Terms & Conditions

10. Third Party Inputs

10.1 You acknowledge and agree that the Services may interact with, or be reliant on, certain Third Party Inputs, including your operating system, web browser, CRM, no-code and low-code tools and third party payment providers.

10.2 You acknowledge and agree that, unless we have expressly agreed to provide the services described in this clause 10.2 in the Order:
(a) you are responsible for obtaining and managing all licences for the relevant Third Party Inputs;
(b) you are responsible for paying all fees related to the Third Party Inputs; and
(c) you agree to comply with terms and conditions applicable to the relevant Third Party Inputs at all times.

10.3 We do not make any warranty or representation in respect of any Third Party Inputs.

10.4 Despite anything to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for, and you waive and release us from and against, any Liability caused or contributed to by, arising from or connected with any Third Party Inputs, subject to clause 10.5.

10.5 Should any unavailability, error or change to a Third Party Input have a substantial and adverse impact on your use and enjoyment of the Services:

• you agree to notify us in writing within 7 days of the change coming into effect; and
• following receipt of such notice by us, the Parties will use all reasonable endeavours to work together to resolve the matter.

10.6 This clause 10 will survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement.

11. Security Incidents

11.1 If either Party becomes aware of or reasonably suspects that a security incident has occurred arising from our provision of the Services, such that Your Data has or may have been compromised (for example, unauthorised access) (each a Security Incident), that Party must promptly notify the other Party and we agree to, within a reasonable time:

• conduct an investigation to determine whether a Security Incident has occurred, and where one has, the cause and impact of it on Your Data; and  
• where a Security Incident is deemed to have occurred, remediate the Security Incident to the extent that this is operationally, commercially and technically feasible.

11.2 You agree that we may suspend the Services where a Security Incident has or may have occurred and this is considered necessary or prudent (as determined by us, at our reasonable discretion) to address or deal with the Security Incident.

11.3 We will bear our costs in conducting any investigation or remediation required under this clause, unless the incident triggering the Security Incident was caused or contributed to by you (or any Authorised User), in which case, you will be liable for those costs reasonably and necessarily incurred by us arising from the Security Incident.

12. Notifiable Data Breaches

12.1 This clause 12 will only apply to the extent the notifiable data breaches scheme under Part IIIC of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme) applies to us.

12.2 If as a result of our investigations in accordance with clause 11.1 of this Agreement, we believe a Security Incident has occurred that we consider to be notifiable under the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme, we will:

• promptly notify you of this by telephone or email;
• provide notice to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner in accordance with the Notifiable Data Breaches Scheme; and
• be the sole Party to notify the individuals who are likely to be at risk of serious harm arising from the Security Incident.  

12.3 Where we do not have the contact details of affected individuals, we will provide you with a statement to provide to affected individuals.

13. Variations

13.1 You may request a variation or change to the Services, including the timing for the provision of the Services, or a change to the SaaS Conditions (including any change to the Authorised User numbers) (Variation), by providing written notice (including by email and our online portal) to us, with details of the Variation (Variation Request). We will not be obliged to comply with a Variation Request unless we accept the Variation Request in writing. The Parties agree to comply with this Agreement as varied by any Variation Request accepted in writing.  

13.2 If we consider that any instruction or direction from you constitutes a Variation, then we will not be obliged to comply with such instruction or direction unless a Variation Request has been issued and accepted by us in accordance with this clause 13.

13.3 Any Variation will apply within a reasonable time after our acceptance of your Variation Request, and if applicable, any increase to the Fees will be charged on a pro-rata basis if such increase occurs during the then-current Fee period.

