1.      Definitions

In these conditions unless the context otherwise requires:

• Company means Madcat IT Ltd.

• Buyer means the person, or company buying the goods from the Company.

• Products and/or services mean the products and/or services being purchased by the Buyer from the Company.

• Contract means the contract between the Company and the Buyer for the purchase of the goods.

• Date of the contract means where the contract arises from a quotation given by the Company, i) the date of acceptance of the order by the Company; or ii) Where the contract arises from a quotation given by the Company, the date upon written notification of acceptance of the quotation is received by the Company.

• Contract price means the price of goods as agreed between the Buyer and the Company.

• Person includes a corporation, association, firm, company, partnership or individual. Quotation shall mean price on offer for a fixed term. Manager is the companies appointed decision maker.

• PPSA means the Personal Property Securities Act 1999.

2.      Quotation

The Buyer may request a Quotation from the Company setting out the price and quantity of the Goods to be supplied. If the Quotation is acceptable to the Buyer, the Buyer may place an order within an acceptable timeframe.

3.      Acceptance

If any instruction is received by the Company from the Buyer for the supply of products and/or services, it shall constitute acceptance of the terms and conditions contained herein. Upon acceptance of these terms and conditions by the Buyer, the terms and conditions are definitive and binding.

4.      Terms and Conditions

These terms and conditions and any subsequent terms and conditions issued by the Company shall apply to all orders for the goods and the services made by the Buyer after the date and time at which these conditions are first delivered or sent by email or facsimile to, or otherwise brought to the notice of, any employee, staff member or representative of the Buyer. It shall be the Buyer’s responsibility to ensure that these conditions are promptly brought to the attention of the appropriate staff of the Buyer, and accordingly any order made by the Buyer after the date and time described above in this clause shall be deemed to be an acceptance of these conditions.

5.      Price

• The Price shall be as indicated on invoices provided by the Company to the Buyer in respect of products and/ or services supplied; or

• The Price shall be the Price of the Company’s current Price at the date of delivery of any goods.

• Time for payment for the products and/or services shall be of the essence and will be stated on the invoice, quotation, tender documents, work authorisation form or any other work commencement forms. If no time is stated then payment shall be due seven (7) days following the date of invoice.

• The Buyer agrees that the cost Price shall be determined by the Company, and shall take into consideration “one-off” costs such as design and production.

• At the Company’s sole discretion a deposit may be required, quotes over $500 require a 50% deposit to be made.

• At the Company’s sole discretion payment shall be due before delivery of the Goods.

• The Company reserves the right to implement a surcharge for alterations to specifications of products after the order has been placed.

• GST and other taxes and duties that may be applicable shall be added to the Price except when they are expressly included in the Price.
  
  

6       Payment, Late Payment, Default of Payment and Consequences of Default of Payment

• The method of payment will be made by cash, or by cheque, or by bank cheque, or by direct credit, or by any other method as agreed to between the Buyer and the Company.

• In the event of a dispute regarding payment or amount please notify the Company within 7 days of receipt of the invoice, so we can attempt in good faith to resolve any dispute or claim arising. The Buyer must pay the portion of the tax invoice that is not in dispute. The Buyer may withhold payment of the disputed portion until the dispute is resolved.

• Late payment shall incur interest at the rate of 20% per annum calculated on a daily basis. This shall be payable on any monies outstanding under the Contract from the date payment was due until the date payment is received by the Company, but without prejudice to the Company’s other rights or remedies in respect of the Buyer’s default in failing to make payment on the due date.

• Without prejudice to any other remedies the Company may have, if at any time the Buyer is in breach of any obligation (including those relating to payment), the Company may suspend or terminate the supply of Goods to the Buyer and any of its other obligations under the terms and conditions. The Company will not be liable to the Buyer for any loss or damage the Buyer suffers because the Company exercised its rights under this clause.

• If any payment remains overdue the Company reserves the right to restrict service to the Buyer until payment is paid in full.

• If any payment remains overdue after (30) days then an amount of the greater of $20.00 or 10% of the amount overdue (up to a maximum of $200) shall be levied for administration fees which sum shall become immediately due and payable per month outstanding.

• In the event that:

  • any money payable to the Company becomes overdue, or in the Company’s opinion the Buyer will be unable to meet its payments as they fall due; or

  • the Buyer becomes insolvent, convenes a meeting with its creditors or proposes or enters into an arrangement with creditors, or makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

  • a receiver, manager, liquidator (provisional or otherwise) or similar person is appointed in respect of the Buyer or any asset of the Buyer; then without prejudice to the Company’s other remedies at law

  • the Company shall be entitled to cancel all or any part of any order of the Buyer that remains unperformed in addition to, and without prejudice to any other remedies; and all amounts owing to the Company shall, whether or not due for payment, immediately become payable.
    
