The following terms and conditions apply where Honeywell Limited trading as Notifier
Inertia ("Notifier") supplies goods or services to a customer ("Customer").
1. Definitions
For the purpose of these Conditions and unless the context otherwise requires:
“Conditions” means these Terms and Conditions of Sale
“Contract” means the contract formed in accordance with clause 2.1, consisting of
Notifier’s proposal (if any), the relevant invoice and these Conditions.
"Equipment" means equipment manufactured by Notifier or its affiliates.
“Errors" means the failure of Goods to perform a function as described in the
Notifier proposal, the Notifier functional specification for those Goods, the
appropriate Notifier user manual or Notifier product literature as the case may be.
"Goods" means Equipment or Software.
“GST” means the tax imposed by the A New Tax System (Goods & Services) Act
1999 (Cth) and related imposition Acts of the Commonwealth.
"Loss or Damage" includes all types of property, pecuniary or other loss or
damage, including consequential loss or damage and loss of profits.
"Non-Notifier Goods or Services" means equipment, documentation, product
literature, labour, knowledge, service or computer programs in machine readable
form, that is supplied, manufactured, installed or provided by a person other than
Notifier.
"Person" includes a corporation.
"Services" means Notifier labour or service.
"Software" means computer programs developed by Notifier or its affiliates in the
form of machine readable instructions and any documentation or product literature
relating to those computer programs.
"System" may include Notifier equipment and software and Non-Notifier Goods or
Services.
2. Contract Formation
2.1 Subject to clause 2.3, a binding agreement will form between the parties:
(a) if these Conditions form part of a proposal to Customer, on receipt by
Notifier of Customer's unconditional acceptance of the proposal,
evidenced by Customer's purchase order referencing the proposal; or
(b) otherwise, on Notifier's written acceptance of Customer's purchase
order;
and the Contract will constitute the entire contract between the parties in
connection with the sale of Goods and Services;.
2.2 Any proposal incorporating these Conditions:
(a) will not be valid after 30 days of its date, unless otherwise agreed by
Notifier; and
(b) may be varied or withdrawn by Notifier at any time prior to
unconditional acceptance by Customer.
2.3 No modifications or variation of the Contract (including any statement by
Customer that Customer’s terms will apply) shall bind Notifier unless
expressly agreed to in writing by an authorised representative of Notifier.
2.4 These Conditions will prevail in relation to the supply of Goods and Services
to the extent of any inconsistency between these Conditions and any other
documentation agreed by Notifier under clause 2.3.
3. Express Warranty
3.1 Subject to these Conditions, Notifier hereby expressly warrants that for twelve
(12) months from date of supply of Goods or Services (the Period), the
Goods and Services shall be free from Errors. Notifier will if any Errors occur
in Goods or Services, during the Period, at its election, either:
(a) in the case of Equipment,
(i) replace the Equipment or supply equivalent equipment FOB at
Notifier's facility;
(ii) repair the Equipment;
(b) in the case of Services,
(i) supply the Services again; or
(c) in the case of Software,
(i) repair, modify or make good the Software; or
(ii) make available to Customer instructions to enable Customer to repair,
modify or make good the Software; or
(iii) supply Customer with replacements.
3.2 Clause 3.1 will not apply to Errors attributable to:
(ii) Non-Notifier Goods or Services;
(iii) any modification or repair of Goods unless made by Notifier or with
Notifier’s prior written approval;
(iv) negligent use, abuse or misuse of Goods;
(v) the use of Goods under environmental, power or operating conditions
beyond the limits or constraints specified by Notifier;
(vi) the installation or wiring of any Goods other than in accordance with
Notifier's instructions;
(vii) the use of any Goods with any Non-Notifier Goods or Services;
(viii) wear or burn-out resulting from usage of goods of a kind inherently
susceptible to burn-out.
3.2 To the full extent permitted by law, Notifier does not make any
representations or give any warranty as to the overall performance of any
System or the results of any process with which the Goods or Services are
used or integrated
4. Limitation of Liability
4.1 To the full extent permitted by law and subject to clauses 3.1 and 4.2:
(a) Notifier makes no warranty and will not be liable for any breach of
statutory obligation or implied condition or warranty in respect of
Goods and Services or the materials used, Systems or results of any
process with which the Goods and Services are used or integrated;
(b) Notifier shall under no circumstances be liable in any way whatsoever
to Customer for any Loss or Damage sustained or incurred by
Customer or any other party arising directly or indirectly out of the
supply of Goods or Services by Notifier, the use or performance of
Goods or Services in isolation or as part of a System, any breach by
Notifier of the Contract, or negligence of Notifier. Notifier’s liability to
the Customer, if any, in contract, tort or otherwise will be reduced to
the extent the Customer contributed to the Loss or Damage.
(c) the express warranty in clause 3.1 is in substitution for all other terms,
conditions, warranties and representations, implied by statute or
otherwise, and all other terms, conditions, warranties and
representations are excluded.
