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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT
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THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL
These terms and
conditions, together with the Agreement and Schedules hereto, (hereinafter
collectively referred to as “this Agreement”) shall constitute the whole of the
agreement between
I-Sixty
and Subscriber relating to
the subject matter hereof, notwithstanding anything in Subscriber’s inquiry,
specification, acceptance, order or other documentation or discussion to the
contrary.
2
NO VARIATION OR AMENDMENT
2.1
No amendment or consensual
cancellation of this Agreement or any provision or term thereof or of any
agreement, bill of exchange or other document issued or executed pursuant to or
in terms of this Agreement shall be binding unless recorded in a written
document signed by a duly authorised representative from both
I-Sixty
and Subscriber.
2.2
No extension of time or waiver
or relaxation of any of the provisions or terms of this Agreement, bill of
exchange or other document issued or executed pursuant to or in terms of this
Agreement, shall operate as an estoppel against either parties hereto in respect
of its right under this Agreement, nor shall it operate so as to preclude either
of the parties thereafter from exercising its rights strictly in accordance with
this Agreement.
2.3
Either party shall not be bound
by any express or implied term, representation, warranty, promise or the like
not recorded herein, whether it induced the contract between Subscriber and
I-Sixty
or not.
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CHARGES
3.1
Subscriber is responsible for
and agrees to pay to
I-Sixty
all fees and charges set out in the Schedules in South
African currency, without deduction or set-off of any amount of whatsoever
nature or for whatsoever reason.
3.2
In the event of any dispute
arising as to the amount or calculation of any fee or charge which is payable by
Subscriber, the dispute shall be referred for determination to independent
auditors. They shall act as experts
and their decision shall be final and binding on
I-Sixty
and Subscriber.
3.3
Any amount falling due for
payment by Subscriber to
I-Sixty
in terms of or pursuant to this Agreement which is not
paid on its due date shall bear interest calculated from the due date for
payment thereof until date of payment, at
the prime rate of Standard Bank from time to time, monthly in arrears.
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WARRANTIES
4.1
Save as expressly set out in
this Agreement,
I-Sixty
does not make any representations nor gives any warranties
or guarantees of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Equipment, Software or
Services and all warranties which are implied or residual at common law are
hereby expressly excluded.
4.2
Without limitation to the
generality of clause 4.1,
I-Sixty
does not warrant or guarantee that the information
transmitted by or available to Subscribers by way of the Services or the
Software.
4.2.1
will be preserved or sustained
in their entirety;
4.2.2
will be suitable for any
purpose;
4.2.3
will be free of inaccuracies or
defects or bugs or viruses of any kind;
4.3
and
I-Sixty
assumes no liability, responsibility or obligations in
regard to any of the exclusions set forth in this clause 4.2 and 4.1 above. All
references to
I-Sixty
in this clause 4 and in clause 5 directly below includes
I-Sixty
Licensor (as defined in Annexure A) and all warranties and
liabilities excluded in these clauses apply equally to
I-Sixty
and its Licensor.
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EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY
5.1
Except for any deliberate act or
gross negligence on the part of
I-Sixty,
its servants or agents, and except as otherwise expressly provided herein to the
contrary,
I-Sixty
shall not be liable to Subscriber or any third party for
any loss to Subscriber or any third party for any loss or damage of whatsoever
nature and/or howsoever arising (including consequential or incidental loss or
damage which shall include but shall not be limited to loss to property or of
profit, business, goodwill, revenue or anticipated savings) or for any costs,
claims or demands of any nature whether asserted against
I-Sixty
or against Subscriber by any party arising directly or
indirectly out of the Equipment, Software or Services, their use, access,
withdrawal or suspension or out of any information or materials provided or not
provided, as the case may be, by or from their use.
5.2
Subject to clause 5.1 above, the
entire liability of
I-Sixty
and Subscriber’s exclusive remedy for damages from any
cause related to or arising out of this Agreement, regardless of the form of
action, whether in contract or in delict, will not exceed the aggregate of the
fees and charges paid by Subscriber under this Agreement for the period of 12
(twelve) months preceding Subscriber's written notice in terms of clause 7.1.
5.3
Subscriber hereby indemnifies
I-Sixty
against and holds
I-Sixty
harmless from any claim by any third party arising
directly or indirectly out of access to or use of the Equipment, Software or
Services or information obtained through the use thereof or in respect of any
matter for which liability of
I-Sixty
is excluded in terms of clause 5.1 above.
5.4
Because of the need to conduct
maintenance, repair and/or improvement work from time to time on the technical
infrastructure by means of which the Services are provided, the provision of the
Services may be suspended from time to time without notice by
I-Sixty,
and all liability on the part of
I-Sixty
of any loss or damage (whether directly or consequential)
thereby incurred or for any costs, claims, or demands of any nature arising
therefrom, is excluded, and the provisions of clause 5.1 above shall apply
mutatis mutandis to such exclusion.
Should the provision of the Services be suspended by
I-Sixty
for the purpose aforementioned for a period in excess of
48 (forty eight) consecutive hours,
I-Sixty
shall give Subscriber credit in an amount which represents
a pro rata portion of Subscriber’s basic monthly subscription fee for the month
during which the said suspension occurred.
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DOCUMENTATION
Any specifications, descriptive matter, drawings
and other documents which may be furnished by
I-Sixty
to Subscriber from time to time:
6.1
do not form part of this
Agreement and may not be relied upon, unless they are agreed in writing by both
parties hereto to form part of this Agreement;
6.2
shall remain the property of
I-Sixty
and shall be deemed to have been imparted by it in trust
to Subscriber for the sole use of Subscriber.
