1.
The term “the Company” refers to Olympia Publishling Pty
Ltd (ABN 78 054 129154) 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any time be withdrawn or varied without the consent in writing of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 or part 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 Buyer1s 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 party1s 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.