Northbrand Pty Ltd T&Cs OF SUPPLY
1. APPLICATION
- 1.1 Application of these Terms and Conditions: These Terms and Conditions are incorporated into any contract between Northbrand Pty Ltd and the Customer for the supply of goods and/or services by Northbrand Pty Ltd to the Customer and shall apply to the exclusion of all terms and conditions conflicting with or purporting to modify them, except where otherwise agreed in writing between Northbrand Pty Ltd and the Customer.
2. QUOTES AND ORDERS
- 2.1 Northbrand Pty Ltd may supply Quote: Where the Customer requests Northbrand Pty Ltd to supply goods and/or services to the Customer, Northbrand Pty Ltd may give the Customer a written quote specifying: (a) the Work required to be done in order to fulfil the Customer’s instructions; and (b) an Estimate for that Work.
- 2.2 Acceptance by Customer: When Northbrand Pty Ltd has given the Customer the Quote: (a) Northbrand Pty Ltd need not commence work until the Quote has been accepted by the Customer; (b) the Customer may accept the Quote in writing (including email) and unless and until that time a Quote does not give rise to a binding contract; (c) acceptance by the Customer of the Quote will constitute acceptance by the Customer of these Terms and Conditions; (d) Northbrand Pty Ltd reserves the right to correct any obvious errors in the Quote, whether technical, stenographic or otherwise.
- 2.3 Quote evidence of instructions: If a written Quote is accepted by the Customer: (a) the Quote shall be carried out and the Customer shall pay for the Work in accordance with these Terms and Conditions; (b) the Quote will be conclusive proof of the Customer’s instructions (written and verbal) and the Order; (c) unless otherwise agreed in writing by Northbrand Pty Ltd the Order may not be cancelled by the Customer.
- 2.4 Validity of Quote: A Quote: (a) only remains valid for 30 days from the date it is given; and (b) may be withdrawn by Northbrand Pty Ltd at any time by notice to the Customer.
- 2.5 Variations and Estimates: An Estimate is based on the current cost of production and is subject to amendment before or after acceptance of the Quote to meet any cost variation between the date of the Quote and the date of execution of the Order. Northbrand Pty Ltd may amend an Estimate at any time before the Order is completed to take into account any rise or fall in the cost of performing the Order.
- 2.6 Periodicals: If an Order 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) a party may terminate a contract for periodicals to which these Terms and Conditions apply where: (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.
3. CHARGES
- 3.1 Invoice: When the Order has been completed, Northbrand Pty Ltd may issue an invoice to the Customer for the amount of the Estimate or, if no Estimate was given, an amount representing Northbrand Pty Ltd charge for the Work done, and for any of the other charges specified in clause
- 3.2 Charges additional to Estimate: In addition to the Estimate, Northbrand Pty Ltd may charge to the Customer the following, except to the extent that such costs are expressly included in any Quote: (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 the Customer’s instructions; (c) fees for having to work off poor copy; (d) fees for additional proofs required; (e) fees for work which involves tables or foreign language and which was not notified to Northbrand Pty Ltd before the Quote was prepared; (f) fees for additional work required to be done as a result of author’s corrections, including repagination or reformatting; (g) fees and other charges for work required to be done urgently, including any overtime costs; (h) fees for handling or storing material or equipment supplied by the Customer for the purposes of the Order; (i) fees for changing or correcting, in order to ensure that the Goods are properly produced, any plates, film, bromides, artwork or any document including computer files, or any other materials which are unsuitable or substandard (including any supplied in accordance with clause 10, supplied for the purposes of the Order by the Customer; (j) freight and/or installation costs and charges; (k) other charges, fees, or disbursements referred to in these Terms and Conditions and not specified in this clause.
- 3.3 Under / Over-Supplies: The Customer acknowledges that while Northbrand Pty Ltd will make every endeavor 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 up to 5% over or under the number specified in the Order. Where such a discrepancy occurs, Northbrand Pty Ltd will adjust the amount charged to the Customer at a pro-rata rate to reflect the actual number of items produced.
- 3.4 Alterations to style etc: If, before the Quote is prepared, the Customer does not give Northbrand Pty Ltd specific instructions in relation to style, type, or layout: (a) Northbrand Pty Ltd may use any style, type, and layout which, in Northbrand Pty Ltd opinion, is appropriate; and (b) Northbrand Pty Ltd 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 Northbrand Pty Ltd.
