Terms and Conditions


1 Definitions and interpretation
1.1 Definitions
In these terms and conditions (‘the Terms’) the following
have the meanings set out below:
‘Company’ means OriginaleNow Enterprises
or any related subsidiary.
‘Contract’ is defined in Clause 2.1
‘Deducted Amount’ is defined in Clause 11.1
‘Deliverables’ means goods, rights and services identified
in the Purchase Order.
‘Delivery Location’ means the place identified in the
Purchase Order in relation to the provision of the
Deliverables.
‘Goods’ means all goods, materials, equipment and parts
provided by the Supplier to the Company as detailed in the
Purchase Order.
“GST” means A new Tax System (Goods and Services
Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).
‘Laws’ means the requirements of all statutes, rules,
regulations, proclamations, awards, ordinances, by-laws or
Australian Standards, present or future, and whether state,
federal or otherwise.
‘Material’ means any material brought into existence as
part of, or for the purpose of producing the Supply, and
includes but is not limited to documents, equipment,
information or data stored by any means.
‘Moral Rights’ means the right of attribution of authorship
of work, the right not to have authorship of work falsely
attributed and the integrity of authorship as defined in the
Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).
‘Party’ means a party to the Contract.
‘Personnel’ means:
(a) in relation to the Supplier, any of its employees,
Subcontractors (including Subcontractors’ Personnel),
agents and representatives involved either directly or
indirectly in the performance of the Supply;
(b) in relation to the Company, any of its past or present
officers, employees, agents or representatives; and
(c) in relation to a Subcontractor, any of its employees,
agents or representatives involved either directly or
indirectly in the performance of the Supply.
‘Price’ is defined in Clause 8.1
‘Purchase Order’ means individual purchase orders as
may be issued by the Company to the Supplier in respect
of the Supply which shall be subject to the Contract.
‘Services’ means the work identified in the Purchase
Order to be performed by the Supplier in accordance with
the Contract.
‘Site’ means the Company’s premises identified in the
Purchase Order.
‘Subcontractor’ means any person engaged by the
Supplier in accordance with Clause 19 to perform all or
any part of the Supply on behalf of the Supplier.
‘Supplier’ means the Party (as identified in the Purchase
Order) responsible for providing the Supply.
‘Supplier Default Notice’ is defined in Clause 17.2
‘Supply’ means the supply of Deliverables in accordance
with the Purchase Order.
1.2 Interpretation
Unless the context requires otherwise, the singular
includes the plural and vice versa, reference to a gender
includes all genders, reference to a ‘person’ includes a
natural person, company, body corporate or other form of
legal entity, and reference to ‘including’ and ‘includes’ is to
read as if followed by ‘without limitation’.
2 Evidence of Contract and precedence of
documents
2.1 Contract
(a) The Contract consists of the following documents:
(i) The Purchase Order;
(ii) These Terms and Conditions (‘the Terms’);
and
(iii) Any express written agreement from the
Company which is attached to, or incorporated
by reference in, the Purchase Order or these
Terms.
(b) The Company is not contractually bound until a
formal Purchase Order is placed by the Company
and then only to the extent of the issues specifically
covered by that Purchase Order.
2.2 Precedence of documents
If any of the terms of the Contract conflict with or contradict
each other, those terms will over-ride each other in the
following order of priority: (1) any express written
agreement from the Company; (2) our Purchase Order; (3)
these Terms.
2.3 Entire agreement
(a) The Contract contains the entire agreement
between the Company and the Supplier with
respect to its subject matter and supersedes all
prior communications and negotiations between
the Company and the Supplier in this regard,
unless those communications expressly form part
of the Contract.
(b) No terms or conditions submitted by either Party
that are in addition to, different from or inconsistent
with those contained herein or in the Purchase
Order, including, without limitation, the Supplier’s
printed terms and conditions, and any terms and
conditions contained in any Supplier’s quotation,
invoice, Purchase Order acknowledgment,
confirmation, acceptance, bill of lading or other
instrument, shall be binding upon either Party
unless specifically and expressly agreed to in a
writing signed by duly authorised representatives
of both parties.
