
INTRODUCTION
These standard terms form the basis of our agreement with you and
apply to all products and services we supply to you whether as principal
or agent. Our agreement with you also includes your application
or order form, which you complete and provide to us. You will be
bound by a facsimile copy of our application or order form as if
it was an original. If you complete an application or order form
by telephone we will record our conversation with you and you will
be bound in the same manner as if you had signed an application
in writing. If you complete an application or order form on our
web site or by email, we will retain a printed copy of the detail
submitted to us and you will be bound in the same manner as if you
had signed an application in writing.
INTERPRETATION
In this Agreement, unless the context requires otherwise:
“Agreement” means this agreement between
us, which includes these standard terms and the Application Form(s).
“Application Form” means a form completed
or otherwise authorised by you describing a Service, the site at
which the Service is to be provided, the Charges and any additional
terms applying to that Service (including any terms contained in
any marketing materials provided to you which relate to that Service).
“Charges” means our charges (exclusive
of GST, unless stated otherwise) for the Services, as set out in
the Application Form(s), which may include fixed charges, usage
charges, additional fees and/or one-off fees.
“Compass”, “we” and “us”
means Compass Communications Limited.
“Connected” means connection to the
Network so that you are able to receive the Services.
“Disconnected” means disconnection
from the Network so that you are no longer able to receive the Services.
“Network” means the telecommunications
network that we use to provide the Services to you and to other
customers (including any network to which we interconnect).
“Network Operator” means any entity
with whom we have entered into an
interconnection agreement or arrangement (directly or indirectly)
providing
for the passing of customer generated or customer destined communications
between us and that entity.
“Our Equipment” means any telecommunications
and other electronic or related equipment (including PABXs, antenna,
transmission equipment, routers, switches, power supplies and software),
which we may or may not own, that we provide to you in connection
with the provision of Services.
“Payment Date” means the payment date
set out on each invoice we send to you.
“Phone Number” means a mobile telephone
number or a landline telephone
number which is either allocated to you by us or which you Ported
or seek to Port.
“Port” means to transfer the Phone
Number from one Telecommunications
Service Provider to another according to the approved industry process
(and words such as Porting, Ported and Porting Process shall be
construed accordingly).
“Roll Over Term” means a term of twelve
(12) months or that period during which the services have been used
beyond the Term (whichever is the greater), which applies following
the expiry of a Term as it applies to a Service.
“Service” means all or part of a service
which we have agreed to provide to you at a specific site and which
is described in the Application Form(s) and “Services”
has a corresponding meaning.
“Software” means any software which
we provide to you for the purpose of you accessing or using the
Services.
“Telecommunications Service Provider”
means a provider of telecommunications services to the public in
New Zealand.
“Term” means the Term of this Agreement
(including any Roll Over Term as
applicable) as it applies to a particular Service, as set out in
the Application
Form(s) or subsequent variations.
“Working Day” means a day on which
registered banks are open for business in Auckland, Wellington and
Christchurch.
“Your Equipment” means the equipment
(including a mobile telephone or other telecommunications device)
that you provide so that you can use the Services.
“Your Premises” means the location
at which Our Equipment is situated.
In interpreting this Agreement:
• references to either party include its respective successors
in title and
permitted assigns; and
• a reference to any date, which is not a Working Day, will
be deemed to
be a reference to the next Working Day.
Headings in this Agreement do not affect their interpretation.
1. COMMENCEMENT OF SERVICES
1.1 Every Application Form received by us shall be subject to our
acceptance and we will notify you after you submit an Application
Form whether we have accepted an Application Form.
1.2 Subject to our acceptance in 1.1 above, we will begin providing
Services to you in accordance with the timeframe that the parties
agree in writing or, if no timeframe is agreed, within a reasonable
timeframe.
2. OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU
2.1 We will:
• provide the Services to you with reasonable care and skill.
We will use
all reasonable efforts to ensure that the Services are reliable
at all times
although we do not guarantee that the Services will be continuous
or
fault free;
• ensure that all work that we perform in connection with
the provision
of the Services is carried out by competent and suitably qualified
personnel and in a professional manner;
• endeavour to remedy any fault or outage with the Service
within the
timeframe specified in the Application Form or otherwise within
a
reasonable timeframe.
