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Terms of Trade

Terms of Trade

July 2024

1 DEFINITIONS

1.1 “Seller” shall mean Cadserv Ltd and its successors and assigns.

1.2 “Client” shall mean the Client and any person acting on behalf of and with the authority of the Client.

1.3 “Guarantor” means that person (or persons), or entity that agrees herein to be liable for the debts of the buyer on a principal debtor basis.

1.4 “Goods” shall have the same meaning as section 2 of the Sale of Goods Act 1908 and are the goods supplied by the Seller to the Client (and where the context so permits shall include any supply of Services as hereinafter defined).

1.5 “Services” shall mean all services supplied by the Seller to the Client and includes any advice or recommendations (and where the context so Permits shall include any supply of Goods as defined supra).

1.6 “Price” shall mean the cost of the Goods as agreed between the Seller and Client subject to clause 4 of this contract.

2 ACCEPTANCE

2.1 Any instructions received by the Seller from the Client for the supply of Goods shall constitute acceptance of the Terms and Conditions contained herein.

2.2 Where more than one Client has entered into this agreement, the Clients shall be jointly and severally liable for all payments of the Price.

2.3 Upon acceptance of these Terms and Conditions by the Client the Terms and Conditions are irrevocable and can only be rescinded in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or with the written consent of the manager of the Seller.

2.4 None of the Sellers agents or representatives are authorised to make any representations, statements, conditions or agreements not expressed by the manager of the Seller in writing nor is the Seller bound by any such unauthorised statements.

2.5 The Client undertakes to give the Seller not less than (7) days prior written notice of and proposed change in the Clients name and or any change in the Clients details (including but not limited to changes in the Clients address facsimile phone number or business practice) and change of ownership.

3 GOODS / SERVICE

3.1 The Goods and or Services are as described on the invoices, quotation, work authorisation or any other work commencement forms as provided by the Seller to the Client.

4 PRICE and PAYMENT

4.1 At the Sellers sole discretion the Price shall be either;

a) The Price shall be as indicated on invoices provided by the Seller to the Client in respect of Goods supplied; or

b) The Price of the Goods shall, subject to clause 4.2, be the Sellers quote/estimate Price, which shall be binding upon the Seller provided that the Client shall accept in writing the Sellers quotation within 30 days.

4.2 Any variation from the plan of scheduled work or specification will be charged for, on the basis of the Sellers quotation/estimate and will be shown as extras on the invoice. Payment for extras must be made in full at the time of completion.

4.3 At the Sellers sole discretion a deposit may be required. The deposit amount or percentage of the price will be stipulated at the time of order of the Goods/Services and shall become immediately due and payable.

4.4 Time for payment for the Goods/Services shall be of the essence and will be stated on the invoice, quotation or any other forms. If no date is stated then payment shall be on delivery of the Goods/Services.

4.5 At the Sellers sole discretion, payment for approved Clients shall be made by installments in accordance with the Sellers delivery/payment schedule.

4.6 At the Sellers sole discretion, payment for approved Clients shall be due on 20th of each month following the date of an invoice/ statement posted to the Clients address or addresses for notices.

4.7 At the Sellers sole discretion for certain approved Clients payment will be due seven (7) days following the date of invoice.

4.8 Payment will be made by cash, cheque, bank cheque or direct credit, or any other method as agreed to between the Seller and the Client.

4.9 The Price shall be increased by the amount of any GST and other taxes and duties which may be applicable except to the extent that such taxes are expressly included in any quotation/estimate given by the Seller.

5 DELIVERY OF GOODS

5.1 Delivery of the Goods shall be made to the Clients address. The Client shall make all arrangements necessary to take delivery of the Goods whenever they are tendered for delivery, or delivery of the Goods shall be made to the Client at the Sellers address.

5.2 Delivery of the Goods to a third party nominated by the Client is deemed to be delivery to the Client for the purpose of this agreement.

5.3 The failure of the Seller to deliver shall not entitle either party to treat this contract as repudiated.

5.4 The Seller shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever due to failure by the Seller to deliver the Goods (or any of them) promptly or at all.

5.5 The Seller may deliver the Goods by separate instalments (in accordance with an agreed delivery schedule). Each separate instalment shall be invoiced and paid for in accordance with the provisions in this contract.

