The customer authorizes TEL to collect, retain and use any information about the customer, or for the purpose of assessing the customer’s credit worthiness, enforcing any rights under this contract, or marketing any goods and services provided by TEL to any other party.

The customer authorizes TEL to disclose any information obtained to any person for the purposes set out in clause 3.1.

Where the customer is a natural person, the authorities under clauses 3.1 and 3.2 are authorities or consents for the purposes of the Privacy Act 1993.

Where the customer is a company and a director has signed on behalf of the company, that director hereby authorizes TEL for the purposes of the Privacy Act 1993, to undertake credit checks of the director for the purposes of assessing the customer’s creditworthiness or enforced any rights under this contract.

Payment is to be made in full (without set off or deduction) 7 days from the date of invoice. The only exception will be if the specific customer invoice states ‘by the 20th of the month following’.

Receipt of any cheque or other bill of exchange shall not comprise payment or the same as being honoured or cleared.

If the customer fails to make payment by the due date, it shall be liable to pay to TEL by way of liquidated damages, interest at a rate of 2% per month calculated on a daily basis.

TEL may issue interim invoices for any amounts it considers reasonable to reflect work and materials supplied before the work is complete. This may include a requirement to pay a deposit, a payment on partial completion and a final payment on completion. This requirement will be set out in any quotation given.

The invoice issued is a payment claim under the Construction Contracts Act 2002.

If at any time TEL agrees that any outstanding account may be paid off over time, it is strictly on the basis that should any payment be missed, then the full balance owing as at the date that payment is missed becomes due and owing immediately and TEL may pursue the customer for the full outstanding amount notwithstanding the agreement for time payment.

If the customer fails to pay any amount owing on the due date, or commits any other default under this contract and any such default shall continue for seven days:

All amounts payable by the customer shall upon such default become due and payable and TEL may enforce payment of the balance owing and interest shall be payable thereon as set out in clause 4c, notwithstanding that delivery and/or installation of any parts or materials has not been affected and that but for this clause payment would not then be due.

All amounts payable by the customer shall upon such default become due and payable and TEL may enforce payment of the balance owing and interest shall be payable thereon as set out in clause 4c, notwithstanding that delivery and/or installation of any parts or materials has not been affected and that but for this clause payment would not then be due.

TEL may by written notice to the customer, cancel this contract and any rights exercised by TEL pursuant to this clause shall not terminate the customer’s liabilities under the contract, or to pay damages for any breach of it.

The customer shall pay TEL’s full legal costs on a solicitor/client basis for legal services relating to recovery of any outstanding amount owed by the customer.

Where a quotation is given by TEL for goods and services:

The quotation shall be valid for thirty (30) days from the date of issue.

The quotation shall be exclusive of Goods and Services Tax unless specifically stated to the contrary.

TEL reserves the right to alter the quotation where the quotation has been submitted based on plans or has been based upon work in an area of a building that cannot be viewed until the work is undertaken, or circumstances beyond the control of TEL dictate that the quotation may be reviewed and altered at TEL’s discretion. Notwithstanding that any quotation has stated that it is a quotation in the circumstances set out in this clause 6.1.3, it shall be read as an estimate only.

Where goods are required in addition to the quotation, or the customer requests a variation, the customer agrees to pay for the additional cost of such goods.

The customer may not return or refuse delivery of any goods purchased from TEL unless agreed to in writing by TEL.

Title in the goods passes to the customer when the customer has made payment in full without deduction for all goods supplied by TEL.

Where the customer has not paid for any goods in its possession property of such goods shall remain with TEL and:

The goods shall be held by the customer as bailee, and

If the goods are attached, fixed or incorporated into any property of the customer by way of any manufacturing or assembly process by the customer or any third party, title of the goods shall remain with TEL until the customer has made payment for all goods, and where those goods are mixed with other property so as to be part of or a constituent of any new goods, title to these goods shall deemed to be assigned to TEL as security for the full satisfaction by the customer of the full amount owing between TEL and the customer.

The customer gives irrevocable authority to TEL to enter any premises occupied by the customer, at any reasonable time, to remove any goods not paid for in full by the customer. TEL shall not be liable for costs, damages for expenses or any other losses incurred by the customer or any third party as a result of this action, nor liable in contract or in tort or otherwise in any way whatsoever.

