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Standard Terms
and Conditions of Trade
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Application
of these Terms and Conditions
These Terms and Conditions are incorporated into any contract
between Planet Press and a customer for the supply of goods and/or
services by Planet Press to the customer.
1.2 Interpretation
In these Terms and Conditions:
"Business Day" means a day on which banks are open
for general banking business in the State or Territory in which
Planet Press' premises are located;
"Estimate" means the estimate referred to in sub-clause
2.1(b) (as amended in accordance with clause 2.4);
"Goods" means the final goods produced by Planet Press
by completing the Order;
"GST" means A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax)
Act, 1999;
"Interest Rate" means the aggregate of two percentum
(2%) and the rate of interest expressed as a percentage per annum
charged by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia from time to time
on Overdraft Accounts exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars;
"Order" means the work required to be done in order
to fulfil the customer's instructions;
"Quote" means the quote described in clause 2.1.
1.3 General
In these Terms and Conditions, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(b) a reference to a clause is a reference to a clause of these
Terms and Conditions;
(c) a reference to a party to these Terms and Conditions or any
other document or arrangement includes that party's executors,
administrators, successors and permitted assigns;
(d) where an expression is defined, another part of speech or
grammatical form of that expression has a corresponding meaning;
(e) a reference to a period of time (including, without limitation,
a year, a quarter, a month and a day) is to a calendar period.
1.4 Headings
In these Terms and Conditions, headings are for convenient reference
only and do not affect interpretation.
1.5 Business
Day
If the day on which any act, matter or thing is to be done under
this agreement is not a Business Day, that act, matter or thing:
(a) if it involves a payment other than a payment which is due
on demand, must be done on the preceding Business Day; and
(b) in all other cases, may be done on the next Business Day.
2. QUOTES
2.1 Planet
Press to supply quote
Planet Press may if, requested by the Customer, give the customer
a quote specifying:
(a) the work required to be done in order to fulfil the customer's
instructions; and
(b) an estimate of Planet Press' charge for the performance of
such work.
2.2 Acceptance
by customer
Where Planet Press has given the customer a Quote:
(a) Planet Press need not commence work until the Quote has been
accepted by the customer.
(b) The customer may accept the Quote by instructing (orally
or in writing) Planet Press to commence work.
(c) Acceptance by the customer of the Quote will constitute acceptance
by the customer of these Terms and Conditions.
2.3 Quote
evidence of instructions
If a written Quote is accepted by the customer, the work the
subject of the quote shall be carried out and the customer shall
pay for the work in accordance with the within Terms and Conditions.
2.4 Planet
Press may revise Estimate
Planet Press may amend the Estimate before the Order has been
completed to take into account any rise or fall in the cost of
performing the Order and Planet Press shall notify the customer
of such amendment as soon as practicable thereafter. Upon Planet
Press giving the customer notification of such amendment such
amended estimate shall be and be deemed to be the Estimate for
the purposes of these Terms and Conditions.
3. CHARGES
3.1 Invoice
Subject to clause 5.3, when the Order has been completed, Planet
Press will issue an invoice to the customer for the amount of
the Estimate or, if no Estimate was made, for an amount representing
Planet Press' charge for the work done in filling the Order,
and for any of the other charges specified in clause 3.2.