2.2 Owing to operational or other reasons, we may from time to time
restrict
or suspend a Service. In those circumstances, we will give you as
much notice as reasonably possible and will endeavour to ensure
that suspensions or restrictions take place outside of normal business
hours. Where we are restricting or suspending a Service in the case
of an emergency or in order to protect people or property, or due
to events beyond our reasonable control, we may not be able to give
you any notice prior to such restriction or suspension, but will
endeavour to
inform you as soon as reasonably possible.
2.3 While we will do our best to provide quality Services, because
of the nature of telecommunications, it is impossible to provide
a fault-free service and the quality and coverage of the Services
depends partly on Your Equipment, partly on our Network and partly
on other Telecommunication Service Providers and telecommunications
networks to which our Network is connected or connects.
2.4 The Services can be adversely affected by radio interference,
atmospheric conditions, geographic factors, network congestion,
maintenance, outages on other networks and provider sites, the configuration
or limitations of your, or your intended recipient’s equipment,
or other operational or technical difficulties which means that
you may not receive some or all of the Services in certain areas
or at certain times.
2.5 The Services can also change with network expansion or reconfiguration.
3. YOUR COMMITMENT TO US
3.1 You agree:
• not to use or permit the Services to be used in any way
which is illegal,
in any way abusive or which constitutes harassment or which causes
harm or damage of any sort or contravenes the “Reasonable
Use Policy”
or other specific terms of use in relation to that Service, as notified
by
us to you from time to time;
• not to use or permit the Services to be used in any way
that could
interfere with or damage our Network or that of any other operator;
• to follow our reasonable instructions about the use of the
Services;
• only to use the Services for the purpose for which they
are provided.
3.2 You will ensure that all information you provide us is accurate
and complete.
This includes advising us promptly if you change premises or postal
address.
3.3 You acknowledge that you are responsible for any use of the
Services by yourself or by any third party, whether authorised by
you or not.
3.4 You will, if we ask you to, obtain any third party authorisation,
license or
consent that we may reasonably require in connection with the provision
of the Services.
3.5 You agree to follow our instructions about the use of the Services
and ensure that everyone who uses our Services in connection with
the provision of our Services to you also meets your responsibilities
when using the Services. You agree to keep us protected against
any legal action taken against us and to meet any losses we may
incur as a result of such use of the Services. You are responsible
if anyone else, whether authorised by you or not, uses or misuses
our Services.
3.6 Using or agreeing to use the Services does not give you any
rights in any part of the Services. You must not resell, in any
way whatsoever, the whole or any part of the Services.
4. CHARGES, INVOICING AND PAYMENT
4.1 Our Charges and the basis of those Charges for the Services
are set out in our Application Form or otherwise as notified to
you in writing or through our website from time to time and are
subject to amendment as set out in our Application Form or as otherwise
notified to you from time to time.
4.2 You agree to pay our Charges for the Services, regardless of
who ultimately uses them. The Charges will apply from the date you
are Connected. You also agree to pay any GST that may be payable
in addition to the Charges.
4.3 We will invoice you for the Services we provide you at intervals
applicable to the Service. Our Charges are structured so that fixed
charges are normally payable in advance and other charges will normally
be payable in arrears.
4.4 Where applicable, we may charge for some Services or certain
Charges
in arrears depending on when charges come through from other Network
Operators and Telecommunications Service Providers.
4.5 A minimum invoice value of $10 plus GST per month applies. If
the amount being invoiced to you in any given month is below this
value, a top up charge will apply.
4.6 You agree to pay each invoice on or before the Payment Date
and without set-off, counterclaim or deduction.
4.7 If any invoiced amount remains unpaid after the Payment Date
we may
charge you a late fee of the greater of $7.50 or 1.6% per month
or part
month on that amount until it is paid in full and you will also
have to pay
any reasonable expenses (including solicitor and own client costs)
we incur in collecting any money that you owe to us or in exercising
any of our other legal rights. You must advise us when you change
your address.
