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Marketville Pty Ltd (ACN 010 919 338, ABN
82 010 919 338) trading as
Complete Global
Solutions
STANDARD TRADING CONDITIONS
1. All and any business undertaken
by Complete Global Solutions (therinafter called "the
Company") is transacted subject to the conditions hereinafter
set out each of which shall be deemed to be incorporated in
and to be a condition of any agreement between the Company
and its customers. The Company only deals with goods subject
to these conditions. No agent or employee of the Company has
the Company's authority to alter or vary these conditions.
2. Any instructions given to the Company may in the absolute
discretion of the Company be complied with by the Company
itself by its own servants performing part or all of the relevant
services or by the Company employing or instructing or entrusting
the goods to others or such other conditions as such others
may stipulate to perform part or all of the services. The
customer shall be bound by such other conditions, and shall
release the Company from and indemnify the Company against
any claims arising out of their acceptance. The Conditions
of Carriage as contained on Bills of Lading issued to the
Company by the sea carrier shall bind customers and govern
the relationship between the issuer of the Bill of Lading,
the Company and the customer during the period of its applicability.
At all other times these Standard Trading Conditions shall
apply.
3. Customers entering into transactions of any kind with the
Company expressly warrant that they are either the owners
or the authorised agents of the owners of any and all goods
or property to the subject matter of transaction. By entering
into the transaction they accept these conditions for themselves
and for all other parties on whose behalf they are acting
and they warrant that they have authority so to do.
4. Subject to express instructions in writing given by the
customer and accepted by the Company, the Company reserves
to itself complete freedom in respect of means, route and
procedure to be followed in the handling, storage and transportation
of goods.
5. The Company is entitled to retain and be paid all brokerages,
commissions, allowances and other remunerations retained by
or paid to Shipping and Forwarding Agents (or Freight Forwarders)
and Insurance Brokers.
6. Quotations are given on the basis of immediate acceptance
and subject to the right of withdrawal before acceptance and
revision after acceptance. If any changes occur in the rates
of customs duty, freight, insurance premiums, or other charges
applicable to the goods, quotations and charges shall be subject
to revision accordingly whether with or without notice.
7. The customer and the senders, owners and consignees of
any goods and their agents, if any, shall be deemed to be
bound by and to warrant the accuracy of all descriptions,
values and other particulars furnished to the Company for
customs, consular and other purposes and shall jointly and
severally indemnify the Company against all losses, damages,
expenses and fines arising from any inaccuracy or omission,
even if such inaccuracy or omission is not due to any negligence.
8. The Company shall not be liable under any circumstances
for any loss, damage or expense arising from or in any way
connected with marks, weights, numbers, brands, contents,
quality or description of any goods.
9. The customer and the senders, owners, and consignees and
their agents, if any, shall be jointly and severally liable
for any duty, tax, impost, or outlays of whatsoever nature
levied by the authorities at any port or place for or in connection
with the goods and for any payments, fines, expenses, loss
or damage incurred or sustained by the Company in connection
therewith.
10. No insurance will be effected except upon express instructions
as to the risk or risks to be insured against and the value
or values to be reduced given in writing by the customer and
all insurances effected by the Company will be subject to
the usual exceptions and conditions of the policies of the
insurance company or underwriters accepting the risk. The
Company shall not be under any obligation to effect a separate
insurance on each consignment but may declare it on any open
or general policy. Should the insurers dispute their liability
for any reason the insured shall have recourse against the
insurers only and the Company shall not be under any responsibility
or liability in relation thereto, notwithstanding that the
premium upon the policy may not be at the same rate as that
charged by the Company or paid to the Company by its customer.
11. The Company shall not be liable for loss of or damage
to goods unless such loss or damage occurs whilst the goods
are in the actual custody of the Company and under its actual
control and unless such loss or damage is due to the willful
neglect or default of the Company or its own servants.
12. The Company shall not in any circumstances be liable for
damages or costs arising from loss or fall of market or attributable
to delay in forwarding or in transit or failure (not amounting
to willful negligence) to carry out the instructions given
to it.
13. The liability of the Company shall in every case be limited
in amount to the sum of $20 in respect of all goods entrusted
to its care an any one consignment whether or not there has
been any declaration of value of the goods or of any of them
for the purpose of carriage or otherwise.
14. (a) In the case of carriage by sea, the value will not
be declared or inserted in the Bill of Lading for the purpose
of extending the Shipowner's liability under Article IV, Rule
5 of the Sea Carriage of Goods Act, 1924, except upon express
instructions given in writing by the customer.
(b) In the case of carriage by air, no optional declaration
of value to increase the Air Carrier's liability under the
Carriage by Air Act, 1935, Article 22(2) of the First Schedule
will be made except on express instructions given in writing
by the customer.
(c) In all other cases where there is a choice of tariff rates
according to the extent of the liability assumed by the carriers
warehousemen or others no declaration of value (where optional)
will be made for the purpose of extending liability, and goods
will be forwarded or dealt with at owner's risk or other minimum
charges, unless express instructions in writing to the contrary
are given by the customer.