14. Your Obligations and Representations

14.1 You agree:

1. to comply with this Agreement and all applicable Laws; 
2. to provide all assistance, information, documentation, access, facilities and other things reasonably necessary to enable us to comply with our obligations under this Agreement or at Law;
3. to provide us and our Personnel with reasonable, convenient and safe access to your premises and Systems to the extent reasonably necessary in order for us to supply the Services, and at the times agreed between the Parties; 
4. to ensure all information provided to us is kept up-to-date and the email address you provide is valid and regularly checked; 
5. to make any changes to your Systems, such as System upgrades, that may be required to support the delivery and operation of any Services; 
6. to ensure that any Systems used in connection with the Services have all necessary approvals and comply with all Laws; 
7. that you have reviewed and understand the terms of this Agreement (including our Privacy Policy), and that you (and Authorised Users) will use the Services in accordance with them; 
8. to notify us of any breach or suspected breach of this Agreement by you (or an Authorised User), within 48 hours of becoming aware of any such breach or suspected breach; and 
9. that you are responsible for all Authorised Users and other users within your organisation or within your control using the Services, including your Personnel.

14.2 You acknowledge and agree that:

1. the Services are provided to you and your Authorised Users, solely for your and your Authorised Users’ benefit and you will not (or you will not attempt to) disclose, or provide access to, our Services to third parties without our prior written consent; 
2. any information, advice, material, work and services (including the Services) provided by us under this Agreement does not constitute legal, financial, merger, due diligence or risk management advice;
3. you will be responsible for the use of any part of the Services by your Authorised Users and any other person you provide with access to the Services, and you must ensure that no person uses any part of the Services:

1. to break any Law or infringe any person’s rights (including Intellectual Property Rights);  
2. to transmit, publish or communicate material that is defamatory, offensive, abusive, indecent, menacing or unwanted; or  
3. in any way that damages, interferes with or interrupts the supply of the Services; and

1. you will not alter or modify the Services in any way that is not contemplated by the purposes of the Services.

15. Payment

15.1 In consideration of us providing you with the Services, you agree to pay us the Fees, and any other amount payable to us under this Agreement, in accordance with the payment terms as set out in the relevant Order.

15.2 During the Term, unless otherwise set out in an Order: 

1. we will issue you invoices for the Services to be provided by us annually in advance; and  
2. you agree to pay the amount in the invoice (and any other amount due and payable to us under this Agreement) within 30 days from the date of the invoice and using the payment method set out in the invoice.

15.3 If any payment has not been made in accordance with the Payment Terms, we may (at our absolute discretion): 

1. after a period of 5 Business Days, cease providing the Services, and recover, as a debt due and immediately payable from you, our additional costs of doing so (including legal fees, debt collector fees and mercantile agent fees); and/or
2. charge interest at a rate equal to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s cash rate, from time to time, plus 2% per annum, calculated daily and compounding monthly, on any such amounts unpaid after the due date for payment in accordance with the Payment Terms. 

15.4 You will not be entitled to any part of the Services until the Fees have been paid in full. 

15.5 You agree that we may vary the Fees by providing written notice to you of such variation. Where we provide this notice, the new Fees will take effect on and from the end of the Initial Term or the then Renewal Period. If you do not agree to any Fee variation:

1. you agree to notify us in writing within 30 days of the Fee variation coming into effect; and  
2. following receipt of such notice by us, the Parties will use all reasonable endeavours to work together to resolve the matter.  

15.6 If:  

1. you have provided us with the notice in accordance with clause 15.5(a); and
2. the Parties are unable to resolve the matter pursuant to clause 15.5(b),

you may elect to terminate the Agreement prior to the end of the Initial Term or the then Renewal Period by providing us with 30 days’ written notice, and in which case, clause 24.3 will apply. 

15.7 To the maximum extent permitted by law, there will be no refunds for the Upfront Fee. 

15.8 To the maximum extent permitted by law, there will be no refunds or credits for any unused Services (or part thereof).

15.9 You agree that we may set-off or deduct from any monies payable to you under this Agreement, any amounts which are payable by you to us (whether under this Agreement or otherwise). ‍

16. Warranties

16.1 We agree:

1. that we are properly constituted and have the right and authority to enter into this Agreement;
2. that we will use reasonable efforts to ensure all of our obligations under this Agreement will be carried out by suitably competent and trained Personnel and in an efficient and professional manner;
3. that we have legal authority to grant you the SaaS Licence;
4. that all pre-existing Intellectual Property Rights in the Services (with the exception of the property rights in any Third-Party Inputs) will be owned, held or licensed by us;
5. that the provision of the Services does not and will not infringe any other person’s Intellectual Property Rights; and 
6. that the Services will operate and be provided in accordance with this Agreement.

