Terms & Conditions
General
1. These Terms and Conditions (“Conditions”) apply to all contracts between Eurotech Group Pty Ltd – Rite Adhesives ABN 96 654 046 474 (“Eurotech/Rite Adhesives”) and the purchaser (“Purchaser”) of any goods, products or materials (“Goods”) supplied by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives on credit (if sold or supplied on credit) or otherwise (“Contract”).
2. These Conditions will prevail over any terms, conditions, representations or understandings between the Purchaser and Eurotech/Rite Adhesives in relation to the Goods, whether or not any inconsistency arises.
3. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives expressly rejects any conditional order made by a Purchaser.
4. A contract is formed when Eurotech/Rite Adhesives receives any purchase order and either sends a written acceptance to the Purchaser or dispatches the Goods pursuant to the order.
Quotations
5. Quotations are valid for thirty (30) days unless otherwise stated by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives and may be withdrawn, revoked or varied at any time.
6. Quotations are not to be construed as an offer or obligation to sell and are provided to the Purchaser for purpose of providing estimates only.
Orders and Prices
7. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives reserves the right to accept or decline, in whole or in part, any order for Goods placed by the Purchaser.
8. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives is under no obligation to accept orders less than $75.00 (seventy five dollars).
9. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, orders received for out of stock Goods will be placed on back order. All backorders will be charged at the price prevailing at the time of the original order. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives will not be liable for any loss or damage that the Purchaser may suffer in connection with Goods being out of stock.
10. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, all backorders will be delivered in accordance with Eurotech/Rite Adhesives’s standard delivery terms in clauses 14-17.
11. Unless otherwise stated, all prices for Goods are exclusive of all applicable taxes and charges. Where the Goods sold are subject to GST, the Purchaser is liable to pay any applicable amount of GST at the same time as payment for Goods is made.
12. The prices and product specifications contained in Eurotech/Rite Adhesives’s price lists or any information provided by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives to the Purchaser are subject to change at the absolute discretion of Eurotech/Rite Adhesives and without notice to the Purchaser.
13. Unless agreed otherwise, prices quoted include Eurotech/Rite Adhesives’s standard packing arrangements.
Delivery
14. All orders are subject to delivery fees payable by the Purchaser.
15. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives will endeavour to dispatch all standard orders as soon as practicable, however it will not be responsible for any loss or damage associated with Goods being dispatched late.
16. Any time or date named and accepted by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives for completion, delivery and despatch is an estimate only and does not constitute a representation, or term of the contract, nor shall it be part of the description of the Goods and is not of the essence of the contract.
17. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives is deemed to have delivered the Goods when collected by the Purchaser or when they are made available for unloading at the Purchaser’s nominated delivery point (whichever occurs first).
Payment
18. Payment for Goods purchased from Eurotech/Rite Adhesives is of the essence and must be made by the Purchaser in accordance with the invoice issued by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives or by other agreement such as immediately prior to delivery of the Goods or cash on delivery. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives may also require a deposit at any time.
19. Where the Purchaser has an approved credit account with Eurotech/Rite Adhesives it is automatically limited to a maximum of $2,000. At the discretion of Eurotech/Rite Adhesives this amount maybe reduced or increased.
a) Where the Purchaser has an approved credit account with Eurotech/Rite Adhesives, the Purchaser must ensure that payment for the Goods is made within 7 days after the date of Eurotech/Rite Adhesives’s invoice or such other date for payment as Eurotech/Rite Adhesives and the Purchaser agree in writing.
20. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives, at its absolute discretion, may refuse delivery of the Goods and acceptance of any other orders from the Purchaser until the Purchaser pays to Eurotech/Rite Adhesives any amounts owed or contingently owed for any reason whatsoever by the Purchaser to Eurotech/Rite Adhesives whether under this or any contract or otherwise.
21. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives reserves the right to charge interest on any outstanding amount from the date it becomes outstanding for payment to the date payment is received at the rate of 6% per month compounded daily. All payments made by the Purchaser will first be applied to the accrued interest.
22. Payments made by credit card may be subject to a surcharge.
Risk and Retention of Title
23. Unless otherwise provided in these Conditions, the Goods supplied by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives to the Purchaser shall be at the Purchaser’s sole risk immediately upon their delivery to the Purchaser.