4.8 Part payment of your invoice will not amount to a full and final
settlement
unless we have agreed to this in writing.
5. DISPUTED ACCOUNTS
5.1 If you believe that an invoice contains a mistake you must contact
us as soon as possible and we will investigate. All disputes must
be submitted in writing clearly detailing the actual dispute. You
must pay any undisputed amount by the Payment Date.
5.2 You will need to notify us within 90 days of receiving an invoice
of any
dispute. We will not accept a dispute greater than 90 days after
the invoice on which that disputed item is charged.
5.3 If we agree that there is a mistake, we will correct the invoice
as soon
as reasonably possible. If we . nd that there is no mistake, you
must pay the
outstanding amount immediately on being notified of our finding,
or on or by
the Payment Date, whichever is the later.
6. CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS
6.1 We are not obliged to begin providing Services to you until
we have
satisfied ourselves that you will be able to pay the Charges. If
we have already commenced providing Services to you and we then
receive an unsatisfactory credit check, we may stop providing any
Services. You agree that we may pass on your information to credit
reporting organisations so that they can run credit checks on our
behalf at any time. We may also let those organisations know if
you have not paid our Charges. You agree that at any time those
organisations may pass on to us information about you that they
hold. We will use that information to make decisions about providing
or continuing to provide you with Services. You also agree that
those organisations may keep any information about you that we have
passed on to them and use it for the purposes of their businesses,
which may include supplying it to other entities that use their
services. In respect of our access to and use of such information,
we will comply with our obligations under clause 16.3 and otherwise
with the Privacy Act 1993.
6.2 Where required by our credit policy, we may at any time require
you to make an advance payment or provide some other form of security
to cover amounts payable by you under this Agreement. If this Agreement
is terminated we will return to you any security not required to
cover outstanding amounts.
7. OUR EQUIPMENT
7.1 It may be necessary for us to install and maintain Our Equipment
and/or
Software at Your Premises to provide Services to you. You agree
to give us access to Your Premises at all reasonable times and with
reasonable notice (subject to compliance with your reasonable security
requirements and where applicable, health and safety requirements)
to install, inspect, remove, replace and maintain Our Equipment
and/or Software.
7.2 Ownership of Our Equipment or any replacement for Our Equipment
or
replacement component of Our Equipment remains with us at all times
and you shall not make any claim in respect of such ownership.
7.3 We will ensure that Our Equipment and Software is safe, free
from defects and fit for the purpose for which it is provided.
7.4 You agree:
• Not to damage or interfere with Our Equipment or Software
in any
way;
• To provide a safe and secure operating environment for Our
Equipment;
• To take reasonable precautions to protect Our Equipment
and Software
from theft or other loss or damage;
• To follow our reasonable directions when using Our Equipment
and / or
Software;
• To take reasonable precautions to protect Our Equipment
and Software
from electromagnetic interference, electrical interference or power
fluctuations;
• To pay our Charges for repairing or replacing any part of
Our
Equipment that is lost or damaged while located on your premises;
• To obtain and maintain insurance to a value determined by
us with a
reputable insurance company against loss or damage to Our Equipment
and Software while it is under your control or on Your Premises.
You
will ensure that our interest is noted on the insurance policy.
7.5 You authorise us to disconnect any equipment that may be connected
by other Telecommunications Service Providers and to reconfigure
existing
equipment to enable the Services to be provided.
7.6 We may remove Our Equipment and Software from Your Premises
upon
termination of this Agreement or earlier if Our Equipment is no
longer required for the provision of Services or if you damage or
interfere with it . You agree that we may enter into premises where
Our Equipment is located at any time for the purpose of repossessing
Our Equipment and you will indemnify us, upon demand, for all costs
and expenses we incur in arising from such enforcement action.
8. YOUR EQUIPMENT
8.1 You will ensure that all of Your Equipment that is connected
to the Network and/or to Our Equipment is Telepermitted and is installed
in accordance with our specifications.
8.2 You agree to follow our reasonable instructions about modifications
that you may need to make to Your Equipment so that you can use
the Services.
8.3 Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, if Your Equipment
causes a fault in the operation of a Service then you will, if we
ask you to, pay us the reasonable costs of restoring that Service.
9. TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND
NUMBER PORTABILITY
9.1 We or another Telecommunications Service Provider may allocate
telephone numbers to you to enable you to use the Services. Allocation
of telephone numbers does not confer any ownership rights in those
telephone numbers and you may not transfer those numbers to anyone
else.
9.2 You may Port the Phone Number to another Telecommunications
Service
Provider. If you wish to do so, you must contact the Telecommunications
Service Provider to whom you wish to Port and you will be responsible
for
completing the Porting requirements of that Telecommunications Service
Provider. We will comply with our obligations under the “Terms
for Local and
Mobile Number Portability” in relation to the Porting of the
Phone Number to
the other Telecommunications Service Provider. You will be responsible
for all costs associated with Porting the Phone Number (including
any applicable early termination charges owed to us).
9.3 We may be required by law, under contracts with other Network
Operators or for other reasons to change the Phone Number(s). We
will do our best to give you notice of any change required. We will
not be liable for any costs which you, or anyone else, may incur
as a result of such change.
9.4 If you or we disconnect your connection(s) to the Services,
and you have not Ported or otherwise transferred the Phone Number(s)
prior to disconnection, we may reallocate the Phone Number(s) to
another customer.
10. DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE AND LISTING
10.1 Where applicable, we may include your personal information
in any
telephone or similar directory or directory enquiry service provided
or operated by us or by a third party subject to any objection or
preference you may have indicated to us. We will give you an opportunity
to express any objection or preference. If you indicate that you
wish to be listed in the white/yellow pages and/or for directory
assistance, your name(s), telephone number(s) and address details
will be given to the directory assistance service provider for listing
at your cost.
10.2 Any arrangement you make to be listed will be a matter between
you and that directory listing service only.
11. NETWORK OPERATORS AND OTHER SUPPLIERS
11.1 We have certain obligations towards other Network Operators,
agents and suppliers. Those persons (and their officers, employees,
contractors and agents) will not be liable to you or anyone else
for any claims, costs, damages, losses or other liabilities of any
kind arising in any way from the Services we provide or from your
use of those Services and our network, including (without limitation)
your access to and use of any provider’s site or Network Operator’s
networks. This paragraph creates an obligation that other Network
Operators, agents and suppliers can enforce, whether as a defence
or otherwise.
12. TOLLS
12.1 Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, you
acknowledge that the provision of any toll service provided by us
may be dependent upon other Network Operators’ network and
related infrastructure, and that we will at no time be liable to
you for any failure on the part of any other Network Operator.
12.2 From time to time, and due to technical constraints which flow
from the use of other networks, our tolls service may not allow
certain functions or facilities to be accessed or used, or the use
of such functions or facilities may be impaired. We will endeavour
to inform you of any such limitations by publishing the same on
our website or by some other means. We will at no time be obliged
to rectify such limitations or find a workaround solution to such
limitations (even though we may endeavour to do so if requested),
and at no time will we be liable to you in relation to such limitations.
13. SUSPENSION
13.1 We may suspend provision of Services at any time if you breach
this
Agreement, including where you have failed to pay any undisputed
amount by the relevant Payment Date.
13.2 We may require you to pay a reconnection charge as a condition
of lifting any suspension imposed under this clause.
14.TERM AND TERMINATION
14.1 Unless terminated early as a result of provisions herein provided for, this Agreement will continue for the Term. At the expiry of the Term this contract will automatically roll on for further Roll Over Terms of twelve (12) months.
14.2 If either party does not notify the other party in writing not less than sixty (60) days prior to the expiry of the Term, this Agreement will be deemed to be extended automatically for successive twelve (12) month periods (Terms) on each subsequent anniversary of the Commencement Date (subject to each party’s right to terminate this Agreement with effect on each subsequent anniversary of the Commencement Date by not less than 60 days’ prior written notice to the other party prior to the date of that anniversary.)
14.3 We may stop providing any Service or terminate this Agreement
at any time by giving you not less than thirty (30) days prior written
notice. We may end a Service at any time if we are withdrawing it
from general availability or replacing it with a new service.