- 3.5 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 Northbrand Pty Ltd to retain overset matter for future issues of the publication or to discard the overset matter.
- 3.6 GST and Taxes: The Estimate shall be increased by the amount of any GST and other taxes and duties which may be applicable, except: (a) to the extent such taxes are expressly included in the Quote; and (b) all out-of-pocket expenses referred to in these Terms and Conditions are GST inclusive.
4. DELIVERY
- 4.1 Time and place: Delivery is to be made at the place specified in the Quote. Any time stated for delivery is an estimate only. Northbrand Pty Ltd is not liable for any delay in delivery.
- 4.2 Collection: Where the Customer is to collect the Goods, the Customer must do so from Northbrand Pty Ltd premises upon being notified by Northbrand Pty Ltd that the Goods are ready for collection.
- 4.3 Freight costs: If Northbrand Pty Ltd agrees to deliver the Goods, the Customer shall bear all freight costs and charges associated with that delivery, which shall include (but not be limited to) all costs and expenses incurred by Northbrand Pty Ltd in removing the Goods from its premises, whether by way of actual or attempted delivery to the Customer or otherwise.
- 4.4 Rejection: The Customer may only reject the Goods if they do not comply with the Order. If the customer wishes to reject or make a claim for discrepancy in respect of an Order, the customer must notify Northbrand Pty Ltd in writing with full details and supporting evidence of the alleged non-compliance: (a) if Northbrand Pty Ltd is required to deliver the Goods to the Customer’s premises – within 7 days of delivery; (b) otherwise – within 7 days of notification that the Goods are ready for collection.
- 4.5 Refusal: If the Customer refuses to accept delivery of any Goods, Northbrand Pty Ltd may charge the customer for any additional costs incurred as a result, including storage and transportation costs.
5. PAYMENT
- 5.1 Time for payment: The Customer must, within 30 days of the date from the end of the month in which the goods were received, pay to Northbrand Pty Ltd the total amount set out in the invoice. Northbrand Pty Ltd may: (a) alter terms of payment with effect from the date it notifies the Customer of such change; and (b) impose a credit limit at any time, which may be altered at Northbrand Pty Ltd discretion with effect from the date Northbrand Pty Ltd notifies the Customer of such alteration. Where the credit limit is exceeded then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Northbrand Pty Ltd may with immediate effect and without further notice; (i) refuse to supply Goods to the Customer; or (ii) require security in a form satisfactory to Northbrand Pty Ltd; or (iii) alter terms of payment to cash on delivery.
- 5.2 Interest: If the Customer does not make payment by the due date, Northbrand Pty Ltd may charge interest at Northbrand Pty Ltd bank’s then-current commercial overdraft rate plus 2% per annum on amounts not paid within the time specified in clause 5.1, and may cancel any Orders in existence (without prejudice to any other rights or remedies of Northbrand Pty Ltd).
- 5.3 Advance and progress payments: Northbrand Pty Ltd may: (a) issue a pro forma invoice for the amount of the Estimate before commencing the Order, if Northbrand Pty Ltd has not previously done work for the Customer or otherwise considers it prudent; (b) if Northbrand Pty Ltd 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 Northbrand Pty Ltd discretion) or costs and charges; (k) other charges, fees or disbursements referred to in these Terms and Conditions and not specified in this clause.
- 5.4 Suspension of Work: 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, Northbrand Pty Ltd may issue an invoice for a particular sum (to be specified by Northbrand Pty Ltd) for the Work already done and for other costs incurred by Northbrand Pty Ltd (including, by way of example but without limitation, storage costs).
- 5.5 Damages: The Customer must pay to Northbrand Pty Ltd any costs, expenses, or losses incurred by Northbrand Pty Ltd as a result of the Customer’s failure to pay to Northbrand Pty Ltd on the due date all sums outstanding from the Customer to Northbrand Pty Ltd (including, without limiting the generality of the obligation set out in this clause, any debt collection and legal costs).
- 5.6 Rebates: The Customer does not become entitled to, and Northbrand Pty Ltd is not obliged to pay, any discount or rebate unless all money owing by the Customer to Northbrand Pty Ltd has been paid.
6. RISK
- 6.1 Risk: The risk of any loss, damage, or deterioration of the Goods passes to the Customer: (a) if Northbrand Pty Ltd is required to deliver the Goods to the Customer’s premises – at the time of delivery; (b) otherwise – at the time Northbrand Pty Ltd notifies the Customer that the Goods are ready for collection.
