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Terms and conditions

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1. Who are the parties to this agreement?
You, the volunteer, are seeking to be introduced to an organisation that may offer you the opportunity to provide assistance to that organisation, as a volunteer.We, the team at NetPlus Ltd offer the opportunity for you to be introduced to such organisations, which we term ‘the Community Organisation(s)’.The Community Organisation is the organisation that We will introduce to You and which they may offer you a volunteer role, based on their needs and requirements, as agreed between You and the Community Organisation.2. How we engage with you2.1 When you wish to engage us to find a volunteer role with a Community Organisation, we request certain information from you in order to assist us to refer you to a Community Organisation.2.2 The information You provide to Us must be truthful and not misleading.2.3 Once We have obtained the necessary information and agree to these Terms and Conditions, We will provide You with a number of potential volunteer opportunities, based on information and needs provided to us by the Community Organisation.2.4 If you have any questions about how We conduct our interaction with You, these terms and conditions, please do not hesitate to contact our customer service people to answer Your queries.2.5 You agree to allow Us to hold your personal information.2.6 We have the unfettered discretion to stop dealing with You, at any stage of our engagement with You, for any reason whatsoever.2.7 We may contact you by email, text or other methods, with other events3. What You agree to do3.1 As You engage with the Community Organisation, You must comply with their reasonable and legal requests for confirmation of information You have provided to Us, which we passed them.3.2 The Community Organisation may require You to follow their processes, policies and directions. These matters are to be managed by the Community Organisation and Yourself.3.2 You grant us (the releasee) release to use your image in photographs, video and visual media and affirm that such release to the releasee does not constitute any form of compensation, including royalties arising from the photographs, to your benefit. You understand and agree that media in the possession of the releasee shall become the property of the releasee. You hereby waive your right to inspect or approve the media by which your likeness appears. You hold harmless, release, and forever discharge the releasee from all claims, demands, and causes of action which your, your heirs, representatives, executors, administrators, or any other persons acting on your behalf or on behalf of your estate have or may have by reason of this authorisation.4. Limited Liability and Indemnity4.1 As We are only introducing You to potential volunteering opportunities with the Community Organisation, you agree that We are not liable for any compensation, damages, loss, costs or any other incidental expenses under this agreement arising out of any direct or indirect breach, default, negligent act or omission of the Community Organisation, its Directors, Officer, employees, consultants, agents and clients both prior to, during or after the end of any engagement between You and the Community Organisation.4.2 You agree to indemnify Us against any expenses incurred, damage, loss or breach due to Your act or omission affecting the Community Organisation, its Directors, Officers, employees, consultants, contractors, agents and clients both prior to, during or after the end of any engagement between You and the Community Organisation.5. General5.1 These terms and conditions may only be varied or replaced by a document signed by both You and Us.5.2 This agreement, together with associated correspondence in relation to the advertised volunteering opportunity, records the full agreement and understanding between You and Us and supersedes any previous agreement or verbal discussion.5.3 A single or partial exercise or waiver by a party of a right relating to this document does not prevent any other exercise of that right or the exercise of any other right.5.4 This document is governed by and is to be construed in accordance with the laws applicable in Victoria.5.5 Each party irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts exercising jurisdiction in Victoria and any courts which have jurisdiction to hear appeals from any of those courts and waives any right to object to any proceedings being brought in those courts.

Services terms

Client project services form

These terms and conditions (the “Terms”) set out the basis on which NETPLUS Ltd (“NETPLUS”) will provide the Services to the Client.
1. SERVICES FORM
The Client and NETPLUS shall enter into an agreement for the provision of Services in accordance with these Terms by both signing the attached NETPLUS Services Form (“Services Form”), which will constitute a binding agreement between us (together the “Agreement”).