16.2 You represent, warrant and agree that:

1. you will provide us with any information that we require in order to provide the Services to you (for example, information that we need to set up the Accounts);  
2. there are no legal restrictions preventing you from entering into this Agreement;  
3. all information and documentation that you provide to us in connection with this Agreement is true, correct and complete;  
4. you are not and have not been the subject of an Insolvency Event; 
5. if applicable, you hold a valid ABN which has been advised to us; and
6. if applicable, you are registered for GST purposes. 

17. Intellectual Property

Our Intellectual Property Rights 

17.1 As between the Parties, you acknowledge and agree that we own all Intellectual Property Rights in: 

1. Our Materials;
2. New Materials or Improvements; and
3. any Feedback, 

and as between the Parties, these Intellectual Property Rights will at all times vest, or remain vested, in us, and nothing in this Agreement constitutes an assignment or transfer of such Intellectual Property Rights. To the extent that ownership of these Intellectual Property Rights does not automatically vest in us, you agree to do all acts necessary or desirable to assure our title to such rights.

17.2 In the use of any Intellectual Property Rights in connection with this Agreement, you agree that you must not (and you must ensure that your Personnel and your Authorised Users do not) commit any Intellectual Property Breach. Where you reasonably suspect that such a breach may have occurred, you must notify us immediately.

17.3 You also agree that: 

1. we may use Feedback in any manner which we see fit (including to develop new features) and no benefit will be due to you as a result of any use by us of any Feedback;
2. you must not whether directly or indirectly, without our prior written consent:

1. copy, modify, adapt, translate, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, disassemble or decompile any part of the Services or otherwise attempt to discover any part of the source code of the SaaS Solution;
2. use any unauthorised, modified version of the Services, including (without limitation) for the purpose of building similar or competitive software or for the purpose of obtaining unauthorised access to the SaaS Solution;
3. unless authorised under this Agreement, use the Services in a web-enabled form for the purposes of third-party analysis or view via the internet or other external network access method;
4. rent or sublicence the use of the Services to any third parties, without our prior written consent or as otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
5. take any action that may compromise or jeopardise our Intellectual Property Rights in the Services or otherwise;
6. remove or deface any confidentiality, copyright or other proprietary notice placed on the Services; or
7. use the Services in any way that involves service bureau use, outsourcing, renting, reselling, sublicensing, concurrent use of a single user login, or time-sharing.

Your Intellectual Property Rights

17.4 As between the Parties, you will continue to own all Intellectual Property Rights in Your Materials.

17.5 You grant us a non-exclusive, revocable, worldwide, non-sublicensable and non-transferable right and licence, to use Your Materials, solely for the purposes for which they were developed and for the performance of our obligations under this Agreement, and as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement. 

17.6 If you or any of your Personnel have any Moral Rights in any material provided, used or prepared in connection with this Agreement, you agree to (and agree to ensure that your Personnel) consent to our use or infringement of those Moral Rights.

Your Data

17.7 As between the Parties:

1. Your Data is and will remain your property; and
2. you retain any and all rights, title and interest in and to Your Data, including all copies, modifications, extensions and derivative works. 

17.8 You grant us a limited licence to copy, transmit, store, backup and/or otherwise access or use Your Data during the Term (and for a reasonable period after the Term), to:

1. supply the Services to you and your Authorised Users (including to enable you and your Personnel to access and use the Services), and otherwise perform our obligations under this Agreement;
2. diagnose problems with the Services;
3. enhance and otherwise modify the Services;
4. perform Analytics;
5. develop other services, provided we de-identify Your Data; and
6. as reasonably required to perform our obligations under this Agreement. 

17.9 You acknowledge and agree that:

1. we are not responsible for the integrity or existence of any data on the Computing Environment, network or any device controlled by you, your Authorised Users or your Personnel; and
2. we assume no responsibility or Liability for Your Data. You are solely responsible for Your Data and the consequences of using, disclosing, storing or transmitting it. It is your responsibility to backup Your Data.

