Terms & Conditions
All services provided by KeyDesignz (ABN
68 124 606 318) of 29 Endsleigh St, Macgregor, Qld, 4109, are
subject to the following terms and conditions. Please read them carefully as
they, together with your purchase order and quotation or proposal, form the
agreement between you and KeyDesignz. These terms and conditions may change
from time to time, and the most up-to-date version can be found online at www.keydesignz.com/terms.html
1. PROVISION OF SERVICES
(a)(i) Quotations and proposals provided by KeyDesignz are valid for seven
(7) days from date of issue only. Older quotations and proposals are subject
to review and change.
(a)(ii) A purchase order will be issued when the quotation or proposal is accepted
in accordance with these terms and conditions.
(b) Services will be provided as itemised in the quote and purchase order.
Any changes, including changes to agreed content, artwork, scheduling or any
other terms must be agreed in writing only. This may take the form of letter,
fax or email correspondence.
(c) Quotations and proposals remain the property of KeyDesignz at all times
and it is a condition of their provision that their contents, including any
costings, concepts, strategies, solutions or recommendations, may not be disclosed
to third parties at any time prior to KeyDesignz receiving written acceptance
of the quotation or proposal accompanied by a deposit.
(d) KeyDesignz will use any resources it deems fit in order to fulfill a quotation
or proposal. This includes, but is not limited to, discretion as to choice
of software, materials, and contractors and sub-contractors.
2. PAYMENT TERMS
(a) Quotations and proposals must be accepted in writing by letter, fax or
email, or by signing the quotation or proposal. Acceptance of the quotation
or proposal must be accompanied by a 50% deposit unless otherwise agreed.
(b)(i) Payments, including deposits, may be made by cash, cheque or direct
bank transfer.
(b)(ii) Payments, including deposits, can be made via bank cheque, company
cheque, postal order, or direct bank transfer.
(c) Design work will not commence until the deposit has been received and cleared.
(d) Final payment is due and payable upon delivery of the completed design
or artwork and/or related printwork, websites, e-Commerce solutions or any
electronic files. Websites will not be published on the Internet until final
payment is received.
(e) Credit terms will not apply unless agreed in writing prior.
(f) Amounts payable under credit terms or any other circumstances including
circumstances covered by clause (g) of this section become overdue, a late
payment penalty will be payable at 5.00% per day.
(g) Where progress payments are stipulated in a quotation or proposal, they
will fall due and payable as specified in the quotation or proposal. Overdue
progress payments may result in suspension of design works in progress until
such time as all amounts in arrears including interest are paid in full.
(h) All fees and charges incurred by KeyDesignz will become due and payable
where services are discontinued or suspended as a result of your failure to
comply with these terms and conditions (see Part 3 of these terms and conditions).
(i) All fees and charges are payable in full and without any offsets or deductions
unless otherwise agreed in writing.
(j) GST is payable on all services provided by KeyDesignz. If you are GST
exempt, you must be provide KeyDesignz with a notice of exemption from the
ATO.
(h)(i) KeyDesignz reserves the right to recover all costs associated with
recovering unpaid invoices, including legal and administrative costs.
(h)(ii) KeyDesignz reserves the right to recover intellectual property in
cases where there is non-payment by any means it sees fit.
3. CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION
(a) Cancellation of an agreed quotation or proposal by you must be communicated
to KeyDesignz both by telephone and in writing (letter, fax or email).
(b) Once design work has commenced, the deposit is not refundable. Where the
project is cancelled at your request, any costs accrued by KeyDesignz over
and above the deposit will be invoiced to you and will be due and payable immediately.
(c) Where design work has been signed and agreed to and the project is cancelled
at your request and where the design work has not yet commenced, KeyDesignz
is required to be paid on a quantum meriut loss.
(d)(i) Works in progress can be postponed at your request in writing. All outstanding
costs to date will be invoiced to you and be payable immediately.
(d)(ii) Where you postpone a project in accordance with clause (d)(i) of this
section, work will be restarted and completed at your instruction in accordance
with the specifications of the original quotation.
(d)(iii) Notwithstanding clause (d)(ii) of this section, work resumed after
postponement will be subject to cost revision. Work will not restart until
revised costing (if any) has been agreed to in writing.
(e) KeyDesignz reserves the right to terminate services where (i) there are
outstanding invoices, or (ii) there is a material breach of these terms and
conditions.
(f) KeyDesignz will be entitled to cancel any agreement with you where you
become insolvent, enter into voluntary arrangements with creditors, enter receivership
or cease trading for any reason. This will be done without prejudice to any
other rights or remedies available to KeyDesignz. Amounts owing will be invoiced
and immediately due and payable.
