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Ltd ("GCG") subject to the following conditions. If you
do not agree to any of these conditions, please discontinue your access.
DISCLAIMER
The information and materials contained in this site and all sites
linked to this site ("website"), including text, graphics,
links or other items - are provided "As is", "As
Available". GCG does not warrant the accuracy, adequacy, reliability
or completeness of this information and materials and expressly
disclaims liability for errors or omissions in such information
and materials. No warranty of any kind, implied, express or statutory,
including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement
of third party rights, title, merchantability, satisfactory quality,
fitness for a particular purpose and freedom from computer virus,
is given in conjunction with the information and materials.
GCG does not make any representation, warranty or endorsement of
any of the products, services or information provided in this website.
All products and services sold shall be subject to our "Terms
& Conditions Of Sale Policy"
This disclaimer shall take effect to the fullest extent permitted
by law.
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license or right to use any Trade Mark displayed on this website,
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pertaining to distribution of materials on this website, without
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as a "hot" link to any GCG site unless establishment of
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including without limitation, direct, indirect, special, or consequential
damage, or economic loss arising from or in connection with:
any access, use or the inability to access or use this website,
or reliance on the contents of this website;
any system, server or connection failure, error, omission, interruption,
delay in transmission, or computer virus;
any use of or access to any other website linked to this website;
any product, service or information of any merchant or service provider,
even if GCG or its agents or employees are advised of the possibility
of such damages, losses and/or expenses. Any hyperlinks to any other
websites are not an endorsement or verification of such websites
and such websites should only be accessed at the users own risks.
This exclusion clause shall take effect to the fullest extent permitted
by law.
YOUR TRANSMISSIONS
Any material, information or idea you transmit to or post on this
website by any means will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary,
and may be disseminated or used by GCG or its affiliates for any
purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing
and marketing products. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting
to or from this website any unlawful, threatening, libellous, defamatory,
obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material,
or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal
liability under the law.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
Any facilities and/or services offered through this website are
strictly for GCG's customers' access and/or use Worldwide. Other
than as aforesaid, nothing in this website shall be construed as
GCG providing services and facilities outside of the abovementioned
territories. By accessing this website and using the facilities
and/or services offered through this website, you agree that International
law shall govern such access and the provision of such facilities
and/or services and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the Australian courts.
CONDITIONS OF ACCESS
GCG may at any time revise these Conditions of Access by updating
this version. By using this website, you agree to be bound by any
such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page
to determine the then current version of the Conditions of Access
to which you are bound.
Conditions of Access Version 1.0
Dated 04 March 2005
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALES
(For Customers in Australia Only)
1. DEFINITIONS
"GCG" means the GCG Turbochargers Australia Pty Ltd.
subsidiary company selling products to the Customer as identified
in GCG's Quotation or Invoice.
"Customer" means the person or legal entity identified
in GCG's Quotation or Invoice.
"Contract" means a contract for sale by GCG to the Customer
of the products and/or services incorporating the Terms and Conditions.
2. FORMATION OF CONTRACT
2.1 No Contract shall come into existence until the Customer's
order has been accepted by GCG and such acceptance has been received
by the customer. The contract shall deemed to be concluded at the
time and place where such acceptance is received by the Customer.
2.2 The products sold and/or services rendered are subject to the
Terms and Conditions to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions
stipulated or referred to by Customer. The Customer acknowledges
that it is aware of the contents of and agrees to be bound by the
Terms and Conditions.
2.3 These Terms and Conditions are subject to the laws of Australia
including without limitation the Trade Practices Act 1974 (the Act).
3. ORDERS, PRICE AND PAYMENT
3.1 Unless credit terms have been expressly agreed by GCG, payment
for the products or services shall be made in full before physical
delivery of products or services.
3.2 Customer shall pay for all shipping and handling charges.
3.3 Customer shall bear all country, provincial, government, state
and local sales, use, goods and services, value added, excise, privilege
and similar levies/taxes.
3.4 Time for payment is of the essence. GCG reserves the right
to charge interest at the rate of 2% above the base commercial floating
rate for St George Bank in Sydney.
4. SOFTWARE
4.1 All software provided is subject to the terms and conditions
of the license agreement relating to that software. Customer acknowledges
its obligations to abide by such license agreements. Customer acknowledges
that GCG does not warrant any software under these Terms and Conditions.
