
EIZ PTY LTD
Superfreight
FREIGHT SERVICE
AGREEMENT
1 Definitions
and Interpretation 4
2 Provision of Services 9
3 Fees and Charges 9
4 Invoicing and Payment 9
5 Term 11
6 Contracts with Third Parties 11
7 Warranties by the Customer 11
8 Exclusion and Limitation of Liability 12
9 Quotations 14
10 Routes, Procedures and Method 14
11 Packaging and Inspection 15
12 Lien 15
13 Registration / Personal Properties Security Act 16
14 Dangerous Goods 16
15 Valuables 17
16 Delivery / Completion 18
17 Sale and Disposal of Goods 19
18 GST 19
19 Regulation Compliance 20
20 Trade Practices 20
21 Confidentiality 21
22 Insurance and Carrier Claims 23
23 Termination 24
24 Notices 25
25 Not a Common Carrier 26
26 Entire Agreement and Amendment 27
27 Assignment 27
28 Inconsistency and Priority 27
29 Severance and Waiver 27
30 Law and Jurisdiction 28
31 Counterparts and Electronic Exchange 28
32 Further assurances 28
33 Costs 28
Execution 29
Schedule 1 30
1 Fees and Charges 30
2 Services 30
3 Standards and Duties 30
Date
Parties
Company
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EIZ Pty Ltd (ACN 623 320 258)
Address: Level
1, 13 Corporate Drive, Heatherton VIC 3202
Email: Click or tap here to enter text.
(the Company)
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Customer
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[INSERTED automatically according to the user info
you provided for creating a SuperFreight account or using the SuperFreight
services]
Address: INSERTED
automatically
Email: INSERTED
automatically
(the Customer)
PLEASE
BE ADVISED THAT UPON CREATING A SUPERFREIGHT ACCOUNT OR USING THE SUPERFREIGHT
SERVICES, YOU ARE CONSIDERED THE CUSTOMER IN AGREEMENT WITH EIZ PTY LTD. IF
YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS AGREEMENT, PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER A SUPERFREIGHT
ACCOUNT OR USE THE SUPERFREIGHT SERVICES.
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Recitals
A.
The Company agrees
to provide the Services and the Customer agrees to pay for the Services in
accordance with clauses 2 and 3 of this agreement.
B.
The parties agree to
accept certain other rights and obligations on the terms of this agreement.
Operative provisions
1 Definitions
and Interpretation
Definitions
1.1.
The following
definitions apply in this agreement unless the context requires otherwise:
Australian
Consumer Law means the Australian
Consumer Law set out in Schedule 2 of the Competitions and Consumer Act 2010
(Cth) and as amended from time to time.
Authorised Third Party Disclosees means a
person not party to this agreement to whom a Disclosee, having received authorisation
in writing from the Discloser, has disclosed Confidential Information.
Business Day
means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for
business generally in the State of Victoria.
Carriage by Air Convention includes the Convention
for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (or Montreal
Convention), and the Warsaw Convention.
Carrier means a carrier with whom
the Company contracts to provide, deliver, or arrange transport and freight
services in respect of the Goods, including any ancillary services such as the
collection and unloading, and available for selection by the Customer via the
Company’s website.
Claim
means any claim, complaint, demand,
proceeding, suit, litigation, action, cause of action or other legal recourse
(whether in contract, tort, under statute or otherwise).
SuperFreight
Services means the web-based portal on the SuperFreight site (https://superfreight.com.au/)or its services connected to other EIZ
products.
Commencement Date means
the date when the Customer creates a SuperFreight account or begins to use the
SuperFreight Services.
SuperFreight Account refers to the user account registered by the Customer for
the SuperFreight Services.
Confidential Information means all information relating to a party, any customer,
clients, suppliers, distributors or joint venture partners, of the party and/or
any of the business or financial affairs of any of them, including:
(a)
any information that
is specifically designated by any of them as confidential;
(b)
any information
which, by its nature, may reasonably be regarded as confidential;
(c)
any information
relating to any:
(i)
agreements,
arrangements or terms of trade with any existing or prospective customers,
clients, suppliers, distributors or joint venture partners or other contractual
counterparties;
(ii)
customers, clients,
suppliers, distributors, joint venture partners, employees, technologies,
products, services, proposals, market opportunities, business or product
development plans, pricing, financial position or performance, capabilities,
capacities, operations or processes; or
(iii)
Intellectual
Property Rights,
of any of
them; and
(d)
any note,
calculation, conclusion, summary or other material derived or produced partly
or wholly from any such information.
Contract
Term means the period for
which this agreement is effective, as provided by clauses 5.1
and 5.2.
Dangerous
Goods means:
(a)
any Goods that
satisfy the Dangerous Goods classification criteria set out, or referred to, in
Part 2 of the Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road
& Rail for determining whether goods are dangerous goods;
(b)
any Goods determined
to be dangerous goods under regulation 30(1)(a) of the Dangerous Goods
(Transport by Road or Rail) Regulations 2018 (Vic);
(c)
any Goods classified
as dangerous goods under the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code; or
(d)
any Goods that are
or may become noxious, dangerous, flammable or damaging or that may harbour or
encourage vermin or other pests, or that are or may become liable to damage any
property whatsoever.
Default
Rate means 1.5% per
annum.
Disclosee
means the party to whom
Confidential Information has been disclosed by the Discloser.
Discloser
means the party who has
disclosed Confidential Information to a Disclosee.
Fees
and Charges means the
fees due from the Customer to the Company in accordance with Schedule
1.
Authorized
Credit Card refers to
the credit card authorized by the Customer to pay for the Fees and Charges.
Force Majeure
Event means any act,
event or cause which is beyond the reasonable control of a party (other than
lack of or unavailability of funds) including:
(a)
an act of God,
accident of navigation, war (whether declared or not), sabotage, insurrection,
national emergency, martial law, fire, lightning, flood, earthquake, or other
severe adverse weather conditions, explosion, power shortage, strike or other
labour difficulty, pandemic or epidemic, quarantine, radiation or radioactive
contamination;
(b)
action or inaction
of any government, Government Authority or court, including appropriation,
intervention, direction or injunction, by legislation, regulation or otherwise;
(c)
breakdown of plant,
machinery or equipment or shortages of labour, transportation, fuel, power, or
materials, not preventable by the exercise of due diligence by the Parties, its
servants, agents or sub-contractors;
(d)
transportation
disasters, washaways, derailment and the like; and
(e)
any other cause
which despite the exercise of foresight or due diligence, the parties are
unable to prevent or overcome.
