Terms
(For Customers in Australia
Only)
1. DEFINITIONS
"IDiT" means the IDiT
buisness selling products to the
Customer as identified
in IDiT's Quotation or Invoice.
"
Customer" means the person
or legal entity identified in IDiT's
Quotation or Invoice.
"
Contract" means a contract
for sale by IDiT to the Customer
of the products and/or services
incorporating the Terms and Conditions.
2. FORMATION OF CONTRACT
2.1 No
Contract shall come into existence
until the Customer's
order has been accepted by IDiT
and such acceptance has been received
by the customer. The contract shall
deemed to be concluded at the time
and place where such acceptance
is received by the Customer. The
Customer warrants that it is buying
for its own internal use only and
not for re-sale purposes.
2.2 The products sold and/or services
rendered are subject to the Terms
and Conditions to the exclusion
of any other terms and conditions
stipulated or referred to by Customer.
The Customer acknowledges that
it is aware of the contents of
and agrees to be bound by the Terms
and Conditions.
2.3 These Terms and Conditions
are subject to the laws of Australia
including without limitation the
Trade Practices Act 1974 (the Act).
3. ORDERS, PRICE AND PAYMENT
3.1
Unless credit terms have been expressly
agreed by IDiT, payment
for the products or services shall
be made in full before physical
delivery of products or services.
3.2 Customer shall pay for all
shipping and handling charges.
3.3 Customer shall bear all country,
provincial, government, state and
local sales, use, goods and services,
value added, excise, privilege
and similar levies/taxes.
3.4 Time for payment is of the
essence. IDiT reserves the right
to charge interest at the rate
of 2% above the base commercial
floating rate for National Australia
Bank in Sydney.
4. SOFTWARE
4.1 All software provided
is subject to the terms and conditions
of
the license agreement relating
to that software. Customer acknowledges
its obligations to abide by such
license agreements. Customer acknowledges
that IDiT does not warrant any
software under these Terms and
Conditions. In addition to any
rights the customer may have under
statute, all software is warranted
in accordance with the license
agreement that governs its use.
4.2 All rights, title or interest
in respect of the intellectual
property rights in the software
remain with IDiT or the licensor
of the software at all times.
5. TITLE AND RISK
Title to and risk
in the products shall pass to the
Customer upon
delivery of the products to Customer.
Title to those products, which
are software, shall remain with
the applicable licensor(s) at all
times.
6. DELIVERY
6.1 IDiT shall deliver
the products to the place of delivery
designated
by Customer and agreed to by IDiT
("Place of Delivery").
6.2 IDiT may, at its discretion,
deliver the products by instalments
in any sequence. Where the products
are so delivered by instalments,
each instalment shall be deemed
to be the subject of a separate
contract and no default or failure
by IDiT in respect of any one or
more instalments shall vitiate
the Contract in respect of products
previously delivered or undelivered
products.
6.3 Any dates quoted by IDiT for
the delivery of the products are
approximate only and shall not
form part of the Contract. IDiT
shall not be liable for any delay
in delivery of the products and/or
services, howsoever caused.
6.4 IDiT may revise and/or discontinue
Products at any time without notice
as part of IDiT's policy of on-going
Product up-date and revision. Revised
or updated Products will have the
functionality and performance of
the Products ordered. The Customer
accepts that IDiT's policy may
result in differences between the
specification of Products delivered
to the Customer and the specification
of Products ordered
7. ACCEPTANCE OF PRODUCTS
7.1 Unless
the Customer notifies IDiT to the
contrary on the day
of delivery and such notification
is confirmed in writing within
two days, the Products shall be
deemed to have been accepted by
the Customer as being in good condition
and in accordance with the Contract.
The Customer shall not be entitled
to withhold payment of all or any
of the price of the Products whilst
any claim is being investigated
by IDiT.
7.2 New IDiT-branded Products (excluding
IDiT co-branded products) purchased
under these Terms and Conditions
directly from IDiT by an end-user
Customer may be returned by Customer
up to fifteen (15) days from the
date of the invoice for a replacement,
refund or credit of the purchase
price in accordance with IDiT's "Total
Satisfaction Policy" in effect
in the Location on the date of
the invoice. The refund or credit
will not include any shipping and
handling charges forming part of
the purchase price. Returned Products
must be received by IDiT in as-new
or as-shipped-by-IDiTl condition,
including conformance to invoiced
specification, and all of the manuals,
diskettes, CDs, power cables and
other items included with a Product
must be returned with it.
8. WARRANTY
8.1 Unless specified otherwise
and in addition to any rights the
Customer may have under statute,
IDiT warrants to the Customer
that IDiT branded Products (excluding
third party products and software),
will be free from defects in materials
and workmanship affecting normal
use for a period of one year from
invoice date ("Standard Warranty").
8.2 This Standard Warranty does
not cover damage, fault, failure
or malfunction due to external
causes, including accident, abuse,
misuse, problems with electrical
power, servicing not authorized
by IDiT, usage and/or storage and/or
installation not in accordance
with Product instructions, failure
to perform required preventive
maintenance, normal wear and tear,
act of God, fire, flood, war, act
of violence or any similar occurrence;
any attempt by any person other
than IDiT personnel or any person
authorised by IDiT, to adjust,
repair or support the Products
and problems caused by use of parts
and components not supplied by
IDiT.
8.3 The Standard Warranty does
not cover any items that are in
one or more of the following categories:
software; external devices; accessories
or parts added to the Product after
the Product is shipped from IDiT;
accessories or parts added to the
Product through IDiT's Custom Factory
Integration (CFI) program; accessories
or parts that are not installed
in the IDiT office; or third party
products purchased under IDiT
Software & Peripherals
(S&P) Program.