- 6.2 Risk on rejection: If the Customer validly rejects the Goods in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, risk in the rejected Goods reverts to Northbrand Pty Ltd: (a) if the Goods are at Northbrand Pty Ltd premises, at the time the Customer notifies Northbrand Pty Ltd that the Goods are rejected; (b) if the Goods are in the possession of the Customer, at the time that the Goods are returned to Northbrand Pty Ltd (in the same condition in which they were delivered to the Customer) during usual business hours and Northbrand Pty Ltd acknowledges receipt of them.
7. OWNSERSHIP
- 7.1 Retention of ownership: Until the Customer has paid all sums outstanding in relation to the Goods and all the other amounts owing by the Customer to Northbrand Pty Ltd from time to time: (a) title in the Goods shall not pass from Northbrand Pty Ltd to the Customer; (b) if the Goods are in the Customer’s possession, the Customer holds the Goods as trustee for Northbrand Pty Ltd and must store the Goods separately and clearly identify them as the property of Northbrand Pty Ltd; (c) Northbrand Pty Ltd may call for and recover possession of the Goods (for which purposes Northbrand Pty Ltd 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 Northbrand Pty Ltd if so directed by Northbrand Pty Ltd.
- 7.2 Ordinary business: The Customer may, in the ordinary course of the Customer’s business, use the Goods or sell the Goods to a third party for full consideration but: (a) the proceeds of sale and any book debt created upon the sale of the Goods to the third party shall be held by the Customer as trustee for Northbrand Pty Ltd and the Customer must account to Northbrand Pty Ltd for those sums; and (b) if Northbrand Pty Ltd requires, the Customer must assign to Northbrand Pty Ltd the Customer’s claim against the third party and must execute all documents necessary to effect that assignment; provided that the authority under this clause shall be revoked from the time that an Event of Default occurs or Northbrand Pty Ltd notifies the Customer that it is revoked.
- 7.3 General lien: Northbrand Pty Ltd shall, in respect of all sums owed by the Customer to Northbrand Pty Ltd, have a general lien on all property of the Customer in Northbrand Pty Ltd 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 Northbrand Pty Ltd as aforesaid enjoys copyright protection in favour of the Customer, the Customer hereby grants to Northbrand Pty Ltd a licence to exercise the rights conferred on Northbrand Pty Ltd under this clause.
- 7.4 Insurance: Until property in the Goods passes to the Customer, the Customer shall keep the Goods insured in the name of Northbrand Pty Ltd and the Customer for their respective rights and interests and will produce to Northbrand Pty Ltd, upon demand, evidence of such insurance. If the Customer fails to so insure the Goods, Northbrand Pty Ltd may do so and the cost of such insurance shall be payable by the Customer to Northbrand Pty Ltd upon demand.
8. LIABILITY
- 8.1 Non-excludable Rights: The parties acknowledge that, under applicable State and Commonwealth law, certain clauses, conditions, guarantees, 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”).
- 8.2 Disclaimer of Liability: Except for Non-excludable Rights, Northbrand Pty Ltd accepts no liability for (a) any claim by the Customer or any other person, including without limitation, any claim, (b) any representations, warranties, conditions, or agreement made by any agent or representative which are not expressly confirmed by Northbrand Pty Ltd in writing; and the liability of Northbrand Pty Ltd for any such matters is hereby excluded.
- 8.3 Defective Goods: Where (and to the extent) permitted by law, the liability of Northbrand Pty Ltd for a breach of a Non-excludable Right is limited, at Northbrand Pty Ltd option, to the remedy or repair, replacement, or re-supply of the Goods and/or any services, whichever is the lesser, provided that: (a) all claims for defective Goods are reported to Northbrand Pty Ltd within 48 hours of delivery; and (b) all such claims are fully documented giving details of supply and the alleged damage or defect.
- 8.4 Indirect Losses: Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, Northbrand Pty Ltd 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 injury, loss, damage, or expense whatsoever and howsoever arising.