Goods means the cargo or goods that the
Customer wishes to ship or send via or using the Services.
Government
Authority includes the public authorities of any Australian government, or
any other foreign government.
GST has the meaning given in A New Tax
System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).
Input Tax
Credit has the meaning
given in A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).
Insolvency Event means, in respect of a party:
(a)
where the party is
an individual, that party commits an act of bankruptcy or is declared bankrupt
or insolvent or that party’s estate otherwise becomes liable to be dealt with
under any law relating to bankruptcy or insolvency;
(b)
where the party is a
company, a resolution is passed or court order made for the winding up of that
party or an administrator is appointed to that party pursuant to any relevant
law;
(c)
a receiver or
manager or receiver and manager is appointed to the assets or undertaking of
the party or any part thereof; or
(d)
the party is
otherwise unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due.
Letter of
Instruction means a
document which provides shipping instructions to a Carrier or
freight forwarder to ensure accurate and correct movement of the products
across borders.
Loss
means any loss, damage,
debt, cost, charge, expense, fee, fine, outgoing, penalty, diminution in value,
deficiency or other liability of any kind or character (including legal and
other professional fees and expenses on a full indemnity basis) that a party
pays, suffers or incurs or is liable for, including all:
(a)
liabilities on
account of Tax;
(b)
interest and other
amounts payable to third parties;
(c)
legal and other
professional fees and expenses (on a full indemnity basis) and other costs
incurred in connection with investigating, defending or settling any Claim,
whether or not resulting in any liability; and
(d)
all amounts paid in
settlement of any Claim.
PPSA means the Personal Property Securities Act
2009 (Cth) and its regulations, any statutory instruments or binding
determinations made under any of them and consolidations, amendments,
re-enactments or replacements of any of them.
Representatives means, in respect of a person, the
employees, officers, consultants, agents and professional advisers of that
person.
Services means the services identified in the
table of services including freight and storage in Schedule
1.
Subcontractor means any third party whom the Company engages
in order to perform its obligations under this agreement, and includes any Carriers
with whom the Company contracts to provide the Services.
Tax or Taxation means:
(a)
any tax, levy,
impost, deduction, charge, rate, compulsory loan, withholding or duty by whatever
name called, levied, imposed or assessed under the Tax Acts or any other
statute, ordinance or law by any Government Authority (including profits tax,
property tax, interest tax, income tax, tax related to capital gains, tax
related to the franking of dividends, bank account debits tax, fringe benefits
tax, sales tax, payroll tax, superannuation guarantee charge, group or Pay as
You Go withholding tax and land tax);
(b)
unless the context
otherwise requires, Stamp Duty and GST; and
(c)
any interest,
penalty, charge, fine or fee or other amount of any kind assessed, charged or
imposed on or in respect of the above.
Valuables means any Goods which have a value in
excess of $3,000 Australian Dollars or otherwise as determined by the Company
and notified to the Customer from time to time.
Interpretation
1.2. The following rules of interpretation
apply in this agreement unless the context requires otherwise:
(a)
headings in this
agreement are for convenience only and do not affect its interpretation or
construction;
(b)
no rule of
construction applies to the disadvantage of a party because this agreement is
prepared by (or on behalf of) that party;
(c)
where any word or
phrase is defined, any other part of speech or other grammatical form of that
word or phrase has a cognate meaning;
(d)
a reference to a
document (including this agreement) is a reference to that document (including
any schedules and annexures) as amended, consolidated, supplemented, novated or
replaced;
(e)
references to
recitals, clauses, subclauses, paragraphs, annexures or schedules are
references to recitals, clauses, subclauses, paragraphs, annexures and
schedules of or to this agreement;
(f)
in each schedule to
this agreement, a reference to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph in
that schedule;
(g)
a reference to any
statute, proclamation, rule, code, regulation or ordinance includes any
amendment, consolidation, modification, re-enactment or reprint of it or any
statute, proclamation, rule, code, regulation or ordinance replacing it;
(h)
an expression
importing a natural person includes any individual, corporation or other body
corporate, partnership, trust or association and any Government Authority and
that person’s personal representatives, successors, permitted assigns,
substitutes, executors and administrators;
(i)
a reference to
writing includes any communication sent by post, facsimile or email;
(j)
a reference to time
refers to time in Melbourne, Victoria, and time is of the essence;
(k)
all monetary amounts
are in Australian currency;
(l)
a reference to a “liability”
includes a present, prospective, future or contingent liability;
(m)
the word “month”
means calendar month and the word “year” means 12 calendar months;
(n)
the meaning of
general words is not limited by specific examples introduced by “include”,
“includes”, “including”, “for example”, “in particular”, “such as” or similar
expressions;
(o)
a reference to a
“party” is a reference to a party to this agreement and a reference to a “third
party” is a reference to a person that is not a party to this agreement;
(p)
a reference to any
thing is a reference to the whole and each part of it;
(q)
a reference to a
group of persons is a reference to all of them collectively and to each of them
individually;
(r)
words in the
singular include the plural and vice versa; and
(s)
a reference to one
gender includes a reference to the other genders.
2.1.
The Company must, in
providing the Services, comply with the standards and duties set out in Schedule
1.
Fees
and Charges
3.1.
In consideration for
the provision of the Services by the Company, the Customer shall pay the
Company the Fees and Charges calculated in accordance with Schedule
1.
Reimbursement
of Expenses
(a)
the Company:
i.
obtains the
Customer’s written consent before incurring the expenses;
ii.
provides the
Customer with acceptable documentation for the expenses incurred; and
(b)
the Customer shall
not be required to reimburse the Company for any amount of GST that the Company
has paid, or is liable to pay, in relation to any supply acquired by the Company
from any third party if the Company has received, or is entitled to receive, an
Input Tax Credit for that GST.