3.2 Additional
Charges
In addition to the amount of the Estimate, or where no Estimate
was given, in addition to the amount representing Planet Press'
charge for the work done, Planet Press may charge to the customer:
(a) fees for any preliminary work performed at the customer's
request;
(b) fees for additional work required to be done as a result
of the customer changing his, her or its instructions;
(c) fees for having to work from poor copy;
(d) fees for work which involves tables or foreign language and
which was not notified to Planet Press before the Quote was prepared;
(e) fees for additional work required to be done as a result
of author's corrections, including repagination or reformatting;
(f) fees and other charges for work required to be done urgently,
including any overtime costs;
(g) fees for handling or storing material or equipment supplied
by the customer for the purposes of the Order;
(h) fees for changing or correcting, in order to ensure that
the Goods are properly produced, any plates, film, bromides,
knife forms, artwork or any document including computer files
supplied for the purposes of the Order by the customer;
(i) freight costs and charges;
(j) other charges, fees or disbursements referred to in these
Terms and Conditions and not specified in this clause;
3.3 For the
purposes of these Terms and Conditions:
(a) the term "printer's charge" refers in each case
to the standard or usual fee charged by Planet Press from time
to time in respect of the Order;
(b) "preliminary work" means all and any work performed
by Planet Press at the customer's express or implied request,
the performance of which work was necessary to enable the Order
to be commenced and which work was not within the reasonable
contemplation of Planet Press at the time when Planet Press supplied
the Estimate;
(c) "additional work" includes all work undertaken
by Planet Press as a consequence of the customer's variation,
alteration or modification of its instructions in relation to
the Order; and
(d) "freight costs and charge" includes all costs and
expenses incurred by Planet Press in removing the Goods from
its premises, whether by way of actual or attempted delivery
to the customer or otherwise.
3.4 Under/Over
supplies
(a) The customer acknowledges that whilst Planet Press will make
every endeavour to produce the exact number of items in the Order,
owing to human and/or machine/computer error the number of items
actually produced may be 10% over or under the number specified
in the Order ("a discrepancy").
(b) Where a discrepancy occurs Planet Press will adjust the amount
charged to the customer for the Order a pro rata amount to reflect
the actual number of items produced.
4. DELIVERY
4.1 Notification
& Collection
Planet Press shall notify the customer when the Goods are ready
for an order requiring collection. The customer must collect
the goods from Planet Press' premises upon being notified by
Planet Press that the Goods are ready for collection.
4.2 Delivery
Costs
Planet Press typically include the delivery cost of the Goods
to one location within the Sydney Metropolitan area within the
Estimate. Deliveries outside of the Sydney Metropolitan area,
or to multiple destinations will be quoted separately and the
customer shall bear all freight costs and charges of such delivery.
4.3 Rejection
Subject to clause 7.1 the customer may only reject the Goods
if they do not comply with the customer's instructions. If the
customer wishes to reject the Goods, the customer must notify
Planet Press of the rejection:
(a) if Planet Press agrees to deliver the Goods to the customer's
premises - within 7 days of delivery (or such other time as is
mutually agreed);
(b) otherwise - within 7 days of notification that the Goods
are ready for collection (or such other time as is mutually agreed).
4.4 Risk
The risk in the Goods passes to the customer:
(a) if Planet Press delivers the Goods to the customer's premises
- at the time of delivery;
(b) otherwise - at the time Planet Press notifies the customer
that the Goods are ready for collection.
If the customer is entitled to reject the Goods and rejects the
Goods in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, risk reverts
to Planet Press at the time the customer notifies Planet Press
that the Goods are rejected.
5. PAYMENT
5.1 Time
for payment
The customer must, within 30 days of the customer receiving Planet
Press' invoice, pay to Planet Press the total amount set out
in the invoice.
5.2 Interest
Planet Press may charge interest at the Interest Rate on amounts
not paid within the time specified in clause 5.1.
5.3 Advance
and progress payments
(a) Planet Press may issue an invoice for the amount of the Estimate
before commencing the Order where Planet Press has not previously
carried out work for the customer or where Planet Press considers
it otherwise prudent to do so;
(b) Planet Press may, in the event that Planet Press is of the
view that completing the Order will take more than a month, at
any time before the Order is completed, issue one or more invoices
for a proportion of the amount of the Estimate (the proportion
to be at Planet Press' discretion) and require that proportion
of the Estimate to be paid in advance of any further work being
done.
(c) If the Order is suspended for more than 30 days at the request
of the customer or as a result of something for which the customer
is responsible, Planet Press may issue an invoice for a particular
sum (to be specified by Planet Press) for the work already done
and for other costs incurred by Planet Press (such as storage
costs).