14.4 Subject to clause 15.2 below, you may give up any Service or
terminate this Agreement at any time by giving us not less than
sixty (60) days prior written notice.
14.5 Notwithstanding clauses 14.3 and 14.4 we may terminate this
Agreement immediately where:
• you commit a material breach of this Agreement which is
incapable of
being rectified;
• you commit a material breach which is not rectified within
thirty (30)
days of written notice of that breach having been given to you by
us;
• you commit three or more material breaches of this Agreement
where
notice has been given as stipulated immediately above in any twelve
(12) month period;
• a receiver or manager over any or all of your assets is
appointed;
• you or your director(s) or principal(s) go into liquidation,
bankruptcy or
receivership (or it appears that any of these events is likely to
happen);
or
• you are removed from the Companies Register.
15. CONSEQUENCES OF TERMINATION
15.1 When this Agreement is terminated:
• you will be Disconnected;
• clauses 3.5 - 29 (inclusive), together with other provisions
of this
Agreement which are required to give effect to those clauses, will
remain in effect;
• each party must immediately return to the other any information,
equipment or any other item which is in its possession and which
belongs to the other party; and
• we may access Your Premises to remove Our Equipment. If
we are
unable to gain access we may invoice you and you agree to pay the
standard replacement charge for the Equipment in question.
15.2 You acknowledge that:
• the Charges for some Services are set based on the Term
which you have
agreed for that Service; and
• if you give up any Service or terminate this Agreement under
clause
14.2 or we terminate all or part of this Agreement under clause
14.3
prior to the expiry of the Term:
(i) we may charge you (in which case you will be liable to pay)
the
monthly charges, as specified for that Service, for the period
from the date of termination to the expiry of the Term, as
compensation to us for the revenue which we would otherwise
have expected to receive from you in respect of that Service over
the Term;
(ii) you will repay to us any credit, equipment subsidy or installation
subsidy we have given against your account, and
(iii) any credit remaining on the account will not be used to set
off
any Charges or early termination charges.
15.3 Termination and the rights set out in clause 15.2 are without
prejudice to any other rights or obligations either party may have
under this Agreement.
16. CONFIDENTIALITY, PUBLICITY AND PRIVACY
16.1 Each party agrees not to reveal any information concerning
the provisions of this Agreement or information provided under it
to any third party, other than:
• as required to perform its obligations or exercise its rights
under this
Agreement;
• as required by law or by the rules of any stock exchange;
• to its employees, agents and contractors in order to give
effect to the
purpose for which the information was provided;
• where the information is already in the public domain (but
not where it
is in the public domain as a result of a breach of this clause);
or
• with the other party’s written consent.
16.2 Each party agrees not to issue any press release or public
announcement concerning this Agreement without the other party’s
prior written approval.
16.3 If you are an individual, you agree that we can collect, retain
and use
any information about you and can pass it on to our employees, contractors,
agents and suppliers for a range of lawful purposes connected with
our business operations, such as checking your creditworthiness,
providing the Services and keeping you informed about new products
and services.
You may ask to see the information that we hold about you at any
time and you may ask us to correct any errors. Where you disclose
to us any information about a director, partner, principal or contact
person, you confirm that:
• you are authorised by that person to make that disclosure
for the
purposes described above;
• that person has agreed that we can collect, retain and use
any
information about him or her and can pass it on to our employees,
contractors, agents and suppliers for a range of lawful purposes
connected with our business operations, such as checking his or
her
creditworthiness, providing the Services and keeping him or her
informed about new products and services; and
• that person understands that he or she may ask to see the
information
that we hold about him or her at any time and he or she may ask
us to
correct any errors.
17. SECURITY
17.1 We may require you to provide a Personal Identification Number
(“PIN”) to us which will enable us to verify the identity
of those who are authorised to have access to your account details
and to make changes to your Compass account. You are entirely responsible
for maintaining the security of your PIN. We are entitled to rely
on the provision of your PIN without further enquiry, as evidence
of authority to access your account details and to make changes
to your Compass account.
