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Licence Information

Last updated September 29, 2009

The purpose of this page is to summarize the licence conditions associated with any information, in any format, obtained in connection with or associated with subscriptions to Orders in Council and to its associated web services at www.carruthers.com. J-K Carruthers Limited reserves the right to change the terms of the licences set out below at any time.

For the purposes of this licence: Orders in Council refers to the publication "A Weekly Listing of Federal Orders in Council and Ministerial Orders", the annual Index, and its predecessor publications; web site refers to www.carruthers.com; approved Orders refers to the electronic versions of Regulations, SORs, SIs, and other federal cabinet Orders stored in electronic form on the web site; and Regulations on the Web refers to the web-only service associated with accessing information on the web site.

Orders in Council is published weekly and approved Orders are normally posted weekly to the web site when the Special Committee of the Federal Cabinet meets.

These licence conditions: cover Orders in Council, information on the web site, and approved Orders in electronic and hard copy format obtained from the web site; and apply to any person (including corporations and other organizations) that access or use or distribute information obtained from Orders in Council and/or from the web pages associated with the web site (www.carruthers.com).

The licence(s) described below relate only to the permitted uses of the information; J-K Carruthers Limited retains all rights of copyright and ownership to the information associated with and derived from Orders in Council and the web site.

Each fully-paid subscription to Orders in Council, while in effect, comes with:

a three-user electronic licence to receive or access the electronic versions of Orders in Council (the html and pdf versions) and the electronic versions (pdf or html, as appropriate) of approved Orders available on the web site (www.carruthers.com).
- these licences are limited to three designated users within the subscriber organization; they are not "concurrent" user licences.
- subscribers may elect to receive Orders in Council in pdf format by e-mail, delivered to up to three e-mail addresses within the organization; if Orders in Council is delivered to only one user, the subscriber organization may forward the information electronically to up to two other authorized users within the subscriber organization.
- subscribers may obtain Orders in Council and approved Orders from the web site, using an approved password issued by J-K Carruthers to the subscriber.
- subscribers may purchase additional electronic distribution licences directly from J-K Carruthers Limited, to supplement the three-user licence that comes with each subscription (see below for the costs of such additional licences).
- subscribers agree to take reasonable precautions to ensure that any approved password issued by J-K Carruthers Limited is not used by unauthorized users to access the web site; J-K Carruthers Limited reserves the right to change the password or cancel the password access to the web site should the password by used by unauthorized users.
an unlimited hard copy reproduction licence, to make printed or photocopies of Orders in Council or the approved Orders obtained by e-mail or from the web site, for use within the subscriber organization.
the right to archive one electronic copy of the issues of Orders in Council obtained during the subscription period, plus one copy of any approved Orders obtained from the web site, conditional on such archival electronic copies being destroyed within 30 days of the subscription to Orders in Council being terminated.
the right to archive one hard copy of the issues of Orders in Council obtained during the subscription period, plus one copy of any approved Orders obtained from the web site during the subscription period, plus the right to retain this one archival hard copy after the subscription has ended.
The above licences only apply for use within the subscriber organization.

Additional licences:

subscribers may purchase additional annual reproduction/redistribution licenses, to run concurrently with the subscription to Orders In Council, at a cost of $25/year (plus GST) for each block of 10 additional electronic users;
subscribers may purchase an unlimited electronic reproduction/redistribution licence (site licence), for users within the subscribing organization, for $200/year plus GST, paid in advance. This licence includes the right to post information on an organization's intranet, for access only by employees of the subscriber organization, or to allow employees to access the web site. (For greater clarity, the total subscriber cost for a site licence is $520/yr + GST, including the base subscription fee of $320/yr.)

Reproduction by any means of any of the information covered by the licence(s), for the use by persons or organizations outside of the subscriber organization is expressly forbidden under this licence, unless the subscriber has been given permission in writing by J-K Carruthers Limited.

Transmission by any means of any of the information covered by the licence to persons or organizations outside of the subscriber organization is expressly forbidden under this licence, unless the subscriber has been given permission in writing by J-K Carruthers Limited.

Sale of, or exchange for value, of any of the information covered by the licence to persons or organizations outside of the subscriber organization is expressly forbidden under this licence.

Individuals or organizations who are not current subscribers to Orders in Council or its associated web services are expressly forbidden from reproducing or redistributing any current or past issues of Orders in Council or any of the information covered by this licence, however access to the information has been obtained.

Each fully-paid subscription to Regulations on the Web, while in effect, comes with:

a single-user electronic licence to receive or access the electronic versions of Orders in Council (the html and pdf versions) and the electronic versions (pdf or html, as appropriate) of approved Orders available on the web site (www.carruthers.com)
- this licence is limited to a single user within the subscriber organization; no electronic copies may be made or transmitted within or outside the subscriber organization.
- a single designated user within the subscriber organization may access Orders in Council and approved Orders on the web site, using an approved password issued by J-K Carruthers to the subscriber;
- the access password cannot be shared with other users.
- subscribers agree to take reasonable precautions to ensure that any approved password issued by J-K Carruthers Limited is not used by unauthorized users to access the web site; J-K Carruthers Limited reserves the right to change the password or cancel the password access to the web site should the password by used by unauhorized users.
a single hard copy reproduction licence, to make one printed or photocopy of Orders in Council or the approved Orders obtained from the web site, for use within the subscriber organization; faxing information to other persons is not permitted under this licence.
the right to archive one electronic copy of the information obtained from the web site during the subscription period, conditional on such archival electronic copies being destroyed within 30 days of the subscription to Regulations on the Web being terminated.

The above licence only apply for use within the subscriber organization.

Reproduction by any means of any of the information covered by the licence, for the use by persons or organizations outside of the subscriber organization is expressly forbidden undeer this licence, unless the subscriber has been given permission in writing by J-K Carruthers Limited.

Transmission by any means of any of the information covered by the licence to persons or organizations within or outside of the subscriber organization is expressly forbidden under this licence, unless the subscriber has been given permission in writing by J-K Carruthers Limited.

Sale of, or exchange for value, of any of the information covered by the licence to persons or organizations outside of the subscriber organization is expressly forbidden under this licence.

If you have any questions about the above licence information or wish to obtain permission to use the information in ways that are not authorized by the appropriate licences, please contact Jeff Carruthers, Editor, at jeff@carruthers.com.