DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION AND ADMINISTRATION SERVICES
AGREEMENT
This Domain Name Registration
and Administration Services Agreement (Agreement)
is between the Customer and Domain Name Registrar (Australia) Pty Limited, trading
as Domain Registration Services (DNRA)
governs the Customer's use of the DNRA domain name registration and
administration services (Services). By submitting a request for services, the
Customer acknowledges that the Customer has read, understood and agrees to be
bound by all terms and conditions of this Agreement.
This Agreement as well as any
additional rules and policies, together with all modifications thereto,
constitutes the complete and exclusive agreement between the Customer and DNRA
concerning the Customer's use of the Services, and supersedes and governs all
prior proposals, agreements, representations or other communications.
DNRA reserves the right to
modify this Agreement periodically and will use its best endeavours to notify
the Customer of any such changes as published on www.domainregistration.com.au
Domain Name Registration, Administration, and Renewal
Services
1.
DNRA is an Australian Domain Name Registrar
accredited by the Australian Domain Name Regulator, auDA Domain Administration
Limited (auDA), for domain names
ending in .com.au, .net.au, .org.au, .asn.au, id.au (Australian Domain Names).
Australian Domain Names registered, renewed, transferred or managed
through DRNA are subject to:
(a)
these terms and conditions;
(b)
the policies published by auDA from time to time at
http://www.auda.org.au/policy/;
and
(c)
DNRA's AU Registrant Agreement
http://www.domainregistration.com.au/policies/registrantagreement.php
2.
DNRA also provides domain name registrations,
renewals, transfers and management for generic top-level domain names ending in
.com, .net, .org, .info and .biz (gTLDs). DNRA processes gTLDs through Melbourne IT (MIT), an Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
accredited registrar. All gTLDs
registered, renewed, transferred or managed through DRNA are subject to:
(a)
these terms and conditions;
(b)
the policies published by MIT from time to time at http://www.melbourneit.com.au/policies;
and
(c)
ICANN's Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Policy located at http://www.icann.org
3.
Subject to the terms and conditions as set out
herein, DNRA will accept applications to register and renew Australian Domain
Names and gTLDs (collectively domain
names) in Roman-alphabet languages, letters A through Z, numbers 0 through
9 and hyphens. DNRA will not accept applications to register and renew domain
names that begin or end with a hyphen.
4.
Upon accepting the Customer's application to
register or renew a gTLD , DNRA essentially acts as the Customer's sponsor for
that application. All gTLD applications will be processed through MIT. The
registration and renewal applications DNRA process are not effective until the
gTLD registration or renewal information the Customer provides DNRA is
delivered to the registry administrator for the .com, .net, .org, .biz or .info
gTLDs, as applicable, and the registry administrator puts into effect the
Customer's gTLD registration or renewal.
5.
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that DNRA does
not guarantee that the Customer will be able to register or renew a desired
domain name. Even if WHOIS or other
enquiry indicates that domain name is available, the Customer acknowledges that
DNRA cannot know with certainty whether or not the domain name which the
Customer is seeking to register is simultaneously being sought by a third
party, or whether there are any inaccuracies or errors in the domain name
registration or renewal process or related databases, including the various
WHOIS databases.
The
Customer further acknowledges and agrees that DNRA may, at its sole discretion,
elect to accept or reject the Customer's application for registration or
renewal for any reason, including, but not limited to, requests for
registration or renewal of a prohibited domain name or domain name which a
third party has any proprietary rights.
The
Customer also acknowledges and agrees that, although DNRA will use all
reasonable endeavours, DNRA is not liable or responsible in any way for any
errors, omissions or any other actions by any registry administrator arising
out of or related to the Customer's application for and registration of,
renewal of, or failure to register or renew a particular domain name.
The
Customer additionally agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless DNRA and
its directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all
claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal
fees and expenses) arising out of, or related to, the Customer's application
for and registration of, renewal of, or failure to register or renew, a
particular domain name.
The
Customer agrees that DNRA's maximum aggregate liability in respect of this
clause shall not exceed the total amount paid by the Customer for the services,
and in no event be greater than $500.00.
6.