24. The Purchaser agrees that title to Goods is retained by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives until Eurotech/Rite Adhesives receives from the Purchaser:
a) payment in full for the purchased Goods; and
b) all other monies owing by the Purchaser to Eurotech/Rite Adhesives at any time.
25. Where the Goods comprise a number of items, the property of Eurotech/Rite Adhesives in each item comprising the Goods will not pass to the Purchaser for any individual item until payment in full is received for all items.
26. Prior to title in the Goods passing to the Purchaser, the Purchaser agrees that:
a) it acts as bailee of the Goods until such time as property in them passes to the Purchaser and that this bailment continues for each item of the Goods until the price has been paid in full;
b) it must keep the Goods in good and merchantable condition and fully insure the Goods against loss or damage however caused;
c) it must not sell the Goods except with the prior written consent of Eurotech/Rite Adhesives or in the ordinary course of the Purchaser’s business, provided that any such sale is at arms’ length and on market terms;
d) any proceeds of re-sale, insofar as they relate to the Goods shall be held on trust for Eurotech/Rite Adhesives in a separate account; and
e) it must not create any encumbrance over the Goods which is inconsistent with Eurotech/Rite Adhesives’s title and ownership of the Goods.
Specifications, Measurements and Material
27. All descriptions, specifications, illustrations, drawings, data, dimensions and weights contained in catalogues, price lists or other advertising material of Eurotech/Rite Adhesives or elsewhere are approximations only. They are intended by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives to be a general description for information and identification purposes and do not create a sale by description.
28. Any plans, specifications, measurements, information or any material of any nature whatsoever provided to Eurotech/Rite Adhesives by the Purchaser for the purposes of fulfilling an order (“Material”) is deemed to be accurate and fit for purpose. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives will not be liable for any loss arising out of the supply of the Material provided to Eurotech/Rite Adhesives by the Purchaser.
29. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives reserves the right to refuse to use any Purchaser supplied Material if it deems such material inappropriate for its processes.
Returns and Cancellations
30. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives cannot accept returns of custom-made or specially produced Goods.
31. Any cancelled orders will result in the Purchaser being liable for the greater of any costs incurred by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives or 25% of the order price.
32. Except as provided otherwise by the ACL, returns of all other Goods are subject to prior approval of Eurotech/Rite Adhesives at its absolute discretion upon a written request by the Purchaser made within 14 calendar days from the date of delivery. Goods must be unused, undamaged and in their original packaging.
33. All credit for Goods that have been approved for return will incur a restocking fee of 20% of the invoiced value of the returned Goods. The Purchaser must bear any costs associated with the return of Goods.
Inaccuracies
34. The Purchaser must check all Goods received as soon as they are delivered and must notify Eurotech/Rite Adhesives in writing of any inaccuracies or short supply of Goods or any fault, damage or defect in Goods within 7 Calendar days of the date of delivery of the Goods.
35. If the Purchaser notifies Eurotech/Rite Adhesives under clause 34, Eurotech/Rite Adhesives may at its election in its sole discretion replace or give a credit for the Goods.
36. If the Purchaser does not notify Eurotech/Rite Adhesives in writing within 7 calendar days of the date of delivery, Eurotech/Rite Adhesives will not be responsible for any loss or damage arising out of or resulting from such inaccuracies or short supply of Goods, or fault, damage or defect in Goods.
37. The Purchaser will be deemed to have accepted the Goods after 7 calendar days from the date of receipt of the Goods, unless within that time the Purchaser has notified Eurotech/Rite Adhesives under clause 34.
Warranty and Liability
38. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives acknowledges that where the ACL applies with respect to Goods, certain guarantees and rights are provided by the CCA and ACL.
39. Where the ACL applies with respect to any supply of Goods to the Purchaser:
a) any rights provided to the Purchaser by the ACL or CCA that by statute cannot be excluded that are inconsistent with any term of these Conditions are to prevail over any terms of these Conditions to the extent of the inconsistency;
b) nothing in these Conditions purports to derogate from or exclude any rights provided by the ACL or CCA that by statute cannot be excluded or modified.
40. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives makes no express warranties or representations in relation to the Goods supplied by it.
41. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives will not be responsible in any way whatsoever for the consequence of any representation or conduct made or technical advice given in connection with the Goods whether by its employees, agents or sub-contractors or otherwise to the Purchaser or any third parties. The Purchaser agrees that all such representations and/or advice are/is accepted or relied upon by the Purchaser entirely at the Purchaser’s risk.
42. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives’s liability to the Purchaser or any third parties (whether arising under statute, contract, tort (including negligence), equity or otherwise) for any defect in the Goods, or the supply of the Goods, will in all cases be limited to the cost of repair or replacement of such Goods.
43. Subject to clause 39, to the extent permitted by statute, all warranties, conditions and guarantees (whether express, implied or applied, and whether given by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives, the manufacturer or a third party) pertaining to or in connection with the Goods and any obligation of Eurotech/Rite Adhesives to repair or replace any Goods are excluded.
Indemnity
44. The Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold Eurotech/Rite Adhesives harmless from and against all liabilities, losses, damages, costs or expenses incurred or suffered by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives, and from and against all actions, proceedings, claims or demands made against Eurotech/Rite Adhesives, arising:
a) as a result of the Purchaser’s failure to comply with any laws, rules, standards or regulations applicable in relation to the Goods or the use of the Goods;
b) as a result of any other negligence or other breach of duty by the Purchaser’s in connection with the Goods; and/or
c) as a result any breach of these Conditions by the Purchaser.
Waiver
45. Any failure or delay by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives to enforce any of its rights under these Conditions does not operate as a waiver of those rights.
Repossession of Goods
46. In the event of default by the Purchaser, Eurotech/Rite Adhesives may retake possession of the Goods. All costs of such repossession will be paid by the Purchaser. Such right shall be without prejudice to Eurotech/Rite Adhesives’s any other rights.
47. The Purchaser authorises Eurotech/Rite Adhesives and its agents and servants to enter into the Purchaser’s premises without notice at any time for the purposes of examination and recovery of goods.
Cost Recovery
48. Any expenses, costs or disbursements incurred by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives in recovering any outstanding monies owing by the Purchaser, including debt collection fees and solicitor-client legal costs, must be paid by the Purchaser on a full indemnity basis.
PPSA
49. The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that Eurotech/Rite Adhesives may register a security interest in the Goods at any time before or after delivery of the Goods. The Purchaser waives its right under s157 of the PPSA to receive notice of any verification of the registration.
50. If the Purchaser defaults in the performance of any obligation owed to Eurotech/Rite Adhesives under these Conditions, Eurotech/Rite Adhesives may enforce its security interest in any Goods by exercising all or any of its rights under these Conditions or the PPSA.
51. To the extent permitted by law, the Purchaser and Eurotech/Rite Adhesives agree that the following provisions of the PPSA do not apply to the enforcement by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives of its security interest in the Goods: sections 95, 118, 121(4), 125, 130, 132(3)(d), 132(4), 135, 137, 142 and 143.
52. The Purchaser must promptly do anything reasonably required by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives to ensure that Eurotech/Rite Adhesives’s security interest is a perfected security interest and has priority over all other security interests in the Goods.
53. Nothing in clauses 49 – 52 is limited by any other provision of these Conditions or any other agreement between the parties.
54. If a term used in clauses 49 – 53 has a particular meaning in the PPSA, it has the same meaning in those clauses.
Entire Agreement
55. Every contract for the supply of Goods pursuant to an order incorporates these Conditions and constitutes the entire agreement between Eurotech/Rite Adhesives and the Purchaser. All prior negotiations, proposals, previous dealings, correspondence, trade custom and/or trade usage are superseded by and will not affect the interpretation of that contract.
56. The Purchaser acknowledges, represents and warrants to Eurotech/Rite Adhesives that in any decision or matter concerning or in connection with any Goods it has relied solely on the terms expressed in these Conditions and in writing in an order for the supply of Goods and has not relied on any prior negotiations, proposals, understandings, representations, or conduct of Eurotech/Rite Adhesives or Eurotech/Rite Adhesives’s employees or agents.
57. These Conditions may be varied unilaterally by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives at any time and in its sole discretion.
58. Any variations to these Conditions will apply to every order for Goods made by the Purchaser and accepted by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives after the expiry of 14 calendar days’ notice of the variation to the Purchaser. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Conditions, notice may be effected for the purpose of this clause by provision of the new Conditions as varied or by publication on Eurotech/Rite Adhesives’s website.
