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Thank you for visiting the Skills Development Scotland website.

By using this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and of use, which together with our Privacy Policy govern Skills Development Scotland's relationship with you in relation to this website.

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Our disclaimer should be read in conjunction with ourĀ Privacy Policy. The information contained in this website may include opinions or views which, unless expressly stated otherwise, are not those of The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited (Skills Development Scotland) or any associated company or any person in relation to whom they would have vicarious liability or responsibility.

Skills Development Scotland has taken reasonable care to ensure that the information contained on this website is accurate and up to date. No representation or warranty is given, either expressly or by implication that the information is accurate and complete. Skills Development Scotland will have no liability for any losses or damage arising from the use or reliance upon the information contained in these pages. This includes, without limitation, any loss of data, loss of use, loss of profits or any other loss which you may suffer as a result of or in connection with the use of or reliance upon the information contained in this website, whether it arises as a result of a claim in contract or a claim of negligence.

Skills Development Scotland may choose from time to time to have links to various third party websites and services from this website. These third party links are provided for your convenience only and are accessed at your own risk. You agree that Skills Development Scotland has no responsibility or liability for any independent policies or actions of these third party sites and services and is not responsible in any way for the privacy practices, customer service practices, content or availability of any such websites and services. You also agree that Skills Development Scotland shall not be responsible in any way for any damage or loss caused in relation to the content, goods or services available through such websites.

All intellectual property rights contained in these pages including copyright are held by, and shall continue to belong to Skills Development Scotland unless otherwise indicated. You may download to a local hard disk and print extracts from this website for your personal use. You may also re-copy downloaded extracts to others provided you do not do so for profit.

However, reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited unless for personal use. Under no circumstances should this information, or any part of it, be copied, reproduced, redistributed or otherwise incorporated into or stored in any other website, electronic retrieval system, publication or other work in any form (whether hard copy, electronic or other), other than printing or downloading for personal use only. For the avoidance of doubt, framing of this site or any part of it is not permitted without express permission. No rights of any kind are licensed or assigned or shall otherwise pass to persons accessing these pages. Requests for permission to reproduce any of the content of this website should be sent to:info@skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk

Notwithstanding the above, caching of this site is permitted by an information service provider acting in the normal course of its business as provided for in the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002.

We will ensure that the information contained in this website is updated regularly and we may amend the content of these terms and conditions and privacy policy. We advise visitors to read these terms and conditions at regular intervals.

Please note that connection charges may apply to your use of this website. Your telephone company and internet service provider can provide you with details of these charges.

We make reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Skills Development Scotland website is free from any computer viruses. However, this does not cover any third party websites to which it may be linked and it is strongly recommended that you check for such viruses before downloading any material to your computer equipment.

The information and other contents of this website are designed to comply with Scots Law. This website shall be governed by Scots Law and any court actions in connection with this website must be brought in the Scottish Courts. If anything in this website is construed as being contrary to the laws applicable in any other country, then this website is not intended to be accessed by persons from that country.

Skills Development Scotland is registered in Scotland, as The Skills Development Scotland Co. Limited, No. SC202659. The registered office is Monteith House, 11 George Square, Glasgow G2 1DY.

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