Method of Payment
4.1.
The
Customer agrees to make payments for any service in connection with this agreement
using one of the following methods:
a) Credit card
payments: The Customer authorizes the Company to charge
the Authorized Credit Card on their behalf, along with a transaction summary.
b) Top-up payments:
The Customer may add funds to their SuperFreight Account and authorize the
Company to charge their top-up account balance for shipping services on a pay-as-you-go
basis.
The Company
shall provide an estimated price for reference prior to the transaction. This
estimate is calculated based on the Customer’s declarations, including but not
limited to the weight and dimensions of the goods intended for shipment, as
well as the pricing displayed on the Company’s website and/or platform.
The Customer
acknowledges that the estimated price is provisional and subject to change. The final
price may differ from the estimate due to various factors, including but not
limited to: 1) reweighing and remeasurement of goods; 2) inaccuracies in the Customer's
declarations; and 3) updates to the reference pricing on the Company’s website
and/or platform.
The Customer
authorizes the Company to debit their SuperFreight Account for any additional
charges incurred as a result of the factors outlined above. The Company will
provide the Customer with a transaction summary detailing any such additional
charges.
The Customer
agrees to provide accurate and complete information regarding the goods to be
shipped. The
Customer shall be liable for any discrepancies and associated costs, including without
limitation, the suspended or terminated use of their SuperFreight Account or
the SuperFreight Services.
c) Invoiced payments:
The Customer should make an electronic fund transfer into the account nominated
by the Company, following the invoice issued by the Company. A credit limit
will be applicable for the Customer upon completing the Business Credit
Application, as outlined in clause 4.2 c) below.
Timing
of Payments
4.2.
The
Customer must pay the Company all Fees and Charges as properly notified or invoiced
pursuant to clause 3:
a)
For
credit card payments, all Fees and Charges must be made in full at the time of
the transaction to ensure continued access to services. The customer must
ensure that there is a sufficient balance available on the credit card at the
time of the transaction.
b) For top-up
payments, all Fees and Charges must be made in full at the time of the
transaction to ensure continued access to services. The customer must ensure
that there is a sufficient balance available on their SuperFreight Accounts at
the time of the transaction.
c) For invoiced
payments, all Fees and Charges must be made in full on or before the date that
is 7 days from the date of the invoice. The Customer may apply
for a credit limit and authorize the Company to debit their bank accounts
directly for any Fees and Charges due by submitting the Business
Credit Application.
No Set-Off or Deduction
4.3.
All amounts payable
under or in connection with this agreement must be paid without set-off,
counterclaim, withholding, deduction or claim to a lien whatsoever, whether or
not any such set-off, counterclaim, withholding, deduction or lien arises under
this agreement (unless otherwise required by law).
4.4.
If a party is
required by law to make a deduction or withholding in respect of any sum
payable under or in connection with this agreement to another party, it must,
at the same time as the sum that is the subject of the deduction or withholding
is payable, make a payment to the other party of such additional amount as is
required to ensure that the net amount received by the other party will equal
the full amount that would have been received by it had no such deduction or
withholding been required to be made.
4.5.
The Customer
agrees to raise any billing disputes within 7 days of receipt of an invoice or
transaction summary. Any billing disputes must be in written form and receipt
must be acknowledged by the Company.
4.6.
Any
forthcoming credits will be passed on as credit notes to the Customer on the
following invoice if applicable.
Default
Interest
4.7.
If a
party fails to pay any sum payable by it under this agreement to another party
at the time and otherwise in
the manner provided in this agreement, it must pay interest on that sum from
the due date of payment until that sum is paid in full at the Default Rate,
calculated daily on the basis of a 365-day year and compounded monthly.
Interest will accrue from day to day and will be payable on demand. The payment
of interest by a party to another party in respect of any late payment under
this clause 4.8
is in addition to any other remedies that the other party may have in respect
of such late payment.
4.8.
If a liability of a
party to another party under this agreement becomes merged in a judgement or
order and the interest rate that applies under that judgement or order is lower
than the Default Rate, that party must, as an independent obligation, pay to
the other party, at the same time and in the same manner as the sum that is the
subject of that judgement or order is to be paid, such additional interest on
that sum as is required to ensure that the total amount of interest that the
other party receives in respect of that liability is equal to the Default Rate.
4.9.
Any failure
of the Customer to pay a valid invoice issued by the Company in accordance with
this agreement shall represent a breach of Customer’s obligations under this agreement
and shall entitle the Company to immediately terminate the Customer’s access to
the Services and/or cease or suspend carrying out any Services.
This agreement will take effect from the Commencement Date and will remain
in effect unless
either party provides 15-day prior written notice to the other indicating their intention not to extend the agreement.
6.1.
The
Customer hereby employs and authorises the Company to contract either in its
own name (if acting as the principal) or in the Customer’s name (if acting as
the Customer’s agent) with any Subcontractor, and authorises any Subcontractor
to contract the services of any other Subcontractor, for the performance of any
of the Services agreed to be arranged or performed pursuant to, or ancillary
to, this agreement. Any such contract may be made on any terms of contract
whatsoever used by the Subcontractor with whom the Company or Subcontractor may
contract for such Service(s), including terms which may limit or exclude
liability in respect of the Service.
6.2.
In any
event, the Company shall be entitled to the full benefits of all privileges,
rights and immunities available to any Subcontractor under such contract or
compulsorily applicable law in respect of the Services provided. Any
Subcontractor’s terms are available from the Company on request.
6.3.
The
Customer acknowledges that in contracting with third parties, the Company is
subject to the terms and conditions imposed by those Subcontractors. Subject to
any applicable law, the Customer shall not require the Company to take any
action which would constitute a breach or fundamental breach of the Company’s
obligations to its Subcontractors.
7
Warranties by the Customer
7.1.
The
Customer warrants:
(a)
that it is the owner
of the Goods or otherwise has the authority of the owner or person having an
interest in the Goods or any part thereof to sign a Letter of Instruction,
other contractual document or otherwise accept and consign the Goods upon and
subject to these conditions.
(b)
that the person
releasing or delivering the Goods to the Company is authorised to sign the Company’s
Letter of Instruction, other contractual document and/or otherwise accept and
agree to these conditions on the Customer’s behalf.