4.2 Where the Trade Practices Act or equivalent State legislation implies warranties in
respect of Goods or Services, and the Goods or Services are of a kind not
ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household use or consumption
then the Customer’s remedies shall be limited to those set out in clause
3.1.4.3 This clause 4 will survive termination or completion of the Contract.
5. Price and Terms of Payment
5.1 Unless stated otherwise in writing, all prices quoted by Notifier, are exclusive
of all taxes, (including any GST), duties, levies and any other government
charges, and where applicable shall be added to the price payable by the
Customer to Notifier. When GST is payable by Notifier in respect of a taxable
supply made by Notifier to the Customer, the Customer shall pay Notifier, in
addition to the GST-exclusive price, the amount on account of GST shown in
the tax invoice rendered by Notifier.
5.2 Unless stated otherwise in writing, prices quoted by Notifier, are based on the
factory or supplier price list as held by Notifier at date of proposal and also on
rates of duty and primage wages and salaries, freight insurance and
exchange rates prevailing at the date of the proposal. Any increase in price
resulting from variation in any of these factors shall be payable by Customer.
5.3 Notifier reserves the right to raise and be paid for progress claim invoices on
the Customer. Progress claim invoices may be raised upon the supply
of Equipment Services or Software to Customer or to some other place
agreed or upon the completion of agreed benchmarks or other
measure as agreed between Customer and Notifier.
(a) where Notifier has Goods ready for supply in accordance with a
delivery schedule agreed between Notifier and Customer, but
Customer is not able to adhere to that delivery schedule, then Notifier
may invoice Customer in accordance with that delivery schedule. In
the absence of an agreed delivery schedule, the current Notifier
delivery schedule, as provided to Customer, shall be deemed to be the
delivery schedule.
(b) Goods paid for by Customer under sub-clause 5.3 will be held for
Customer under Notifier’s custody, care and control and will be insured
by Notifier for fire and burglary at replacement value.
5.4 Except as otherwise agreed, invoices will be raised by Notifier upon the
supply of Equipment, Services or Software.
5.5 Subject to approval of Customer's credit by Notifier, all charges shall be due
and payable and paid by Customer to Notifier within thirty (30) days from
date of invoice. Where Notifier has not approved Customer's credit, all
charges shall be due and payable and paid by the Customer to Notifier upon
delivery of Goods or Services.
5.6 All payments shall be in Australian legal currency.
5.7 Any moneys for which an account or invoice has been furnished to
Customer, and which remain unpaid for ninety (90) days after the due date
for payment shall, at Notifier's option, bear interest as from the date upon
which payment is due at the prevailing commercial overdraft rate of Notifier's
then current bank.
6. Risk and Title
6.1 Property and ownership in Equipment will not pass to the Customer but will
remain in Notifier until the purchase price of the Equipment have been paid in
full.
6.2 Until property in the Equipment passes to the Customer:
(a) the Customer shall hold the Equipment as fiduciary bailee and agent
for Notifier;
(b) unless otherwise notified in writing, the Customer is authorised to sell
or use the Equipment in the ordinary course of business;
(c) after giving 48 hours notice to the Customer, Notifier shall be entitled
to enter the Customer’s premises between 9am and 5pm to inspect
the Equipment;
(d) the Equipment shall be stored separately and in a manner to enable
them to be identified and cross-referenced to particular invoices;(e) if the Customer sells or uses the Equipment in a manufacturing or value added process of its own or a third party, then the Customer
shall hold such part of the proceeds of the sale, manufacturing or
value added process as relates to the Equipment in trust for Notifier.
Such part shall be deemed to equal in dollar terms the amount owing by the Customer to Notifier for these Equipment at the time.
6.3 If the Customer:
(a) fails to make payments for the Equipment on the due date; or
(b) commences to be wound up or is placed under official management
or suffers a receiver or manager to be appointed or becomes
insolvent or bankrupt or commits an act of bankruptcy,
the Customer will deliver the Equipment to Notifier upon demand. In the
event the Customer does not comply with a demand within 48 hours of
receipt, Notifier shall be entitled to enter upon the Customer’s premises at
any time to do all things necessary in order to take possession of the
Equipment. The Customer will also pay on demand all costs associated with
the exercise of Notifier’s rights under this clause.
7. Delay
7.l It is contemplated that any Goods or Services to be supplied by Notifier will
be supplied during regular working hours on regular working days. If for any
reason Customer requests Notifier to supply Goods or Services outside
regular working hours, any overtime or additional expenses occasioned
thereby shall be invoiced to and paid by Customer to Notifier as part of the
purchase price for such Goods or Services, at Notifier's then current labour
rates to customers.
7.2 Extra costs incurred by Notifier due to cessation of work occasioned by
Customer's instructions or lack of instructions, by interruptions, mistakes, or
work for which Notifier is not esponsible shall be reimbursed by Customer to
Notifier upon demand. Extra costs incurred by Notifier due to occurrences
under clause 8 and sub-clause 8.2 in these terms and conditions shall be
reimbursed by Customer to Notifier upon demand.