17.10 You represent, warrant, acknowledge and agree that: 

1. you have obtained all necessary rights, releases and permissions to provide or have Your Data provided to us and to grant the rights granted to us in this Agreement;
2. Your Data (and its transfer to and/or use, collection, storage or disclosure by us as contemplated by this Agreement) does not and will not violate any Laws (including those relating to export control and electronic communications) or the rights of any third party, including any Intellectual Property Rights, rights of privacy, or rights of publicity; and 
3. the operation of the Services is reliant on the accuracy and completeness of Your Data, and the provision by you of Your Data that is inaccurate or incomplete may affect the use, output and operation of the Services. 

17.11 This clause 17 will survive termination or expiry of this Agreement.

18. Analytics

18.1 You acknowledge and agree that we may monitor, analyse and compile statistical and performance information based on and/or related to your use of the Services, in an aggregated and anonymised format (Analytics). You agree that we may make such Analytics publicly available, provided that it:

1. does not contain any identifying information; and
2. is not compiled using a sample size small enough to make underlying portions of Your Data identifiable. 

18.2 We, and our licensors own all right, title and interest in and to the Analytics and all related software, technology, documentation and content used or provided in connection with the Analytics, including all Intellectual Property Rights in the foregoing.

18.3 We may use and disclose to our service providers anonymous data about your access and use of the SaaS Solution for the purpose of helping us improve the SaaS Solution. Any such disclosure will not include details of your, or any Authorised User’s, identity or personal information.

19. Confidential Information

19.1 Each Receiving Party agrees: 

1. not to disclose the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party to any third party;  
2. to use all reasonable endeavours to protect the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party from any unauthorised disclosure; and 
3. to only use the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for the purposes for which it was disclosed or provided by the Disclosing Party, and not for any other purpose.  

19.2 The obligations in clause 19.1 do not apply to Confidential Information that:  

1. is required to be disclosed in order for the Parties to comply with their obligations under this Agreement;  
2. is authorised to be disclosed by the Disclosing Party;  
3. is in the public domain and/or is no longer confidential, except as a result of a breach of this Agreement; or  
4. must be disclosed by Law or by a regulatory authority, including under subpoena.  

19.3 Each Party agrees that monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for a breach of this clause 19.  A Party is entitled to seek an injunction, or any other remedy available at law or in equity, at its discretion, to protect itself from a breach (or continuing breach) of this clause 19.  

19.4 This clause 19 will survive the termination of this Agreement. 

20. Privacy

20.1 For the purposes of this clause, Personal Information and Sensitive Information have the meanings given in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), and also include any similar terms as defined in any other privacy law applicable to you.

20.2 You must, and must ensure that your Personnel and your Authorised Users, at all times comply with the Australian Privacy Principles as set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and any privacy or anti-spam Laws applicable to you in respect of all Personal Information collected, used, stored or otherwise dealt with under or in connection with this Agreement (Privacy Laws).

20.3 Without limiting this clause 20, you must ensure that:

1. you have collected, used, stored and otherwise dealt with Your Data in accordance with all Privacy Laws; and
2. we are capable of collecting, using, storing and otherwise dealing with Your Data, in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, without infringing any third party rights or violating any Privacy Laws. 

20.4 Without limiting this clause 20, you agree to only disclose Your Data, to the extent it contains Personal Information if:  

1. you are authorised by Privacy Laws to collect the Personal Information and to use or disclose it in the manner required by this Agreement;  
2. you have informed the individual to whom the Personal Information relates, that it might be necessary to disclose the Personal Information to third parties; and  
3. where any Personal Information is Sensitive Information, you have obtained the specific consent to that disclosure from the individual to whom the Sensitive Information relates.  

20.5 We agree to handle any Personal Information you provide to us, solely for the purpose of performing our obligations under this Agreement, and in accordance with any applicable Laws and our Privacy Policy.