To the extent that there is any inconsistency between the Services Form and these Terms, the Services Form will prevail. Phrases and terms defined in the Services Form have the same meaning in these Terms and vice versa. If NETPLUS provides any Services to the Client in the absence of a signed Services Form and the Client accepts these Services, this Agreement will apply, unless the parties otherwise agree in writing.2. SERVICES
NETPLUS shall provide the Services to the Client in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.3. FEES & EXPENSES
In consideration for the provision of Services, the Client shall pay NETPLUS the Fees and Expenses specified in the Services Form within seven (7) days of invoice unless otherwise stated in the Services Form. Unless otherwise stipulated in the Services Form, NETPLUS will invoice the Client, monthly, on the first day of each month, in advance for Services performed and expenses incurred as a result of performing Services. The tax invoice, together with an itemised list of expenses may be submitted electronically or by email, to the Clients’ nominated email address.
If the Client requests further work, the parties shall meet to discuss and agree on scope of further work and Fee and Expense for such further work. All Fees and Expenses in this Agreement are expressed exclusive of GST.
Interest will be charged on any outstanding Fees and Expenses at a rate not exceeding 2% above the rate for the time being fixed under section 2 of the Penalty Interest Rates Act 1983 (Vic), from the period beginning seven (7) days after payment is demanded until the outstanding Fees and Expenses are paid.4. CLIENT OBLIGATIONS
4.1 Reasonable assistance
The Client shall make available to NETPLUS all information, documents, resources, access to premises, persons and facilities reasonably requested by NETPLUS and necessary to enable NETPLUS to provide the Services efficiently and in a timely manner in accordance with the timeline stated in the Services Form. The Client acknowledges and agrees that should it not provide such reasonable assistance, NETPLUS may not be able to perform the services within the agreed timeline, through no fault of NETPLUS.
4.2 The Client Contact
The Client appoints the Client Contact specified in the Services Form to coordinate the implementation of this Agreement, receive NETPLUS’s tax invoices by email at the Client Contacts’ nominated email address and warrants that this person has all necessary authority to make day to day decisions in a timely manner in order for NETPLUS to perform the Services and bind the Client in relation to this Agreement.5. TERM AND TERMINATION
5.1 Term
This Agreement begins on the Start Date, and unless earlier terminated pursuant to this Agreement, continues until the End Date.
5.2 Termination
(a) Either party may terminate the Agreement entirely or in respect of a portion of the Services not already performed without cause by giving at least 30 days prior written notice to the other party.
(b) Either party may terminate this Agreement entirely or in respect of a portion of the Services not already performed immediately upon written notice if: (i) the other party commits a material breach of this Agreement which is incapable of being remedied; or (ii) the other party is the subject of an event reasonably considered to be a potential insolvency event by the terminating party.
(c) Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement:
(i) NETPLUS shall cease to provide the Services the subject of the termination notice and the Client shall pay for Services performed and liabilities (including Expenses) incurred prior to or as a necessary consequence of termination; provided that if the Fee specified in the Services Form is a Fixed Fee, Client shall pay a proportion of the Fee reflecting the extent to which the Services were performed and liabilities incurred; and
(ii) unless otherwise agreed in writing, each party shall return all Confidential Information of the other party to that party and destroy any electronic records of such Confidential Information.6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
6.1 Exclusion of implied conditions and warranties
All warranties and conditions implied into this Agreement by law are expressly excluded, except to the extent that to do so would contravene a law or cause any part of this clause to be void, in which case the liability of NETPLUS shall be limited, at NETPLUS’s option, to either supplying the Services again or the cost of having the Services supplied again.
6.2 Limitation of liability
To the extent permitted by law and subject to this Agreement, NETPLUS shall not be liable (under statute, in contract, tort or otherwise) to the Client in respect of any loss, damage, injury or death howsoever caused, which may be suffered or incurred or which may arise directly or indirectly in connection with the supply of goods or services or opinions contained in written documents or oral presentations pursuant to this Agreement or to an act, failure or omission of NETPLUS, except to the extent such loss, damage injury or death is caused by the willful misconduct or gross negligence of NETPLUS in which case the total cumulative liability of NETPLUS shall be limited to a maximum liability equal to the Fees paid for the Services to which the claim relates for the preceding 12 months.
