in the Data Protection Act 1998; and

6.1.6 cause the Website to be interrupted, damaged, rendered less efficient or such that the effectiveness or functionality of the Website is in any way impaired.

 

7. Links to Other Websites

The Website contains links and references to other websites. We have not attempted to verify their truth or accuracy and do not accept any responsibility for them or their content. You access any such links entirely at your risk.

 

8. Updating Content

Website content (including, without limitation, these Terms) may be updated at any time and you are required to read the current content each time you access the Website.

 

9. Privacy

9.1 The BBA uses all personal information provided by you (“Data”) in accordance with applicable data protection law.

 

9.2 The BBA will use Data as follows:

9.2.1 to respond to enquiries submitted on the Website (including such transfer of Data to partners, employees, agents and third parties as required for this purpose); and

9.2.2 for internal administration purposes.

 

9.3 The BBA will not sell or rent Data to any third party.

 

9.4 The BBA may transfer Data as required to obtain legal advice and comply with legal requirements.

 

10. General

10.1 The BBA reserves the right to vary these Terms from time to time and you accept the varied Terms if you continue to use the Website after variation.

 

10.2 If any provision of these Terms is held to be void or unenforceable in whole or in part, the Terms shall continue to be valid as to all other provisions and the remainder of the affected provision.

 

10.3 The Website services are provided from England, irrespective of your location.

 

10.4 None of the provisions of these Terms are intended to or will operate to confer any benefit pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 on a person who is not a user of this Website.

 

10.5 These Terms represent the whole agreement and understanding between the BBA and you in respect of the matters referred to herein and shall, except in the case of fraud, override, and no reliance shall be placed upon, any other verbal or written representations, warranties or understandings in respect of the subject matter of these Terms.

 

 

11. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by English law and each party to these Terms submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

 

The BBA was incorporated on 2 May 1966 and is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England under company number 878293. The BBA’s registered office is Bucknalls Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 9BA.