By submitting a gTLD registration application to
DNRA, the Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Customer is a customer of
DNRA for purposes of the Services. The Customer further acknowledges that there
is no customer relationship between the Customer and MIT created hereunder. The
Customer agrees that upon termination of DNRA’s relationship with MIT, DNRA
may, in its sole discretion, assign the Customer's domain name registration to
a new registrar at no additional charge to the Customer and that this Agreement
will continue in full force and effect between the Customer and any new
registrar.
7.
By submitting a Australian Domain Name registration
application to DNRA, the Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Customer is
a customer of DNRA for purposes of the Services. The Customer agrees that DNRA may, in its sole discretion, assign
the Customer's domain name registration to a new registrar at no additional
charge to the Customer and that this Agreement will continue in full force and
effect between the Customer and any new registrar.
8.
Customers submitting an application for an
Australian Domain Name acknowledge and agree they are eligible for the
particular Australian Domain Name under the terms of the Domain name
eligibility and allocation policy rules for open second level domains (2lds)
found at http://www.domainregistration.com.au/policies/aupolicies.php
and is bound by the .au Registrant Agreement found at http://www.domainregistration.com.au/policies/registrantagreement.php.Any
Australian Domain Name that no longer meets the allocation requirements will be
cancelled. For dispute resolution
policy see http://www.domainregistration.com.au/policies/audrp.doc
.
9.
By applying to register a domain name, or by asking
DNRA to maintain or renew a domain name registration, the Customer hereby
represents and warrants to DNRA that:
(a)
all statements made by the Customer in connection
with such application for registration, maintenance, or renewal are complete
and accurate;
(b)
to the Customer's knowledge, the registration of
the domain name will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any
third party (including any registered or unregistered trade mark, domain name,
business name or any other name in which a third party has proprietary rights);
(c)
the Customer is not registering the domain name for
an unlawful purpose; and
(d)
the Customer will not knowingly use the domain name
in violation of any applicable laws or regulations.
The
Customer agrees and acknowledges that it is the Customer's responsibility to
determine whether its domain name registration infringes or violates someone
else's rights including, but not limited to, trade mark rights, and whether any
foreign language translations of its domain name, infringe or violate someone
else's rights. The Customer
acknowledges that the successful registration of a domain name does not give
the Customer any proprietary rights in any word composing the domain name.
10.
The Customer is the legal registrant of the domain
name.
DNRA
will address and send emails to the person notified by the Customer as the
Customer’s contact person at the email address supplied by the Customer. The Customer is solely responsible for
ensuring that its Customer's contact details are current and correct, that its
email services is operational and that it checks its emails regularly.
The
Customer must inform DNRA of any changes to its contact details by email to info@domainregistration.com.au
within 30 days of any change.
If DNRA
sends an email to the Customer's current email address as listed in the
Customer's contact details, the Customer is deemed to have received that email
and DNRA is not obliged to take any further action to confirm that the Customer
has received, opened and/or read the email unless the Customer promptly
notifies DNRA that the email was not delivered to its email address.
If DNRA
receives an automated email non-delivery notification indicating that the
Customer has not received the email that DNRA has sent the Customer regarding
the Services, DNRA will use reasonable endeavours to attempt to contact the
Customer using the other contact details the Customer submitted, including
non-electronic means, but does not guarantee that DNRA will be able to contact
the Customer.
11.
The first time the Customer applies to use the
Services, the Customer will receive a domain name password. The Customer must
safeguard the domain name password from any unauthorised use. The Customer
acknowledges and agrees that in no event will DNRA be liable for the
unauthorised use or misuse of the Customer's domain name password.
12.
As consideration for the Services, the Customer
agrees to pay DNRA, upon submission of the Customer's domain name application
or renewal application, to DNRA, the then-current fees set forth in the DNRA
price schedule for such services which is located at www.domainregistration.com.au
All fees
are non-refundable, in whole or in part, even if the Customer's domain name
registration is suspended, cancelled or transferred prior to the end of the
Customer's then-current registration term. DNRA reserves the right to change
fees, surcharges, renewal fees or to institute new fees at any time, for any
reason, at its sole discretion. DNRA will use its best endeavours to notify the
Customer of any such changes.
The
Customer's Australian Domain Name application or renewal application will not
be processed by DNRA until DNRA receives payment of the registration or renewal
fee, or reasonable assurance of payment of the registration or renewal fee from
some other entity as determined by DNRA in its sole discretion.