(c)
the adequacy of
packing, stowing and suitability of the Goods for the Services contracted (including
that it is not a Dangerous Good unless the Company has agreed in writing
pursuant to clause 14)
and accuracy of all markings and brandings of the Goods, descriptions, values
and other particulars furnished to the Company for the carriage, customs,
consular and any other purposes and undertakes to indemnify the Company against
all loss, damage, expenses and fines arising from any inadequacy,
unsuitability, inaccuracy or omission in this respect; and
(d)
that the performance
of any Service provided or arranged by the Company to effect the instructions
of the Customer in respect of the Goods shall not be in breach of any law.
7.2.
The
Customer further warrants that, in signing the letter of instruction or
otherwise accepting these conditions, the Customer did not rely on any
representation, promise, warranty or condition of the Company or its
Subcontractor not expressly made (in writing) part of this agreement.
Indemnities
8.1.
The
Customer shall have personal liability for, and hereby irrevocably indemnifies
and covenants to hold the Company or its Representatives harmless from and against all Losses
that may be suffered by the Company or its Representatives and which arise, directly or indirectly:
(a)
in
connection with a breach of any applicable laws or a term in this agreement by
the Customer;
(b)
in
respect of any personal injury, death or property damage caused by the
Customer;
(c)
in
respect of a breach of the rights of any third party (including intellectual
property rights) by the Customer;
(d)
in
respect of any Losses arising from any inherent defect, quality or vice of the
Goods, where the Goods are damaged due to inadequate or unsuitable packaging or
storage or instructions regarding the packaging or storage from the Customer; or
(e)
in
respect of any Losses arising from any container demurrage, container detention
or claims for container damage or container cleaning charges.
8.2.
Each
indemnity contained in this agreement is an additional, separate, independent
and continuing obligation that survives the termination of this agreement
despite any settlement of account or other occurrence and remains in full force
and effect until all money owing, contingently or otherwise, under the relevant
indemnity has been paid in full and no one indemnity limits the generality of
any other indemnity.
Exclusions
(a)
arising from an
authorised or unauthorised act, or contemplated or uncontemplated act under
this agreement;
(b)
resulting from, or
attributable to, any quotation, statement, representation or information, oral
or written, made or given on behalf of the Company or its Representatives, or Subcontractors
as to the classification of, liability for, amount, scale or rate of customs
duty, excise duty or other impost or Tax applicable to any Goods subject of any
Service;
(c)
occasioned by the
Company complying with any requirement or directive of any Government Authority
in relation to the Goods;
(d)
occasioned by
examination of the Goods by any Government Authority;
(e)
occasioned by
treatment of the Goods by any Government Authority (including, without
limitation, any fumigation or decontamination or other treatment by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection
Service).
8.4.
The
Company and its Representatives expressly disclaim all conditions, representations and warranties (whether
express or implied, statutory or otherwise) in relation to the Services,
including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose or non-infringement. Without limitation
to the foregoing, the Company makes no representation, and provides no warranty
or guarantee, that:
(a)
the Customer will
achieve any particular results from the provision of the Services;
(b)
any particular
individuals or Subcontractors will perform the Services on behalf of the Company;
or
(c)
the Services will:
(i)
be error-free or that errors or
defects will be corrected; or
(ii)
meet the Customer's
requirements or expectations, whether
expressly stated, implied or reasonably expected by the Customer.
8.5.
To the maximum
extent permitted by law, the Company and its Representatives expressly exclude
liability for any damage and/or delay in the performance of any obligation of
the Company under this agreement where such damage or delay is caused by a
Force Majeure Event and the Company shall be entitled to a reasonable extension
of time for the performance of such an obligation or be excused and released from such an
obligation, provided that it has exercised reasonable care and due diligence in
attempting to overcome such Force Majeure Event.
8.6.
Except only for
those rights and remedies the Customer is entitled to in respect of the
Services under the Australian Consumer Law or where liability cannot be
lawfully excluded, restricted or modified by this agreement:
(a)
the Company excludes
any liability for consequential loss;
(b)
the Company excludes all conditions,
warranties and implied terms, whether statutory or otherwise, in relation to
the Services; and
(c)
the
provisions of the applicable law shall be deemed incorporated herein and any
rights, immunities and/or defences therein shall be available to the Company.
8.7.
For
clarity and without limiting the above, every exemption, limitation, condition
and liberty herein contained and every right, power, authority, exemption from
liability, defence and immunity of whatsoever nature applicable to the Company
or to which the Company is entitled hereunder shall also be available and shall
extend to protect all Representatives of the Company.
Limitations
8.8.
The
Customer agrees and acknowledges that the aggregate liability of the Company
and its Representatives shall be limited, in respect of any and all Claims for
any Losses that the Customer may bring against the Company under this agreement
or otherwise in respect of the Services, to the following (the choice of which
is to be at the Company’s sole discretion):
(a)
re-supply
of the Services;
(b)
payment
of the costs of supply of the Services by a third party;
(c)
the
refund of any amounts paid by the Customer to the Company under this agreement
in respect to the Services; or
(d)
the value
of the Goods lost or damaged whereby the parties agree that the value of the
Goods is to be the invoice cost value of such Goods,
even if the Company has been advised of
the possibility of such Losses.
9.3.
All Fees
and Charges shown on the Company’s website and/or platform are estimates only
and subject to change, and are not binding on the Company unless separately
confirmed for the Customer in writing. Final pricing may vary due to a variety
of factors, including but not limited to reweighing and remeasuring of Goods.
All Fees and Charges are payable by the Customer in accordance with the terms of
this agreement.
The Customer may submit any billing disputes related to the Fees or Charges to [Insert Email Address].
10.1. If the Company is instructed
by the Customer and agrees to use a particular method or type of Service, the
Company shall give due consideration to the method or type designated but shall
at all times have the right to choose or vary such method or type of Service or
route and procedure adopted in respect of the Service performed.
10.2. The Customer hereby authorises
the Company to substitute alternate Carriers or Service providers without
notice to the Customer.
