Agreement
This Agreement is made between Tomizone New Zealand Limited and the person named as the Customer on the Tomizone Order Form.
This Agreement is comprised of:
- The General Terms and Conditions that will apply in all cases; and
- The relevant Specific Terms and Conditions, which shall apply only to the extent that such services are ordered by you in the Order Form.
In the event of any conflict or inconsistency the relevant Specific Terms and Conditions shall prevail to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency.
Part 1. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
“Agreement” means the agreement comprised of:
- Order Form;
- These General Terms and Conditions that will apply in all cases; and
- The Specific Terms and Conditions that apply only to the extent such services are ordered by you in the Order Form.
“After Hours Rates” means the after-hours rates set out on our website from time to time.
“Business Day” means any day excluding a Saturday, Sunday or any public holiday when trading banks are not open for general banking business in Auckland, New Zealand or the place where you have your registered office.
“Business Hours” means the hours between 08:30am and 5:00pm on Business Days.
“Commencement Date” means the date this Agreement is entered into.
“Customer”, “you” and “your” means the person(s) or legal entity named as such on the Order Form. If there is more than one Customer it means each of you separately and all of you jointly and severally.
“Equipment” means the equipment and software (if any) set out on the Order Form.
“Fees” means the fees set out in the Order Form.
“GST” means goods and services tax under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985.
“Guarantor” means the person names as such in the Order Form.
”Initial Term” means the minimum term of the Agreement as stated on the Order Form.
“Install Date” means the install date as set out on the Order Form.
“Lease2Own Option” means the option for the Customer to lease the Equipment with an option to purchase the Equipment at the end of the Term.
“Order Form” means the form setting out the services and/or equipment to be provided by TNZ to you.
“PPSA” means the Personal Property Securities Act 1999.
“Premises” means the place where the Equipment and/or Service has been located and/or where the Software has been installed.
“Renewal Term” has the meaning given to that term in clause 2.2.
“Security Interest” has the meaning given to that term in the PPSA.
“Service” or “Services” means the services set out in the Order Form and any other services agreed between you and us from time to time.
“Software” means any software contained on the Equipment or relating to the Services.
“Standard Rates” means the standard rates set out on our website from time to time.
“Term” means the Initial Term plus any Renewal Term.
“Tomizone” or “TNZ” means Tomizone New Zealand Ltd, its subsidiaries, operating divisions, assignees, successors and any subcontractor engaged by TNZ to provide the services.
“Warranty Period” means the warranty period as set out in the Order Form.
Interpretation: In this Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise:
- References to assignment will include reference to sales, assignments, transfers, mortgages, pledges, charges or any other dispositions or alienations;
- Expressions defined in the main body of this Agreement have the defined meaning in the whole of this Agreement;
- Clause and other headings are for ease of reference only and will not affect the interpretation of this Agreement;
- Any obligation not to do anything will be deemed to include an obligation not to suffer, permit or cause that thing to be done;
- References to parties are references to parties to this Agreement and includes the permitted assignees, transferees and successors of the parties;
- References to the singular will include the plural and vice versa;
- References to clauses are references to clauses of this Agreement; and
- References to any statutory provision will include any statutory provision which amends or replaces it and any subordinate legislation made under it.
2. TERM
- This Agreement will commence on the Commencement Date and continue for the Initial Term.
- At the end of the Initial Term this Agreement will automatically extend on the same terms for subsequent terms of twelve (12) months each (each a “Renewal Term”) unless you deliver notice to us within the final 3 months of the Initial term or then current Renewal Term (as applicable) terminating this Agreement at the end of the Initial Term or the then current Renewal Term (as applicable).
3. PRICE, PAYMENT, DISPUTE, AND/OR DEFAULT
- You agree to pay all Fees by the payment date set out in the invoice sent to you. Unless otherwise stated, all Fees are exclusive of GST.
- All payments are to be made in the manner set out in the Order Form. All such payments shall be made without set-off, deduction or withholding.
