1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 Definitions
When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise:
“Add-Ons” means advanced functionality to support the Software which you may order under clause 5;
“Agreement” means this agreement and the Order Form;
“Confidential Information” means the Software, the Subscription, the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and any other information pertaining to the business or affairs of either party which is provided to, or otherwise comes to your knowledge of, the other party in connection with this Agreement and which the other party ought reasonably to know (having regard to the nature of the information) is confidential to that party
“Delivery Date” means the date on which VETtrak provides access to the Licensed Software to you;
“Documentation” means material describing the functional processes, assumptions, specifications and principle operations of the Licensed Software which has been designated by VETtrak as the official documentation for the Licensed Software, as published by VETtrak from time to time;
“Intellectual Property Rights” means all intellectual property rights throughout the world including but not limited to the following rights:
- patents, copyright, rights in circuit layouts, designs, trade marks (including goodwill in those marks) and domain names and any right to have confidential information kept confidential;
- any application or right to apply for registration of any of the rights referred to in paragraph (1); and
- all rights of a similar nature to any of the rights in paragraphs (1) and (2) which may subsist in Australia or elsewhere,
whether or not such rights are registered or capable of being registered;
“Liability” means any liability on any basis, whether in contract (including for breach of warranty), tort (including negligence), under any other rule of common law, equity or statute, or under any other legal theory;
“Licensed Software” means the computer programs described in the Order;
“Maintenance Services” means the annual maintenance and support services you have ordered for the Licensed Software comprising of:
- the provision of telephone support services for technical queries only in relation to the Licensed Software between the hours of 0900 and 1700 on Monday to Friday, Australian Eastern Standard Time;
- the provision of Software Upgrades; and
- the provision of custom reports that may be reasonably requested by you;
which VETtrak makes generally available to licensees of the Licensed Software who have ordered such services;
“Order Form” means your order for software from VETtrak and which references these terms and conditions;
“VETtrak” means ReadyTech EWP Pty Ltd;
“Software” means the Licensed Software, Software Upgrades and/or Add- Ons;
“Software Upgrade” means an update or upgrade to the Licensed Software which VETtrak makes generally available to licensees of the Licensed Software who have ordered Maintenance Services;
“Subscription” means the VETtrak service which provides you with access and use of the Software and Maintenance Services;
“Subscription Fees” means the fees to be paid periodically to VETtrak as set out in the Order Form for the right to use the Software and receive the Maintenance Services pursuant to this Agreement;
“Term” means the period commencing on the Delivery Date and ending in accordance with clause 11.
“use” means to install, configure (in the manner permitted by the Software) and execute the functionality of the Software;
“Warranty Period” means a period of 12 months from delivery; and
“you” and “your” refers to the entity that has ordered the Licensed Software and Maintenance Services from VETtrak.
1.2 Interpretation
In this Agreement, headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation and unless the context indicates a contrary intention:
- a reference to a person includes an individual, the estate of an individual, a corporation, an authority, an association or a joint venture (whether incorporated or unincorporated), a partnership and a trust;
- the singular includes the plural (and vice versa), and a word indicating a gender includes every other gender;
- if a word or phrase is given a defined meaning, any other part of speech or grammatical form of that word or phrase has a corresponding meaning;
- includes in any form is not a word of limitation;
- a reference to a party includes that party’s executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns, including persons taking by way of novation;
- a reference to a document (including this Agreement) is to that document as varied, novated, ratified or replaced from time to time;
- a reference to a statute includes its delegated legislation and a reference to a statute or delegated legislation or a provision of either includes consolidations, amendments, re enactments and replacements; and
- no provision will be construed adversely to a party because that party was responsible for the preparation of this Agreement or that provision.