1.
The term “the Company” refers to Olympia Publishing
Pty Ltd (ABN 70 074 707 190) and the term “the Buyer”
refers to the party described there as on the reverse hereof.
This contract shall consist of the terms and conditions set out
hereunder and on the reverse hereof (“the Order”).
All other conditions, warranties, descriptions and representations,
whether express or implied by law, trade, custom or otherwise
are expressly excluded. No agent or representative of the Company
is authorised to make any representations, statements, conditions
or agreements not expressly confirmed by the Company in writing
and the Company is in no way bound by any such unauthorised statements
nor shall any such statements be capable of being taken to form
part of a contract with the Company collateral to this Contract.
2.
The Order is subject to acceptance by the Company and shall not
at any time be withdrawn or varied without the consent in writing
of the Company. On acceptance, the Company agrees to sell and
the Buyer agrees to purchase the number of goods answering the
description stated on the Order for the price stated thereon in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Contract.
3.
Delivery shall be deemed complete upon delivery to the address
specified in the Order and the goods shall be at the risk of the
Buyer as from deemed delivery. Notwithstanding anything else contained
herein the deemed delivery of the goods shall be accepted on the
deemed delivery date even if the Company is unable to make delivery
on or about the delivery date specified in the Order. The Company
shall not be liable for failure to deliver the goods on or about
the delivery date or for late delivery whether occasioned by strike,
difficulty in acquiring suitable materials, shortage of labour,
delays in transportation or transit, legislative, Governmental
or other prohibitions or restrictions, fire, flood, hostilities
or other causes whatsoever (whether similar in nature or not to
the foregoing) beyond the reasonable control of the Company of
otherwise including, but not limited to the buyer failing to promptly
provide to the company any artwork, film, blocks, materials or
proofs or other information required by the Company to complete
the order.
4.
The Company will endeavour to deliver the exact quantity of goods
ordered but reserves the right to deliver the amount of the order
plus or minus 5% and the Buyer shall accept such quantity as delivered
and pay for the same at the same contract rate. Such delivery
shall be deemed full settlement of the Buyer’s order and
the Buyer shall be given credit for any short orders.
5.
The liability of the Company whether in contract or in tort for
any loss or damage or injury arising directly or indirectly from
any defect or non-compliance of the goods supplied is limited
to replacement or repair of such goods or damages not exceeding
the invoice value of such defective or non-complying goods at
the option of the Company. The right to reject non-conforming
goods shall be limited so as to be effective only if rejection
and the reasons therefore are notified in writing to the Company
within 7 days of delivery of the goods. Should the Company, notwithstanding
the said notice, have the benefit of an exclusion clause in this
Contract then the said notice shall be and shall be deemed to
be of no effect whatsoever.
6.
Any artwork film blocks proofs transparency or other material
or information provided to the Company by the buyer shall be at
the risk and responsibility of the buyer at all times and the
buyer shall fully insure against any loss or damage.
7.
When goods to be supplied by the Company to the Buyer are specifically
ordered to be manufactured to the Buyer’s specifications
any such specifications are to be stipulated on the Order in such
a way as to clearly and unambiguously describe how the goods are
to be manufactured and the parties agree that the responsibility
of ensuring that such description is clear and unambiguous shall
rest with the Buyer.
8.
Ownership and property in and title to the goods shall remain
with the Company and shall not pass to the Buyer until the Company
has received all sums owing from the Buyer whether under this
Contract or any other agreement. Until the Company has received
all sums as set out in the preceding sentence:
(a) the Buyer shall keep the goods as a fiduciary for the Company;
(b) the Buyer shall keep the goods in a manner as they can be
clearly identified as the property of the Company; and
(c) if the goods are purportedly sold by the Buyer the Company
shall have a right to trace the proceeds thereof both under this
Contract and at law or equity.
9.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous clause, the Buyer
may sell the goods to a third party in the ordinary course of
business and deliver or arrange for the Company to deliver them
to that party subject to:
(a) where the Buyer is paid in full by the party the Buyer shall
hold those proceeds of sale in trust for the Company, and
(b) where the Buyer is not paid in full by the party the Buyer
shall at the option of the Company assign its claim against that
party to the Company upon the Company giving the Buyer written
notice to that effect. For the purposes of giving effect to and
perfecting the agreement specified in this clause, the Buyer irrevocably
appoints the Company and each and every director, manager and
officer of the Company jointly and each of them severally as its
attorneys. The parties agree that the provisions of this clause
apply notwithstanding any agreement whether subsequent to this
Contract or not.
10.
