The CTTT publishes information as web pages, publications, documents and images ("the Information").  The Information is subject to copyright under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and is owned by the State of New South Wales through the NSW Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal (CTTT).  The Information may be in print and/or electronic format and much of it is displayed on the CTTT website.

Conditions under which Information can be freely used

The CTTT encourages the availability, dissemination and exchange of public information.  You may generally copy, distribute, display, download and otherwise freely deal with the Information for any purpose, on the condition that you include the copyright notice "© State of New South Wales through the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal" on all uses.

In this copyright policy, "copy" includes reproducing in the same form or changing from one form to another, for example reproducing a web page in a text book; reproducing a printed document in an electronic format such as on an intranet or on a CD-ROM.

In using the Information, you must not imply endorsement by the CTTT of any person, goods services or land transactions (see section 87 of the Fair Trading Act 1987 ).

When and how to seek permission

You must, however, obtain permission from the CTTT if you wish to:

• modify the Information
• charge others for access to the Information (other than at cost)
• include all or part of the Information in advertising or a product for commercial supply
• obtain profit from sponsorship of, or advertising within, a product that includes the Information
• deal with the CTTT logo other than by the copying, distributing or displaying of a CTTT document or publication in its entirety.  In particular, the logo must not be displayed on a third party website for the purposes of linking to the CTTT website.  See the CTTT website linking policy (below)
• deal with CTTT forms other than by downloading, printing or distributing them in order to obtain services from the CTTT.

To obtain such permission, please contact:

Communication and Education Services
Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal
GPO Box 4005
SYDNEY  NSW  2001
Email: CommEdCTTT@cttt.nsw.gov.au
Fax: (02) 9641 6405

Displaying the Information on another website

You may display Information on another website (with the appropriate attribution).  However, where this Information is an entire web page or a document or publication on the CTTT website, you should make a direct link to the web page, document or publication to ensure the latest version is always displayed.

Exceptions to the policy

This copyright policy does not apply to any third party web page, document or publications.

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To enhance accessibility to our services, the CTTT provides access to its information in a range of ways.  One mechanism is information provided on the CTTT website.  To enhance this information and to make information that is sourced from elsewhere available to our clients, we sometimes provides links to other website.  We also allow other organisations to link to the CTTT website.

Links to the CTTT website

The CTTT welcomes links from your website to the CTTT's website.  If you plan to create a link, please follow these guidelines.

• Links to the CTTT's website should preferably be to the homepage or other high level page.  Linking to other pages may pose some risk, as the page to which you link may move or become unavailable.
• The correct name for the site is the New South Wales Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal.
• The CTTT logo is subject to copyright and may only be used by permission.  It cannot be used for web linking purposes.
• The CTTT website should be opened in a new window and not within a frame of your own branding.
• You must not use the link to provide, or in any way imply, endorsement by the CTTT, of your organisation, services or products.
• You must not pass off content from our site as your own.  This includes copying or re-using parts of the site.

Links from the CTTT website

Under some circumstances, we will link to other websites.  Links are restricted to the following sites:

• Government (state, federal and local)
• Australian and NSW industry and professional organisations
• Australian and NSW community, not for profit organisations that promote fair trading
• Key international consumer protection bodies
• Commercial organisations that are working with the CTTT's programs to safeguard consumer rights and to advise business and traders on fair ethical practice in NSW (specific criteria will apply).

The CTTT reserves the right to determine the placement of any listing and to include, exclude or withdraw a website link at its discretion.  We will not participate in link exchange arrangements with third party commercial websites.

The CTTT does not accept responsibility or liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense that might occur as a result of the use of or reliance upon, materials which appears at the linked sites (see our Disclaimer).

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