3 Acceptance
(a) The Company only purchases Deliverables on
these Terms.
(b) If the Supplier accepts the Company’s Purchase
Order it will be on these Terms and no other
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(c) The performance of any part of this Contract will
be deemed to be acceptance of the conditions
stated herein, regardless of any inconsistency in
the Supplier’s own small print.
(d) If the Supplier wishes to reject the Company’s
Purchase Order and make a counter-offer, the
Supplier must reply to the Company’s Purchase
Order in words explicitly and clearly indicating
rejection.
(e) Equally, if the Supplier makes a counter-offer
which is not clearly labelled as such (or as a
rejection of the Company’s Purchase Order) no
subsequent behavior of the Company, in
accepting the Supply, can be taken to imply any
acceptance by the Company of that counter-offer.
(f) These Terms can only be changed, or other terms
agreed, in written correspondence signed by a
director or other senior officer of the Company.
(g) These Terms are available from the Company on
request and are posted on the Company’s website.
4 Performance by Supplier
The Supplier must perform the Supply in accordance with
the terms of the Contract and in consideration of the
payment of the Price by the Company.
5 Specifications
5.1 If the Company orders Goods, then, unless otherwise
stated, the Contract is deemed to include the supply of all
relevant documentation and certification, and of any
commissioning of those Goods, necessary to enable the
Company to use them for their intended purposes.
5.2 If the Company orders Services then, unless otherwise
stated, the Contract includes the complete performance of
those services including any employee instruction,
manuals, explanations or certifications necessary to
enable the Company to benefit from them for their
intended purposes.
5.3 If the Company orders Goods or Services then, unless
otherwise stated, the Contract includes any legal rights
necessary to use those Goods or Services for their
intended purposes.
5.4 The quantity, quality and description of Deliverables will be
as specified in the Company’s Purchase Order or as
agreed by the Company in writing, subject to which then in
full accordance with Clause 6.
5.5 The Supplier has sole responsibility for complying with all
applicable regulations and other legal and regulatory
requirements concerning the performance of the Supply,
and for ensuring that the Company can, in compliance
likewise, fully utilize the Deliverables for their intended
purposes.
5.6 The Company will be allowed to inspect any ordered
Goods during manufacture and storage so long as the
inspection is requested with reasonable notice. If, as a
result of the inspection, the Company is not satisfied that
the quality of the Goods or the standards of their
manufacture, storage or handling conforms with the
Contract, the Supplier will take such steps as are
necessary to ensure compliance. If, after that, the
Company is still not satisfied, it can cancel the Purchase
Order without penalty.
5.7 If, before Supply has occurred, the Company notifies the
Supplier in writing of any change in the desired
specification (including as to quality and time frame) the
Supplier will respond as follows:
(a) If the change would reduce the Supplier’s costs,
the Price will reduce to fairly reflect that saving;
(b) If the change would increase the Supplier’s costs,
the Supplier may notify the Company promptly, in
writing, of a proposed revision of the Price fairly
and proportionately reflecting any such
unavoidable increased cost;
(c) If the change would for any reason be
unachievable the Supplier may notify the Company
of that promptly and in writing. Both parties will
then use reasonable efforts to reach a mutually
acceptable Contract variation;
(d) Failing notice by the Supplier the change proposed
by the Company will be deemed to have been
accepted, and the Contract will be deemed to have
been varied with immediate effect to reflect the
requested specification change with no increase of
the Price; and
(e) In no event, agreed or not, will the Company be
liable to the Supplier in respect of any contract
variation for more than a reasonable and
proportionate reflection of such increased costs as
the Supplier could not reasonably have been
expected to avoid. The Price will not in any
circumstance increase except with the Company’s
express written agreement under, or referring
explicitly to, this sub-section.
5.8 The Supplier will comply with any reasonable requirements
the Company may have as regards the packaging and
packing of any ordered Goods, and as to information to be
displayed on packaging or included on dispatch
documentation and bills of lading. Subject to that, the
Supplier will ensure that all packaging, packing, labelling
and documentation is such as to ensure full compliance
with legal requirements throughout the delivery process.