TEL assures all goods are of merchantable quality and free from defect. No goods shall be returned to TEL without prior written authorization. If goods are found to be defective TEL at its option may replace or repair and return free from defect

Under no circumstances may goods be returned other than as defective and authority for return will not be given for the following – shop soiled, where the goods have been used where the client has damaged them.

TEL’s liability under this clause or any contract collateral hereto is limited to replacing (or at the election of TEL) or repairing any defective goods to the entire exclusion of any other remedy which, but for this clause, the customer might have and TEL shall be under no liability for any damage, injury direct or consequential or other loss, or loss of profits of costs, charges and expenses on the part of the customer, or any other person other than to repair or replace as mentioned above. TEL shall not be liable to the customer if for any reason beyond TEL’s control is not able to deliver or supply any of the goods.

The customer acknowledges that it grants a security interest (as defined in the Personal Property Securities Act 1999 (“PPSA”)) in all present and after acquired property as security for its obligations to TEL. The customer must do all things including executing all documents that TEL requires to provide TEL with a first ranking security interest in the goods.

The customer waives the right to receive a copy of the verification stated under the PPSA and agrees it will have none of the rights under ss114(1)(a), 116, 117(1)(c), 119, 120(2), 121, 125, 129, 131, 132, 133 and 134 of the PPSA. Where TEL has rights in addition to those in Parts 9 of the PPSA, the customer agrees that those rights shall continue to apply and in particular will not be limited by s109 of the PPSA.

The customer agrees to indemnify TEL for any costs TEL incurs in registering, maintaining and for enforcing the security interest created by these terms including actual legal costs on a solicitor/client basis.

The customer must immediately notify TEL if it changes its name, registered office or place of business.

The guarantees contained in the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 are excluded where the customer acquires goods or services from TEL for the purposes of a business in terms of section 2 and 43 of that Act.

The customer agrees that TEL may exercise a general lien against any goods or any property belonging to the customer that is in the possession of TEL for any sums outstanding under the contract and any other contract to which the customer and TEL are parties.

If the lien is not satisfied within 7 days of the due date, TEL may having given notice of the lien at its option either:

Remove such goods or property and store them in such a place and in such as manner as TEL shall think fit and proper and at the risk and expense of the customer. Or:

Sell such goods or property or part thereof upon such terms as it shall think fit and apply the proceeds in or towards discharge of the lien and costs of sale without being liable to any person for damage caused.

No representation, condition, warranty or premise expressed or implied by law or otherwise applies to the quote except where goods are supplied pursuant to the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 or except where expressly provided to the customer at the time of sale HOWEVER no warranty will exceed that given by the manufacturer.

Notwithstanding the above TEL will pass on to the customer any third party warranties such as those of the manufacturer at the time of purchasing the goods and warrant that all installations are done in a good and proper workmanlike manner for a period equivalent to the warranty the manufacturer has provided for the goods.

No warranty shall be enforceable by the customer whilst money is owing to TEL.

TEL shall, without any liability and without any prejudice to any other right it has in law or equity have the right by notice to suspend or cancel in whole or in part any contract for supply of goods to the customer if the customer fails to pay any money owing after the due date or commits an act of bankruptcy as defined in section 19 of the Insolvency Act 1967.

Any cancellation or suspension under clause 14.1 of the agreement shall not affect TEL’s claim for money due at the time of cancellation or suspension or for any damages for any breach of any terms of this contract of the customer’s obligations to TEL under this contract.

For better securing the obligations of the customer to TEL, the customer agrees that it will upon demand execute in favour of TEL a good and registerable mortgage over any property held now by the customer either alone or jointly with any one or acquired by the customer at anytime hereafter. If the customer defaults in payment of any amount owed to TEL, the customer specifically authorizes TEL to lodge a caveat against any such property to further secure this agreement to mortgage and the customer appoints TEL to be the customer’s attorney for the purposes of signing a caveat, and or mortgage charge on the property to protect TEL interests.

The customer shall not assign all or any of its rights or obligations under this contract without the written consent of TEL

TEL shall not be liable for delay or failure to perform its obligations if the cause of the delay or failure is beyond its control

Failure by TEL to enforce any of the terms and conditions contained in this contract shall not be deemed to be a waiver of the rights or obligations TEL has under this contract.

The law of New Zealand shall apply to this contract except to the extent expressly varied by the contract

Where the terms of this contract are at variance with the order or instruction from the customer this contract shall prevail.

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