6 RISK

6.1 If the Seller retains property in the Goods nonetheless all risk for the Goods passes to the Client on delivery.

7 DEFECTS / RETURNS

7.1 The Client shall inspect the Goods and shall within seven (7) days of delivery notify the Seller of any alleged defects, shortage in quantity, damage or failure to comply with the description or quote. The Client shall afford the Seller the opportunity to inspect the Goods within a reasonable time following delivery if the Client believes the Goods are defective in any way. If the Client shall fail to comply with these provisions the Goods shall conclusively presumed to be in accordance with the Terms and Conditions and free from any defect or damage.

7.2 For defective Goods which the seller has agreed in writing that the Client is entitled to reject, the Sellers liability is limited to either (at the Sellers discretion) replacing the Goods or repairing the Goods provided that:

a) the Client has complied with provisions of Clause 7.1

b) there has been no failure on behalf of the Client to follow instructions as guidelines provided by the Seller either written or oral

8 WARRANTY

8.1 Subject to Clause 7 the Seller gives no warranties or representations with respect to goods and services supplied.

9 DEFAULT & CONSEQUENCES OF DEFAULT

9.1 Interest on over due invoices shall accrue from the date when payment becomes due and daily until the date of payment at the rate of 2.5% compounding per calendar month and shall accrue at such a rate after as well as before any judgement.

9.2 If the Client defaults on payment of any invoice when due, the Client shall indemnify the Seller from and against all of the Sellers costs and disbursements including on a solicitor and own client basis and in addition all of the Sellers nominees cost of collection.

9.3 Without prejudice to any other remedies the Seller may have, if at any time the Client is in breach of any obligations (including those relating to payment) the Seller may suspend or terminate the supply of Goods to the Client and any of its other obligations under the Terms and Conditions. The Seller will not be liable to the Client for any loss or damage the Client suffers because the Seller exercised its rights under this clause.

9.4 If any account remains unpaid at the end of the second month after supply of the Goods or Services the following will apply: An immediate amount of the greater of $20.00 or 10.00% of the amount overdue shall be levied for administration fees which sum shall become immediately due and payable in addition to interest payable under Clause 9.1 here of.

9.5 In the event that:

a) any money payable to the Seller becomes overdue or in the Sellers opinion the Client will be unable to meet its payments as they fall due, or,

b) the Client becomes insolvent, convenes a meeting with its creditors or proposes or enters into an arrangement with creditors or makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or,

c) a receiver, manager, liquidator (provisional or otherwise) or similar person is appointed in respect of the Client or any asset of the Client then without prejudice to the Sellers other remedies at Law.

d) the Seller shall be entitled to cancel all or and part of the order of the Client which remains unperformed in addition to and without prejudice to and other remedies: and

e) all amounts owing to the Seller shall, whether or not due for payment, immediately become due and payable.

10 TITLE

10.1 It is the intention of the Seller and agreed by the Client that property in the Goods shall not pass until;

a) the Client has paid all amounts owing for the particular Goods and:

b) the Client has met all other obligations due by the Client to the Seller in respect of all the contracts between the Seller and the Client, and that the Goods, or proceeds of the sale of the Goods, shall be kept separate until the Seller has received payment and all other obligations of the Client are met.

c) until such time as ownership of the Goods shall pass from the Seller to the Client the Seller may give notice in writing to the Client to return the Goods or any of them to the Seller. Upon such notice the rights of the Client to obtain ownership or any other interest in the Goods shall cease.

d) if the Client fails to return the Goods to the Seller then the Seller or the Sellers agent may enter upon and into land and premises owned or occupied or used by the Client or at any premises as the invitee of the Client to where the Goods are situated and take possession of the Goods without being responsible for any damage caused.

11 PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITIES ACT 1999

11.1 Upon assenting to these Terms and Conditions in writing the Client acknowledges and agrees that:

a) These Terms and Conditions constitute a security agreement for the purpose of the PPSA and:

b) A security interest is taken in all Goods previously supplied by the Seller to the Client and all Goods that will be supplied in the future by the Seller to the Client during the continuance of the parties relationship.