11 Packaging and
Inspection
11.1. In addition to the Fees and
Charges payable under clause 3, the Customer shall be liable to the
Company for all Losses incurred for any reason in the provision of the
Services, including the cost to its Carriers for labour and material required
to re-pack, palletise or otherwise rectify or render secure the packaging of
Goods to the extent which the Carrier considers in its absolute discretion to
be required for the proper provision of its carriage services.
11.2.
Notwithstanding the
provisions of clause 11.1:
(b)
whether
or not the Company expends such labour and material, the Goods shall be at the
owner’s / Customer’s risk at all times;
(d)
the
Customer shall indemnify the Company in respect of any failure to observe
subclause 11.2(c).
Inspection
11.3. The Customer authorises the
Company in effecting the Services, but with no obligation on the part of the
Company, to allow inspection and/or release of the Goods or any information
and/or documents of the Customer, the Goods, the Services or relating thereto
as required by any Government Authority.
12.1. The Company shall have a
particular and general lien on the Goods of the Customer and any documents
relating thereto for all sums payable by the Customer to the Company. The
Customer agrees that these terms and conditions constitute a security agreement
for the purpose of the Personal Properties Security Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA)
and create a security interest in all Goods and documents relating thereto of
the Customer to the extent that the Company and Customer agree by way of this
agreement that the Company has the right to:
(a)
exercise a general
lien over all Goods and documents of the Customer in respect of any moneys owed
by the Customer to the Company; and
(b)
sell the Goods or a
portion thereof and direct the proceeds of sale to payment to the Company of
moneys owed by the Customer to the Company and remit any balance remaining (if
such exists) to the Customer,
provided
that the Company will notify the Customer and all other relevant persons of its
intention to sell the Goods in accordance with the requirements of mandatorily
applicable legislation. If no such legislation applies, the Company will
exercise its right to sell the Goods or a portion thereof after a period of 7
days from the date which the Company notifies the Customer that it is
exercising its rights of sale.
13.1. The Customer agrees to:
(b)
indemnify
the Company for all expenses incurred in attending to the steps outlined in (i)
above and releasing any interests from the Register;
(c)
not
register a financing change statement in respect of a security interest without
prior written consent by the Company; and
(d)
not
register, nor permit to be registered, a financing statement or a financing
change statement in relation to the Goods in favour of a third party without
the prior written consent of the Company.
13.2. The Company and Customer
agree that sections 96, 117 and 125 of the PPSA do not apply to the security
agreement created by these terms and conditions.
13.3. The Customer hereby waives
its rights to receive notices or statements under sections 95, 118, 121(4), 123,
130, 132(3)(d), 132(4), 135 and 157 of the PPSA.
13.4. The Customer waives its
rights as a grantor and/or a debtor under sections 142 and 143 of the PPSA.
13.5. The Customer agrees to ratify
unconditionally any actions taken by the Company pursuant to registration-related
requirements under the PPSA and as referred in clause 13.1(a) above.
(a)
such Goods must be
packed in a manner adequate to withstand the ordinary risks of any Service,
having regard to the nature of the Goods and in compliance with all laws and
regulations which may be applicable with respect to any Service;
(b)
such Goods must be
distinctly marked having regard to their nature, and accompanied with a full
written declaration disclosing the nature of the Dangerous Goods;
(c)
the Customer must
comply with:
i.
all laws,
regulations, ordinances and codes that deal with the carriage of Dangerous
Goods, including but not limited to the Australian Code for the Transport of
Dangerous Goods by Road & Rail and the International Maritime
Dangerous Goods Code;
ii.
any additional
requirements imposed by the Carrier.
Liability for Loss
(a)
without limiting the
operation of clause 8,
the Customer shall indemnify the Company against all Claims and Losses arising
in consequence of any breach of this clause 14.
This indemnity extends to consequential losses; and
(b)
the Customer alone (not
the Company or its Subcontractors) shall be liable for any Loss, damage or cost
thereto or consequent thereon whether direct, indirect or consequential and
howsoever caused and the Customer shall indemnify the Company from and against
all Losses arising in connection therewith.
Destruction or Disposal
14.4.
Upon any Dangerous
Goods or parts of Dangerous Goods becoming hazardous, liable to harm others or
deteriorating (in the reasonable opinion of the Company or its Subcontractor),
it may be destroyed, disposed of, abandoned or rendered harmless in the sole
and absolute discretion of the Company or any other person in whose custody
they may be at the relevant time. In the event that the goods are destroyed or
otherwise dealt with as aforesaid, the Company shall bear no liability and the
Customer shall indemnify the Company from and against all Losses with respect
thereto.
14.5.
The Customer’s compliance
with clause 14.2 above in no way reduces or limits those rights afforded to
the Company under clause 14.1, 14.3 and 14.4.
(a)
such Goods must be
packed in a manner adequate to withstand the ordinary risks of any Service,
having regard to the nature of the Goods;
(b)
such Goods must be
distinctly marked having regard to their nature, and accompanied with a full
written declaration disclosing the nature of the Valuables;
(c)
the Customer must
comply with any additional requirements imposed by the Carrier.
Liability for Loss
(a)
without limiting the
operation of clause 8, the Customer shall indemnify the Company against all
Claims and Losses arising in consequence of any breach of this clause. This
indemnity extends to consequential losses; and
(b)
the Customer alone
(not the Company, its Subcontractors or Carriers) shall be liable for any loss,
damage or cost thereto or consequent thereon whether direct, indirect or
consequential and howsoever caused and the Customer shall indemnify the Company
from and against all Losses arising in connection therewith.
15.4. The Customer’s compliance with clause 15.2 above in no way reduces or limits those rights afforded to
the Company under clauses 15.1 and 15.3.
16.1. The Company is authorised to deliver the
Goods to the consignee or its agent at the address nominated to the Company by
either the Customer, the consignor, the consignee or their agents and it is
expressly agreed that the Company shall be deemed to have delivered the Goods
in accordance with this agreement if it or the relevant Subcontractor obtains a
receipt, signed delivery docket for the Goods or signature on its consignment
note/device from any person at that address.