5.4 Damages
The customer must pay to Planet Press any costs, expenses or
losses incurred by Planet Press as a result of the customer's
failure to pay to Planet Press all sums outstanding from the
customer to Planet Press (including, without limiting the generality
of the obligation set out in this clause, any debt collection
and legal costs).
6. NON-PAYMENT
6.1 Retention
of ownership
Until the customer has paid all sums outstanding in relation
to the Goods:
(a) Title in the Goods shall not pass from Planet Press to the
customer.
(b) If the Goods are in the customer's possession, the customer
shall hold the Goods as trustee for Planet Press and must store
the Goods so that they are clearly identifiable as the property
of Planet Press.
(c) Planet Press may call for and recover possession of the Goods
(for which purposes Planet Press' employees or agents may enter
the customer's premises and take possession of the Goods without
liability to the customer) and the customer must deliver the
Goods to Planet Press if so directed by Planet Press.
(d) The customer may, in the ordinary course of the customer's
business, sell the Goods to a third party but:
(i) the proceeds of sale to the third party shall be held by
the customer as trustee for Planet Press and the customer shall
account to Planet Press for those sums; and
(ii) if Planet Press requires, the customer shall assign to Planet
Press the customer's claim against the third party and shall
execute all documents necessary to effect that assignment.
6.2 General
lien
Planet Press shall, in respect of all sums owed by the customer
to Planet Press hereunder, have a general lien on all property
of the customer in Planet Press' possession and may, after 14
days' notice to the customer, sell that property and apply the
proceeds (net of any sale costs) in satisfaction of all or any
part of the sums owed. In the event that any of the customer's
property held by Planet Press as aforesaid enjoys copyright protection
in favour of the customer, the customer hereby grants to Planet
Press a licence to exercise the rights conferred on Planet Press
under this clause.
7. LIABILITY
7.1 Proofs
If Planet Press submits to the customer a proof of the Goods
Planet Press will not be responsible for any errors in the Goods
which appeared in the proof and which were not corrected by the
customer before the Order commenced production.
7.2 Non-excludable
Rights
The parties acknowledge that, under applicable State and Commonwealth
law, certain conditions and warranties may be implied in these
Terms and Conditions and there are rights and remedies conferred
on the customer in relation to the provision of the Goods or
of services which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified
by agreement ("Non-excludable Rights").
7.3 Disclaimer
of Liability
Planet Press disclaims all conditions and warranties expressed
or implied, and all rights and remedies conferred on the customer,
by statute, the common law, equity, trade, custom or usage or
otherwise and all those conditions and warranties and all those
rights and remedies are excluded other than any Non-excludable
Rights. To the extent permitted by law, the liability of Planet
Press for a breach of a Non-excludable Right is limited, at Planet
Press' option, to the supplying of the Goods and/or any services
again or payment of the cost of having the Goods and/or any services
supplied again.
7.4 Indirect
losses
Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms and Conditions,
Planet Press is in no circumstance (whatever the cause) liable
in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence
or breach of statutory duty) or otherwise to compensate the customer
for:
(a) any increased costs or expenses;
(b) any loss of profit, revenue, business, contracts or anticipated
savings;
(c) any loss or expense resulting from a claim by a third party;
or
(d) any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of
any nature
whatsoever caused by the failure of Planet Press to complete
or delay in completing the Order or to deliver the Goods.
7.5 Electronic
data
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clauses, Planet
Press will not be liable to the customer for loss, however caused,
of any data stored on disks, tapes, compact disks or other media
supplied by the customer to Planet Press.
7.6 Customer's
property
Subject to clause 7.5, Planet Press will not be liable for the
damage, loss or destruction of any property of the customer in
Planet Press' possession unless the loss or damage is due to
the failure of Planet Press to exercise due care and skill in
handling or storing the property.
