Services disclaimer

The Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) is a satellite-based augmentation system that provides positioning and navigation services for users in Australia and New Zealand.

Initial services will not be Safety of Life certified. Safety of Life services will be available from 2028.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, each End User's access to and/or use of the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) including, without limitation, each End User's access to and/or use of the SouthPAN Open Service, Safety-of-Life Service or Aeronautical Radio Navigation Service (collectively, the End-User Services) or any associated data or services: 

  • is on an ‘as-is’ and ‘as available’ basis with all faults, and the Commonwealth of Australia and the Sovereign in Right of New Zealand each disclaim all warranties, guarantees or representations of any kind, and 
  • is entirely at each End User's own risk, and the Commonwealth of Australia and the Sovereign in Right of New Zealand each disclaim any liability to any End User or anyone else for any liability whatsoever (including, without limitation, any liability for negligence). 

Neither the Commonwealth of Australia nor the Sovereign in Right of New Zealand intend to create any contractual legal relations with any End User in relation to any End User's access to and/or use of the SouthPAN or any of the End-User Services or any associated data or services. 

Where an End-User accesses or uses any of the End-User Services for the purposes of making goods or services available to one or more other persons, that End-User assumes, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any and all liability to those persons in connection with or arising out of those End-User Services and will be taken to have made those persons aware of this disclaimer.  

The End-User Services have the performance targets defined in sections 6, 7, and 8 of the SouthPAN Service Definition. 

SouthPAN service definition

For the purposes of this disclaimer:  

  • the Commonwealth of Australia includes its servants, agents, officers, representatives and instrumentalities (however described), and  

  • the Sovereign in Right of New Zealand includes its servants, agents, officers, representatives and instrumentalities (however described). 

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