- You acknowledge that where a deposit is required by TNZ such deposit is not refundable for any reason and you forfeit the deposit in the event of terminating this Agreement, regardless of the timing or reason of such termination.
- You shall pay us interest at the default rate of 2% per month calculated on a daily basis from (and including) the date payment was due in accordance with this Agreement to (but excluding) the date on which payment is made to us in full in cleared funds. Default interest payable under this clause shall accrue both before and after judgement, shall be payable on demand and shall compound and be added to the amount owing on a monthly basis.
- You must pay or reimburse us on demand for:
- All taxes (excluding income tax), stamp duties and other duties (including financial institutions duty) payable or that may become payable in connection with this Agreement or with any supply, payment, receipt or other transaction arising under this Agreement;
- Our reasonable costs, including out of pocket expenses incurred by us, in complying with any demand made by you under section 162 of the PPSA;
- Any costs or expenses which we may reasonably incur in retaking, or attempting to retake, possession of any Equipment; and
- Any costs or expenses (including legal costs and expenses on a full solicitor-own client basis) reasonably incurred by us in connection with the protection of any Equipment or the enforcement or attempted enforcement of our rights under this Agreement.
- Late payment fees, default fees, repossession/field visit fees, assignment/variation fees, multiple refund fees and monthly invoice fees may also apply (in each case, at the rates set out on our website, which may be amended by TNZ on 30 days’ notice in writing).
- All additional fees are exclusive of GST and are payable on demand.
- TNZ reserves the right to vary the fees from time to time by giving at least 30 days’ written notice to you (including on our website). The variation shall take effect from the date nominated in the notice.
- You must notify us within 14 calendar days of receipt of an invoice if you dispute it, telling us why. If only part of it is disputed, you must pay the undisputed amount. We will work with you to resolve your dispute and will not exercise our rights under Sections 3.4 or 3.5 if your dispute is reasonable and you are co-operating and acting in good faith to resolve it.
4. OWNERSHIP OF EQUIPMENT – Lease or Rental
- Except as otherwise agreed in writing by TNZ all Equipment will remain our property at all times. You only have a right to use the Equipment for the Term and no right to purchase the Equipment, unless you have written confirmation from TNZ or the Lease2Own Option applies to the relevant Equipment. You must protect and make clear to others our interest in the Equipment.
- If the Lease2Own Option applied with respect to any Equipment, upon full payment of all monies payable and fulfilment of all terms and conditions at the expiry of the Term, you have the option of either requiring us to retake possession of the relevant Equipment or you may purchase the relevant Equipment upon payment of three months’ monthly rental fee for the relevant Equipment or such other amount as agreed between you and TNZ in writing.
5. DELIVERY, RISK AND USE OF EQUIPMENT
- Delivery will be completed when the Equipment enters your possession and risk shall pass on delivery.
- You must fully insure the Equipment from the time of delivery.
- You must protect the Equipment, and not damage, deface, alter or tamper with it in any way. If the Equipment includes a SIM card, this may only be used with the Equipment supplied by TNZ and you must not alter it in any way. You will be liable for any additional costs of the SIM card, other than those relating to the Services provided by TNZ.
- TNZ may charge you for the cost of repair or replacement in the event the Equipment is damaged, and for any liquid damage, abuse, pest infestation, electrical surges or any other issue excluding fair wear and tear. TNZ may replace or repair any part of the Equipment at its discretion and you are liable for any charges in this regard.
- You must not part with the possession of the Equipment (other than for maintenance or repair with an authorised repair technician of our choice) in any way unless agreed by us in writing.
- We may act in your name, or on your behalf, to take any steps we deem necessary to protect our interest in any Equipment.
- You must get our consent before the location of the Equipment is changed.
- You must only use the Equipment in the manner and for the purpose for which it was designed and in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Opening any Equipment casing will be considered abuse and is strictly prohibited.