16.2. If the nominated place of
delivery shall be unattended or if delivery cannot otherwise be effected as per
clause 16.1, the Company or its Subcontractor in
its sole discretion may choose to:
(a)
deposit
the Goods at the nominated place, deeming it reasonably safe or secure to leave,
and at the risk of the Customer; or
(b)
store the
Goods at the risk and expense of the Customer,
both of which will be deemed to be
delivery of the Goods under this agreement.
No Guarantee or Warranty
16.3.
Subject to any
applicable law, the Company gives no guarantee or warranty or undertaking:
(a)
as to time of
pick-up or delivery of Goods; or
(b)
that it
will inform the Customer or any other person of the expected or actual time of
pick-up or delivery and may in its discretion cancel the supply of Services at
any time without liability to any person.
(a)
Goods which in the
opinion of the Company or Subcontractor cannot be delivered by reason of the
Goods being insufficiently or incorrectly addressed or by reason of the Goods
not being collected or accepted by the consignee or for any other reason; and
(b)
any perishable goods
which in the opinion of the Company or the Subcontractor appear to be
deteriorating, if the Customer fails to adequately instruct the Company with
respect thereto or fails to pay any costs and expenses necessary to implement
the Customer’s instructions.
17.2. If the Goods are sold
pursuant to clause 17.1 above, the Company may use the proceeds
of sale to discharge any Fees and Charges owed by the Customer, including the
costs of sale. Any balance of any proceeds remaining following such discharge
will be remitted to the Customer.
Definitions
Regarding GST
18.1.
In this
clause 18:
(a)
expressions that are
not defined, but which have a defined meaning in the A New Tax System (Goods
and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth), have the same meaning as that Act;
(b)
any part of a supply
that is treated as a separate supply for GST purposes (including attributing
GST payable to tax periods) will be treated as a separate supply for the
purposes of this clause 18;
and
(c)
any consideration
that is specified to be inclusive of GST must not be taken into account in
calculating the GST payable in relation to a supply for the purpose of this
clause 18.
Consideration
is Exclusive of GST
18.2.
Unless expressly
stated otherwise, any sum payable, or amount used in the calculation of a sum
payable, under this agreement has been determined without regard to GST and
must be increased on account of any GST payable under this clause 18.
Customer
to Pay Additional Amount
Fines,
Penalties and Interest
18.4.
The amount
recoverable on account of GST under this clause 18
by the Company will include any fines, penalties, interest and other charges
incurred as a consequence of any late payment or other default by the Customer
under this clause 18.
Reimbursement
18.5.
If any party is
required to pay, reimburse or indemnify another party for the whole or any part
of any cost, expense, loss, liability or other amount that the other party has
incurred or will incur in connection with this agreement, the amount must be reduced
by the amount for which the other party can claim an Input Tax Credit, partial
Input Tax Credit or other similar offset.
Adjustment
Events
18.6.
If, at any time, an
adjustment event arises in respect of any supply made by a party under this
agreement, a corresponding adjustment must be made between the parties in
respect of any amount paid to the Company by the Customer pursuant to clause 18.3 and payments to give effect to the adjustment must be made
and the Company must issue an adjustment note.
19.1. The Customer shall exercise
all reasonable care and comply with all applicable laws, Government Authority regulations
or directions and industry standards including those relating to the packing,
carriage, storage, customs clearance, delivery, inspection or other Services in
respect of the Goods, and shall provide such information and documents to the
Company as may be necessary to exercise such care and comply with such laws,
regulations and standards. The Company shall not be liable to the Customer or
any other party for any Losses due to the Customer’s failure to comply with
this clause and the Customer will indemnify the Company for any Losses incurred
by the Company in so complying.
Australian
Consumer Law
20.1. Unless expressly stated
otherwise, these terms do not affect the Customer’s rights pursuant to Australian
Consumer Law if the Customer is a ‘Consumer’ or ‘Small Business’ and this
agreement with the Customer is a ‘Consumer Contract’ or Small Business Contract’
– all quoted terms as defined under Australian Consumer Law. To the extent
that any term or a part thereof is rendered inapplicable or void by Australian
Consumer Law or any other legislation, it shall be rendered inapplicable or
void only to the extent required to give effect to that legislation but not
further.
20.2. If the Customer is a ‘Consumer’
or ‘Small Business’ and this agreement is a ‘Consumer Contract’ or ‘Small
Business Contract’ as defined under the Australian Consumer Law, the parties
agree that:
(a)
the
prevention of Claims and indemnity referred in clause 8 above as against the Company’s Representatives
or Subcontractors and/or vicariously liable persons will only apply to the
extent permitted by law;
(b)
the
Customer’s indemnity referred under clause 8 above will not apply to the extent that
the Claim or Losses incurred by the Company resulted from the negligence,
recklessness or wilful act of the Company or its Representatives.
Warranty and
Representation
20.3. Unless written notification
to the contrary is given by the Customer to the Company at or prior to entering
into this agreement, the Customer expressly warrants and represents that all or
any Services to be supplied by the Company and acquired by the Customer
pursuant to this agreement are so supplied and acquired for the purposes of a
business, trade, profession or occupation carried on or engaged in by the
Customer.
Applicable Law
20.4. If the carriage of Goods
involves an ultimate destination or stop in a country other than the country of
departure, the relevant Carriage by Air Convention may apply. For international
road transportation, the Convention for the International Carriage of Goods
by Road (CMR) may apply. These Conventions will govern and limit the
liability of the carrier in respect of Losses or delay to cargo, unless a
higher value is declared in advance by the Customer and a supplementary charge
paid if required.
(a)
keep all Confidential Information confidential;
(c)
not disclose or make
available any Confidential Information in whole or in part to any third party;
(d)
not copy, reduce to
writing or otherwise record any Confidential Information except in the proper
performance of the Services in accordance with this agreement (and any such
copies, reductions to writing and records will be the property of the Discloser); and
i.
comply with the
obligations in this agreement as if each of them was a party to this agreement
in the place of the Disclosee; and
ii.
do not do, or omit
to do, anything which, if done or omitted to be done by the Disclosee, would
constitute a breach of this agreement by the Disclosee.
21.2. The Disclosee shall be responsible for,
and liable to the Discloser in respect of, the actions or omissions of any and
all of its Authorised Third Party Disclosees in relation to the Confidential
Information as if they were the actions or omissions of the Disclosee.
