These Terms and Conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of the Ministry of Works and Transport's website. Users are expected to observe the guidelines for acceptable use of the Ministry of Works and Transport’s Website. In addition, users are expected to comply with the Laws of Trinidad and Tobago, in particular, laws relating to Copyright and Intellectual Property and observe international ethical standards governing the use of the Internet and the Web. The Ministry of Works and Transport (“the Ministry”) provides this online service to you subject to the following Terms and Conditions, which may be updated by the Ministry from time to time without notice to you.

Accessibility

The Ministry has developed this website as a convenient channel for the dissemination of information to the public on the Ministry’s processes and activities in the provision of its services and functions. The Ministry’s website is maintained for your personal use and viewing, as such access and your use of the Ministry’s website automatically constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions governing its use. The continuous availability and accessibility to the Ministry’s website rely on technologies which are outside the Ministry’s immediate control. Accordingly, the Ministry does not guarantee the continuous availability and accessibility of the Ministry’s website. The Ministry reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend or terminate your access to the Ministry’s website and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice.

Do not continue to use this Website if you do not agree to all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

This accessibility statement only applies to this Website.

Online Services

For online services conducted on the Ministry’s website, you will be asked to enter certain information about yourself and/or the property and/or the organisation with which you are affiliated. The specifics of this information will vary as required by the type of service. Information collected in the course of the service is sufficient and reasonable to conduct the online service with the appropriate Ministry department(s) and provide information that may be useful to you.

You may see links on this website to other or third-party websites however; the Ministry neither endorses nor recommends these linked external websites to you. When users access one of these external links, they leave the Ministry’s website and are no longer protected by these conditions. The Ministry takes no responsibility for the security, accuracy of content or privacy facilities of these linked external websites. It is strongly recommended that users read the privacy statements on these linked external websites to make their own assessments about information security.

Some services and functions on the Ministry’s website may be delivered and hosted by third parties. These services however, have their own privacy policies, so upon use of these functions, the personal information you provide will be used and stored in accordance with those third-parties’ privacy policies.

Acceptable Use

As a condition of your use of the Ministry’s website, you warrant to the Ministry of Works and Transport that you will not use the Ministry’s website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms and conditions. Malicious use of the Ministry’s website in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Ministry’s website or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of same, is prohibited. Users are forbidden to:

• use this website in violation of any law, rule or regulation,
• interfere with or disrupt this website or any of the Ministry’s computer systems, servers, networks, databases, software, hardware or equipment used by or for this website,
• interfere with the use or enjoyment of this website by others,
• introduce a code which is disruptive or harmful,
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to Ministry’s computer systems, servers, networks, databases, software, hardware or equipment, including user-restricted areas of this website, and
• infiltrate this website or any other computer system and damage or alter existing software or hardware components at this website.

You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided through the Ministry’s website.