6.3 Exclusion of consequential loss
In no event will NETPLUS be liable for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damages, loss of opportunity, lost revenue, lost profits, business interruption, loss of privacy or loss of data arising out of or in any way related to or connected with the provision of the Services.7. WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITIES
(a) The Client agrees that it is solely responsible for ensuring and warrants that it has all necessary rights to Client IPR and that the provision of the Client IPR to NETPLUS and NETPLUS’s use thereof in the provision of the Services will not infringe any third party’s IPR. The Client agrees to indemnify and hold NETPLUS and its related entities and their officers, servants, contractors, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) harmless against any claims, actions, suits, demands, proceedings, losses, damages, charges, settlements, costs, expenses, judgments and any other liability (including reasonable legal costs and expenses) (collectively the “Claims”) arising from or in connection with the use of Client IPR in the provision of the Services.
(b) The Client releases and indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified the Released Parties to the full extent permitted by law, from and against any claim which any of the Released Parties incurs directly or indirectly in connection with or arising from the performance by NETPLUS of its obligations under this Agreement. This indemnity will not apply to the extent a Claim results from NETPLUS’s willful misconduct or gross negligence.
(c) Where NETPLUS introduces the Client to any third party, including volunteers the Client agrees and acknowledges NETPLUS does not make any warranties and representations in relation to the ability, credibility, reputation or performance of such third party. The Client shall make all such enquiries, develop opinions and take actions without recourse to any representation from NETPLUS. The Client extends the operation of the Limitation of Liability clause, clause 6 above and also extend the Indemnities to NETPLUS introducing a third party to the Client.8. CONFIDENTIALITY/PUBLICITY
8.1 Confidentiality
Neither party may, without the prior written approval of the other party, use the other party’s Confidential Information for any purpose other than the performance of its obligations or exercise of its rights under this Agreement, or disclose to any person any information about the terms of this Agreement or the other party’s Confidential Information unless the disclosure is necessary for that purpose. Those obligations do not apply to information which:
(a) is, on the date of this Agreement, or becomes public knowledge other than by breach of the obligations imposed by this clause (provided that in doing so the recipient shall not disclose any such information which is not public knowledge;
(b) is lawfully in the possession of the receiving party without restriction in relation to disclosure before the date of receipt from the disclosing party;
(c) is legally required to be disclosed; or
(d) the receiving party can show has been independently developed or acquired by the receiving party (other than as a result of a breach of this Agreement , any other agreement or any duty of confidentiality between the parties).
8.2 Public Announcements
Except as expressly stated in this Agreement, the Client shall not use any trade name, trade mark, service mark, logo or commercial symbol, or any other proprietary rights of NETPLUS or any of its related bodies corporate or their affiliates in any manner without the prior written consent of NETPLUS.9. PREMISES/SYSTEMS
The Client shall allow NETPLUS reasonable access to all premises and systems controlled by Client to the extent necessary for NETPLUS to provide the Services in an efficient manner.10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
(a) NETPLUS owns and shall continue to own all NETPLUS IPR.
(b) The Client grants NETPLUS a royalty free, non-exclusive right to use the Client IPR for the purpose of providing the Services.
(c) Subject to payment of the Fees and Expenses specified in the Services Form, NETPLUS agrees that:
1. the Deliverable IPR becomes the property of the Client; and
2. to the extent that any NETPLUS IPR is embodied in any Deliverable, NETPLUS grants the Client a personal, non-exclusive, royalty free right to use that NETPLUS IPR to the extent necessary to obtain the full benefit of the Services.11. DISPUTES
(a) During or after the termination of this Agreement the parties shall, before proceeding to arbitration in accordance with clause 11(b), provide a written notice setting out all relevant facts and claims and requiring a response within 21 days of the notice. Should the dispute not be resolved following the notice, the parties through their Chief Executive Officers shall negotiate in good faith for a minimum period of 21 days with a view to resolving the dispute.