- You must not purport to assign, sublet, bail, mortgage, pledge, grant a security interest in, sell, dispose of, or otherwise deal with the Equipment to any third party.
- Replaced components become part of the Equipment once they have been exchanged for any reason.
- If additional or different Equipment is provided to you, it will be on the same terms and conditions as contained in the Agreement and you must pay all additional Fees for that Equipment.
6. ACCESS TO PREMISES
- TNZ and its upstream providers or partners have the right at any time during the Term, to enter the Premises to maintain, replace or remove any Equipment or equipment used for the provision of the Services.
- TNZ and its upstream providers or partners may at any time and at their absolute discretion exchange any Equipment or equipment used at the Premises that is used for Services, for new equipment.
- For as long as any amount due and payable by you to TNZ remains unpaid, you irrevocably authorises us and our servants and agents to enter into or onto the Premises, to search for the Equipment and take back possession.
7. SERVICES AND USE OF SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT
- We agree to provide the Services to you with due care and skill and to a standard which could be reasonably expected from a service provider providing the same or similar services.
- You agree to:
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- Use our Services for a lawful purpose only;
- Follow our reasonable instructions about the use of any Service or Equipment;
- Make sure all the information you give us is correct and complete (and promptly advise us of any changes).
- Not use the Services or Equipment for any purpose that is defamatory, deceptive or misleading, or in a way that infringes any person’s intellectual property.
- We require from time to time the ability to perform maintenance on our Equipment and Services. TNZ will endeavour to ensure you are notified in advance but reserves the right to undertake urgent remedial maintenance at any time and without notice.
8. PPSA
- You acknowledge that this Agreement creates a Security Interest in the Equipment as security for your obligations to us under this Agreement and this Security Interest is registrable on the Personal Property Securities Register under the PPSA. You irrevocably authorise us to register a financing statement on the Personal Properties Security Register over any or all of our right, title and interest of, or in connection with, this Agreement. You shall: (a) provide us with all such information and assistance as we may require to register a financing statement under the PPSA with respect to the Security Interest created by this Agreement and to perfect such Security Interest in the Equipment; and (b) indemnify us against any costs we incur in registering, maintaining or enforcing our Security Interest in the Equipment and exercising any of our rights under this Agreement or the PPSA.
- You must sign and deliver any documents that we require to ensure that we have a perfected first ranking Security Interest in the Equipment under the PPSA.
- You waive any right to receive a copy of a verification statement (as defined in the PPSA) under the PPSA and agree to the extent permitted by law that – (a) Additional Rights: pursuant to s107(1) of the PPSA, our rights set out in this Agreement apply despite s109 of the PPSA and are in addition to any rights that we may have under s109; (b) Non-Application: where Part 9 of the PPSA applies, sections 114(1)(a), 133 and 134 of the PPSA will not apply; and (c) Waiver: where Part 9 of the PPSA applies, you will have none of the rights referred to in sections 116, 120(2), 125, 129 and 131 of the PPSA and you waive your rights to object under section 121.
9. ASSIGNMENT
- You may not assign your rights under this Agreement to any third party without our prior written consent, which we may grant or withhold at our absolute discretion. We may charge an additional fee to cover the administrative costs of assigning this Agreement (or any part thereof).
- We may at any time assign or otherwise transfer to any party all or any part of its right and obligations under this Agreement and in that event (and subject to clause 3) the assignee or transferee should have the same rights against you and the Guarantor as it would have had if it had been a party to this Agreement.
- We may assign this Agreement to a financier of ours at our sole discretion. Where such an assignment occurs, you agree and acknowledges that the financier shall take assignment of all rights of ours under this Agreement, but shall not take an assignment of any of our obligations to you under this Agreement or at law.
10. INSTALLATION, SERVICE, MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT & SERVICE DELIVERY
- We will endeavour to install the Equipment at the Premises on the Install Date however take no responsibility should this date not be met.