6 Warranties and liability
6.1 The Supplier warrants that:
(a) The quantity and quality for the Deliverables will be
those set out in the Purchase Order and in
accordance with the Company’s specifications,
apart from which then of the highest standard
reasonably to be expected in the market for that
kind of Deliverable;
(b) Any Goods will be new and free from defects in
materials and workmanship;
(c) Any Deliverables will comply with all statutory
requirements and regulations, and with all normally
applicable quality standards, relating to their sale
or supply;
(d) All claims made by the Supplier about any
Deliverables, and all apparently serious claims in
the Supplier’s advertising and promotional
material, are correct and can be relied upon;
(e) Any Services will be performed by appropriately
qualified and trained Personnel; and
(f) Neither the sale and supply of any Deliverable, nor
its proper use by the Company for an intended
purpose, will breach any property rights in or about
that Deliverable, including intellectual property
rights, of any other person.
6.2 All warranties, conditions and other terms implied by
statute or common law in the Company’s favor will apply
to any Deliverables purchased from the Supplier.
6.3 The Supplier will indemnify and keep indemnified the
Company immediately upon the Company’s written
demand against any cost, claim, expense or liability arising
from any risk for which the Supplier is responsible under
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6.4 If the Supplier fails to comply with any obligation under the
Contract the Company will be entitled, at its discretion, to
reject any Deliverable and the Supplier will not be entitled
to receive payment for that Deliverable.
6.5 If any Deliverables were bought or obtained by the
Supplier from a third party then any benefits or indemnities
that the Supplier holds from that other party, in respect of
those items, will be held on trust for the Company.
6.6 To the extent permitted by laws and for the benefit of the
Company, the Supplier consents, and must use its best
endeavors to procure that each author of Material
consents in writing, to the use by the Company of Material,
even if the use may otherwise be an infringement of their
Moral Rights.
6.7 The Supplier will insure itself, and keep insured until
Supply is complete, against all normal insurance risks
relevant to the Supply, on terms and for amounts
consistent with normal business prudence. The Supplier
will demonstrate to the Company the terms and currency
of any such insurance on request.
6.8 The Supplier will maintain relevant industry qualifications,
permits and licenses.
6.9 The Supplier will provide copies of such qualifications,
permits and licenses to the Company upon request.
7 Delivery, title and risk
7.1 Delivery
(a) The Supplier agrees to provide the Deliverables
nominated on the Purchase Order within the
time(s) quoted, any failure of which will entitle the
Company, in addition to other rights and remedies,
to cancel the order and be relieved of all liabilities
for any undelivered portion. A waiver of the
Company’s right to cancel the acceptance of any
items after the nominated delivery date shall not
constitute a waiver of such rights as to future
deliveries.
(b) Time is of the essence when Goods are supplied
to the Company.
(c) A packing note quoting the number of the
Purchase Order must accompany each delivery of
Goods.
(d) If the Goods are not supplied on or by the agreed
date then, in addition to any other remedies
available to the Company, the Company will be
entitled to deduct 1% of the overall Price for those
Goods, for every week’s delay.
(e) Where Goods are supplied in instalments, the
Purchase Order is to be treated as a single order.
If the Supplier fails to deliver or perform any
instalment the Company may treat the whole
Purchase Order as repudiated.
(f) The Company may accept or reject any
Deliverables which are not fully in accordance with
the Contract within 14 days after the Supply and,
in the case of latent defect, within a reasonable
time after the defect becomes apparent.
(g) If any of the Goods do not comply with all order
requirements the Company can demand that the
Supplier repair them or supply replacement goods
within seven days or, at the Company’s sole
discretion, the Company can reject the goods and
demand the repayment of any sum already paid
for them.
(h) The Company will not be bound to return to the
Supplier any packaging or packing material, but if
any relevant requirement for packaging recycling
applies, the Supplier will take materials back free
of charge on request.