In addition to any rights the customer may have under statute, all
software is warranted in accordance with the license agreement that
governs its use.
4.2 All rights, title or interest in respect of the intellectual
property rights in the software remain with GCG or the licensor
of the software at all times.
5. TITLE AND RISK
Title to and risk in the products shall pass to the Customer upon
delivery of the products to Customer. Title to those products, which
are software, shall remain with the applicable licensor(s) at all
times.
6. DELIVERY
6.1 GCG shall deliver the products to the place of delivery designated
by Customer and agreed to by GCG ("Place of Delivery").
6.2 GCG may, at its discretion, deliver the products by instalments
in any sequence. Where the products are so delivered by instalments,
each instalment shall be deemed to be the subject of a separate
contract and no default or failure by GCG in respect of any one
or more instalments shall vitiate the Contract in respect of products
previously delivered or undelivered products.
6.3 Any dates quoted by GCG for the delivery of the products are
approximate only and shall not form part of the Contract. GCG shall
not be liable for any delay in delivery of the products and/or services,
howsoever caused.
7. ACCEPTANCE OF PRODUCTS
7.1 Unless the Customer notifies GCG to the contrary on the day
of delivery and such notification is confirmed in writing within
two days, the Products shall be deemed to have been accepted by
the Customer as being in good condition and in accordance with the
Contract. The Customer shall not be entitled to withhold payment
of all or any of the price of the Products whilst any claim is being
investigated by GCG.
7.2 New products purchased under these Terms and Conditions directly
from GCG by an end-user Customer may be returned by Customer up
to fifteen (7) days from the date of the invoice for a replacement,
refund or credit of the purchase price in accordance with GCG's
"Total Satisfaction Policy" in effect in Australia on
the date of the invoice. The refund or credit will not include any
shipping and handling charges forming part of the purchase price.
Returned products must be received by GCG in as-new or as-shipped-by-GCG
condition, including conformance to invoiced specification, and
all of the manuals, diskettes, CDs, power cables and other items
included with a product must be returned with it.
8. WARRANTY
8.1 Unless specified otherwise and in addition to any rights the
Customer may have under statute, GCG warrants to the Customer that
all new Products (excluding third party products and software),
will be free from defects in materials and workmanship affecting
normal use for a period of one year from invoice date ("Standard
Warranty").
8.2 This Standard Warranty does not cover damage, fault, failure
or malfunction due to external causes, including accident, abuse,
misuse, problems with electrical power, servicing not authorized
by GCG, usage and/or storage and/or installation not in accordance
with Product instructions, failure to perform required preventive
maintenance, normal wear and tear, act of God, fire, flood, war,
act of violence or any similar occurrence; any attempt by any person
other than GCG personnel or any person authorised by GCG, to adjust,
repair or support the Products and problems caused by use of parts
and components not supplied by GCG.
8.3 The Standard Warranty does not cover any items that are in
one or more of the following categories: software; external devices;
accessories or parts added to the Product after the Product is shipped
from GCG.
8.4 During the one-year period beginning on the invoice date, GCG
will repair or replace Products returned to GCG's facility. Customer
must prepay shipping and transportation charges, and insure the
shipment or accept the risk of loss or damage during such shipment
and transportation. GCG will ship the repaired or replacement products
to Customer freight prepaid.
8.5 While not affecting any non-excludable warranty or guarantee
implied by law, GCG does not give any warranty that the Products
are fit for any particular purpose and this Standard Warranty is
given in place of all warranties, conditions, terms, undertakings
and obligations implied by statute, common law, trade usage, course
of dealing or otherwise including warranties or conditions of merchantability,
fitness for purpose, satisfactory quality and/or compliance with
description, all of which are hereby excluded to the fullest extent
permitted by law.
8.6 The Customer agrees that to the extent permitted by law, in
relation to third party products purchased through GCG, where such
of the Products are covered by a relevant manufacturer's warranty,
then the Customer will first make a claim against the manufacturer
and shall utilise that warranty for the support of such Products
and in any event not look to GCG for such warranty support in the
first instance.