21. Australian Consumer Law

21.1 Certain legislation, including the Australian Consumer Law, and similar consumer protection laws and regulations, may confer you with rights, warranties, guarantees and remedies relating to the provision of the Services by us to you which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified (Consumer Law Rights). 

21.2 If the ACL applies to you as a consumer, nothing in this Agreement excludes your Consumer Law Rights as a consumer under the ACL. You agree that our Liability for the Services provided to an entity defined as a consumer under the ACL is governed solely by the ACL and this Agreement.  

21.3 Subject to your Consumer Law Rights, we exclude all express and implied warranties, and all material, work and services (including the Services) are provided to you without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, whether in statute, at Law or on any other basis.

21.4 This clause 21 will survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement.

22. Exclusions to liability

22.1 To the maximum extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for, and you waive and release us from and against, any Liability caused or contributed to by, arising from or connected with:  

1. any interruptions or downtime to the SaaS Solution as a result of any Scheduled or Emergency Maintenance; 
2. your Computing Environment; 
3. your, your Authorised Users, or your Personnel’s acts or omissions;  
4. any use or application of the Services by a person or entity other than you, or other than as reasonably contemplated by this Agreement;  
5. any works, services, goods, materials or items which do not form part of the Services (as expressed in this Agreement), or which have not been provided by us;  
6. any Third Party Inputs; and/or
7. any event outside of our reasonable control (including a Force Majeure Event, and a fault, defect, error or omission in the Computing Environment or Your Data).

22.2 This clause 22 will survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement.

23. Limitations on liability

23.1 Despite anything to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by law:  

1. neither Party will be liable for Consequential Loss; 
2. a Party’s liability for any Liability under this Agreement will be reduced proportionately to the extent the relevant Liability was caused or contributed to by the acts or omissions of the other Party (or any of its Personnel), including any failure by the other Party to mitigate its loss; and
3. our maximum and aggregate liability for any Liability arising from or in connection with this Agreement will be limited to us resupplying the Services to you or, in our sole discretion, to us repaying you the amount of the Fees paid by you to us in the 12 months preceding the act, omission or event which gave rise to the Liability in respect of the supply of the relevant Services to which the Liability relates.  

23.2 This clause 23 will survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement.

24. Term and Termination

24.1 Unless otherwise agreed between the Parties in writing, this Agreement commences on the Commencement Date and will continue for 12 months (Initial Term). On the expiry of the Initial Term, this Agreement will be automatically renewed for subsequent 12 month periods (each a Renewal Period), unless either Party provides 30 days’ written notice before the end of the Initial Term or the end of the then-current Renewal Period (as applicable) that it does not wish to renew this Agreement.

24.2 This Agreement will terminate immediately upon written notice by a Party (Non-Defaulting Party) if:

1. the other Party (Defaulting Party) breaches a material term of this Agreement and that breach has not been remedied within 10 Business Days of the Defaulting Party being notified of the breach by the Non-Defaulting Party; or
2. the Defaulting Party is unable to pay its debts as they fall due.

24.3 Upon expiry or termination of this Agreement:

1. we will immediately cease providing the Services;
2. we will provide you with a copy of all Your Data in our possession. After we provide such copy of Your Data, we may, at our sole discretion, delete or destroy Your Data; 
3. without limiting your Consumer Law Rights, you agree that any payments made by you to us are not refundable to you;
4. you are to pay for all Services provided prior to termination, including Services which have been provided and have not yet been invoiced to you, and all other amounts due and payable under this Agreement; and 
5. upon request by us, you agree to promptly return (where possible), or delete or destroy (where not possible to return), any information, documentation or Intellectual Property owned by us that is in your possession or control, subject to clause 17.

24.4 We will retain your documents (including copies) as required by law or regulatory requirements. Your express or implied agreement to this Agreement constitutes your authority for us to retain or destroy documents in accordance with the statutory periods, or on expiry or termination of this Agreement.