- In the event that any Equipment needs to be installed, serviced or maintained we will carry out such installation, service and maintenance at a time during Business Hours.
- All such works shall be performed with reasonable skill and care and in a workmanlike and professional manner. We may charge for services outside Business Hours at our After-Hours Rates.
- You acknowledge and agree that all cutting, excavation, cable trenching, provision of 240 volt mains power connections, cable installations, interfacing with fire, heat or detection systems, any maintenance costs and lifting equipment, skips or any other items, minor building works including trenching, backfilling and restoration, provision of penetrations, making good, flashings, chasing, console and joinery work, provision of mounting brackets and foundation plinths and other works required to undertake the installation are not included in the pricing unless specified in this Agreement.
- You agree to ensure that the Premises are at all times a safe working environment and (without limitation) will not contain asbestos or similar hazards.
- Unless you have notified us in writing within 30 days of installation, you deem that the relevant Equipment has been installed to your specifications, or prior to this by signing an acceptance certificate, or acknowledgement of delivery.
- Should you rent the Equipment, then we may elect whether any service should take place be by way of courier swap-out or an on-site visit. Should you require onsite service, this will be charged at the normal rates in place by TNZ.
- We may substitute Equipment offered as part of the installation with technically equivalent or superior equipment provided you have been informed.
- Should we be delayed in carrying out installation by delays caused by acts or omissions of you, your servants or agents, any contractors or consultants engaged by you or any head contractor or other party to which you have contracted, then we shall be entitled to claim the reasonable cost of the delay from you, and the amount shall be a debt due and owing to us.
11. SOFTWARE
- If Equipment includes software, the Equipment will be supplied with a royalty-free, non-transferrable, non-exclusive license to use one copy of the “standard” software for the Term, in relation to that specific Equipment and subject to you complying with your obligations as set out in this Agreement.
- Use of Equipment does not confer ownership rights in respect of any software that any Equipment may contain. You acknowledge and agree that TNZ owns the intellectual property in the software. You shall not make copies of software, modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract or otherwise reverse engineer the software.
12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- You have no right, title or interest in any of TNZ’s trademarks, trade names and logos, including those items used by it under license.
13. WARRANTY
- For the Warranty Period, TNZ agrees to provide the warranty set out on the Order Form (if any).Should there be no warranty noted on the Order Form then the Equipment or Services shall be provided on an “as is where is” basis.
14. EXCLUSIONS
- Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, and subject to clause 5, TNZ gives no warranties as to the quality of the Equipment or Services or as to their fitness for any purpose, even if that purpose was made known to TNZ.
- Without limiting the effect of clause 1, we do not warrant that the Equipment or Service will provide an uninterrupted or fault free service, and disclaim all liability in this regard. We reserve the right to temporarily suspend the Services or restrict access for planned and unplanned maintenance.
- Should there be changes to the environment, by regulatory and/or changes to telecommunication or other third party regulatory bodies, then TNZ is not liable to upgrade the Equipment.
- Subject to clause 5, all conditions implied under the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 or by trade usage or otherwise are expressly excluded from this Agreement and the supplies made under this Agreement to the maximum extent permitted by law.
- These terms and conditions are subject to the provisions of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (“CGA”) in all cases where you are a consumer and do not acquire the Equipment or Services for the purposes of business. Where you have acquired the Equipment or Services for business purposes the CGA does not apply. In this clause 5 the terms “consumer” and “business” have the meanings given to them in the CGA.
- Nothing in these terms is intended to have the effect of contracting out of the provisions of the CGA except to the extent permitted by that Act, and these terms are to be modified to the extent necessary to give effect to that intention.
15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
- TNZ will not be liable to you, in any way related to this Agreement or the Equipment or Services, whether that liability arises in contract, tort (including negligence), equity, under statue or otherwise, for:
- Loss of profits or loss of revenue (in each case whether direct or indirect); or
- Any indirect, special or consequential loss or damage whatsoever (except in instances of fraud or wilful concealment).