4. SERVICE TERMS
A. General Conditions
(a) You agree to supply all necessary documentation, images, artwork or any
other necessary material for KeyDesignz to complete agreed work, within one
working week of acceptance of the quotation or proposal unless otherwise agreed
in writing. KeyDesignz will not be responsible for delays to agreed scheduling
and/or failure to meet deadlines where you fail to adhere to this condition.
Costs incurred by KeyDesignz arising out of delays caused by breach of this
condition will be charged to you.
(b) You must ensure all artwork and any other material KeyDesignz is asked
to use meets all relevant Australian legal requirements, including but not
limited to compliance with intellectual property rights legislation and/or
statutory or common law personal rights or proprietary rights.
(c)(i) Compliance with intellectual property rights legislation means you will
obtain all necessary permissions, licenses or any other authorisation to use
copy, artwork, graphics, registered names, trademarks, patents, logos or any
other material you provide to KeyDesignz so that their use by KeyDesignz
does not constitute an unauthorised dealing within the meaning of the Copyright
Act 1968 (as amended).
(c)(ii) Compliance with clause (c)(i) of this section will be implied by your
supply of any material mentioned in clause (c)(i) to KeyDesignz. It will be
construed in the form of a guarantee to KeyDesignz that material complies
with clause(c)(i) of this section.
(c)(iii) KeyDesignz will be indemnified against any claims and/or costs arising
from your failure to comply with any part of clause (c) of this section.
B. Other graphic design conditions
(a) Unless otherwise agreed, any required liaison with a printer other than
one nominated by KeyDesignz will be charged at a per hour rate of $40.
(b) The fee for all graphic design work includes two rounds of changes to the
concepts or their execution at your discretion, unless otherwise noted. Any
further changes will be invoiced at an hourly rate of $40. This excludes errors
made by KeyDesignz, which will be corrected free of charge up to and including
the final proof stage (see Section 6A herein).
(c)(i) KeyDesignz will always supply a final proof to you for review and approval
prior to delivery, printing or publication. You must examine the final proof
carefully for errors. When you are satisfied with the final proof, you must
sign in the area marked “APPROVED” (if hardcopy), or convey explicit
approval of electronically supplied proofs in writing (email, fax or mail).
Any errors or exceptions must be noted in writing and returned with the proof
to KeyDesignz for correction in accordance with these terms and conditions.
(c)(ii) Alterations to previously approved work will be invoiced at $40 per
hour.
C. Other web design conditions
(a) Online Solutions quotations and proposals are for design and upload to
a host server only unless otherwise agreed in writing. On-site software and
hardware installation or setup, website maintenance and any other ongoing
support services are subject to separate quotations and proposals unless
otherwise agreed.
(b) Online Solutions maintenance or updates (including additions and deletions)
will be performed in accordance with a separate purchase order for such services.
(c) KeyDesignz will not be held responsible for any alterations whatsoever
to websites or business solutions products performed by you or any other third
party.
(d)(i) KeyDesignz reserves the right to exclude offensive or illegal material
you ask to be included on your website.
(d)(ii) Notwithstanding clause (d)(i) of this section, KeyDesignz will be
indemnified by you against any claims and/or costs arising from material incorporated
at your request.
(e) All care will be taken to provide reliable goods to you, but KeyDesignz
accepts no responsibility or liability for any losses arising out of the operation
of the website or any applications, either by the client or by customers of
the client. This includes loss of data, profits, interruption to service, and
any damage or consequential loss.
(f)(i) You will be given an opportunity to fully test and review websites prior
to them being uploaded and published on the Internet or implemented in accordance
with your purchase order. All errors, including any failures to meet specification,
must be brought to KeyDesignz’s attention for correction at this stage.
Once the test version is approved, any further changes will be charged at cost.
(f)(ii) Approval of a website must be provided to KeyDesignz in writing, stating
that you have thoroughly reviewed the website and found it to be free from
error and completed to specification, and that, as such, you approve it for
final implementation.
D. Other Video/DVD/CD-ROM conditions
(a) You agree that you shall not copy, downgrade, resample, re-sell,
rent, lease or otherwise deal with the video tapes/DVD's/CD-ROMs without the
express written consent of KeyDesignz.
(b)
The video tapes/DVD's/CD-ROMs are being provided to you so that you might
use them solely for purposes which are not obscene blasphemous defamatory
unlawful or purposes which would bring KeyDesignz into disrepute or would defame
or infringe the copyright or any other rights of any third party.
(c)
All intellectual
property rights in the video tapes/DVD's/CD-ROMs vest with KeyDesignz. Except
with the prior written permission of KeyDesignz, you may not reproduce, adapt,
alter, modify, edit or otherwise affect the integrity of the work contained in
the video tapes/DVD's/CD-ROMs in any form or by any means. The video
tapes/DVD's/CD-ROMs shall also not be stored on any other retrieval system of
any nature without the prior written consent of KeyDesignz.