The Buyer will upon the expiration of 14 days after deemed delivery
of the goods by the Company accept and be deemed to accept, for
all purposes, the goods as delivered and the Buyer shall forthwith
pay the total price due to the Company at Perth in the State of
Western Australia without reduction and free of exchange. Any
expenses costs of disbursements incurred by the Company in recovering
any outstanding monies from the Buyer including debt collection
agency fees and solicitors costs shall be paid forthwith on demand
by the Buyer.
11.
Where the goods are manufactured wholly or partly in accordance
with the Buyers artwork, design, specification or drawing the
Buyer shall indemnify and keep indemnified the Company, its servants,
agents and/or sub-contractors against any damages relating to
any infringement of any patent, registered design or breach of
copyright resulting from the manufacture, sale or use of the goods
and against all costs, damages, and expenses as a result of such
infringement or alleged infringement and any proceedings (whether
in a court of law or otherwise) relating thereto.
12.
The Buyer and the Company agree that unless the Order specifically
states to the contrary should the Buyer fail to pay the price
due to the Company within the time stipulated in clause 10 hereof
interest will accrue from day to day on the unpaid purchase price
at the rate of 17.5 per centum per annum which interest shall
be and be deemed to be part of the purchase price and may be recovered
in any suit concerning the same and further it is agreed by the
Buyer and the Company that the Company may charge interest upon
interest at the said rate.
13.
The Company, its servants, agents and/or sub-contractors shall
not be liable for any error which may occur in rendering the artwork
into the finished product when the finished product either forms
the goods or part of the goods if the error is contained within
the camera-ready artwork supplied by the Buyer to the Company
or the Buyer does not supply to the Company camera-ready artwork.
14.
Nothing in this Contract shall be construed as avoiding or attempting
to avoid the implied warranties and/or conditions of the Trade
Practises Act, 1974 (as amended) which that Act stipulates cannot
be avoided.
15.
This Contract is the complete and exclusive statement of the Contract
between the parties hereto and supersedes all proposals, representations
or prior agreements, oral or written, and all other communications
between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this
Contract. This Contract may not be varied in any way except in
writing signed by authorised representatives of both parties.
16.
All notices or other communications under this Contract shall
be deemed to have been duly served if sent by pre-paid post or
delivered to the party concerned at that partys address shown
in this Contract or such other address as either party may advise
in writing to the other.
17.
If either party hereto shall fail to perform any of its obligations
hereunder and the other party shall not enforce on that obligation,
the failure to enforce on that occasion shall not prevent enforcement
of that obligation or any other obligation on any other occasion.
18.
All obligations accrued but unfulfilled prior to termination or
expiration of this Contract shall survive such expiration or termination.
19.
This Contract shall be governed by the laws of the State of Western
Australia which State shall also be the designated forum for the
resolution of disputes.
20.
Should any one or more provisions of this Contract be determined
to be illegal or unenforceable all other provisions of this Contract
shall be given effect separately from the provision or provisions
determined to be illegal or unenforceable and shall not be affected
thereby.
21.
Catalogues, price lists, advertisements or other published matter
are only indications of the type of goods available and shall
not form a part of any contract with the Buyer nor be considered
a collateral warranty or a representation inducing same.
22.
The Company reserves the right to vary designs specifications
materials packaging or to modify any goods supplied without prior
notice provided that such alterations shall not to a material
extent seriously adversely affect the performance of any goods
or the quality of the workmanship or materials used.
23.
In the event of the Buyer failing for any reason to make any payment
which may be due under any contract with the Company or being
in breach or anticipated breach of any of the provisions, undertakings
or terms of conditions hereof or any contract with the Company
or becoming insolvent or entering into a composition with or for
the benefit of its creditors or being a body corporate having
a receiver appointed of its undertakings or assets or any part
thereof or (save for the purposes of reconstruction or amalgamation)
going into liquidation the Company shall thereupon be entitled
without prejudice to its other rights forthwith to determine the
whole of or any unfulfilled part of any contract between the Company
and the Buyer and in the event of such determination, the Company
shall not be under any obligation to supply any further goods
under any such contract and the Buyer shall indemnify the Company
against all loss (including loss of profit) costs (including costs
of labour and materials) and all expenses suffered by the Company
by reason of such determination.
24.
These conditions are entered into on behalf of and are intended
to bind and enure for the benefit of the Company and its successors
and assigns. The provision of the conditions, including this one,
shall be given a large and liberal interpretation in favour of
the Company so that the Contra Proferentem Rule shall not apply
in any case against or to the disadvantage of the Company.
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