- 8.5 Force Majeure: Northbrand Pty Ltd will have no liability to the Customer in relation to any loss, damage, or expense caused by Northbrand Pty Ltd failure to complete the Order or to deliver the Goods as a result of an act of God, fire, flood, tempest, earthquake, riot, civil disturbance, industrial dispute, theft, crime, strike, lockout, work stoppage or other labour hindrance, breakdown, act of war (whether declared or not), sabotage, insurrection, epidemic, national emergency (whether in fact or law), requirements or restriction of, or failure to act by, any government, local body or judicial entity, the inability of Northbrand Pty Ltd normal suppliers to supply necessary materials, or any other matter beyond Northbrand Pty Ltd control.
- 8.6 Electronic Data: Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clauses, Northbrand Pty Ltd will not be liable to the Customer for loss, however caused, of any data stored on disks, tapes, compact discs, or other media supplied by the Customer to Northbrand Pty Ltd.
- 8.7 Proofs: If Northbrand Pty Ltd submits to the Customer a proof of the Goods, Northbrand Pty Ltd 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 was completed. There is no guarantee that production prints exactly match color proofs because of variations in proof preparation methods and substrates. However, Northbrand Pty Ltd will use all reasonable endeavours to provide a commercially acceptable finished product.
9. OUTSIDE WORK
- 9.1 Liability: If Northbrand Pty Ltd has to obtain goods (including typefaces, bromides, film, plates, ornaments, or artwork) and/or services not normally stocked or supplied by Northbrand Pty Ltd from a third party in order to carry out the Customer’s instructions: (a) Northbrand Pty Ltd 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 the goods and/or services; (b) Northbrand Pty Ltd acquires the goods and/or services as an agent for the Customer and not as a principal and will have no liability to the Customer in relation to the supply of those goods and/or services. Any claim by the Customer in relation to the supply of those goods and/or services must be made directly against the third party; (c) the Customer must pay for such goods and/or services; (d) property in any goods obtained from a third party and incorporated into the Goods passes to Northbrand Pty Ltd at the time of incorporation.
10. CUSTOMER'S PROPERTY
- 10.1 Material Supplied by Customer: If Northbrand Pty Ltd 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 Northbrand Pty Ltd; (b) Northbrand Pty Ltd will not normally count or check the materials and if requested by the Customer to do so, may charge for counting or checking; (c) Northbrand Pty Ltd 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 Northbrand Pty Ltd at the time of incorporation.
- 10.2 Property Left with Northbrand Pty Ltd: If the Customer leaves property in Northbrand Pty Ltd possession without specific instructions as to what is to be done with it, Northbrand Pty Ltd may, six 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.
- 10.3 Responsibility to Insure: Northbrand Pty Ltd has no obligation to insure any property of the Customer in Northbrand Pty Ltd possession. The Customer must pay the cost of any insurance arranged by Northbrand Pty Ltd at the request of the Customer.
- 10.4 Customer’s Property: Northbrand Pty Ltd will hold any property of the Customer at the Customer’s risk.
11. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND OWNERSHIP OF PRINTING MATERIALS
- 11.1 Ancillary Materials: Unless Northbrand Pty Ltd and Customer agree otherwise in writing, all materials produced by Northbrand Pty Ltd in the course of or in preparation for performing the Order (whether or not used for the purposes of performing the Order) are the property of Northbrand Pty Ltd.
- 11.2 Copyright: The copyright in all artistic and literary works authored by Northbrand Pty Ltd shall be the property of Northbrand Pty Ltd. The Customer: (a) warrants that it has copyright or a licence to authorise Northbrand Pty Ltd to reproduce all artistic or literary works supplied by the Customer for the purposes of the Order and hereby expressly authorises Northbrand Pty Ltd to reproduce them for those purposes; and (b) must indemnify Northbrand Pty Ltd against all liabilities, losses or expenses incurred in relation to any breach of copyright or any rights in relation to copyright.
- 11.3 Intellectual Property Rights: The Customer warrants that the use by Northbrand Pty Ltd of any designs or instructions supplied by the Customer will not infringe any intellectual property of any other person and indemnifies Northbrand Pty Ltd against any claim relating to or arising from the infringement of any intellectual property of any other person.
- 11.4 Illegal Matter: Northbrand Pty Ltd is not obliged to print any illegal or libelous matter. The Customer agrees to indemnify Northbrand Pty Ltd against any claim relating to or arising from the printing of such matter.
- 11.5 Ideas: The Customer must keep confidential and not use any ideas communicated by Northbrand Pty Ltd without Northbrand Pty Ltd prior written consent.