Exceptions
21.3. The Disclosee may disclose Confidential
Information to those of its Representatives who have an actual need to know the
Confidential Information, but only in the proper provision of the Services and
performance of its duties under this agreement.
21.4. Prior to disclosure, the Disclosee must
inform the relevant Representatives of the confidential nature of the Confidential
Information.
21.5. Subject to clause 21.6, the obligations in clause 21.1 will not apply to any Confidential Information which (as
shown by appropriate documentation and other evidence in the relevant
Disclosee’s possession):
(a)
was already known to
the Disclosee on a non-confidential basis prior to the time of its first
disclosure by the Discloser to the Disclosee, unless it came to be so known as
a direct or indirect result of having been:
i.
unlawfully obtained
by the Disclosee, whether from a third party or otherwise; or
ii.
received by the
Disclosee from a third party that owed a confidentiality obligation to the
Discloser in respect of that information at the time of such receipt, in
circumstances in which the Disclosee knew, or ought reasonably to have known
after due enquiry, that the third party owed that confidentiality obligation to
the Discloser;
(b)
is or becomes
generally available to the public, unless it became so generally available as a
direct or indirect result of having been disclosed by any person:
i.
in circumstances
that constitute a breach of this agreement by the Disclosee (for the avoidance
of doubt, including any breach by the Disclosee of its obligations under clause
21.1(e) to ensure that its Authorised Third Party Disclosees
comply with the obligations in this agreement as if they were parties to this
agreement in the place of the Disclosee); or
ii.
that owed a
confidentiality obligation to the Discloser in respect of that information at
the time of such disclosure, in circumstances in which the Disclosee knew, or
ought reasonably to have known after due enquiry, that the person owed that
confidentiality obligation to the Discloser;
(c)
is, after the time
of its first disclosure by the Discloser to the Disclosee, lawfully received by
the Disclosee from a third party and the Disclosee reasonably believed, after
due enquiry, that the information was not so received as a direct or indirect
result of a breach by any person of a confidentiality obligation owed to the
Discloser;
(d)
is required by law
or court order to be disclosed, provided that the Disclosee must:
i.
promptly notify the
Discloser in writing in advance of any such disclosure, if reasonably
practicable; and
ii.
reasonably assist
the Discloser in obtaining confidential treatment for, or avoiding or
minimising such disclosure of, the relevant Confidential Information to the
extent reasonably requested by the Discloser;
(e)
is independently
developed by the Disclosee without any direct or indirect use of, reference to,
or reliance on any Confidential Information; or
(f)
is authorised for
release or use by the written pre-approval of the Discloser but only to the
extent of such written pre-approval.
21.6.
The
exceptions in clause 21.5 shall not apply to any specific
Confidential Information merely because it is included in more generally
non-confidential information, nor to any specific combination of Confidential
Information merely because individual elements, but not the combination, are
included in non-Confidential Information.
Insurance
22.1. Except as provided for under this clause
or otherwise agreed in writing, the Company shall not provide for any insurance
over the Goods or any Services provided under this agreement.
22.2. The Company shall take out and maintain public liability insurance
for the Contract Term in the amount of no less than ten
million Australian Dollars ($10,000,000 Australian Dollars) to cover the
performance of its obligations under the agreement.
22.3. The Company shall take out and maintain
any other relevant insurance (such as freight insurance) as and when necessary.
22.4.
If the Company has
agreed in writing to insure or arrange insurance for the Goods, then, the
liability of the Company is limited to the amount, if any, it is liable to pay
under such insurance for physical loss of or damage to goods, provided that any
such liability shall be based on:
(a)
the cost to purchase
or manufacture like goods; or
(b)
in the case of
repairable damaged goods, the cost of repair;
excluding
GST except to the extent that the Customer is not legally able to claim an
adjustment by way or refund of or reduction in or an Input Tax Credit with
respect to GST paid or payable to replace or repair lost or damaged goods (as
the case may be).
Carrier Claims
22.5. Where the Company engages a Carrier on
terms which include insurance provided by the Carrier, or on terms where a
Carrier stipulates an internal Claims procedure, the Company may, at its
discretion, assist the Customer in processing such Claims with the Carrier. The
Customer indemnifies the Company against all Losses reasonably incurred in this
process.
22.6. Regardless of whether the Company
assists the Customer in processing Claims with the Carrier, the Company shall
not be held liable for any Losses or unsuccessful Claims, even if the Company’s
action or inaction contributes to such Losses (provided that the Company has
acted in good faith).
Termination for Breach
Termination
with Notice
23.3. The Company may, without limitation to
its rights under clause 23.1, terminate this agreement at any time by giving at least 1
month’s notice in writing to the Customer. The Customer may waive all or part
of such notice period.
23.4. The Customer may, without limitation to
its rights under clause 23.2, terminate this agreement at any time by giving at least 1
month’s notice in writing to the Company.
Effect
of Termination
23.5. In the event of any termination of this
agreement:
(a)
the Customer will
not have any liability to make any further payments to the Company except that,
if such termination takes effect part of the way through a particular month of
the Services, the Customer will remain liable to pay the pro rata proportion of
the Fees and Charges for that month accrued prior to the date on which such
termination takes effect, subject always to receipt of an appropriate invoice
from the Company under clause 4.1
will apply in respect thereof; and
(b)
subject to payment
of all outstanding Fees and Charges by the Customer in accordance with the
terms of this agreement, the Company shall complete the Services corresponding
to such Fees and Charges within the scope as agreed. The Company shall not
otherwise be obliged to commence or complete any Services.
During Notice Period
23.6. In the event that the Company’s
engagement under this agreement is terminated upon notice by either party, the Customer
may, at its absolute discretion, require the Company to refrain from providing
the Services during the relevant notice period.