8. Work to be done by others
8.1 Without prior written agreement with Customer to the contrary, Notifier will not
set in place or install equipment or services piping nor carry out any electric
wiring work, welding or entry into process lines, or building work such as
concreting, cutting and making good, or painting. Such work shall be the
responsibility of the Customer and at its expense and shall not be the
responsibility of Notifier.
8.2 Notifier will not set the cut out or operating points of safety devices unless
under the supervision and at the sole responsibility of Customer.
8.3 Notifier will not provide lifting machinery, scaffolding, toilets or other site
amenities.
9. Delivery, etc.
9.1 Delivery of Goods not agreed to be installed by Notifier shall be FOB a
Notifier warehouse or Notifier affiliated or office selected by Notifier.
9.2 The delivery times made known to Customer are estimates only and Notifier
does not accept any responsibility for delays whether caused by fire, strike,
lockout, dispute with workmen, delays caused by suppliers or others, flood,
accident, transportation delays, fuel shortage, inability to obtain material, war,
demand or requirement of Government or statutory authorities or any other
cause beyond its control. In event of any delay, the date or dates for
performance of this contract by Notifier shall be extended for a period at least
equal to the time lost by reason of the delay or the delays subsequently
caused therefrom.
9.3 If the Goods or Services ordered by Customer are unable to be supplied to
Customer by the scheduled delivery date, Notifier will notify Customer and
with Customer's consent, Notifier may substitute equivalent goods or services
in place of the Goods and Services ordered by Customer, in order to satisfy
Customer's order.
10. Loss of or Damage to Goods
10.1 To the extent permitted by law and subject to clause 4.1(b), in the case of
Goods not agreed to be installed by Notifier, Notifier shall not be liable for any
loss of or damage to the same after delivery FOB point of shipment, including
any loss or damage in transit;
10.2 To the extent permitted by law and subject to clause 4.2, in the case of
Goods agreed to be installed by Notifier, Notifier shall not be responsible for
loss of or damage to goods, after those Goods have been delivered to the
site. Should any Goods after being delivered and prior to payment by
Customer be damaged or destroyed in any way whatsoever, other than by
the fault of Notifier, Customer agrees promptly upon demand to pay or
reimburse Notifier. In addition to and apart from any and all other sums due
to or to become due to Notifier under these terms and conditions, an amount
equal to the loss or damage so occasioned.
11. Claims
Goods supplied shall be examined by Customer promptly upon delivery. To the full
extent permitted by law and subject to clause 3.1 and 4.2, no claim will be
recognised by Notifier unless such claim is reported to Notifier within seven (7)
days after delivery of the Goods to which the claim relates.
12. Return of Goods
12.1 Goods may be returned for credit if they do not correspond with the
description under which they were sold.
12.2 Subject to sub-clause 12.1 no Goods may be returned for credit unless
Notifier's written approval has been first obtained and the original invoice
number and date have been quoted for reference
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12.3 Subject to sub-clause 12.1, only Goods of current design in original sealed
cartons, will be considered for credit, and a handling charge of twenty per
cent (20%) of selling price will be made by Notifier and paid by Customer to
cover necessary inspection, adjustment, repacking and clerical work.
Goods invoiced more than three (3) months prior to attempted return, Goods
which are special in any nature whatsoever including, but not limited to,
custom panels, software, wirings and tubing cut to length and goods bought
in to special order may not be returned.
13. Variations
Notifier reserves the right to revise at any time the extent or type of goods or
services it supplies to the Customer, if it believes that other goods or services
supplied by Notifier can fulfil the same function.
14. Dispute Resolution
14.1 The parties agree that if a dispute arises out of or relates to the Contract, a
party may not commence any court or arbitration proceedings relating to the
dispute unless it has complied with the provisions of this clause 14, except to
seek urgent interlocutory relief.
14.2 A party claiming that a dispute has arisen must give written notice to the other
party specifying the nature of the dispute. On receipt by the other party of the
notice, the matter must be referred to the senior management of each party
for resolution. If the managers are unable to resolve the dispute within ten
business days, the parties must mediate the dispute under the mediation
rules of the Law Society of New South Wales and the President of the Law
Society or the President 's nominee will select the mediator and determine
the mediator's compensation.
15. Software Licence
Notifier agrees to grant to Customer a licence to use any Software provided
pursuant to the Contract, upon and subject to the terms and conditions set out in
Notifier's standard Software Licence Agreement which Customer shall execute prior
to delivery or installation of such Software.
16. Governing Law
These Conditions are governed by the laws of New South Wales. Each party
submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of NSW and the courts which
hear appeals from those courts.
17. Indemnity
Customer agrees to indemnify Notifier, its employees and agents and each of them
from and against all loss or damage, resulting directly or indirectly from any acts,
errors or omissions of Customer in connection with the Contract or the use,
possession, operation of the Goods or Services. This clause will survive termination
or completion of the Contract.
18. Intellectual Property
Subject to clause 15, nothing in these Conditions shall confer on Customer any
licence, right, title or interest in or to any intellectual property comprised in the
Goods or Services, which will at all times remain the property of Notifier or its
suppliers.
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