24.5 Termination of this Agreement will not affect any rights or liabilities that a Party has accrued under it.  

24.6 This clause 24 will survive the termination or expiry of this Agreement.

25. GST 

25.1 If GST is payable on any supply made under this Agreement, the recipient of the supply must pay an amount equal to the GST payable on the supply.  That amount must be paid at the same time that the consideration is to be provided under this Agreement and must be paid in addition to the consideration expressed elsewhere in this Agreement, unless it is expressed to be inclusive of GST. The recipient is not required to pay any GST until the supplier issues a tax invoice for the supply.

25.2 If an adjustment event arises in respect of any supply made under this Agreement, a corresponding adjustment must be made between the supplier and the recipient in respect of any amount paid by the recipient under this clause, an adjustment note issued if required, and any payments to give effect to the adjustment must be made.

25.3 If the recipient is required under this Agreement to pay for or reimburse an expense or outgoing of the supplier, or is required to make a payment under an indemnity in respect of an expense or outgoing of the supplier, the amount to be paid by the recipient is to be reduced by the amount of any input tax credit in respect of that expense or outgoing that the supplier is entitled to.

25.4 The terms “adjustment event”, “consideration”, “GST”, “input tax credit”, “recipient”, “supplier”, “supply”, “taxable supply” and “tax invoice” each has the meaning which it is given in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).

26. General

26.1 Assignment: Subject to clause 26.2, a Party must not assign or deal with the whole or any part of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party (such consent is not to be unreasonably withheld).

26.2 Assignment of Debt: You agree that we may assign or transfer any debt owed by you to us, arising under or in connection with this Agreement, to a debt collector, debt collection agency, or other third party.

26.3 Counterparts: This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts that together will form one instrument. 

26.4 Disputes: You agree to notify us should you have concerns relating to our performance of the Services. A Party may not commence court proceedings relating to any dispute, controversy or claim arising from, or in connection with, this Agreement (including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination) (Dispute) without first meeting with a senior representative of the other Party to seek (in good faith) to resolve the Dispute. If the Parties cannot agree how to resolve the Dispute at that initial meeting, either Party may refer the matter to a mediator. If the Parties cannot agree on who the mediator should be, either Party may ask the Law Society of New South Wales to appoint a mediator. The mediator will decide the time, place and rules for mediation. The Parties agree to attend the mediation in good faith, to seek to resolve the Dispute. The costs of the mediation will be shared equally between the Parties. Nothing in this clause will operate to prevent a Party from seeking urgent injunctive or equitable relief from a court of appropriate jurisdiction. 

26.5 Email: You agree that we are able to send electronic mail to you and receive electronic mail from you. To the maximum extent permitted by law, you release us from any Liability you may have as a result of any unauthorised copying, recording, reading or interference with that document or information after transmission, for any delay or non-delivery of any document or information and for any damage caused to your system or any files by a transfer.

26.6 Entire agreement: Subject to your Consumer Law Rights, this Agreement contains the entire understanding between the Parties and the Parties agree that no representation or statement has been made to, or relied upon by, either of the Parties, except as expressly stipulated in this Agreement, and this Agreement supersedes all previous discussions, communications, negotiations, understandings, representations, warranties, commitments and agreements, in respect of its subject matter.

26.7 Force Majeure: A Party will not be liable for any delay or failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement if such delay or failure is caused or contributed to by a Force Majeure Event. This clause will not apply to a Party’s obligation to pay any amount that is due and payable to the other Party under this Agreement. 

26.8 Further assurance: Each Party must promptly do all things and execute all further instruments necessary to give full force and effect to this Agreement and their obligations under it.

26.9 Governing law: This Agreement is governed by the laws of New South Wales. Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts operating in New South Wales and any courts entitled to hear appeals from those courts and waives any right to object to proceedings being brought in those courts.  

26.10 Illegal Requests: We reserve the right to refuse any request for or in relation to any Services that we deem inappropriate, unethical, unreasonable, illegal or otherwise non-compliant with this Agreement.

26.11 Notices: Any notice given under this Agreement must be in writing addressed to the relevant address last notified by the recipient to the Parties. Any notice may be sent by standard post or email, and will be deemed to have been served on the expiry of 48 hours in the case of post, or at the time of transmission in the case of transmission by email.