The
Customer's gTLD application or renewal application will not be submitted to MIT
until DNRA receives actual payment of the registration or renewal fee, or
reasonable assurance of payment of the registration or renewal fee from some
other entity as determined by DNRA in its sole discretion.
In the
event of a charge back by a credit card company (or similar action by another
payment provider allowed by us) or other non-payment by the Customer in
connection with the Customer's payment of the registration or renewal fee, the
Customer acknowledges and agrees that the registration shall be transferred to
DNRA as the entity that has paid the registration or renewal fee for that
registration to the registry, and that DNRA reserve all rights regarding such
domain name including, without limitation, the right to make the domain name
available to other parties for purchase. DNRA will reinstate any such
registration solely at its discretion, and subject to its receipt of the
applicable registration or renewal fee and then-current reinstatement fee.
The
administrative contact for a domain name will be notified by DNRA at least 30
days before a renewal fee is due. A
domain name will not be renewed unless DNRA receives a request for renewal and
full payment for renewal from the Customer.
At any time before the expiration of the Customer's gTLD registration,
the Customer may renew the Customer's gTLD by contacting DNRA. Within 90 days before the expiration of the
Customer's Australian Domain Name registration, the Customer may renew the
Customer's Australian Domain Name by contacting DNRA.
13.
The Customer acknowledges that as the Internet,
domain name system and the practice of registering and administering domain
names are modified from time to time by third parties, DNRA may modify this
Agreement, as well as any additional rules or policies that are or may be
published by DNRA, as necessary to comply with any ICANN-accepted policy, or
with any other agreements that DNRA is currently bound by or will be bound by
in the future, as well as to adjust to changing business circumstances. The
Customer's continued use of any domain name registered through DNRA shall
constitute the Customer's acceptance of this Agreement as well as additional
rules or policies that are or may be published by DNRA, each with the new
modifications. If the Customer does not agree to any of such changes, the
Customer may request that the Customer's domain name registration be cancelled
or transferred to a different domain name registrar. The Customer acknowledges
and agrees that such cancellation or request for transfer will be the
Customer's exclusive remedy and DNRA's sole liability if the Customer do not
wish to abide by any changes to this Agreement or any additional rules or
policies that are or may be published by DNRA.
14.
The Customer hereby acknowledges and agrees that,
in connection with the Customer's use of certain Services, the Customer is
required to provide certain information and to update promptly this information
as needed to keep it current, complete and accurate. Except as set forth below,
all other information which DNRA may request from the Customer in connection
with domain name registration, administration, and renewal services is
voluntary.
14.1
The Customer is obligated to provide and keep
current in connection with its use of DNRA's domain name registration,
administration, and renewal services the following information:
(i) its
full name (or the name of the authorised person for contact purposes, if
registration is for an organisation, corporation or association), postal
address, email address, voice telephone number and fax number, if available (or
if different, that of the domain name holder);
(ii) the
domain name being registered; and
(iii) the
name, postal address, email address, voice telephone number, and where
available, fax number for the administrative contact, technical contact and
billing contact for the domain name registration.
DNRA
reserves the right not to complete the registration until DNRA receives from
the Customer this information in its entirety.
14.2
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the type
of information the Customer is required to provide may change. If the Customer
does not wish to provide any new required information, DNRA reserves the right
to cancel or not renew the Customer's registration.
15.
In addition to the information the Customer provide
(User Information), DNRA may,
subject to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
and the Information Privacy Act 2000
(Vic), maintain records relating to any domain name application received by
DNRA, as well as any domain name registered through, administered, or renewed
by DNRA. DNRA also maintains records relating to the Services that DNRA
provides to the Customer. These records may include, but are not limited to:
(i) the
original creation date of a domain name registration, renewal, or request for
service;
(ii) the
submission date and time of a registration or renewal application to DNRA and
by DNRA to the proper registry;
(iii) communications
(electronic or paper form) constituting submissions, forwarding, modifications,
or terminations of service and related correspondence between the Customer and
DNRA;
(iv) records
of the Customer's account, including dates and amounts of all payments and
refunds;
(v) the
IP addresses of the primary nameserver and any secondary nameservers for the
domain name;
(vi) the
corresponding names of those nameservers;
(vii) the
name, postal address, email address, voice telephone number, and where
available, fax number of the zone contact for a domain name;
(viii)
the expiration date of a domain name registration;
and
(ix) information
regarding all other activity between the Customer and DNRA regarding the
Customer's use of the Services (collectively Other Information).