17.2 Some Services are available via the internet or other systems
operated
by third parties and, although we will endeavour to maintain the
security of
information, we cannot guarantee that information you receive or
supply
when using the Services will be secure at all times. You acknowledge
that we are unable to exercise control over and make no representations
or warranties concerning, the security or content of data or information
passing over our network, any systems operated by third parties,
and the internet.
17.3 We will not be responsible for any harm you suffer from a virus
or other manipulating program which in. ltrates Your Equipment,
whether it was
transmitted via the Services or otherwise. In accordance with clause
4 you remain responsible for all Changes applied to your account
for the use of any services activated by such a virus or program.
18. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
You acknowledge that all rights to intellectual property contained
in the Services and in Our Equipment (including any improvements
or changes to any Service or to Our Equipment) belong to us or to
our licensors or third party suppliers, and are retained by us when
we provide the Services or Our Equipment to you. These intellectual
property rights include, but are not limited to, all copyright,
trade mark and design rights relating to the Services.
19. PERSONAL PROPERTIES SECURITY ACT 1999
19.1 You agree that this Agreement constitutes a security agreement
which
provides for a security interest in our favour in all of your present
and after-acquired property except for any item of personal property
which is not (or which is exclusively the proceeds of any item of
personal property which is not) provided by us to you under these
terms. In addition, references in this Agreement to ‘Equipment’
and ‘Software’ means the goods and software described
or referred to in the relevant records we maintain (or any other
relevant document we may produce), on the basis that such record
or other document is deemed to be assented to by you and to be included
in and form part of this Agreement.
19.2 On request by us, you will promptly do all things (including
signing any
other documents) and provide all information necessary to enable
us to perfect and maintain the perfection of any security interest
you grant to us under this Agreement (including by registration
of a financing statement). You waive your right to receive a copy
of any verification statement in respect of any financing statement
we register and you agree to indemnify us, upon demand, for all
costs and expenses we incur in registering and maintaining any financing
statement.
19.3 Where used in this clause, the following words and phrases
(and
grammatical variations of them) have the meanings given to them
in, or by virtue of, Personal Property Securities Act 1999: ‘after-acquired
property’, ‘. nancing statement’, ‘goods’,
‘perfection’, ‘personal property’, ‘proceeds’,
‘security agreement’, ‘security interest’,
and ‘verification statement’.
20. SOFTWARE
If we provide you with any software in connection with the provision
of the
Services, you agree:
• not to copy, modify or reverse assemble the software; and
• that you are licensed by us to use the software only for
the purposes,
and in accordance with the terms, of this Agreement and any terms
upon which the software is ordinarily licensed or which we notify
to
you.
21. LIABILITY
21.1 Where you are acquiring any Services for the purposes of a
business, you will not assert or attempt to assert any rights or
claims against us under the provisions of the Consumer Guarantees
Act 1993 in respect of the supply of those Services to you.
21.2 No claim for damage, loss or injury direct or indirect against
us in respect of any Services supplied by us shall in any case exceed
either the re-supply or the cost of re-supply of the Services giving
rise to the claim against us and we reserve the right to elect either
option at our absolute discretion.
21.3 In respect of Our Equipment, our liability shall be limited
to the replacement of Our Equipment only.
21.4 Notwithstanding any other clause in this Agreement we will
not be liable to you in tort (including negligence), contract or
otherwise for any economic loss, loss of profit, loss of savings,
loss of anticipated pro. t or savings, or for any indirect, special
or consequential loss or damage, however caused, whether arising
in relation to the supply or non-supply of any Services, any breach
by us of this Agreement or otherwise.
21.5 No other Network Operator and/or third party supplier (including
their
of. cers, employees, contractors and agents) will be liable to you
for loss or
damage of any kind arising from your use of the Services. This clause
is intended to be for the benefi t of, and enforceable by, each
such Network Operator and third party supplier in terms of the Contracts
(Privity) Act 1982.
21.6 Apart from the warranties expressly given to you in this Agreement,
all
other warranties, express or implied, are excluded (to the extent
permitted by law).
21.7 You will indemnify us against all claims of any kind whatsoever
however caused or arising (including without limitation all sums
paid to compromise or settle claims, proceedings and actions out
of court) brought by any person in connection with:
• any use by you of the Services other than in the manner
contemplated
by this Agreement; or
• any failure by you to meet your obligations under this Agreement.