26.12 Online execution: This Agreement may be executed by means of such third party online document execution service as we nominate subject to such execution being in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of that document execution service. 

26.13 Publicity: With your prior written consent, You agree that we may advertise or publicise the broad nature of our provision of the Services to you, including on our website or in our promotional material. 

26.14 Relationship of Parties: This Agreement is not intended to create a partnership, joint venture, employment or agency relationship between the Parties.

26.15 Severance: If a provision of this Agreement is held to be void, invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision is to be read down as narrowly as necessary to allow it to be valid or enforceable, failing which, that provision (or that part of that provision) will be severed from this Agreement without affecting the validity or enforceability of the remainder of that provision or the other provisions in this Agreement.

27. Definitions 

In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, capitalised terms have the meanings given to them in the Order, and:

Account means an account accessible to you and/or your Authorised Users to use the Services, including, the SaaS Solution.

ACL or Australian Consumer Law means the Australian consumer laws set out in Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), as amended, from time to time. 

Additional Services means any Services not set out in the Services description in the Order which we agree to provide to you.

Admin User means a user who is nominated by you to exercise administrative functions under this Agreement including but not limited to, adding or removing Authorised Users or Additional Authorised Users from your Account and approving or disapproving apps that have been built by Authorised Users or Additional Authorised Users on the no-code/low-code tool, as well as any other functionality developed or added during the Term.

Agreement means these terms and conditions and any documents attached to, or referred to in, each of them. 

Authorised User, if applicable, means a user added by an Admin User and permitted to access and use the Services under your Account, as further particularised in the Order.

Business Day means a day on which banks are open for general banking business in New South Wales, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

Commencement Date means the date this Agreement is accepted in accordance with its terms.

Computing Environment means your computing environment including all hardware, software, information technology and telecommunications services and Systems. 

Confidential Information includes information which:

1. is disclosed to the Receiving Party in connection with this Agreement at any time;
2. is prepared or produced under or in connection with this Agreement at any time;
3. relates to the Disclosing Party’s business, assets or affairs; or
4. relates to the subject matter of, the terms of and/or any transactions contemplated by this Agreement,

whether or not such information or documentation is reduced to a tangible form or marked in writing as “confidential”, and howsoever the Receiving Party receives that information.

Consequential Loss includes any consequential loss, indirect loss, real or anticipated loss of profit, loss of benefit, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings, loss of reputation, loss of use and/or loss or corruption of data, whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise. The Parties acknowledge and agree that your obligation to pay us the Fees under this Agreement will not constitute “Consequential Loss” for the purposes of this definition.

Consumer Law Rights has the meaning given in clause 21.1.

Disclosing Party means the party disclosing Confidential Information to the Receiving Party.

Feedback means any idea, suggestion, recommendation or request by you or any of your Personnel and your Authorised Users, your customers, whether made verbally, in writing, directly or indirectly, in connection with the Services.

Fees means the price set out in the Order, as adjusted in accordance with this Agreement. 

Force Majeure Event means any event or circumstance which is beyond a Party’s reasonable control including but not limited to, acts of God including fire, hurricane, typhoon, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, mudslide or other catastrophic natural disaster, civil riot, civil rebellion, revolution, terrorism, insurrection, militarily usurped power, act of sabotage, act of a public enemy, war (whether declared or not) or other like hostilities, ionising radiation, contamination by radioactivity, nuclear, chemical or biological contamination, any widespread illness, quarantine or government sanctioned ordinance or shutdown, pandemic (including COVID-19 and any variations or mutations to this disease or illness) or epidemic.

Harmful Code means any computer program or virus or other code that is harmful, destructive, disabling or which assists in or enables theft, alternation, denial of service, unauthorised access to or disclosure, destruction or corruption of information or data.

Improvements means any development, modification, adaptation or improvement of Our Materials or any New Materials made by or on behalf of either Party (or any of their respective Personnel), or in respect of which Intellectual Property Rights are acquired by, either Party during the Term.