- Subject to clause 6, any claim which you may have against TNZ, whether in contract, tort or otherwise as a result of any defect in the Equipment or Services shall expire twelve months after the circumstances or events giving rise to the claim occur unless you notify us of the claim in writing before the expiry of that period.
- Subject to clause 6, to the fullest extent permitted by law, our maximum liability under this Agreement for any reason shall be at our option limited to:
- the replacement or cost of replacement or re-supply of the relevant Equipment or Services with the same or equivalent Equipment or Services;
- the repair or cost of repair of the relevant Equipment; or
- the amount paid to us by you for the twelve month period prior to the event which gave rise to the claim occurring.
- You indemnify us against:
- Any loss of or damage to or by the Equipment, however arising;
- Loss or liability for any death, injury or damage to any person or property arising directly or indirectly from the Equipment, its possession or use;
- Any loss suffered and any expense incurred by us as a result of any breach by you of this Agreement.
- You acknowledge that no third party whose network or services we use to supply the Services to you (nor any officer, employee, contractor or agent of such third party) is in any way liable to you in connection with the Services. For the purposes of Part 2, Subpart 1 of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, this clause is intended to confer a benefit which those third parties can enforce.
- We will not be liable for any act or omission of any third party service provider that has not been engaged by us.
16. TERMINATION AND DEFAULT
We may terminate this Agreement immediately by written notice to you if you or any of the following occur:
- You default in the payment of any payment amount owed by you under this Agreement;
- You are in breach of any other term of this Agreement and such breach is not remedied within 7 days of the breach arising;
- You are in breach of any other agreement relating to or connected with this Agreement, the Equipment and/or Services, or any other Agreement with any member of the TNZ group of companies, and such breach is not remedied within 7 days of the breach arising;
- You breach any of the terms of the insurance policy in relation to the Equipment or it is refused or cancelled;
- You are unable to pay your debts as they fall due, or an application is made to adjudicate you bankrupt or an application or resolution is passed for your liquidation or winding up, or you are dissolved or struck off the New Zealand or Australian companies office register;
- A receiver, liquidator, statutory manager or administrator is appointed over all or any of your assets and income, or you enter into, or propose any composition or arrangement with your creditors; or
- Any act which you cause or permit threatens the safety, condition or safe keeping of the Equipment; or
- You cease to carry on your business or you repudiate this Agreement or your conduct indicates that you no longer intend to be bound by this Agreement; or
- You obtain any Equipment or Service by way of fraud or misrepresentation.
- Upon termination or expiry of this Agreement for any reason:
- You must return the Equipment in good working order and condition (fair wear and tear accepted) to us at your cost, to our registered office. If you fail to do so we may enter the Premises where the Equipment is located, and use reasonable force to do so, to enable us to take possession of the Equipment (including Software and related documents).
- You must immediately pay to us:
- (i) Any payments due and payable up to the date of termination;
- (ii) The balance of any future payments which would have been payable up to the end of the Initial Term or then current Renewal Term (as applicable);
- (iii) The market value of any Equipment if it is not returned (or not returned in good working order and condition (fair wear and tear accepted));
- (iv) Any and all costs and expenses incurred by TNZ in relation to the early termination of this Agreement (including any collection or enforcement costs (including legal costs on a solicitor/client basis)).
17. NOTICES
- Any notice given under this Agreement must be in writing (or via email) and delivered by hand or sent by email, post or courier, to the address of the recipient set out in the Order Form. Notices delivered by hand are deemed to have been received on delivery, notices sent by email are deemed to have been delivered at the date and time the email entered into the addressee’s information system and notices sent by post are deemed to have been delivered 4 Business Days following posting, provided that in each case notices sent after 5pm on a Business Day are deemed to have been received at 9.00am on the next Business Day.