8.4 During the one-year period
beginning on the invoice date,
IDiT will repair or replace Products
returned to IDiT's facility. Customer
must prepay shipping and transportation
charges, and insure the shipment
or accept the risk of loss or damage
during such shipment and transportation.
IDiT will ship the repaired or
replacement products to Customer
freight prepaid.
8.5 While not affecting any non-excludable
warranty or guarantee implied by
law, IDiT does not give any warranty
that the Products are fit for any
particular purpose and this Standard
Warranty is given in place of all
warranties, conditions, terms,
undertakings and obligations implied
by statute, common law, trade usage,
course of dealing or otherwise
including warranties or conditions
of merchantability, fitness for
purpose, satisfactory quality and/or
compliance with description, all
of which are hereby excluded to
the fullest extent permitted by
law.
8.6 The Customer agrees that to
the extent permitted by law, in
relation to third party products
purchased through IDiT, where such
of the Products are covered by
a relevant manufacturer's warranty,
then the Customer will first make
a claim against the manufacturer
and shall utilise that warranty
for the support of such Products
and in any event not look to IDiT
for such warranty support in the
first instance.
9. SERVICE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
IDiT
will provide general service and
technical support to Customer
in accordance with the then-current
service and technical support policies
in effect. Service and support
offerings may vary from product
to product. If Customer purchases
optional services and support as
listed on Customer's invoice, IDiT
will provide the optional service
and support to Customer in accordance
with the then-current terms and
conditions in the optional service
contract between IDiT and Customer
upon request, in addition to the
Standard Warranty. IDiT may,
at its discretion, revise its general
and optional service and support
programs and the terms and conditions
that govern them. IDiT has no obligation
to provide service or support until
IDiT has received full payment
for the product or service/support
contract for which service or support
is requested.
10. LIABILITY
10.1 IDiT shall not
be liable in contract or in tort
for any
loss or damage suffered and consumers
rights are limited to those set
out in these Terms and Conditions
and under statute.
10.2 To the extent permitted by
law and subject to clause 10.7,
IDiT's total liability herein in
respect of each event or series
of connected events shall not exceed
the total price paid for the purchase
of products and/or services under
these Terms and Conditions.
10.3 The Customer shall indemnify
IDiT and keep IDiT fully and effectively
indemnified against any loss of
or damage to any property or injury
to or death of any persons caused
by any negligent act or omission
or wilful misconduct of the Customer,
its employees, agents or sub-contractors
or by any breach of its contractual
obligations arising out of these
Terms and Conditions.
10.4 To the extent permitted by
law, IDiT and Customer agree that
IDiT will not be liable for Products
not being available for use, or
for data or software which is lost,
corrupted, deleted or altered.
IDiT shall not be liable to the
Customer for any incidental, indirect,
special or consequential damages
arising out of or in connection
with the purchase, use or performance
of products or services, even if
IDiT has been advised of their
possibility.
10.5 Any service response times
stated by IDiT in the service contracts
are approximate only and IDiT shall
not be liable for any direct or
indirect loss or damage arising
from its failure to meet such response
times, howsoever occasioned.
10.6 To the extent permitted by
law, any typographical, clerical
or other error or omission in sales
literature, quotation, price list,
acceptance of offer, invoice or
other documents or information
issued by IDiT shall be subject
to correction without any liability
on the part of IDiT.
10.7 Under the Act, where implied
conditions and warranties cannot
be excluded, IDiT's liability for
breach of such conditions and warranties
(other than a condition or warranty
implied by section 69 of the Act)
shall be limited, at IDiT's option,
to :
(a) in the case of products, the
replacement of the products or
the supply of equivalent products;
the repair of such products; the
payment of the cost of replacing
the products or of acquiring equivalent
products; or the payment of the
cost of having the products repaired;
OR
(b) in the case of services, the
supplying of services again; or
the payment of the cost of having
services supplied again.
11. FORCE MAJEURE
Neither party shall be liable
for any delay in performing any
of its obligations under these
Terms and Conditions if such delay
is caused by circumstances beyond
the reasonable control of the party
so delaying, and such party shall
be entitled to a reasonable extension
of time for the performance of
such obligations.
12. EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
The Customer acknowledges that
the Products licensed or sold hereunder,
which may include technology and
software, are not only subject
to the export control laws and
regulations of the United States
("U.S.") but may also
be subject to the export control
laws and regulations of the country
in which the Products are received.
The Customer agrees to abide by
all applicable export control laws
and regulations. Under such laws
and regulations, the Products purchased
may not be sold, leased or otherwise
transferred to restricted end-users
or to restricted countries. In
addition, the Products may not
be sold, leased or otherwise transferred
to, or utilized by, an end-user
engaged in activities related to
weapons of mass destruction, including
but not necessarily limited to,
activities related to the design,
development, production or use
of nuclear materials, nuclear facilities,
or nuclear weapons, missiles or
support of missile projects, or
chemical or biological weapons.
The Customer understands that applicable
requirements or restrictions may
vary depending on the Products
delivered and may change over time
and that, to determine the precise
controls applicable to the Products
acquired, it may be necessary to
refer to relevant laws and regulations.
13. GOVERNING LAW
These Terms and Conditions shall
be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of South
Australia and shall be subject
to the non-exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of South Australia.
14. GENERAL
14.1 The Customer shall not be
assign or otherwise transfer any
Contracts or any of its rights
and obligations hereunder whether
in whole or in part without the
prior written consent of IDiT.
Any such unauthorized assignment
shall be deemed null and void.
14.2 If any provision of these
Terms and Conditions is held by
any competent authority to be invalid
or unenforceable in whole or in
part, the validity of the other
provisions of these Terms and Conditions
and the remainder of the provisions
in question shall not be affected
thereby.
2 May 2005 Revised Edition
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