11.2 The Client undertakes to:

a) Sign any further documents and/or provide any information. Such information to be complete and accurate and up to date in all respects which the Seller may reasonably require to register a financing statement or financing charge statement on the Personal Properties Security Register.

b) Indemnify and upon demand reimburse the Seller for all expenses incurred in registering a financing statement or financing charge statement on the Personal Properties Security Register or releasing any Goods charged thereby:

c) not registering a financing charge statement or a charge demand without the prior written consent of the Seller:

d) give the Seller not less than fourteen (14) days prior written notice of any proposed change in the Clients name and/or any other changes in the Clients details (including but no limited to change to the Clients address contact numbers or business practice) and:

e) the Client will immediately give advice to the Seller of any material change in its business practices of selling the Goods which would result in a change in the nature of proceeds derived from such sales.

11.3 The Seller and the Client agree that nothing in sections 114(1)(a) 133 and 134 of the PPSA shall apply to these Terms and Conditions.

11.4 The Client waives its rights as a debtor under sections 116,120(2), 121,125,126,127,129,131 and 132 of the PPSA.

11.5 Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Seller the Client waives its rights to receive a verification statement in accordance with section 148 of the PPSA.

11.6 The Client unconditionally ratifies any action taken by the Seller under and by virtue of the power of attorney given by the Client to the Seller under clauses 11.1 to 11.5

12 SECURITY & CHARGE

12.1 Despite anything to the contrary contained herein or any other rights which the seller may have, howsoever;

a) Where the Client and or the Guarantor (if any) is the owner of land, realty or and other asset capable of being charged, both the Client and or the Guarantor agree to mortgage and/or charge all of their joint and/or several interest in the said land, realty or any other asset to the Seller or the Sellers nominee to secure all amounts and other monetary obligations payable under the Terms and Conditions. The Client and/or the Guarantor acknowledge and agree that the Seller (or the Sellers nominee) shall be entitled to lodge where appropriate a caveat and that caveat shall be released once all payments and other monetary obligations payable hereunder have been met.

b) Should the Seller elect to proceed in any manner in accordance with this clause and or its sub-clauses the Client and or Guarantor shall indemnify the Seller from and against all the Sellers costs and disbursements including legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis.

c) To give effect to the provisions of clause 12, 12.1(a) to (b) inclusive hereof the Client and/or the Guarantor (if any) do hereby irrevocably nominate constitute and appoint the Seller or the Sellers nominee as the Clients and/or Guarantors true and lawful attorney to execute mortgages and charges (whether registerable or not) including such other Terms and Conditions as the Seller and or the Sellers nominee shall see if in his/her/its/their absolute discretion against the joint and or several interest of the Client and/ or the Guarantors in any land realty or asset in favour of the Seller and in the Clients and/or the Guarantors name as may be necessary and other acts including instituting any necessary legal proceedings and further to execute all or any documents in the Sellers absolute discretion which may be necessary or advantageous to give effect to the position of this clause.

13 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

13.1 Where the Seller has designed or drawn Goods for the Client, then the copyright in those designs and drawings shall remain vested in the Seller, and shall only be used by the Client at the Sellers discretion.

13.2 Conversely, in such a situation, where the Client has supplied drawings, the Seller in its sale conditions may look for indemnity (the specifications and design of the Goods (including the copyright, design right or other intellectual property in them) shall as between the parties be the property of the Seller).

13.3 Where any design or specifications have been supplied by the Client manufacture by or to the order of the Seller then the Client warrants that the use of those designs or specifications for the manufacture processing assembly or supply of the Goods shall not infringe the rights of any third party.

13.4 The Client warrants that any designs or instructions to the Seller will not cause the Seller to infringe any patent registered design or trademark in the execution of the Clients order.

13.5 Irrespective of intellectual property ownership, the Seller will return ownership of the property until full and final payment.

14 NON DISCLOSURE

14.1 All confidential information (written or oral) provided by the Seller will under no circumstance be passed to any other party without permission of the Seller.

15 CANCELLATION

15.1 The Seller may cancel these Terms and Conditions or cancel delivery of the Goods and Services at any time before the Goods are delivered by giving written notice. On giving such notice the Seller shall promptly repay the Client

any sums paid in respect of the price for the Goods. The Seller shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from such cancellation.