- 11.6 Electronic/Magnetic Media: All media used by Northbrand Pty Ltd to store data for the purposes of completing the Order are the property of Northbrand Pty Ltd. The Customer cannot require Northbrand Pty Ltd to supply any data so stored, but if Northbrand Pty Ltd agrees to do so, it may charge for supplying such data.
- 11.7 Storage of Electronic Data: Northbrand Pty Ltd is not responsible for storing any data once the Order has been completed. If Northbrand Pty Ltd agrees to store such data, it may charge for doing so.
12. GENERAL
- 12.1 Severability: Any provision of these Terms and Conditions which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction is to be read down for the purposes of that jurisdiction, if possible, so as to be valid and enforceable.
- 12.2 Governing Law and Jurisdiction: These Terms and Conditions are governed by the law in force in the State or Territory in which Northbrand Pty Ltd premises are located, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that State or Territory.
- 12.3 Waiver: Any right or remedy not exercised by Northbrand Pty Ltd does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by an authorised officer of Northbrand Pty Ltd.
- 12.4 Use of Information: The Customer agrees that information given to Northbrand Pty Ltd may be used to assess the Customer’s credit worthiness.
- 12.5 Termination: Northbrand Pty Ltd may terminate any contract with the Customer upon the occurrence of an Event of Default by notice in writing to the Customer.
13. INTERPRETATION
This section remains largely unchanged but should reflect the change from "Genii" to "Northbrand Pty Ltd" throughout, ensuring that any reference to the original entity aligns with the new branding and operational context of Northbrand Pty Ltd.
- 13.1 In these Terms and Conditions:
- "Additional Work" includes all work undertaken by Northbrand Pty Ltd as a consequence of the Customer’s variation, alteration, or modification of its instructions in relation to the Order.
- "Business Day" means a day on which banks are open for general banking business in the State or Territory in which Northbrand Pty Ltd premises are located.
- "Customer" means the customer for whom the Work is being carried out and where the Customer is more than one person or entity, liability of the Customer shall be joint and several.
- "Estimate" means an estimate of cost for the Work contained in any Quote, as varied pursuant to these Terms and Conditions.
- "Event of Default" means an event where the Customer: (a) fails to comply with the terms of any contract between the Customer and Northbrand Pty Ltd including these Terms and Conditions; or (b) being an individual is declared bankrupt or becomes of unsound mind; or (c) enters into any composition or arrangement with its creditors or goes into liquidation (voluntarily or otherwise) or has a receiver or liquidator or trustee or statutory manager or administrator or inspector or similar official under any companies or securities or other legislation appointed over all or part of its assets, or any other such similar event; (d) undergoes a change in its control or ownership, or has a conflict with Northbrand Pty Ltd interests or the interest of any party related to it which Northbrand Pty Ltd considers sufficiently inappropriate; (e) ceases or threatens to cease to carry on all, or substantially all of its business or operations; (f) becomes or is declared insolvent or is unable or deemed to be unable to pay its debts, or stops or threatens to stop payments generally.
- "Goods" means the final goods produced by Northbrand Pty Ltd by completing an Order.
- "Order" means an order in respect of which a Quote has been given by Northbrand Pty Ltd and accepted by the Customer in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
- "Northbrand Pty Ltd" refers to the entity operating under the ABN provided, serving as the supplier in the context of these T&Cs.
- "Preliminary Work" means all and any work performed by Northbrand Pty Ltd 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 Northbrand Pty Ltd at the time when Northbrand Pty Ltd supplied the Estimate.
- "Quote" means the quote described in clause 2.1.
- "Work" means the work that is the subject of the Order.
- 13.2 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 in 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, substitutes, 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.
- 13.3 Headings: In these Terms and Conditions, headings are for convenient reference only and do not affect interpretation.
- 13.4 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.(b) In all other cases, may be done on the next Business Day.
- 13.5 Notices: Any notice, claim, demand, or other communication ("notice") under or in connection with these Terms and Conditions shall be in writing and may be given or sent by registered letter or facsimile transmission. Any notice given or sent by facsimile (provided the sending facsimile machine produces a printout of the time, date, and uninterrupted transmission of the message) shall be deemed to have been served immediately upon completion of transmission if such completion is within business hours in the place where the addressee’s facsimile machine is located but, if not, then at 9 am on the following business day in such place. In any event, a notice shall be sufficiently given or served if actually received by a party or party’s solicitor or if delivered to and left at a party’s registered office.