9. SERVICE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
GCG will provide general service and technical support to Customer
in accordance with the then-current service and technical support
policies in effect. Service and support offerings may vary from
product to product. If Customer purchases optional services and
support as listed on Customer's invoice, GCG will provide the optional
service and support to Customer in accordance with the then-current
terms and conditions in the optional service contract between GCG
and Customer in addition to the Standard Warranty. GCG may, at its
discretion, revise its general and optional service and support
programs and the terms and conditions that govern them. GCG has
no obligation to provide service or support until GCG has received
full payment for the product or service/support contract for which
service or support is requested.
10. LIABILITY
10.1 GCG shall not be liable in contract or in tort for any loss
or damage suffered and consumers rights are limited to those set
out in these Terms and Conditions and under statute.
10.2 To the extent permitted by law and subject to clause 10.7,
GCG's total liability herein in respect of each event or series
of connected events shall not exceed the total price paid for the
purchase of products and/or services under these Terms and Conditions.
10.3 The Customer shall indemnify GCG and keep GCG fully and effectively
indemnified against any loss of or damage to any property or injury
to or death of any persons caused by any negligent act or omission
or wilful misconduct of the Customer, its employees, agents or sub-contractors
or by any breach of its contractual obligations arising out of these
Terms and Conditions.
10.4 To the extent permitted by law, GCG and Customer agree that
GCG will not be liable for Products not being available for use,
or for data or software which is lost, corrupted, deleted or altered.
GCG shall not be liable to the Customer for any incidental, indirect,
special or consequential damages arising out of or in connection
with the purchase, use or performance of products or services, even
if GCG has been advised of their possibility.
10.5 Any service response times stated by GCG in the service contracts
are approximate only and GCG shall not be liable for any direct
or indirect loss or damage arising from its failure to meet such
response times, howsoever occasioned.
10.6 To the extent permitted by law, any typographical, clerical
or other error or omission in sales literature, quotation, price
list, acceptance of offer, invoice or other documents or information
issued by GCG shall be subject to correction without any liability
on the part of GCG.
10.7 Under the Act, where implied conditions and warranties cannot
be excluded, GCG's liability for breach of such conditions and warranties
(other than a condition or warranty implied by section 69 of the
Act) shall be limited, at GCG's option, to :
(a) in the case of products, the replacement of the products or
the supply of equivalent products; the repair of such products;
the payment of the cost of replacing the products or of acquiring
equivalent products; or the payment of the cost of having the products
repaired; OR
(b) in the case of services, the supplying of services again; or
the payment of the cost of having services supplied again.
11. FORCE MAJEURE
Neither party shall be liable for any delay in performing any of
its obligations under these Terms and Conditions if such delay is
caused by circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the party
so delaying, and such party shall be entitled to a reasonable extension
of time for the performance of such obligations.
12. GOVERNING LAW
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of New South Wales and shall be subject
to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.
13. GENERAL
13.1 The Customer shall not be assign or otherwise transfer any
Contracts or any of its rights and obligations hereunder whether
in whole or in part without the prior written consent of GCG. Any
such unauthorized assignment shall be deemed null and void.
13.2 If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held by
any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole
or in part, the validity of the other provisions of these Terms
and Conditions and the remainder of the provisions in question shall
not be affected thereby.
March 2005 Revised Edition 1.0
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TOTAL SATISFACTION POLICY
If you are an end-user customer who bought new GCG products directly
from GCG Turbochargers Australia Pty Limited you may return them
to the relevant GCG warehouse within 7 days of the date of invoice
for replacement or a refund or credit of the product purchase price.
The refund or credit will not include any shipping and handling
charges forming part of the purchase price. If you are an organization
that bought the products under a written agreement with GCG, the
agreement may contain different terms for the return of products
than specified by this policy.
To return products, you must call GCG to receive a Credit Return
Authorization Number. Arrangements for the return will be made with
you at this time. To expedite the processing of your refund or credit,
GCG expects the return of the products to GCG in their original
packaging within five days of the date that GCG issues the Credit
Return Authorization Number. You must also prepay shipping charges
and insure the shipment or accept the risk of loss or damage during
shipment. Returned products must be received by GCG in as-new or
as-shipped-by-GCG condition, including conformance to the specifications
set out in your invoice, and all of the manuals, and other items
included with a product must be returned with it.
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