15.2 At the Sellers sole discretion the Client may cancel delivery of Goods and/or Services. In the event that the Client cancels delivery of Goods and/or Services the Client shall be liable for any cost incurred by the Seller up to the time of cancellation.

16 PRIVACY ACT 1993

16.1 The Client and the Guarantors (if separate to the Client) authorises the Seller to collect, retain and use any information about the Client, for the purpose of assessing the Clients creditworthiness or marketing any Goods and services provided by the Seller to any other party.

16.2 The Client authorises the Seller to disclose any information obtained to any person for the purpose set out in clause 16.1

16.3 Where the Client is a natural person the authorities under clause 16.1 and 16.2 are authorities or consents for the purpose of the Privacy Act 1993.

17 BUYERS DISCLAIMER

17.1 The Client hereby disclaims any right to rescind or cancel the contract or to sue for damages or to claim restitution arising out of any misrepresentation made to him to any servant or agent of the Seller and the Client acknowledges that he buys the Goods relying solely on his own skill and judgement and that the Seller shall not be bound by nor responsible for any term, condition, representation or warranty other than the warranty given by the manufacture which warranty shall be personal to the Client and shall not be transferable to any subsequent Client.

18 CONTRACTUAL REMEDIES ACT

18.1 The provisions of the Contractual Remedies Act 1979 shall apply to this contract as if section 15(d) of the Act which states that nothing in the Act shall affect the Sale of Goods Act 1908 were omitted from the Contractual remedies Act 1979.

19 UNPAID SELLERS RIGHTS TO DISPOSE OF GOODS

19.1 In the event that;

a) the Seller retains possession or control of the Goods; and

b) payment of the Price is due to the Seller; and

c) the Seller has made demand in writing to the Client for payment of the price of Goods in terms of this contract; and

d) the Seller has not received the Price of the Goods, then, whether the property in the Goods has passed to the Client or has remained with the Seller, the Seller may dispose of the Goods and may claim from the Client the loss to the Seller on such disposal.

20 LIEN

20.1 Where the Seller has not received or been tendered the whole of the price, or the payment has been dishonoured, the Seller shall have;

a) a lien on the Goods;

b) the right to retain them for the price while the Seller is in possession of them.

c) a right of stopping the Goods in transit whether or not delivery has been made or ownership has passed; and

d) a right of resale

e) the foregoing right of disposal, provided that the Lien of the Seller shall continue despite the commencement of proceedings or judgement for the price having been obtained.

21 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

21.1 The Seller shall be limited to the value of any defective goods or services supplied and none of the Sellers employees or agents or contractors any of their materials or components, will be liable to the Customer for loss or damage of any kind however that damage is caused or arises.

22 GENERAL

22.1 All Goods and Services supplied by the Seller are Subject to the laws of New Zealand and that the Seller takes no responsibility for changes in the Law that affect the Goods and Services supplied.

22.2 If any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be invalid, void or illegal or unenforceable the validity existence, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be affected or prejudiced or impaired.

22.3 The Seller shall be under no liability whatsoever to the Client for any indirect loss and/or expense (including loss of profit) suffered by the Client arising out of a breach by the Seller of these Terms and Conditions.

22.4 In the event of any breach of this contract by the Seller the remedies of the Client shall be limited to damages. Under no circumstances shall the liability of the Seller exceed the price of the Goods.

22.5 The Client shall not set off against the Price amounts due from the Seller.

22.6 Neither party shall be liable for any default due to any act of God, terrorism, war, earthquake strike, lock out, industrial action, flood, storm or other event beyond the reasonable control of either party.

22.7 The Seller may license or sub-contract all or any part of its rights and obligations without the Clients consent.

22.8 The Seller shall not be liable for errors or omissions arising from oversight or a misinterpretation of the Clients verbal instruction.

The Seller reserves the right to review these Terms and Conditions at and time and from time to time. If following any such review there is to be any change in the Terms and Conditions that change will take effect from the date on which the Seller notifies the Client of such change.

23 NON COMPETE

23.1 Cadserv contractors/staff have a contract with our engineers and clients that if a Cadserv engineer is to be hired full time by the client then there is a 6 month non compete contract to be negotiated around, normally it is a 1 off payment of 10-15% of the Engineers new annual salary.