7.2 Title
Full unencumbered title to each Good will pass to the
Company upon the earlier of:
(a) The Company making payment in full to the
Supplier for that Good; or
(b) The Good being delivered to the Delivery Location
and accepted by the Company.
7.3 Risk
Risk in each Good will remain with the Supplier until its
delivery and acceptance by the Company.
8 Price
8.1 The Price means the aggregate amount payable by the
Company to the Supplier in relation to the Supply.
8.2 The Price will be as specified in the Company’s Purchase
Order and, unless otherwise stated, will be:
(a) Exclusive of any applicable GST (which will be
payable by the Company subject to the receipt of a
valid GST invoice);
(b) Inclusive of all expenses incurred by the Supplier in
relation to the provision of the Supply, including,
without limitation, travel expenses and subsistence
expenses, and of any duties or levies other than
GST; and
(c) Payable in American Dollars.
8.3 The Company will be entitled to any discount for prompt
payment, bulk purchase or the like normally granted by the
Supplier in comparable circumstances.
8.4 If the Company is reliant on the Supplier for any supplies
of maintenance, training, spare parts, consumables or
other goods, rights or services, to benefit fully from the
Goods (‘Follow-on Deliverables’), then the Supplier will
provide those Follow-on Deliverables or procure them to
be provided, for at least 12 months following full supply, at
fair and reasonable prices which take no advantage of the
Company’s dependence on the Supplier for their supply.
9 Goods and Services Tax (GST)
The parties agree that:
(a) GST is payable on certain supplies of goods
and/or services;
(b) Words defined in the GST Law have the same
meaning in these terms and conditions unless
specifically defined in this clause;
(c) All charges and amounts payable by one Party to
another under the Contract are stated exclusive of
GST; and
(d) For each taxable supply under or in connection
with the Contract:
(i) The Supplier will be entitled to charge the
Company for any GST payable by the
Supplier in respect of the taxable supply;
(ii) The Company must pay to the Supplier the
amount of the GST at the same time as the
relevant charge applicable to the Supply
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(iii) The Supplier must provide a valid tax invoice
(or a valid adjustment note) to the Company
in respect of the taxable supply.
10 Payment
10.1
(a) The Supplier must render an invoice (‘the Invoice’)
to the Company in relation to the provision of the
Supply on or after the provision of the Supply,
calculated by reference to the prices, fees or other
amounts specified in the Purchase Order;
(b) The Invoice must be in a form acceptable to the
Company and must contain the following
information:
(i) The number of the Purchase Order to
which the Invoice relates;
(ii) A brief description of the Supply provided
in the period covered by the Invoice; and
(iii) Any further verification or documentation in
relation to the Invoice as is reasonably
required by the Company.
(c) No sum may be invoiced more than six months
late.
10.2 Subject to Clause 10.3, 11 and 17.1 the Company will pay
to the Supplier the amount shown on the Invoice within 30
days from the receipt of the Invoice.
10.3 If the Company disputes any amount shown on the
Invoice, it must notify the Supplier within 14 days from
receipt of the Invoice and must pay any amounts not in
dispute in accordance with Clause 10.2, provided that the
payment by the Company of any amount the subject of a
disputed Invoice is not to be considered as an acceptance
of the amount in dispute or of the Company’s liability to
make that payment.
11 Deductions
11.1 The Company may:
(a) Deduct from any moneys due or becoming due to
the Supplier pursuant to Clause 10.2 the following
amounts:
(i) All debts and moneys due from the
Supplier to the Company;
(ii) All liabilities which the Company may have
paid, suffered or incurred and which the
Supplier is liable to bear, pay or reimburse
to the Company; and
(iii) The cost of remedying any defective or
damaged Goods; or
(b) Without prejudice to the Company’s rights
pursuant to any other provision of the Contract, if
the Supplier fails to perform any of its obligations
under the Contract, without notice withhold
payment of all or part of any amounts payable to
the Supplier under the Contract, until the matter
has been remedied.
