Your use of this site - Legal and Copyright Issues and Privacy Statement

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1. The Energy Institute uses reasonable efforts to ensure that the materials and information contained on the Site are current and accurate; the Energy Institute offers the materials and information in good faith and believes that the information is correct at the date when you view it. However neither the Energy Institute nor its affiliates make any representations or warranties as to the completeness, accuracy or currency of the materials and information. In using the Site you assume the entire risk of relying on the materials and information contained on the Site or on any site linked to or from the Site. The materials and information are supplied to you on the condition that you or any other person receiving them will make their own determination as to their suitability and appropriateness for any proposed purpose prior to their use.
2. As a service to user of the Site the Energy Institute has provided numerous links to other sites, whether by Hypertext or other links. These sites are not under the editorial control of the Energy Institute and the Energy Institute takes no responsibility whatsoever for the contents.
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Licence Agreement

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• Warning. This is a legal agreement. Your use of this site (“the Site”) and the files contained herein signifies your agreement to the following terms and conditions. Please read these carefully. This agreement covers the supply of hard copy and digital documents via the Site. If you wish to extend these terms and conditions, you must contact the Energy Institute (EI) at 61 New Cavendish Street, London, W1G 7AR.

• Product Description . This Site contains (1) fully searchable HTML text, titles, scopes and key words and (2) the full text for documents, supplied in PDF format. This Database and any Documents or Software used within the Site are hereinafter collectively referred to as the Product.

• Licence and Rights for Print Copies. You acknowledge that the EI is the exclusive owner of the Product. The EI , in return for a fee, hereby grants you a non -exclusive and non-transferable single user licence to use the Product on a single computer station. The Product may not be transmitted or networked to other work stations. The Product fee includes a limited site licence to print a single copy of each individual PDF document for internal use only. Such print copies may only be made using a printer that is a part of and driven by the single computer station referred to above. The Product may not be distributed, in whole or in part, elsewhere. Photocopying of pages printed from EI documents is especially forbidden unless such privileges are arranged for under separate contract with the EI.

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• Maintenance Service. In the event that any part of the Product is defective, the EI will make all reasonable efforts rectify the problem. The EI will also make all reasonable efforts to respond to customer inquiries.

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• authorization of returns is strictly at the discretion of the EI or PCS, and no returns will be accepted where such authorization has not been given.
• Portland Customer Services is a trading name of Portland Press Ltd.

• Returns (digital products)
• Credit will only be given for returns of digital products at the discretion of the EI. Reason for the return of digital products must be given. Digital products must be sent back to the EI and the original copy must be deleted from your system. O nly returns within 60 days of the date of invoice will be considered. A uthorization of returns is strictly at the discretion of the EI , and no returns will be accepted where such authorization has not been given.

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• General . This licence shall be governed by and construed in all respects and in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and You and the EI submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales. This Agreement may be modified or supplemented only by a written document signed by the EI and You. Questions or correspondence concerning this Agreement may be directed to:

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