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"Acceptable Use Policy" means our Policy which specifies our requirements in relation to your use of the Services (attached to and forming part of this Agreement);
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"Agreement" means this agreement for the provision of the Supplies by us to you, which includes this Standard Form of Agreement, the Service Arrangement and Agreement Addendum (if applicable), each Service Schedule (if applicable) and your Application (if applicable, once accepted by us).
In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between any part of:
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each relevant Service Arrangement and Agreement Addendum (if any);
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each relevant Service Schedules (if any);
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each Application (if any); and
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this Standard Form of Agreement; then the material mentioned in any one of clauses 2.2.1 to 2.2.4 above has precedence over material mentioned in a subsequent clause, to the extent of any conflict or inconsistency;
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"Anniversary Date" means the recurring due date on which you are required to pay the Charges for any ongoing Supplies, which will occur each month, quarter, year or other period as provided on each applicable Application, each applicable Service Arrangement and Agreement Addendum or in each applicable Service Schedule, commencing on the Service Commencement Date. We may change your Anniversary Date from time to time, at our discretion, in order to align this date with the renewal dates of your active Services. Where a change to your Anniversary Date is made you may receive two distinct invoices in the monthly period when the change is implemented;
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"Application" means each application form completed by you (either hard copy or soft copy on our Website) and sent to us requesting the Services;
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"Available Hours" means the actual number of hours during a calendar month that a Service is available to you. For the purpose of calculating Available Hours any unavailability of a Service that is due to the following categories of events shall be deemed as time that that Service is available to you:
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Scheduled Maintenance;
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unavailability of the Service due to any Telecommunications Company circuits or failure of any Telecommunications Company services;
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unavailability of the Service due to your applications, your equipment, or your facilities;
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unavailability of the Service due to your acts or omissions, or any use of the Service authorised by you; or
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unavailability of the Service due to force majeure;
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"Availability Target" means the percentage of time that a Service is available within a calendar month (subject to clause 2.6), if specified in an applicable Service Schedule;
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"Charges" means the charges payable by you to us for the Supplies (as specified on the Application or other reasonable charges introduced by us from time to time (including without limitation, credit card processing charges and charges incurred for the provision of paper invoices by post or by fax));
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"Churn" means any manner in which you transfer your active Service to another service provider through an industry supported means where Vintek participates in the churn/transfer process concerned and is notified of that transfer by the entity that implements the churn/transfer. The notice by the other service provider to Vintek will be deemed to be adequate notice by you of the cancellation of the Service;
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"Customer Update Period" means the times at which we will use reasonable endeavours to provide you with information regarding the progress of resolving a Fault you have reported to us (if there has been a change to any progress information we previously provided), if specified in an applicable Service Schedule;
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"Early Termination Charges" means the Charges that are specified as "Early Termination Charges" in the Service Arrangement and Agreement Addendum (if any);
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"Equipment" means the Vintek Equipment and the Non Vintek Equipment;
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"Fault" means a failure in the normal operation of the Services;
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"Goods" means any goods we supply to you (including goods supplied in connection with any Services);
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"GST" has the same meaning as it does in section 195-1 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 and any related or similar legislation;
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"Hours of Coverage for Response" means the times between which we will respond to your suspected Fault reports, if specified in an applicable Service Schedule;
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"Hours of Coverage for Restoration" means the times between which we will undertake Fault restoration work for a Service, if specified in an applicable Service Schedule;
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"Vintek Equipment" means any equipment owned by us, including equipment located at a Site as part of the delivery of the Services to you and any cable and/or fibre facility used to provide the Services to you;
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"Vintek Help Desk" means the contact point for Faults, which you may contact by dialling the telephone number specified in an applicable Service Schedule (if the Service Schedule includes a service level agreement);
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"Material Breach" means a material breach of this Agreement which includes, without limitation, any breach due to your failure to make any payment(s) on time as required pursuant to this Agreement and/or any breach due to your failure to comply with any of our Policies;
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"Non Vintek Equipment" means the equipment and software (other than the Vintek Equipment and the Software) used by you to access and/or connect to a Service;
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"Other Services" means any other services in connection with Goods and/or Services (including installation and maintenance services);
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"Policy" means any policy published by us from time to time and notified to you, including without limitation the Acceptable Use Policy and the Privacy Policy;
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"Privacy Policy" means our Policy which specifies our rights and requirements in relation to our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information (attached to and forming part of this Agreement);
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"Response Target" means the period of time between a failure in the normal operation of a Service being reported to the Vintek Help Desk by a Site Contact and a response from Vintek acknowledging the report (and providing a "Trouble Ticket" reference number and, where possible, an estimated restore time), if specified in an applicable Service Schedule;
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"Restore Target" means the period of time between us determining that a reported failure in the normal operation of Service is a Fault and repair of the Fault by us to restore your Service, if specified in an applicable Service Schedule;
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"Scheduled Maintenance" means maintenance carried out by us, where two (2) business days' notice has been provided to you;
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"Service Arrangement and Agreement Addendum" means any special terms in relation to, and a description of, the Services to be offered as agreed by the parties and evidenced in writing;
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"Service Schedule" means the standard Vintek service schedule applicable to each Service for which we accept your Application (or for which this Agreement is executed by us and you), and this service schedule may include details of the Service, a service level agreement, and/or special conditions applicable to that Service;
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"Services" means each Vintek Service in respect of which we have accepted your Application, or in respect of which this Agreement has been executed by us and you;
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"Service Commencement Date" refers to the first to occur of either the specific date that a Service or Other Service (as applicable) was activated or the supply of the Services or Other Services (as applicable) began;
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"Site" means the site(s) or premises to which a Service is to be supplied, as described in the applicable Application or Service Arrangement and Agreement Addendum;
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"Site Contact" means the person nominated by you as the contact person in respect of a particular site
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"Software" means software we provide to you for your use in connection with the Services (if any);
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"Standard Form of Agreement" means this document entitled "Standard Form of Agreement" and includes our Policies;
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"Summary Standard Form of Agreement"means the written summary of the terms and conditions of this Standard Form of Agreement;
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"Supplies" means the Services, Goods and/or Other Services, as appropriate;
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"Supply Rollover Date" means the monthly anniversary of the day of month on which the Supply was initially deemed chargeable by us. If the monthly anniversary date is a date which does not appear in the current month, the Supply Rollover Date is deemed to be the first date of the following month;
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"Telecommunications Company" means any licensed carrier or carriage service provider as defined by the Telecommunications Act 1997 other than Vintek Pty Ltd or Vintek;
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"Telephone Line" means any telephone line used to provide the Services;
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"Term" means, in respect of a Service, the contract period specified in the Application for that Service, or the contract period specified in the Service Arrangement and Agreement Addendum;
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"TP Supplier" means a third party supplier which supplies us with goods and/or services (including wholesale telecommunications services) that are necessary for our provision of the Supplies to you (including a supplier which provides us with Goods for re-supply to you);
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"Website" means the Vintek website located at http://www.vintek.net;
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a reference to a person includes a partnership and a body, whether corporate or otherwise;
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monetary references are references to Australian currency;
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we can rely on the authority of any of your employees who advise us they have the authority to give your consent as needed under this Agreement, provided that we act in good faith; and
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words in the singular number include the plural and vice versa.