18. PRIVACY ACT 1993
- You and the Guarantor(s) authorise TNZ to obtain, collect, verify, retain and use personal information about you and/or Guarantor(s) including directors in the case of a limited liability company or trustees in case of a trust.
19. CONFIDENTIALITY
- Both parties must each keep confidential all information about the other which is, by its nature, or is advised by the other party in writing to be, confidential and which comes into its possession.
- Neither party is permitted to disclose any confidential information about the other without the prior written consent of the other unless:
- Public: that information has become publicly available other than by reason of a party’s breach of confidentiality;
- Required by Law: disclosure is required by law;
- Participating Person: disclosure is to any person participating, or potentially participating, in the funding, discounting or assignment of the Equipment or this Agreement provided that party undertakes to keep such information confidential in the manner set out in this clause 19; or
- Disclosure is required in order to exercise a right or remedy under this Agreement.
- Notwithstanding the above you authorise TNZ to use your branding or logos on TNZ’s website, marketing or promotional materials.
20. AML/CFT ACT 2009 REQUIREMENTS
- You shall supply all information required by TNZ to comply with the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering of Terrorist Financing Act 2009.
21. CREDIT CHECK
- You authorise TNZ to carry out credit checks in respect of you and/or the Guarantor and to collect information concerning you and/or the Guarantor. If requested by TNZ, you and/or the Guarantor will promptly supply without delay all information necessary to check the worthiness of your or the Guarantor’s credit rating, including financial information. You acknowledge that TNZ can obtain from a credit reporting agency a credit report containing personal information about you and/or the Guarantor. If required, TNZ can also collect information concerning you.
22. GUARANTEE
- In consideration of TNZ, at the Guarantor’s request, agreeing to enter into this Agreement with you, the Guarantor:
- Unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the due and punctual payment by you of all moneys due and payable by you to TNZ and the due observance and performance by you of all its obligations owed to TNZ;
- Will pay on demand all moneys due and payable by you to TNZ;
- Agrees that the liability of the Guarantor under this guarantee and indemnity is to be construed as if the Guarantor was the sole principal debtor for all moneys due and payable by you to TNZ;
- Agrees that this guarantee shall be a continuing guarantee and shall not be satisfied or discharged if your account at any time comes to a nil or credit balance or on the winding up, liquidation, dissolution (or similar event) or any disclaimer by any liquidator but will continue in full force and effect until TNZ decides otherwise;
- Agrees to supply on request reasonable evidence of the Guarantor’s financial standing to TNZ;
- Indemnifies TNZ against all costs and expenses which either are incurred or incidental to the enforcement of this guarantee and indemnity (including legal fees on a full indemnity basis).
23. GENERAL
- You authorise us to fill out any spaces left blank by you in this Agreement, including but not limited to, correct any errors relating to any aspect of this Agreement.
- TNZ will not be liable at any time to perform its obligations, where such failure is due to circumstances which are beyond TNZ’s reasonable control including, without limitation, industrial action, power outages, shortage of materials and delays or failures by you, your infrastructure, or by any third-party.
- If any clause or term of this Agreement shall be invalid, unenforceable, or illegal then the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement will be deemed to be severable therefrom and will continue in full force and effect unless such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality is fundamental to this Agreement.
- This Agreement is governed by New Zealand law and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts.
- The person(s) signing this Agreement confirms that they are properly and duly authorized to sign on behalf of you. Should they not be authorized then they agree to accept full responsibility for all aspects of the Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent as if they were the Customer.
- You agree that we may update this Agreement at any time by giving you not less than 30 days’ notice in writing (either by email or by posting an updated Agreement on our website). In the event that our amendments to this Agreement materially and adversely change the benefit or burden of this Agreement to you, then within 30 days of such amendment you must advise TNZ and you may terminate this Agreement by giving us not less than 30 days’ notice in writing. In the event that you terminate the Agreement pursuant to this clause then clause 16.2(b)(ii) shall not apply.