    

7       PPSA

• The Contract constitutes a security interest in the goods supplied by the Company to the Buyer for the purposes of the PPSA as security for payment by the Buyer of all amounts due under the Contract, including any future amounts.

• The Buyer agrees to promptly execute and deliver to the Company all assignments, transfers and other agreements and documents and do anything else which the Company may deem appropriate to perfect the Company’s security interest over the Buyer, or obtain the priority required by the Company or register (and renew registration) a financing statement for a security interest in favour of the Company.

• To the extent that Part 9 of the PPSA applies, the Buyer agrees that the provisions of sections 114(1)(a), 120, 122, 133 and 134 of the PPSA which are for the Buyer’s benefit, or place any obligations on the Company in the Buyer’s favour, will not apply; and where the Company has rights in addition to those in Part 9 of the PPSA, those rights will continue to apply.

• To the extent that Part 9 of the PPSA applies, without limiting anything in the previous paragraph, the Buyer hereby waives its rights under sections 116, 120(2), 121, 125, 126, 127, 129 and 131 of the PPSA, and its rights to receive a copy of a verification statement under section 148 of the PPSA in respect of any financing statement or financing change statement registered by the Company.

• The Buyer agrees to treat the security interest in the goods as a continuing and subsisting security with priority over a registered general security interest and any unsecured creditors, regardless of whether the goods have become fixtures at any time before payment has been made for them.
  
  

8       Delivery and Risk

The Company will make every effort to ensure delivery of Goods, or performance of Services, is on time but will not be liable to you for any loss or damage arising in any way from any delay in delivery or performance.
The Buyer is responsible for insurance and risk in the Goods and Services from the time they are provisioned to you by the Company.

9       Governing laws

These Terms of Trade will be interpreted in accordance with applicable government legislation, which will have exclusive legal jurisdiction over any dispute in relation to the products and/or services or these Terms of Trade.

10     Dispute resolution

The Company will endeavour to resolve any dispute between the Buyer and itself without the need for Court proceedings. Any such attempt is without legal prejudice.

11     Reservation of title

Ownership and title of the goods remains with The Company until the purchased price and all other monies owing by the Buyer, under the contract or any other contract to The Company, have been paid in full.

12     Warranty

Goods and Services are subject to Manufacturer’s warranties only, unless the Buyer is notified in writing.  The Buyer cannot claim warranty service if the Company’s account is overdue.  Unless notified in writing, the Buyer is not entitled to onward sell or represent the Goods and Services provided under this Agreement.

No claim shall be accepted under such warranty if any attempt to repair the defective goods is made by any person not authorised by the Company, or if the defective goods have been modified or incorrectly stored, maintained or used. If the Company elects to repair or replace any defective goods, such work shall be undertaken at such place as the Company may reasonably specify and the Buyer shall be responsible at its cost and risk for shipment of the defective goods to the place specified.

13     Liability

The Company shall not be liable for any loss of any kind whatsoever suffered by the Buyer as a result of any breach of any of the Company’s obligations under the contract, including any cancellation of the contract or any negligence on the part of the Company, its servants, agents or contractors, nor shall the Company be liable for any loss, damage or injury caused to the Buyer’s servants, agents, contractors, buyers, visitors, tenants, trespassers or other persons. The Buyer shall indemnify the Company against any claim by any such person.

14     General Conditions

The Company reserves the right to change these terms of trade from time to time.

15     Severability

If any provision of these terms of trade is held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and the parties shall adjust their respective rights and obligations in accordance with the spirit and intent of the parties as shown by these terms of trade.

16     Privacy

The Company and the Suppliers will keep all Buyer Data private and confidential.

17     Buyer Information and Guarantee

The Buyer warrants that the information supplied to the Company is true and correct and the Buyer acknowledges that the Company will rely upon the correctness of the representations and information the Buyer has provided. The Buyer further undertakes to inform the Company of any changes to the information.

18     Intellectual Property

Where the Company has designed, drawn or written Goods for the Buyer, then the copyright in those designs and drawings shall remain vested in the Company, and shall only be used by the Buyer at the Company’s discretion.

The Buyer warrants that all designs or instructions to the Company will not cause the Company to infringe any patent, registered design or trademark in the execution of the Buyer’s order.

19     Consumer Guarantee Act 1993

If the Buyer is acquiring or holding itself out as acquiring Goods and Services under this Agreement for business purposes then the Consumer Guarantee Act 1993 will not apply.