11.2 The Company must notify the Supplier of the details of any
amounts withheld or deducted pursuant to Clause 11.1
12 No minimum purchase or exclusivity
12.1 No minimum purchase
Nothing in the Contract obliges the Company to request or
acquire any minimum level of Supply from the Supplier.
12.2 No exclusivity
The Contract is not evidence of, nor does it create, an
exclusive relationship between the Company and the
Supplier in respect of the Supply.
13 Health, safety and environment
13.1 Application of clause
This Clause 13 applies to the extent the Supplier or any of
its Personnel are required to be on, or near the vicinity of,
the Site for the purposes of the Supply.
13.2 Compliance with health, safety and
environmental laws, policies and standards
The Supplier agrees to comply, and to ensure that its
Personnel comply, with:
(a) The Company’s Workplace Health, Safety and
Injury Management and Environmental
Management Policies which can be viewed at
www.ssds.com.au; and
(b) All relevant health, safety and environmental
legislation and laws in force from time to time.
Without limiting any other provision of the Contract, the
Supplier must familiarize itself with the work area and any
potential hazards prior to commencing work.
13.3 Environmental management
The Supplier will observe the principles of ecologically
sustainable development where its activities and
operations affect the environment.
The Supplier will ensure that it does not pollute,
contaminate or damage the environment and keep the
Company’s premises clean and tidy and free of refuse
during the performance of the Services.
13.4 Supplier to remain liable
Nothing in this Clause 13 limits or removes any obligation
or duty imposed on the Supplier or any of its Personnel,
whether under the Contract or otherwise, to secure or have
regard to the health and safety of any of its Personnel.
13.5 Removal from Site
Notwithstanding any other term of the Contract, in the
event of any breach of this Clause 13, the Company may:
(a) Require the Supplier, Supplier’s Personnel and/or
any other person to leave the Site immediately; and
(a) Require the Supplier and/or any of its Personnel to
remove any material or substance from the Site,
and the Supplier must, at its own cost, ensure such
request is immediately complied with and take all
possible action to ensure the protection and safety
of all works, personnel and the environment.
14 Termination
(a) The Company may suspend performance of, or
cancel, or suspend and then at any subsequent
time cancel, the Contract without any liability to the
Supplier, if the Supplier’s business fails.
(b) The Supplier’s business will be treated for this
purpose as having failed if:
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(ii) (Being an individual or firm) the Supplier
becomes bankrupt;
(iii) (Being a company) the Supplier becomes
subject to an administration order or goes
into liquidation;
(iv) Any third party takes possession of, or
enforces rights over, any of the Supplier’s
property or assets under any form of
security;
(v) The Supplier stops or threatens to stop
carrying on business;
(vi) The Supplier suffers any process equivalent
to any of these, in any jurisdiction; or
(vii) The Company reasonably believes that any
of the events mentioned above is about to
occur and notifies the Supplier accordingly.
(c) Any right of cancellation or suspension under this
section is additional to any rights available to the
Company under the law of any relevant jurisdiction.
15 Termination at will
15.1 If Goods have been offered to the Company by the
Supplier as, or if they are, standard or stock items, the
Company can, by notice to the Supplier, at any time up to
delivery cancel the commitment to buy the Goods.
15.2 Any other commitment to receive and pay for the Goods
may be cancelled by the Company as follows: the
Company will be bound to reimburse the Supplier for all
irrecoverable costs incurred, or unavoidably committed, by
the Supplier up to the point of cancellation. By “costs” is
meant for this purpose the direct costs to the Supplier, to
an aggregate amount not exceeding 75% of the purchase
price for the cancelled commitment.
The Company will be entitled to the benefit of the part finished Goods in question.
16 Termination or reduction of Services for
convenience
16.1 In addition to any other rights it has under the Contract, the
Company, acting in good faith, may at any time terminate
the Contract or reduce the scope or quantity of the
Services by notifying the Supplier in writing. If the
Company issues such a notice, the Supplier must stop or
reduce work in accordance with the notice; comply with
any directions given by the Company; and mitigate all loss,
costs (including the costs of its compliance with any
directions) and expenses in connection with the
termination or reduction in scope.
