About this website

About this website

Terms of use

The information, data, documents, pages, images and any other works or subject matter provided on this website (“the Material”) is prepared by the Professional Standards Councils and their agency the Professional Standards Authority, a designated business unit within the NSW Fair Trading and Regulatory Services Division of the NSW Department of Customer Service.

Except where otherwise indicated, in these Terms and Conditions the terms “we”, “our” and “us” are used interchangeably to refer to the State of NSW through the Department of Customer Service, the Professional Standards Councils, and the Professional Standards Authority.

By accessing or using the Professional Standards Councils Website, you agree to these Terms and Conditions, and any other terms or conditions on the Professional Standards Councils Website.

We may change these Terms and Conditions without notice. By continuing to use our Professional Standards Councils Website you accept the terms and conditions of use as they are amended from time to time.

These Terms and Conditions apply in conjunction with any other terms and conditions that apply to any of our online services.

Copyright

The Material is subject to copyright under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Copyright in the Material is owned by:

  • the state and territory Professional Standards Councils (but held on their behalf by the Professional Standards Council of New South Wales ), and
  • in some cases by third parties. 

The Professional Standards Councils support and encourage the reuse of their publicly funded information and endorses the use of the Australian Governments Open Access and Licensing Framework (AusGOAL).

Unless otherwise stated, and subject to the exceptions below, the Material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (“the Creative Commons License”).

Creative Commons License CC BY-NC 4.0

A summary of the Creative Commons License is available on the Creative Commons website.

Your attention is drawn to the full terms and conditions of the Creative Commons License, which are also available on the Creative Commons website. Under this license you are free to copy (reproduce), share and adapt the licensed material, for non-commercial purposes, as long as appropriate credit is provided and you indicate if and how any changes were made.

When using the licensed material, you must not assert or imply that you are, or that your use of the licensed material is, connected with, or sponsored, endorsed, or granted official status by, the the Professional Standards Councils or the Professional Standards Authority.

Attribution

We request attribution in the following form:

  • © The Professional Standards Councils (<Year of Publication>). For current information go to psc.gov.au

We also request that you provide a link to this copyright notice. If no year of publication is shown on the licensed material, please indicate the date of access from this website.

We request that you observe and retain any other copyright or related notices that may accompany any licensed material including, where the author of licensed material is identified, attribution of the author in the form requested.

Material not licensed under the Creative Commons License

The following material available from this website is not licensed under the Creative Commons License:

  • The State Arms and any emblem, symbol, logo or trade mark of the Professional Standards Councils, the State of New South Wales (“NSW”) or any department or agency of the State of NSW (except where such material is reproduced as an incidental part of using unaltered material under the Creative Commons License and otherwise in compliance with this copyright notice)
  • Any third party (non-NSW Government or non-Professional Standards Council) material unless expressly stated to be licensed under the Creative Commons License (note that third party material may not be expressly identified, although as a general policy we aim to do so)
  • Any material hosted on a different website (note that in some cases we provide links on this site to material on another website)
  • Any images, photographs, or illustrations (unless incidentally reproduced in using an unaltered document under the Creative Commons License)
  • Any other material expressly identified as not covered by the Creative Commons License or subject to different license terms.

You must obtain permission from us, by contacting the Professional Standards Authority’s Communications Team at email: pscinfo@psc.gov.au, if you wish to:

  • charge others for access to a work (other than at cost)
  • include all or part of a work in advertising or a product for sale or
  • copy or otherwise use any of our material available from this website that is not licensed under the Creative Commons License.

Third party copyright

Any third party works or other subject matter appearing in the Material are not licensed under the Creative Commons License unless expressly stated to be licensed under the Creative Commons License. Wherever a third party holds copyright in material presented on this website, the copyright remains with that party. Their permission may be required to use the material and you should contact that party directly. 

Trade marks

The Material includes registered trade marks and trade marks that are the subject of pending applications or which are otherwise protected by law including, but not limited to the Professional Standards Councils’ logo.

To obtain permission for use of a trade mark, contact the Professional Standards Authority’s Communications Team at pscinfo@psc.gov.au

Linking

Subject to certain conditions, a credible website may link to pages within our Professional Standards Councils Website. Please observe the following conditions of linking to our Professional Standards Councils Website:

  • Links must be presented in a way which fairly represents the Professional Standards Councils
  • The context in which a link is inserted must not give the impression that the external website is sponsored or endorsed by us
  • The source material must be clear and acknowledge the Professional Standards Councils Website clearly
  • The link to our website should open in a new window and should not frame our pages on your (or another) website
  • You must never reproduce any logos of the NSW Department of Customer Service and/or the Professional Standards Councils and/or the Professional Standards Authority, or any other government agency or department appearing on the Professional Standards Councils Website, without our express approval.

In addition, the originating website must not contain the following:

  • Illegal, sexually explicit, pornographic, or otherwise offensive or distasteful material
  • Content promoting gaming, wagering or betting sites
  • Instructions on the manufacture and/or use of illegal drugs, or other dangerous material
  • Material that promotes harassment, hatred or discrimination based on age, race, religion, gender, sexual preference or any other factor
  • Defamatory, disparaging, abusive, threatening or offensive messages (whether aimed at the NSW Department of Customer Service or the Professional Standards Councils, or a third party)
  • False or misleading information about the NSW Department of Customer Service and/or the Professional Standards Councils.

Following links from the website

Following links to other websites is entirely at your own risk. The NSW Department of Customer Service and/or the Professional Standards Councils have not verified the content of any other websites and are not responsible or liable for any losses, damages or expenses in connection with linking to external websites.

Links to other websites have been included on our Professional Standards Councils Website with the intention of increasing the information available to you. If you use these links, you may leave our Professional Standards Councils Website. The NSW Department of Customer Service and/or the Professional Standards Councils have no control over the content or operation of the linked sites. The linked websites may be subject to their own terms and conditions with which you must comply. The NSW Department of Customer Service and/or the Professional Standards Councils do not accept responsibility or liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense you might incur if you rely on information which appears on linked sites.

If you are offended or upset by any material that appears on an Internet website, you are entitled to lodge a complaint with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (“ACMA”), who will then investigate the complaint and take such action as it thinks fit. If you would like to know more about the ACMA's role in regulating Australian Internet content, you can visit its website at www.acma.gov.au