Ipso Facto Legislation
23.7. If any provision of this agreement is
otherwise unenforceable by virtue of the operation of the Treasury
Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No. 2) Act 2017 (Cth), upon
the occurrence of an Insolvency Event in respect of a particular party,
notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, to the maximum extent
permitted by law:
(a)
time is of the
essence in respect of all obligations of that party under this agreement
(whether falling due for performance before, upon or after the occurrence of
that Insolvency Event); and
(b)
any breach of this
agreement by that party (whether occurring before, upon or after the occurrence
of that Insolvency Event), however minor, will (alone or, severally, in
combination with the occurrence of that Insolvency Event) be deemed to be a
material breach of this agreement,
and,
if any such material breach has occurred or occurs, the parties acknowledge and
agree that such provision will instead be enforceable by virtue of the
occurrence of that material breach.
Accrued Rights
23.8. Termination of this agreement will not
affect any rights or liabilities that the parties have accrued under it prior
to such termination.
Survival
23.9. The obligations of the parties under
clause 8
(Exclusion and Limitation of Liability), clause 21
(Confidentiality), clause 22
(Insurance and Carrier Claims) and this clause 23.9. will survive the termination of this
agreement.
24.1. A notice given to a party under this
agreement must be:
(a)
in writing in
English;
(b)
sent to the address
or email address of the relevant party as set out in the list of parties that
starts on page 4 of this agreement (or such other address or email address as
the relevant party may notify to the other party from time to time); and
(c)
delivered/sent
either:
(i)
personally;
(ii)
by
commercial courier;
(iii)
by
pre-paid post;
(iv)
if the
notice is to be served by post outside the country from which it is sent, by
airmail; or
(v)
by email.
24.2. A notice is deemed to have been
received:
(a)
if delivered
personally, at the time of delivery;
(b)
if delivered by
commercial courier, at the time of signature of the courier’s receipt;
(c)
if sent by pre-paid post, 48 hours from
the date of posting;
(d)
if sent by airmail,
five days after the date of posting; or
(e)
if sent by e-mail, 4
hours after the sent time (as recorded on the sender’s e-mail server), unless
the sender receives a notice from the party’s email server or internet service
provider that the message has not been delivered to the party,
except
that, if such deemed receipt is not within business hours (meaning 9:00 am to
5:30 pm on a Business Day), the notice will be deemed to have been received at
the next commencement of business hours in the place of deemed receipt.
24.3. To prove service, it is
sufficient to prove that:
(a)
in the case of post
– that the envelope containing the notice was properly addressed and posted;
and
(b)
in the case of email
– the email was transmitted to the party’s email server or internet service
provider.
25.1. The Company is not a common
carrier and accepts no liability as such. The Company reserves the right to
refuse at its sole discretion the arranging, undertaking or performing of any
of the Services for the Customer whether before, during or after the Service
has commenced and further reserves the right to open and/or inspect all Goods
at its discretion and at the Customer’s expense.
25.2. The Customer shall indemnify
the Company in all circumstances where a Carrier (at its absolute discretion):
(b)
without
limiting clause 11.2(a), refuses to pick up or
deliver the Goods where facilities and resources available at the point of pick-up
or delivery (as the case may be) are not adequate to properly and safely effect
loading, unloading or other handling of goods;
(c)
without
limiting clause 11.2(a), refuses to pick up or
deliver the Goods where the Customer or the Company has failed to obtain proper
insurance;
(d)
opens any
document, envelope, package or other container in which goods are placed or
packaged to inspect the Goods to determine the nature or condition of the
Goods, or, where any consignment note or identifying document or mark is lost,
damaged or destroyed, to ascertain the ownership or intended destination of the
Goods, provided however that the Company and the Carrier shall not be obliged
to do so and shall incur no liability whatsoever in consequence of either doing
or not doing so.
26.1. This contract constitutes the
entire agreement between the Company and the Customer and contains the entire understanding
between the parties in relation to its subject matter and supersedes any
previous arrangement, understanding or agreement relating to its subject
matter.
26.2. There are no express or
implied conditions, warranties, promises representations or obligations,
written or oral, in relation to this agreement other than those expressly
stated in it or necessarily implied by statute.
26.3. Services are arranged,
undertaken and/or performed by the Company subject only to the terms and
conditions of this agreement.
26.4. This agreement may not be varied except
by written instrument executed by all of the parties.
27.1. A party must not assign or otherwise
transfer, create any charge, trust or other interest in, or otherwise deal in
any other way with, any of its rights under this agreement without the prior
written consent of the other party.
28.1.
To the extent of any
inconsistency of enforceable terms or a part thereof herein, these terms will
prevail over any other terms issued by the Company or Customer.
28.2.
The use
of the Customer’s own form is no derogation to these terms and conditions.
29.1. If a provision of this
agreement is invalid or unenforceable in a jurisdiction:
(a)
it is to be read
down or severed in that jurisdiction to the extent of the invalidity or
unenforceability; and
(b)
that fact does not
affect the validity of enforceability of that provision in another
jurisdiction, or the remaining provisions.
29.2. No failure, delay, relaxation
or indulgence by a party in exercising any power or right conferred upon it
under this agreement will operate as a waiver of that power or right. No single
or partial exercise of any power or right precludes any other or future
exercise of it, or the exercise of any other power or right under this
agreement.
30.1. This agreement and any
disputes or claims arising out of or in connection with its subject matter or
formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by the
laws of Victoria, Australia.
30.2. The parties irrevocably agree
that the courts of Victoria, Australia have exclusive jurisdiction to settle
any dispute or claim that arose out of or in connection with this agreement or
its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).
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Counterparts and Electronic Exchange
31.1. This agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which is an original and which
together will have the same effect as if each party had signed the same
document.
31.3. If a party delivers an executed
counterpart of this agreement under clause 31.2:
(a)
it must also deliver
an original signed hard copy of that counterpart, but failure to do so will not
affect the validity, enforceability or binding effect of this agreement; and
(b)
in any legal
proceedings relating to this agreement, each party waives the right to raise
any defence based upon any such failure.
32.1. Each party must (at its own
expense, unless otherwise provided in this agreement) promptly execute and deliver all such
documents, and do all such things, as any other party may from time to time
reasonably require for the purpose of giving full effect to the provisions of
this agreement.
33.1. All costs and expenses in connection with the
negotiation, preparation and execution of this agreement, and any other
agreements or documents entered into or signed pursuant to this agreement, will
be borne by the party that incurred the costs.
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