In
respect to Australian Domain Names, the Customer agrees that DNRA may provide
the User Information and the Other Information to the Australian Registry
Operator to process the Customer's registration or renewal application.
In
respect to .gTLDs, the Customer agrees that DNRA may provide the User
Information and the Other Information to MIT to process the Customer's
registration or renewal application.
16.
In the event that:
(i) in
applying for the registration of a domain name the Customer is providing
information about a third party; or
(ii) the Customer licenses a domain name
registered in the Customer's name to a third party,
the
Customer hereby represents and warrants that the Customer has:
(a)
provided notice to that third party of the
disclosure and use of that party's information as set forth in this Agreement,
and
(b)
that the Customer has obtained that third party's
express consent to the disclosure and use of that party's information as set
forth in this Agreement.
17.
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that wilfully
providing inaccurate or unreliable information or wilfully failing to update
information promptly will constitute a material breach of this Agreement that
will be sufficient basis for cancellation of the Customer's domain name
registration. The Customer further acknowledges and agrees that the Customer's
failure to respond for over 15 calendar days to inquiries by DNRA concerning
the accuracy of contact details associated with the Customer's domain name
registration shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and will be
sufficient basis for cancellation of the Customer's domain name registration.
18.
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that, subject
to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the
Information Privacy Act 2000 (Vic),
DNRA may make available information the Customer provides or that DNRA
otherwise maintains to such public or private third parties as applicable laws
require or permit. DNRA may, subject to
the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Information Privacy Act 2000 (Vic),
disclose personal information or information regarding the Customer's use of
the Services or web sites accessible through DNRA's Services, if, in its sole
discretion, DNRA believe that it is reasonable to do so to satisfy laws,
regulations, or governmental or legal requests for such information; to
disclose information that is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal
action against someone who may be violating DNRA's; to operate the Services
properly; or to protect DNRA and DNRA's members.
19.
The Customer hereby consents to any and all such
disclosures and use of, and guidelines, limits and restrictions on disclosure
or use of, information provided by the Customer in connection with the
registration of a domain name or use of any Services (including any updates to
such information), whether during or after the term of the Customer's
registration of a domain name or other services. The Customer further
acknowledges that DNRA may use certain of the information provided by DNRA
regarding the Customer's domain name registration or renewal application in a
manner consistent with DNRA's terms of usage and user agreement. DNRA will only
provide that information necessary to process the Customer's registration. The
Customer hereby irrevocably waives any and all claims and causes of action the
Customer may have arising from such disclosure or use of information provided
by the Customer by DNRA.
20.
DNRA will not process data about any identified or
identifiable natural person that DNRA obtain from the Customer in a way
incompatible with the purposes and other limitations which DNRA describe in
this Agreement.
21.
DNRA will take reasonable precautions to protect
the information it obtains from the Customer from our loss, misuse,
unauthorised access or disclosure or use, or alteration or destruction, of that
information. DNRA will have no liability to the Customer or any third party to
the extent such reasonable precautions are taken.
22.
Communications with DNRA are not private and may be
published either in their entirety or in edited form at any time, at the sole
discretion of DNRA.
23.
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that, subject
to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), DNRA
owns all database, compilation, collective and similar rights, title and
interests worldwide in DNRA's proprietary information databases and all
information and derivative works generated from those databases.
Additionally,
the Customer hereby grants to DNRA, subject to the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual,
irrevocable, fully paid-up right and license to use in its business, however it
evolves, including the rights to copy, distribute, display, perform, transmit,
prepare derivative works from or otherwise use without restriction (other than
as set out in this Agreement) the following information:
(a)
the original creation date of a domain name
registration;
(b)
the expiration date of a domain name registration;
(c)
the name, postal address, email address, voice
telephone number, and where available fax number of the technical contact,
administrative contact, zone contact and billing contact for a domain name
registration;
(d)
any remarks concerning a registered domain name
that appear or should appear in a WHOIS or similar database; and
(e)
any other information DNRA generate or obtain in
connection with the provision of the Services.
DNRA
does not have any ownership interest in the Customer's specific personal
registration information or other information other than its rights in its
domain name database, as set out in this Agreement.