7.7 Force
Majeure
Planet Press will have no liability to the customer in relation
to any loss, damage or expense caused by Planet Press' failure
to complete the Order or to deliver the Goods as a result of
fire, flood, tempest, earthquake, riot,
civil disturbance, theft, crime, strike, lockout, breakdown,
war, the inability of Planet Press' normal suppliers to supply
necessary materials or any other matter beyond Planet Press'
control.
8. GENERAL
MATTERS
8.1 Periodicals
If the contract between Planet Press and customer relates to
more than one issue of a periodical:
(a) Each issue will, for the purposes of these Terms and Conditions,
be considered to be one Order.
(b) Subject to sub-clause (c), a party may not terminate a contract
to which these Terms and Conditions apply unless:
(i) in the case of periodicals published weekly or more frequently,
that party has given 4 weeks' notice of that party's intention
to terminate the contract;
(ii) in the case of periodicals published fortnightly or more
frequently (but less frequently than weekly), that party has
given 8 weeks' notice of that party's intention to terminate
the contract;
(iii) in the case of periodicals published less frequently than
fortnightly, that party has given 13 weeks' notice of that party's
intention to terminate the contract.
(c) Notwithstanding sub-clause (b), Planet Press may terminate
the contract at any time if the customer is in breach of any
of provision of these Terms and Conditions relating to payment.
8.2 Alterations
to style etc
If, before the Quote is prepared, the customer does not give
Planet Press specific instructions in relation to style, type
or layout:
(a) Planet Press may use any style, type and layout which, in
Planet Press' opinion, is appropriate; and
(b) Planet Press may charge an additional amount for any additional
work required to be done (including the production of additional
proofs) as a result of the customer subsequently altering the
style, type or layout used by Planet Press.
8.3 Overset
The customer must pay for overset matter (being matter produced
on the customer's instructions but not used in a publication
for which it was intended). The customer may instruct Planet
Press to retain overset matter for future issues of the publication
or to discard the overset matter.
8.4 Outside
work
If Planet Press has to obtain goods (including typefaces, bromides,
film, plates, ornaments or artwork) and/or services not normally
stocked or supplied by Planet Press from a third party in order
to carry out the customer's instructions:
(a) Planet Press will not be liable for any breach of these Terms
and Conditions if that breach is a result of or is connected
with the supply by the third party of such goods and/or services.
(b) Planet Press acquires such goods and/or services as agent
for the customer and not as principal and will have no liability
to the customer in relation to the supply of those goods and/or
services. However, any claim by the customer in relation to the
supply of those goods and/or services will be made by Planet
Press on behalf of the customer directly against the third party.
(c) The customer must pay for such goods and/or services.
(d) Property in any such goods obtained from a third party and
incorporated into the Goods passes to Planet Press at the time
of incorporation.
8.5 Material
supplied by customer
If Planet Press and the customer agree that the customer is responsible
for supplying materials or equipment for the purposes of the
Order:
(a) The customer must supply sufficient quantities of materials
to allow for spoilage, such quantity to be specified by Planet
Press.
(b) Planet Press will not normally count or check the materials
and if requested by the customer to do so, may charge for counting
or checking.
(c) Planet Press will not be responsible for any defects in the
Goods which are caused by defects in or the unsuitability of
materials or equipment supplied by the customer.
(d) Property in any materials supplied by the customer and incorporated
into the Goods passes to Planet Press at the time of incorporation.
8.6 Property
left with Planet Press
If the customer leaves property in Planet Press' possession without
specific instructions as to what is to be done with it, Planet
Press may, 12 months after gaining possession of the property,
dispose of or sell the property and retain any proceeds of sale
as compensation for holding and handling the property.
8.7 Responsibility
to insure
Planet Press has no obligation to insure any property of the
customer in it's possession. The customer must pay the cost of
any insurance arranged by Planet Press at the request of the
customer.