59. No variation to these Conditions will apply with respect to any order for Goods already made by the Purchaser and accepted by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives before notice is given under clause 58.
Default and Termination
60. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives may issue a notice of default in the event of a breach of this Contract by the Purchaser by giving 5 working days for the default to be remedied. If after the expiration of that period the default is not remedied the Contract may be terminated immediately at the election of Eurotech/Rite Adhesives in which case the Purchaser shall be liable for all loss and damage suffered by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives arising from the termination.
61. If either party commits an act of insolvency, the other party may terminate immediately by notice in writing.
Notice
62. Where, pursuant to these Conditions, a party is required to give notice to the other party, such notice must be:
a) in writing; and
b) signed by a person authorised by the sender.
63. A notice is deemed to have been given and served on a party:
a) if delivered personally, on the same day on which it was delivered;
b) if sent by post, it is taken to have been given on the day it would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post;
c) if sent by fax, at the time recorded on the transmitting machine;
d) if sent electronically, at the “time of dispatch” within the meaning of section 13 of the Electronic Transactions Act 2001 (WA).
Intellectual Property
64. The Purchaser warrants that it owns all Intellectual Property Rights pertaining to any of the Purchaser’s order for the Goods or has a licence to authorise Eurotech/Rite Adhesives to reproduce or use all copyright works or other materials the subject of Intellectual Property Rights supplied by the Purchaser to Eurotech/Rite Adhesives for the purposes of any order. Further, the Purchaser indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified Eurotech/Rite Adhesives against any loss incurred by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives in relation to or in any way directly or indirectly connected with any breach of any other Intellectual Property Rights in relation to any material supplied by the Purchaser.
65. Unless specifically agreed in writing between Eurotech/Rite Adhesives and the Purchaser, all Intellectual Property Rights in any works created by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives on behalf of the Purchaser vest in and remain the property of Eurotech/Rite Adhesives.
Privacy and Credit Reporting
66. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives may collect information in relation to the Purchaser, for the purpose of providing the Goods, in accordance with the laws relating to the collection and disclosure of personal information under the Privacy Act 1998 (Cth) as amended from time to time.
67. Where the Goods are supplied on credit, the Purchaser irrevocably authorises Eurotech/Rite Adhesives, its employees and/or agents to make such inquiries as are deem necessary to investigate the Purchaser’s credit worthiness, including (without limiting) the making of inquiries from persons nominated as trade referees, bankers, or any other credit providers (Information Sources) or credit reporting agencies, and the Purchaser hereby authorises the Information Sources to disclose such information to Eurotech/Rite Adhesives.
Force Majeure
68. Eurotech/Rite Adhesives will not be responsible for any delay in or failure of performance of supply or delivery caused by circumstances beyond its control including but not limited to, strikes, lock-outs, labour disturbances, Act of Government, riot, civil war, commotion, fire, flood, failure of power supply or similar event and shall not be liable for any consequential loss, damage, expense or claim suffered by the Purchaser or any other party as a result of any such event.
Severance
69. If a court of competent jurisdiction decides that any part of these Conditions is invalid or unenforceable, then that part of the Conditions will be modified (if possible) so as to make it enforceable. If it is cannot be modified, then it will be severed and the rest of the Conditions will continue to operate.
Applicable Law
70. This contract is governed by the law of Western Australia.
71. Any legal action in relation to each contract against any party or its property may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the state of Western Australia, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of that state.
72. To the extent permitted by law, the Sale of Goods Act 1985 (WA) does not apply to any contract between Eurotech/Rite Adhesives and the Purchaser.
Interpretation
73. In these Conditions:
a) ACL means the Australian Consumer Law which is contained in Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).
b) CCA means the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).
c) Purchaser means a person who acquires Goods from Eurotech/Rite Adhesives;
d) PPSA means the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth).
e) GST means the tax payable on certain goods within the meaning of the GST Act;
f) GST Act means the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 and any related legislation imposing such tax or legislation that is enacted to validate, recapture or recoup such tax;
g) Intellectual Property Rights means intellectual property rights at any time protected by statute or common law, including copyright, trade marks, patents and registered designs;
h) Goods means any item of whatsoever nature which is sold or to be sold by Eurotech/Rite Adhesives to the Purchaser.