15. Instructions to collect payment on delivery (COD) in cash
or otherwise are accepted by the Company upon the condition
that the Company in the matter of such collection will be
liable for the exercise of reasonable diligence and care only.
16. Perishable goods, which are not taken up immediately upon
arrival or which are insufficiently addressed or marked or
otherwise not identifiable, may be sold or otherwise disposed
of without any notice to the customer or the senders, owners
or consignees of the goods, and payment or tender of the net
proceeds of any sale after deduction of charges shall be equivalent
to delivery. All charges and expenses arising in connection
with the sale or disposal of the goods shall be paid by the
customer.
17. Non-perishable goods which cannot be delivered either
because they are insufficiently or incorrectly addressed or
because they are not collected or accepted by the consignee
may be sold or returned at the Company's option at any time
after the expiration of 21 days from the sending of notice
in writing to the address which the customer or sender gave
the Company on delivery of the goods to the Company. All charges
and expenses arising in connection with the sale or return
of the goods shall be paid by the customer or sender. A communication
from any agent or correspondent of the Company to the effect
that the goods cannot be delivered for any reason shall be
conclusive evidence of the fact.
18. Except under special arrangements previously made in writing
the Company will not accept or deal with any noxious, dangerous,
hazardous, inflammable or explosive goods or any goods likely
to cause damage. Any person delivering such goods to the Company
or causing the Company to handle or deal with any such goods
(except under special arrangements previously made in writing)
shall be liable for all loss or damage caused thereby and
shall indemnify the Company against all penalties, claims,
damages, costs and expenses arising in connection therewith
and the goods may be destroyed or otherwise dealt with at
the sole discretion of the Company or any other person in
whose custody they may be at the relevant time. If such goods
are acceptable under arrangements previously made in writing
they may nevertheless be so destroyed or otherwise dealt with
if they become dangerous to other goods or property. The expression
"goods likely to cause damage" includes goods likely
to harbour or encourage vermin or other pests.
19. Except under special arrangements previously made in writing
the Company will not accept bullion, coins, stones, jewellery,
valuables, antiques, pictures, livestock or plants, and the
Company will not accept any liability whatever for any such
goods except under special arrangements previously made in
writing.
20. Pending forwarding and delivery, goods may be warehoused
or otherwise held at any place or places at the sole discretion
of the Company at the customer's or owner's risk and expense.
21. All goods (and documents relating to goods) shall be subject
to a particular and general lien for moneys due either in
respect of such goods or any particular or general balance
or other moneys due from the customers, the senders, owners
or consignees to the Company. If any monies due to the Company
are not paid within one calendar month after notice has been
given to the person from whom the moneys are due that such
goods are detained, they may be sold by auction or otherwise
at the sole discretion of the Company and at the expense of
such person, and the proceeds applied in or towards satisfaction
of such particular and general lien.
22. (a) By entering into any agreement to which these conditions
apply the customer on his own behalf and as agent for the
owner, sender and consignee agrees and further offers to limit
the liability of all servants, employees and agents of the
Company in respect to the goods and subject of the agreement
to the extent that each such servant employee and agent shall
be protected by and entitled to the full benefit of all provisions
in these conditions excluding or restricting tortious liability
of any kind.
(b) The offer hereinbefore referred to shall be accepted by
the act of each such servant, employee or agent in performing
any function in relation to or affecting the goods the subject
of the agreement.
(c) For the purpose of the foregoing provisions of this clause
the Company is and shall be deemed to be acting as agent on
behalf of and trustee for the benefit of all persons who are
or become its servants, employees or agents from time to time
and all such persons shall to this extent be and be deemed
to be parties to the agreement concerned
23. Without prejudice to Condition 3 the Company shall have
the right to enforce any liability of the customer under these
conditions or to recover any sums to be paid by the customer
under these conditions not only against or from the customer
but also if it thinks fit against or from the senders and/or
owners and/or consignees of the goods.
24. All agreements between the Company and its customers shall
be governed by Australian Law and within the exclusive jurisdiction
of the Australian Court.
25. Notwithstanding anything contained herein the Company
shall not under any circumstances be liable for loss or damage
resulting from fire, water, explosion or theft, whether caused
by negligence of the Company's servants or otherwise.
26. The Company shall not under any circumstances be liable
for loss or damage resulting from or attributable to any quotation,
statement, representation or information whether oral or in
writing howsoever, wheresoever or to whomsoever made or given
by or on behalf of the Company or by any servant, employee
or agent of the Company as to the classification of or the
liability for amount, scale or rate of customs duty, excise
duty or other impost or tax applicable to any goods or property
whatsoever. The Company does not accept responsibility in
relation to any decision made or action taken or liability
incurred on the basis of any such quotation, statement, representation
or information.
27. In the event of unexplained loss of goods in the custody
of the Company the liability of the Company shall not exceed
the limits defined in Clause 13 of these conditions.
28. The use of a customer's own form shall in no way derogate
from these conditions the whole of which shall, notwithstanding
anything contained in any such form, constitute terms of agreement
so entered into. Any provision in any such form which is contrary
to any provision of these conditions shall to the extent of
such inconsistency be inapplicable.
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