16.2 The Company shall only pay to the Supplier the proportion
of the Price payable in respect of the work done and /or
services performed by the Supplier up to the date of
termination, to a maximum of the Price less any payments
already made, and any reasonable costs incurred by the
Supplier that are directly attributable to the termination, if
the Supplier substantiates these amounts to the
satisfaction of the Company.
17 Supplier default
17.1 Supplier Default Notice
If the Supplier breaches any term of the Contract, the
Company may serve a notice of default (Supplier Default
Notice) on the Supplier containing the information specified
in Clause 17.2.
17.2 Supplier Default Notice requirements
A Supplier Default Notice must:
(a) Either require that the breach be remedied within a
specified period of not less than 14 days after
service of the Supplier Default Notice on the
Supplier or state that the breach is incapable of
remedy; and
(b) State that if the breach is not remedied within the
period specified in the Supplier Default Notice or is
incapable of remedy, then the Company may by
further notice to the Supplier do one or more of the
following:
(i) Elect wholly or partly to suspend payment
under the Contract until the breach has been
remedied by the Supplier;
(ii) Take such action as the Company deems
necessary to cure the breach (the cost of
such action so taken by the Company being
recoverable from the Supplier as a debt due
to the Company by the Supplier); or
(iii) Terminate the Contract or any part of it with
effect from a specified date.
17.3 No prejudice
Notwithstanding the terms of any Supplier Default Notice,
no action taken by the Company under this Clause 17 will
prejudice the existence of any of its rights and remedies
under the Contract which the Company may have as a
result of the relevant breach.
18 Assignment
The Supplier must not assign any of its rights or
obligations under the Contract without the prior written
consent of the Company, which consent the Company may
grant or withhold in its absolute discretion.
19 Subcontracting
19.1 Consent required
The Supplier must not subcontract the whole or part of any
work in relation to the Supply without consent in writing by
the Company, which consent the Company may grant or
withhold in its absolute discretion.
19.2 Liability for subcontractors
The Supplier will be liable to the Company for the acts and
omissions of any Subcontractors as if those were the acts
or omissions of the Supplier. The Supplier remains fully
responsible for the performance of the terms of the
Contract, notwithstanding any subcontract or consent on
the Company’s part to a subcontract.
20 Severability
If any provision of the Contract is held unenforceable, then
such provision will be modified to reflect the parties’
intention. All remaining provisions of the Contract shall
remain in full force and effect.
21 Waiver
Any waiver by the Company of any rights under this
Contract will not constitute a general waiver of those or
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22 Notices
Any written notice under these Terms will be deemed to
have been sufficiently served if posted by pre-paid official
postal service, or if sent by fax then on receipt by the
sender of a transmission control report from the
despatching machine indicating that the transmission has
been made without error, or if sent by e-mail (but in this
case only on evidence of successful transmission and only
if the parties have regularly communicated on contract
matters by that e-mail route).
23 Anti-corruption and bribery
Both parties represent and affirm that (i) they will comply
with all applicable country laws relating to anti-bribery and
anti-corruption, including but not limited to the UK Bribery
Act and the US Foreign and Corrupt Practices Act; and (ii)
they will not promise, offer, give or receive bribes or
corrupt actions in relation to the procurement or
performance of this Contract. For the purposes of this
clause, ‘bribes or corrupt actions’ mean any payment, gift
or gratuity, whether in cash or kind, intended to obtain or
retain an advantage, or any other action deemed to be
corrupt under the applicable country laws.
24 Dispute resolution
(a) If any dispute arises under these Terms, such
dispute shall be notified by the aggrieved Party to
the other Party and first attempted to be settled
amicably for the interest of the parties. Any
resolution made shall be recorded in writing, signed
and shall be final and binding for the parties.
(b) Failing settlement within 60 business days, either
the Company or the Supplier may commence legal
proceedings.
25 Compliance with Laws
The Supplier must ensure that it and all Subcontractors
comply with all relevant laws in connection with the Supply
and all its obligations under American tax laws.


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