Legal Considerations
     
     
No Liability


THE ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEB SITE. MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEB SITE. MOE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES RELATED TO THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND ALL CONTENTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL MOE, THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SERVANTS OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE TO KEEP THE CONTENTS OF THIS WEB SITE UP TO DATE, FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED ON THE WEB SITE, OR FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION, OR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE (INCLUDING ALL CONTENTS), WHETHER UNDER CONTRACT, IN TORT OR UNDER ANY OTHER BASIS OF LIABILITY.

Reservation of Rights and Licence


This Web Site is published by the Ministry of the Environment Copyright © Queens Printer for Ontario, 2003. All rights reserved.

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment either owns the intellectual property rights in the underlying HTML, JAVA or other coding, text, audio clips, video clips and other content that is made available on the Web Site, or has obtained the permission of the owner of the intellectual property to use it on this Web Site. MOE grants each user of this Web Site a limited licence to display on the users' computer, print, download and use the text, audio clips, video clips and other content that is made available on the Web Site for informational or educational purposes only, provided that the user:

a. does not modify any such content; and
b. includes with and displays on each copy of the content the copyright notice and this limited licence.

No other use is permitted. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the user may not:

a. resell all or part of the content;
b. include all or part of the content in or with any product; or
c. copy all or part of the content onto the user's or any other person's Web Site.

Notwithstanding the grant of licence above, nothing contained in the terms and conditions of this licence shall be construed as conferring any right, title or interest (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights such as copyright) in any of the content provided on this Web Site.

Applicable Law


This Web Site is operated by the Ministry of the Environment from its offices within the Province of Ontario, Canada. The terms and conditions upon which users may access and use this Web Site are governed by the laws of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable in Ontario. A user of this Web Site irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in the Province on Ontario in connection with any legal matter arising from the use of this site. In no event shall any access to this Web Site from any location outside Ontario be construed as an express or implied submission to, or waiver of any immunity from, the jurisdiction of the courts or regulatory authorities of that location by the Ministry of the Environment, the Province of Ontario or their respective officers, employees, servants and agents.

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