24.
The Customer agrees that, if the Customer is acting
as an agent for someone else, DNRA is entitled to rely on section 129 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) to assume
that the Customer has been duly appointed; and that the Customer has authority
to exercise the powers and perform the duties customarily exercised or
performed by that kind of officer or agent of a similar company.
The
Customer accepts liability for harm caused by wrongful use of the Services.
The
Customer agrees that if the Customer licenses the use of a domain name
registered in the Customer's name to a third party, the Customer nonetheless
remains the domain name holder of record, and remain responsible for all
obligations under this Agreement, including but not limited to payment
obligations, and providing (and updating, as necessary) both the Customer's own
full contact information, and accurate technical, administrative, billing and
zone contact information adequate to facilitate timely resolution of any
problems that arise in connection with the domain name and domain name
registration.
As
further required by ICANN, the Customer shall accept liability for harm caused
by wrongful use of the domain name, unless the Customer promptly discloses the
identity of the licensee to a party providing the Customer with reasonable
evidence of actionable harm.
25.
DNRA’s delivery of the Services depends upon its
computer system and the computer system of MIT, the .au registry operator,
Ausregistry, and the gTLD registry, Verisign, all of which are responsive to
the demands of the domain name registration process. Occasionally, DNRA’s
computer system or the computer systems of MIT, Ausregistry or Verisign are
subjected to exceptional volumes of incoming domain name registration requests,
electronic mail messages, and/or WHOIS queries that result in significant
degradation of DNRA’s, MIT’s, Ausregistry’s, or Verisign’s system processing
and response time. Regardless of the reason, in those instances when there is
system performance degradation as the result of an extremely large volume of
incoming electronic messages, DNRA reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to filter or block electronic messages originating from the identified sources
of the high-volume traffic. DNRA will selectively restore service after system
performance returns to normal limits, provided that such restoration does not
result in an adverse impact on the system. DNRA further reserves the right to
permanently filter or block repeated sources of high volumes of electronic
traffic.
26.
The Customer agrees that DNRA will not be liable,
under any circumstances, for any:
(a)
suspension, loss, or modification of the Customer's
domain name registration;
(b)
use of the Customer's domain name registration;
(c)
interruption of business;
(d)
access delays or access interruptions to this site
or the web site(s) accessed by the domain name registered in the Customer's
name;
(e)
data non-delivery, misdelivery, corruption,
destruction or other modification;
(f)
events beyond DNRA's reasonable control;
(g)
the processing of the Customer's domain name
application or other service application; or
(h)
application of any relevant dispute policy or any
other ICANN (or similar governmental or successor organisation) adopted
policies.
DNRA
also will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, exemplary,
multiple or consequential damages of any kind (including lost profits)
regardless of the form of action whether in contract, tort (including
negligence), or otherwise, even if DNRA has been advised of the possibility of
such damages. DNRA's maximum aggregate liability under this clause shall not
exceed the total amount paid by the Customer for the services and shall in no
event be greater than $500.00.
27.
The Customer agrees to defend, indemnify and hold
harmless DNRA for any loss, damages or costs, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, resulting from any third-party claim, action, or demand related to (i)
the Customer's use of the Services, including, but not limited to, the
Customer's application for registration, registration, or renewal of any domain
name registered in the Customer's name, and (ii) the Customer's use of any
domain name registered in the Customer's name. This indemnification is in
addition to any indemnification required under the UDRP or any similar policy.
28.
The Customer represents that, to the best of its
knowledge and belief, neither the registration of the domain name the Customer
has applied for nor the manner in which it is intended to be or is directly or
indirectly used infringes the legal rights of a third party, including any
trademark rights anywhere in the world.
The
Customer further represents and warrants that all information provided by the
Customer in connection with the Customer's use of the services is accurate and
current.
The
services are provided to the Customer "as is." DNRA makes no
representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, in
connection with this agreement or the services, including but not limited to
warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, unless such
representations and warranties are not legally excludable.
Without
any limitation to the above, DNRA makes no representations or warranties of any
kind whatsoever that registration or use of a domain name under this agreement
will immunise the Customer either from challenges to the Customer's domain name
registration, or from suspension, cancellation or transfer of the domain name
registered to the Customer.
29.