8.8 Ancillary
materials
Unless Planet Press and customer agree otherwise, drawings, sketches,
paintings, photographs, designs, typesetting, proofs, dummies,
models, negatives, positives, blocks, engravings, stencils, dies,
plates or cylinders, electros, stereos, discs, tapes, compact
discs, or other media or data and other material produced by
Planet Press in the course of or in preparation for performing
the Order (whether or not in fact used for the purposes of performing
the Order) are the property of Planet Press.
8.9 Copyright
(a) Copyright in all artistic and literary works authored by
Planet Press shall be the property of Planet Press.
(b) The customer:
(i) warrants that the customer has copyright in or a licence
to authorise Planet Press to reproduce, all artistic and literary
works supplied by the customer to Planet Press for the purposes
of the Order and the customer hereby expressly authorises Planet
Press to reproduce all and any of such works for the purposes
aforesaid;
(ii) hereby indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified Planet
Press against all liability, losses or expenses incurred by Planet
Press in relation to or in any way directly or indirectly connected
with any breach of copyright or of any rights in relation to
copyright in such literary and artistic works supplied as aforesaid;
and
(c) The customer is hereby granted a non-exclusive license to
use the copyright in any literary and/or artistic works authored
by Planet Press for the purposes of the Order however the exercise
of such licence shall be conditional upon Planet Press having
received all monies due to them under these Terms and Conditions.
8.10 Ideas
The customer must keep confidential and not use any ideas communicated
by Planet Press to the customer without Planet Press' written
consent.
8.11 Electronic/magnetic
media
All disks, tapes, compact disks or other media (other than media
supplied by the customer) used by Planet Press to store data
for the purposes of completing the Order are the property of
Planet Press. The customer cannot require Planet Press to supply
to the customer any data so stored. In the event that Planet
Press does supply any data so stored or created Planet Press
may charge for supplying such data to the customer.
8.12 Storage
of electronic data
Planet Press will not be responsible for storing any data on
disks, tapes, compact disks or other media when the Order has
been completed. If Planet Press agrees to store such data, Planet
Press may charge for doing so.
8.13 No Waiver
A power or right is not waived solely because the party entitled
to exercise that power or right does not do so. A single exercise
of a power or right will not preclude any other or further exercise
of that power or right or of any other power or right. A power
or right may only be waived in writing, signed by the party to
be bound by the waiver.
8.14 Severability
Any provision in these Terms and Conditions which is invalid
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction must be read down for the
purposes of that jurisdiction, if possible, so as to be valid
and enforceable. If that provision cannot be read down then it
is capable of being severed to the extent of the invalidity or
unenforceability without affecting the remaining provisions of
these Terms and Conditions or affecting the validity or enforceability
of that provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.15 Governing
law and jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the law in force in
the State or Territory in which Planet Press' premises are located
and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts of that State or Territory and any courts which may hear
appeals from those courts in respect of any proceedings in connection
with these Terms and Conditions.
9 GOODS
AND SERVICES TAX
9.1 All amounts
are subject to GST
Unless otherwise stated, all amounts expressed or described in
these Terms and Conditions are subject to GST.
9.2 Out of
pocket expenses are GST inclusive
All out of pocket expenses referred to in these Terms and Conditions
are GST inclusive out of pocket expenses.
9.3 Planet
Press to assist Customer
Planet Press will do all things reasonably available to it to
assist the customer to claim on a timely basis any input tax
credits (if any) the customer may be entitled to claim for any
acquisition of goods and services from Planet Press. This includes
Planet Press maintaining its registered status for GST purposes,
and issuing tax invoices for supplies made under these Terms
and Conditions on a timely basis as reasonably requested by the
customer.
PLANET PRESS
PTY LIMITED
4-10 Ilma Street Bankstown NSW 2200 Australia PH: 02 9771 4711
FAX: 02 9772 3384
EMAIL: enquiries@planetpress.com.au
INTERNET: www.planetpress.com.au
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