Insolvency Event means any of the following events or any analogous event:

1. a Party disposes of the whole or any part of the Party’s assets, operations or business other than in the ordinary course of business;
2. a Party ceases, or threatens to cease, carrying on business;
3. a Party is unable to pay the Party’s debts as the debts fall due;
4. any step is taken by a mortgagee to take possession or dispose of the whole or any part of the Party’s assets, operations or business;
5. any step is taken for a party to enter into any arrangement or compromise with, or assignment for the benefit of, a Party’s creditors or any class of a Party’s creditors; or
6. any step is taken to appoint an administrator, receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, provisional liquidator or liquidator of the whole or any part of a Party’s assets, operations or business.

Intellectual Property means any copyright, registered or unregistered designs, patents or trade mark rights, domain names, know-how, inventions, processes, trade secrets or Confidential Information; or circuit layouts, software, computer programs, databases or source codes, including any application, or right to apply, for registration of, and any improvements, enhancements or modifications of, the foregoing.

Intellectual Property Breach means any breach by you (or any of your Personnel) of any of our Intellectual Property Rights (or any breaches of third-party rights, including any Intellectual Property Rights of third parties), including using or exploiting our Intellectual Property for purposes other than as expressly stated in this Agreement (including, without limitation, using our Intellectual Property for commercial purposes or on-selling our Intellectual Property to third parties).

Intellectual Property Rights means for the duration of the rights in any part of the world, any industrial or intellectual property rights, whether registrable or not, including in respect of Intellectual Property. 

Laws means all applicable laws, regulations, codes, guidelines, policies, protocols, consents, approvals, permits and licences, and any requirements or directions given by any government or similar authority with the power to bind or impose obligations on the relevant Party in connection with this Agreement or the provision of the Services.

Liability means any expense, cost, liability, loss, damage, claim, notice, entitlement, investigation, demand, proceeding or judgment (whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity or otherwise), howsoever arising, whether direct or indirect and/or whether present, unascertained, future or contingent and whether involving a third party or a Party to this Agreement or otherwise.

Moral Rights has the meaning given in the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth).

New Materials means all Intellectual Property developed, adapted, modified or created by either Party or their respective Personnel in the provision of the Services, but excludes Our Materials and Your Materials.

Our Materials means all work, models, processes, technologies, strategies, materials, information, documentation, and services that we may provide to you under this Agreement, and which may contain material which is owned by or licensed to us, and is protected by Australian and international laws.

Personnel means, in respect of a Party, any of its employees, consultants, suppliers, subcontractors or agents, but in respect of you, does not include us.

Premises means any premises the subject of the Services.

Privacy Laws has the meaning given in clause 20.2

Privacy Policy means any privacy policy set out on our website.

Receiving Party means the party receiving Confidential Information from the Disclosing Party.

Order means the order to which this Agreement is attached.

SaaS Conditions means the SaaS Conditions as set out in the Order.

SaaS Solution means the access to and use of our cloud-based software solution known as ‘Teamapps’.

Services means the services that we agree to perform under this Agreement, as further particularised in an Order.

System means all hardware, software, networks, telecommunications and other IT systems used by a Party from time to time, including a network. 

Term means the Initial Term and any Renewal Period.

Third Party Inputs means third parties or any goods and services provided by third parties, including customers, end users, suppliers, transportation or logistics providers or other subcontractors which the provision of the Services may be contingent on, or impacted by. 

Upfront Fee means the upfront fee as set out in the relevant Order (if any). 

Your Data means the information, materials, logos, documents, qualifications and other Intellectual Property or data inputted by you, your Personnel and your Authorised Users into the Services or stored by or generated by your use of the Services, including any Personal Information collected, used, disclosed, stored or otherwise handled in connection with this Agreement. Your Data does not include the Analytics, or any data or information that is generated as a result of your usage of the Services that is a back-end or internal output or an output otherwise generally not available to users of the Services.    

Your Materials means all work, models, processes, technologies, strategies, materials, information, documentation and services (including Intellectual Property), owned or licensed by you or your Personnel before the Commencement Date and/or developed by or on behalf of you or your Personnel independently of this Agreement.