The Customer acknowledges and agrees that DNRA may
suspend, cancel, transfer or modify the Customer's use of the Services at any
time, for any reason, in DNRA’s sole discretion.
The
Customer also acknowledges and agrees that DNRA may suspend, cancel, transfer
or modify the Customer's domain name registration if it:
(a)
materially breaches this Agreement (including any
applicable additional rule or policy) and does not cure such breach within 5
calendar days of notice by DNRA;
(b)
uses the domain name registered to it to send
unsolicited commercial advertisements in contradiction to either applicable
laws or customary acceptable usage policies of the Internet; or
(c)
uses its domain name in connection with unlawful
activity.
The
Customer further acknowledges and agrees that its domain name registration is
subject to suspension, cancellation, transfer or modification pursuant to the
terms of any rules or policies applicable to the Customer's domain name
registration, including, but not limited to:
(i) the
UDRP;
(ii) the
AUDRP
(iii) any
ICANN-adopted policy;
(iv) any
auDA published policy;
(v) any
registrar or registry administrator procedures; or
(vi) any
other ccTLD registry administrator procedures.
The
Customer also agrees that DNRA shall have the right in its sole discretion to
suspend, cancel, transfer or otherwise modify the Customer's domain name
registration at such time as DNRA receives:
(i) a
properly authenticated notification from a court of competent jurisdiction; or
(ii) an
arbitration award requiring the suspension, cancellation, transfer or
modification of the Customer's domain name registration.
30.
This Agreement is governed by the law applicable in
the State of Victoria. The Customer and
DNRA agree to irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the non‑exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Victoria.
31.
The Customer agrees that, unless other instructions
are posted on DNRA’s web site, any notices required to be given under this
Agreement will be deemed to have been given if delivered by email or fax, or
sent by certified mail return receipt requested, in accordance with the most
current contact information the Customer has provided to DNRA and the contact
information for DNRA posted on DNRA’s web site. All notices shall be effective
upon receipt, except that email and fax notices shall be effective upon
transmission.
32.
Words or expressions used in this clause 28 which
are defined in the A New Tax System
(Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth) or, if not so defined, then which
are defined in the Trade Practices Act
1974 (Cth), have the same meaning in this clause.
For the purposes of this
Agreement where the expression GST
inclusive is used in relation to an amount payable or other consideration
to be provided for a supply under this Agreement, the amount or consideration
will not be increased on account of any GST payable on that supply.
Any consideration to be paid or
provided for a supply made under or in connection with this Agreement, unless
specifically described in this Agreement as GST inclusive, does not include an amount on account of GST.
Despite any other provision in
this Agreement, if DNRA makes a supply under or in connection with this
Agreement on which GST is imposed (not being a supply the consideration for
which is specifically described in this Agreement as GST inclusive):
(a)
the consideration payable or to be provided for
that supply under this Agreement but for the application of this clause (GST exclusive consideration) is
increased by, and the Customer must also pay to DNRA, an amount equal to the
GST payable by the DNRA on that supply; and
(b)
the amount by which the GST exclusive consideration
is increased must be paid to DNRA by the Customer without set off, deduction or
requirement for demand, at the same time as the GST exclusive consideration is
payable or to be provided.
If a payment to the Customer
under this Agreement is a reimbursement or indemnification, calculated by
reference to a loss, cost or expense incurred by the Customer, then the payment
will be reduced by the amount of any input tax credit to which the Customer are
entitled for that loss, cost or expense and vice versa.
DNRA, having regard to Part VB
of the Trade Practices Act 1974
(Cth), may refund to the Customer part or all of any amount paid by the
Customer under this Agreement during the New Tax System transition period, the
amount of the refund to be determined in the sole discretion of DNRA.
DNRA will provide a tax invoice.
If the Customer objects to the
amount of any refund or adjustment determined by DNRA under this clause, the
Customer and DNRA will negotiate in good faith in an attempt to agree on the
amount of the refund or adjustment. If
the Customer and DNRA cannot agree on the amount of the refund or adjustment,
then the refund or adjustment must be determined by a person:
(a)
who has at least 10 years experience as a lawyer;
(b)
who is appointed by the parties but if the parties
cannot agree who to appoint within 28 days after one of them notifies the other
that it requires a person to be appointed for the purposes of this clause, then
that person is to be nominated at the request of either of the parties by the
President of the Victorian Law Society or by the President's nominee;
(c)
who the Customer and DRNA must instruct to give a
written decision with reasons;
(d)
who acts as an expert and not as an arbitrator;
(e)
whose decision except in the case of obvious error
is final and binding; and
(f)
whose cost the Customer and DNRA must bear equally.