21.8 You will reimburse us on demand for any expenses, disbursements
and legal costs incurred by us in the enforcement of any of our
rights contained in this Agreement (including any reasonable solicitor’s
fees and debt collection agency fees) where we are enforcing those
rights as a result of your non-compliance with any of your obligations
under this Agreement.
21.9 You acknowledge that you have not relied on any representation
by us
or any of our employees or agents as to the fitness for purpose,
suitability or features of any Service, except where such representations
are recorded in the relevant Application Form or this Agreement.
22. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
22.1 If any dispute arises out of this Agreement, neither party
is to commence proceedings relating to the dispute (except where
urgent interlocutory relief is sought) unless that party has first
complied with this clause 22.
22.2 A party claiming a dispute has arisen is to give written notice
to the
other party specifying the nature of the dispute. On receipt of
that notice, the
parties will use all reasonable endeavours to resolve the dispute
by discussion, negotiation or other informal means.
22.3 If the parties do not resolve the dispute within 10 Working
Days of the
receipt of the notice then either party can, by writing to the other,
require that the dispute be mediated in accordance with the standard
mediation agreement of LEADR New Zealand, and the then current Chair
of LEADR New Zealand will select the mediator and determine the
mediator’s fee.
23. NOTICES
23.1 Any notice given pursuant to this Agreement must be in writing
and be
delivered, or sent by post, by email or by facsimile, to the other
party’s contact address, as set out below.
Compass Communications Limited
Compass House
162 Grafton Road
Grafton, Auckland
PO Box 2533
Shortland Street
Auckland
Facsimile: 09 965 2270
You
As set out in the relevant Application Form.
23.2 Any such notice will be deemed to be validly given:
• in the case of delivery, when received;
• in the case of facsimile transmission, when a correct facsimile
confirmation receipt slip is received;
• in the case of posting, on the second Working Day following
posting; or
• in the case of email, on receipt of delivery confirmation.
24. ENTIRE AGREEMENT, VARIATION AND CONFLICT
24.1 This Agreement contains all of the terms, representations and
warranties made between the parties and supersedes all prior discussions
and agreements covering the subject matter of this Agreement.
24.2 No variation or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall
be
recognised or binding on us unless it is in writing and signed by
our authorised representative.
24.3 If there is any inconsistency between the terms contained in
this Agreement and in the Application Form(s), then the terms contained
in the Application Form(s) will take precedence.
24.4 We may amend these standard terms at any time. This will vary
our
agreement with you. When we do this we will make a copy of the amended
standard terms available to you on our web site at www.compass.net.nz.
The amendments we make will apply seven days after we make the amended
terms available to you. We may interpret your ongoing use of our
services after that date as constituting your acceptance of the
amendments.
25. ASSIGNMENT
25.1 You may not assign all or any of your rights or obligations
under this
Agreement without our written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld).
25.2 We reserve the right to assign our rights under this Agreement
without your consent.
26. FORCE MAJEURE
26.1 Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, neither
party is
liable to the other for failing to meet any of its obligations under
this Agreement to the extent that the failure was caused by an act
of God or other circumstance beyond that party’s reasonable
control.
26.2 Nothing in clause 26.1 shall release you from any obligation
to make
payment of sums owing to us when those sums are due and owing to
Compass under this Agreement.
27. NON-WAIVER
If either party delays or fails to enforce any of its rights or
remedies under this Agreement, this will not constitute a waiver
by that party of that or any other right or remedy available to
it.
28. TERMS SEPARATELY BINDING
Each term of this Agreement is separately binding. If for any reason
either
party cannot rely on any term, all other terms remain binding.
29. JURISDICTION
This Agreement is governed by the laws of New Zealand. The parties
agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
of New Zealand.
30. APPLICATION OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
We each acknowledge that you may receive other products or services
from us in respect of which specific terms and conditions (whether
separately negotiated with us, or generally applicable in respect
of that category of goods and service) might apply. In the event
that such terms and conditions do not deal with any particular matter,
the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement shall apply.
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