All copyright in such documents vests in
I-Sixty. Such documents shall be returned to
I-Sixty
on demand.
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BREACH
7.1
Subject to the provisions of
clause 7.2 to the contrary, if either party hereto:
7.1.1
breaches any of the terms or
conditions of this Agreement and fails to remedy such breach or pay such amount,
as the case may be, within 7 (seven) days after the receipt of written notice
from the other party;
7.1.2
commits any act of insolvency;
7.1.3
endeavours to compromise
generally with its creditors or does or causes anything to be done which may
prejudice the other party’s rights hereunder or at all;
7.1.4
allows any judgement against it
to remain unsettled for more than 10 (ten) days without taking immediate steps
to have it rescinded and successfully prosecuting the application for rescission
to its final end; or
7.1.5
is placed in liquidation or
under judicial management (in either case, whether provisionally or finally) or,
being an individual, his estate is sequestrated or voluntarily surrendered;
the other shall have the right, without prejudice to any other right which it
may have against the other, to;
a)
treat as immediately due and payable all outstanding amounts which would
otherwise become due and payable over the unexpired period of the Agreement and
to claim such amounts as well as any other amounts in arrears including interest
and to cease performance of its obligations hereunder as well as under any other
contract with the defaulting party until such party has remedied the breach; or
b)
cancel this Agreement;
in either event without prejudice to such party’s right to claim damages.
7.2
In the event of any expiration,
termination or cancellation of this Agreement, provisions hereof which are
intended to continue and survive shall so continue and survive.
7.3
Subscriber shall be liable for
all costs incurred by
I-Sixty
in the recovery of any amounts or the enforcement of any
rights which it has hereunder, including collection charges and costs on an
attorney and own client scale whether incurred prior to or during the
institution of legal proceedings or if judgement has been granted, in connection
with the satisfaction or enforcement of such judgement.
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CESSION
Subscriber shall not be entitled to cede or assign any rights and/or obligations
which it may have in terms of this Agreement to any third party unless consented
to in writing by
I-Sixty,
which consent may not be unreasonably withheld.
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HEADINGS AND INTERPRETATION
The clause headings contained herein are for reference purposes only and shall
not be used in the interpretation of this Agreement. Words importing any one gender
include the other genders, the singular includes the plural and vice versa, and
natural persons includes created entities (corporate or unincorporate) and vice
versa.
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DOMICILIUM CITANDI ET EXECUTANDI
For all purposes, including but not by way of limitation, the giving of any notice, the
making of any communication and the serving of any process,
I-Sixty
and Subscriber respectively choose their domicilium citandi et executandi
(“domicilium”) at their respective street addresses appearing on the face
hereof. Either party shall be
entitled from time to time to vary its domicilium and shall be obliged to give
notice to the other within ten days of the said change. Any notice which either party may
give to the other shall be posted by prepaid registered post or hand delivered
to the other party’s domicilium and shall be presumed, unless the contrary is
proved by the party to whom it is addressed, to have been received by that party
on the tenth day after the date of posting or day of delivery as the case may
be.
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GOVERNING LAW AND JURNISDICTION
This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of
the Republic of South Africa and all disputes, actions and other matters
relating thereto will be determined in accordance with South African law by a
South African Court having jurisdiction.
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FORCE MAJEURE
12.1
I-Sixty
shall not be liable for non-performance under this
agreement to the extent to which the non-performance is caused by events or
conditions beyond the control of
I-Sixty,
provided that
I-Sixty
makes all reasonable efforts to perform.
12.2
In the event that any provision
of this Agreement conflicts with any statute, ruling or order of any
governmental or regulatory body from time to time, then such provision of this
Agreement shall be controlled by the statute, ruling or order.
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TEST PERIOD
1.1
This Agreement and all its
terms, including the application form and the Service Specification Annexure, is
subject to a test period arrangement as follows:
1.1.1
The agreed set-up fee shall only
be payable after the successful elapse of the initial test phase.
1.1.2
The first 30 (thirty) days shall
serve as a test period wherein Subscriber will test the functionality of the
I-Sixty
product;
1.1.3
In the event that Subscriber can
not ensure such compatibility within the first 30 (thirty) days, then it shall
provide
I-Sixty
one week’s access to its facilities in order for
I-Sixty
to test the incompatibility and to remedy such
incompatibility, failing which this agreement may be cancelled by Subscriber
immediately.
1.1.4
In the event of such
cancellation, Subscriber will only be liable for 50% of the initial set-up cost
of the Backup Solution as a full and final settlement.
1.1.5
No other fees shall be paid
during the test period.
ANNEXURE A – ATTIX5 LTD. SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS
1.
DEFINITIONS
In this Schedule 1, the words detailed hereunder
will have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
1.1
“Software" means the Attix5 Ltd.
computer software program and any related documentation including manuals, which
includes Java-based client software which resides on the end-user’s personal
computer ("client software") and software which will reside in Subscribers'
central computer server ("server software") which together control the backup
process whereby data is backed up from end-users' personal computers via the
local area network to the central storage facility on Subscriber’s premises, and
which includes the binary codes and any improvements, upgrades, alterations or
changes made by Attix5 Ltd. or the licensor from time to time;
1.2
“Effective Date” means the date
when Software is first provided by I-Sixty to Subscriber for use;
1.3
“Contract Period” means a period
of 12 (twelve) months;
1.4
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