Pending that person's
determination, the parties must continue to comply with this Agreement,
including, without limitation, making all payments provided for under this
Agreement.
Any information given to the
expert by DNRA including, without limitation, confidential information, is for
the use of the expert only and under no circumstances (except if required by
law) is the information to be disclosed.
33.
If the Customer is entitled to obtain an Australian
Business Number (ABN) under the A New Tax System (Australian Business
Number) Act 1999 (Cth) the Customer:
(a)
warrants that it has an ABN and has provided the
applicable registration number to DNRA; and
(b)
must:
(i) continue
to have an ABN during the term of this Agreement;
(ii) quote
its ABN to DNRA;
(iii) advise
DNRA if its ABN changes or is cancelled; and
(iv) indemnify
DNRA for any loss or damage suffered by DNRA or any tax, charge, fine, penalty
or other impost which DNRA incurs or becomes liable to pay, as a result of its
breach of any of the warranties contained in this clause.
34.
Increased costs
(a)
To the extent that any supply by DNRA under this
Agreement is input taxed (input tax
supply), DNRA is entitled to increase:
(i) any
amount expressed as payable; and
(ii) anything
else to be provided,
by the Customer for that input
tax supply otherwise under or in connection with this agreement (consideration for the input tax supply)
by:
(iii) such
amount as DNRA determines in its discretion is reasonably necessary for DNRA to
recover from the Customer (in addition to the consideration for the input tax
supply) the amount of the input tax credits in relation to acquisitions made by
DNRA and used by it wholly or partly in making the input tax supply, to which
DNRA would have been entitled had the input tax supply been a taxable supply by
DNRA; or
(iv) such
lesser amount as DNRA determines.
(b)
DNRA may make a determination under clause 30(a)(iii)
above or 30(a)(iv) above by notice in writing to the Customer (DNRA determination) and each DNRA
determination will be conclusive evidence of the making of the
determination. The amount specified in
any DNRA determination must be paid by the Customer immediately on receipt of
the DNRA determination without objection and without any set off or deduction
of any other amount payable under this Agreement.
35.
Waiver of any provision of or right under this
Agreement:
(a)
must be in writing signed by the party entitled to
the benefit of that provision or right; and
(b)
is effective only to the extent set out in any
written waiver.
36.
In this agreement, except where the context
otherwise requires:
(a)
the singular includes the plural and vice versa,
and a gender includes other genders;
(b)
another grammatical form of a defined word or
expression has a corresponding meaning;
(c)
a reference to a document or instrument includes
the document or instrument as novated, altered, supplemented or replaced from
time to time;
(d)
a reference to $
is to Australian currency;
(e)
a reference to time is to Australian eastern
standard time;
(f)
a reference to a party is to a party to this
agreement, and a reference to a party to a document includes the party's
executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns and substitutes;
(g)
a reference to a person includes a natural person,
partnership, body corporate, association, governmental or local authority or
agency or other entity;
(h)
a reference to a statute, ordinance, code or other
law includes regulations and other instruments under it and consolidations,
amendments, re‑enactments or replacements of any of them;
(i)
a word or expression defined in the Corporations
Act has the meaning given to it in the Corporations Act;
(j)
the meaning of general words is not limited by specific
examples introduced by including, for example or similar expressions;
(k)
any agreement, representation, warranty or
indemnity by two or more parties (including where two or more persons are
included in the same defined term) binds them jointly and severally;
(l)
any agreement, representation, warranty or
indemnity in favour of two or more parties (including where two or more persons
are included in the same defined term) is for the benefit of them jointly and
severally;
(m) a
rule of construction does not apply to the disadvantage of a party because the
party was responsible for the preparation of this agreement or any part of it;
and
(n)
if a day on or by which an obligation must be
performed or an event must occur is not a business day, the obligation must be performed
or the event must occur on or by the next business day.
If the Customer has any
questions relating to this Agreement, it may contact DNRA at info@domainregistration.com.au