The following terms and conditions represent the terms and conditions upon which you agree to participate in your nominated course. Please print this form and sign below to indicate you accept the terms and conditions for this workshop.
Definitions:-
To avoid doubt, throughout the terms and conditions, the following terms will have the corresponding meaning:-
"We" or "Steve Rutherford" or "the photographer" or "Rutherford Photography" or "Us" means RUTHERFORD INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD and its employees, agents, contractors, representatives and consultants;
"You" or "participant (s)" means the party or parties identified on the first page of this document under the heading 'YOUR DETAILS';
"Workshop" means the workshop or workshops you wish to book as identified on the first page of this document.
The workshop cost includes the tuition fee only (unless stated otherwise in the workshop overview, description, highlights or itinerary). All other expenses are the responsibility of the participants.
The participant expressly acknowledges that the workshop cost does not included any airfares, airport taxes, accommodation, transportation to and from the workshop location, or items of a personal nature. The workshop cost also excludes any insurance coverage for trip cancellation/interruption, travel accident, travel delay, baggage delay, loss or theft medical or hospitalization expenses.
We recommend you contact your relevant insurer in relation to the above-mentioned insurance coverage.
All participants are responsible for making there own way to the workshop. All travel during the workshop only is included and will be provided by way of yacht, ferry, hire car and golf buggy.
To secure your booking, we require either 25% deposit or full payment at the time of booking. If for any reason you need to cancel your participation in a workshop, please notify us at least 60 days before the start of your workshop. At that time, we will refund your full amount, less a $100 cancellation/administration fee. If notification of cancellation is made less than 90 days before the start of a workshop, we will retain the full workshop fee (unless the vacant spot can be filled in which case the workshop fee shall be refunded in full). Rutherford Photography reserves the right to cancel any workshop with inadequate enrollment up to 14 days beforehand. Whether enrolment in a workshop is adequate is decided by us in our absolute discretion. In the event that a workshop is cancelled due to inadequate enrollment, all fees and deposits paid will be refunded in full or transferred to an alternative workshop of the participant's choice within 12 months of the cancellation.
Although Rutherford Photography has never cancelled workshops, we reserve the right to cancel any workshop for any reason whatsoever, including too few participants or logistical problems such as strikes, wars, acts of God, (such as the possibly of or confirmed threat of cyclone activity in North Queensland) or any other circumstances, which may make operation of the workshop inadvisable or unviable. All workshop payments, which were received in relation to a cancelled workshop, will be promptly refunded and you acknowledge that this is our only obligation to you. We expressly state that we will not be responsible for any costs associated with travel, accommodation, insurance or any other costs other than the workshop cost that may be associated, either directly or indirectly, with the cancellation of a workshop.
We recommend that you have personal health insurance and purchase emergency medical evacuation insurance and emergency medical expense coverage, and trip cancellation insurance, which, may, depending on the terms of your insurance, reimburse you for non-refundable airfare and trip cancellation fees should you have to cancel the trip due to personal or family illness. Life insurance, baggage loss and baggage delay reimbursement plus other coverage is also advisable.
This workshop may be taken by anyone in good physical condition. As you will have to walk over irregular terrain, and carry equipment, you are encouraged to get in shape by exercising regularly. Please call us if you have any questions about your ability to do a particular trip. Once a trip has started and it is necessary for you to leave the trip because it is beyond your physical level, please note that there will be no refunds for any unused portion of the trip.
You must generally be in good health and it is vital that persons with medical problems make them known to us well before the workshop begins. Although all workshops carry a field safety kit containing general first aid items, it is understood that Rutherford Photography assumes no liability regarding provision of medical care or provision of medical advice in relation to the workshop. Trip members are urged to check their coverage to be sure it is adequate and to consult their physician prior to participating in the workshop.
This section defines our responsibility with respect to all of our workshops. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. Payment for your booking represents your acceptance of all terms and conditions outlined anywhere within this brochure. The workshop application must be completed for each and every person booking a workshop. The workshop application on which your signature appears will further represent your acceptance of these terms and conditions.
By signing this document you hereby accept that Rutherford Photography has no liability for any damages, losses, or expenses of whatever cause or nature, including those resulting directly or indirectly from acts of God, detention, annoyance, weather, quarantines, strikes, civil disturbance, theft or criminal activity of any kind, government regulations, etc., over which it has no control.
Without limiting the above paragraph, Rutherford Photography shall have no responsibility for additional expenses due to unforeseen delays caused by weather, theft or criminal activity of any kind, political disputes, acts of terrorism, strikes, sickness, failure of flights or other transportation to arrive or depart on time, and other causes beyond our control. Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography is not responsible for additional hotel nights not specified in the workshop itineraries which may be required en route, prior to or following a trip, caused by airline scheduling or schedule changes, or by individual clients' travel arrangements or by other factors. Steve Rutherford Landscape Photography cannot assume any responsibility for loss or damage to baggage or personal property.
IN NO EVENT SHALL STEVE RUTHERFORD OR RUTHERFORD INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CHARACTERIZED.
Rutherford Photography reserves the right to substitute hotels, conference facilities, and to alter the itinerary when deemed necessary or advisable. The right is also reserved to cancel any workshop prior to departure upon the refund of all payments received, which shall release Steve Rutherford and Rutherford Photography from further liability. Neither Steve Rutherford nor Rutherford Photography is not responsible for additional expenses incurred by trip members in preparing for the trip (i.e. nonrefundable advance-purchase air tickets, equipment, etc.)
Rutherford Photography reserves the right to decline to accept or retain any person or member of any trip should such person's actions or general deportment impede the operation of the trip or the rights or welfare or enjoyment of other members of the trip, and it is agreed that no refunds will be given in such circumstances.
Rutherford Photography reserves the right to take photographic or film records of any of our trips, and may use any such records for promotional and/or commercial purposes without the requirement for a signed release from any members captured in film.
Other than the standard internet data, Rutherford Photography does not collect or use any of your personal information unless specifically authorised or permitted pursuant to the Privacy Act 1988.
In consideration of Rutherford Photography permitting me to participate in the workshop, I hereby agree as follows:-
I unconditionally release and discharge Rutherford Photography from all liabilities, claims and causes of action that may arise from any act, omission, default, failure or error on the part of Rutherford Photography (including any negligent act, omission, default, failure or error) occurring wholly or partially during the course of the workshop and including whilst in transit to or from the workshop. I acknowledge and agree that this is in addition to any other release and indemnity provided by me by agreeing to the Terms and Conditions of my participation in the Workshop.
Where this document is signed by the Parent or Guardian of a minor (being a person under the age of 18 years) then the Parent/Guardian warrants that the information contained in this form is true and correct and personally covenants in terms of this waiver, release and indemnity.