(b) If a dispute cannot be resolved between the parties in accordance with the preceding clause then that dispute shall be referred to the arbitration of a single Arbitrator (if the parties can agree upon the appointment of one Arbitrator) and otherwise to three Arbitrators, one to be appointed by each party and the third by the Arbitrators so appointed, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Commercial Arbitration Act 2011 of Victoria and both parties shall be entitled to be represented by a legal practitioner.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses 11(a) and (b), any party may bring an action:
(i) for injunctive or other similar mandatory or prohibitory relief in any court of competent jurisdiction; and
(ii) for any interlocutory or interim relief, including, without limitation, any proceedings for the detention, custody or preservation of any property, pending the results of the arbitration.12. GOODS AND SERVICES TAX
In addition to paying the Fees and any other amounts payable under this Agreement (which are exclusive of GST), the Client must:
(a) pay to NETPLUS an amount equal to any GST payable in respect of a supply by NETPLUS; and
(b) make such payment on the date when the amount is due, subject to receipt of a tax invoice.
In this Agreement the terms “GST”, “supply” and “tax invoice” have the meaning given to those terms in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services) Tax 1999 (Cth) and the term “GST” also includes any penalties or additional tax imposed in relation to the GST payable in relation to the supply of services under this Agreement.13. GENERAL
13.1 Variations
Any amendment to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by both parties.
13.2 Assignment
The Client shall not assign any part or all of this Agreement without NETPLUS’s prior written consent. NETPLUS may assign or sub-contract any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or performance of any part of the Services at its absolute discretion.
13.3 Governing Law/Jurisdiction
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Victoria, Australia and the parties agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that State.
13.4 Notices
Unless specified to the contrary in this Agreement, all notices given by a party under this Agreement must be given in writing to the other party at the address specified on the relevant Services Form or as otherwise notified in writing to the other party from time to time. A notice may be delivered personally, by post, facsimile transmission or email and will be deemed to have been served if by hand, when delivered, if by post, 72 hours locally, 5 Business Days internationally after posting and if delivered by facsimile transmission, on the business day after transmission.
13.5 Severability
If any part of this Agreement is determined by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be wholly or partially unenforceable for any reason, such unenforceability shall not affect any other part of this Agreement.
13.6 No Waiver
A waiver of a right, power or remedy must be in writing and signed by the party giving the waiver.
13.7 Survival
The following provisions survive termination or expiration of this Agreement: Fees and Expenses (Section 3); Term and Termination (Clause 5); Limitation of Liability (Section 6); Indemnity (Section 7); Confidentiality/Publicity (Section 8); Intellectual Property Rights (Section 10), Disputes (11) and General (Section 13).
13.8 Relationship of Parties
The Client and NETPLUS are independent contractors. Nothing in this Agreement will be deemed to constitute a partnership, employment or agency relationship between the parties. Neither party has any authority to bind the other party to any agreement or obligation.
14. DEFINITIONS
Client IPR means all IPR, including IPR subsisting in any reports, documents and other materials provided to NETPLUS by the Client in connection with the provision of the Services.
Confidential Information means all information which is disclosed by one party to the other under or in connection with this Agreement (whether orally or in writing, and whether or not the information is expressly stated to be confidential or marked as such) and includes the commercial terms of this Agreement and the NETPLUS IPR.
Deliverables means the deliverables specified in the Services Form excluding: (a) any inventions, documents, software or materials made by NETPLUS prior to the Start Date; or (b) any improvements NETPLUS may make to its own proprietary software, documents or any of its internal processes as a result of any Services provided that such improvements do not infringe the Client IPR.
Deliverables IPR means all IPR (if any) subsisting in the information and advice set out in the Deliverables which pertain specifically to the Client, excluding all elements of the Deliverables (including without limitation format, style, structure and standard text) which form part of NETPLUS’ standard services offering.
IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) means all intellectual property rights of any nature under statute or at common law or equity including without limitation (i) patents, copyright (including moral rights), registered designs, trademarks and any rights to have confidential information kep