(d)
In the event that
you wish to place a filmclip or image taken from video tapes/DVD's/CD-ROMs of
the material created or purchased onto the internet, you shall first obtain KeyDesignz
express approval and provide KeyDesignz with the uniform resource locator (URL)
of the particular web-site on which the video/film clip/image(s) are to be placed.
You will also take appropriate measures, technical or otherwise, to ensure that
any third parties are barred from the unauthorised reproduction alteration modification
or adaptation of the image(s).
(e)
In connection with the video tapes/DVD's/CD-ROMs,
to the maximum extent permitted by law, KeyDesignz disclaims all warranties,
either express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties as
to merchantability, satisfactory quality and/or fitness for any particular purpose
whether or not KeyDesignz has been specifically advised of the purpose. (f) KeyDesignz
shall not be liable for any damages whatsoever, direct or consequential, including
but not limited to damages for loss of profits or opportunity, business interruption,
loss of business information or any other monetary loss arising out of the use
of or the inability to use the video tapes/DVD's/CD-ROMs.
(g)
In the event that you
use the video tapes/DVD's/CD-ROMs in any manner which breaches clause (f) above,
whether for your own benefit or otherwise, you agree to keep KeyDesignz fully
indemnified against all losses and all actions claims proceedings costs and damages
and all legal costs or other expenses arising out of any such use or out of any
claim by a third party based on your non-authorised use of the video tapes/DVD's/CD-ROMs.
(h) You have read these terms and agree that any use of the video tapes/DVD's/CD-ROMs
by yourself constitutes an agreement to be bound by these terms and as well
as the general terms and conditions of KeyDesignz governing the use of this
technology.
5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
(a) Working files and concept/design development files remain the property
of KeyDesignz at all times unless otherwise agreed in the quotation or proposal
or in writing.
(b) Ownership and intellectual property rights in any works created by KeyDesignz
remains with KeyDesignz until payment has been received and cleared. When payment
has been received and cleared, ownership and intellectual property rights in
the delivered work becomes yours. Works for the purpose of this clause refers
to any literary, artistic or dramatic work as defined in the Copyright Act
1968 (as amended).
(c) Notwithstanding clause (b) of this section, moral rights to works remain
with KeyDesignz at all times. KeyDesignz retains the right to use, publish,
reproduce, display, distribute or create derivative works from any artwork,
copy, concepts, solutions or digital works including websites and eCommerce
solutions to promote or publicise KeyDesignz and/or foster recognition of
KeyDesignz as the author of the material.
6. GENERAL TERMS, INDEMNITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
A. Errors
(a) KeyDesignz will exercise all care to ensure design work is free from error.
(b) KeyDesignz will correct any and all errors made by KeyDesignz up to and
including the proofing and/or testing stages of a design project free of charge.
Once the final proof or version is signed off by you, the cost of correcting
any errors will be charged to you at the applicable hourly rate of $40.
(c) KeyDesignz will not be held responsible for any errors contained in artwork,
copy or any other materials supplied by you. KeyDesignz does not proof any
material in the absence of agreement in writing to the contrary. You must ensure
supplied material is correct and up-to-date.
B. Indemnities and limitation of liability
(a) KeyDesignz makes no warranties or representations about the fitness or
suitability of a proposed design solution. It is your responsibility to ensure
that any service proposed to be provided by KeyDesignz meets your requirements.
(b) Any express or implied statutory or otherwise terms, conditions, warranties,
representations not included in these terms and conditions, including those
of the client’s, are excluded.
(c) KeyDesignz and its employees, contractors and agents will not be liable
for any losses, losses to profit or damage to goodwill, nor any direct, indirect,
incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages incurred directly or
indirectly out of services provided by KeyDesignz.
(d) Where any part of these terms and conditions is excluded, modified or voided
under any legislation, the legislative provision will be deemed incorporated
in these terms and conditions. Where more than one term, condition, warranty
or remedy is available to you, KeyDesignz reserves the right to select the
means by which any breach of such legislative provisions will be remedied,
including, specifically, supplying the agreed service again where permitted.
(e) Notwithstanding clause (B)(d) of this section, no terms excluded, modified
or voided by legislation voids these terms and conditions in their entirety.
Terms and conditions not affected by legislation remain in full force and effect.
(f) All property supplied to KeyDesignz to carry out design work is at your
own risk. If your material is valuable or irreplaceable, you should ensure
materials are insured or, in the case of electronic material, securely backed
up. All property will be returned to you at the completion of the project.