Trading Terms

1. Payment

a) Payment for credit accounts is due 25 days from the end of month statement.

b) Should an account become overdue and payment not received in our office by 30 days after the end of
month statement, interest will be charged on all overdue amounts at the rate of 12% under the Penalty
Interest Rates Act 1983.

c) If an account becomes 60 days overdue Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd will not supply any products until payment is received.

d) Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd accept payment by cheque or direct debit into the nominated bank account as printed on the bottom of all invoices.

e) A 2% charge will apply when paying by MasterCard or Visa.

2. Orders

a) Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd reserve the right to accept or decline, in whole or in part, any order placed by the Customer.

b) Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd will place on a back order file any items temporarily out of stock and supply these items when stock becomes available unless the Customer specifically instructs otherwise before the goods are shipped. The Customer will be notified of goods on back order on the delivery docket of other goods sent. When goods on back order are sent, the Customer will be notified via an Order Confirmation fax.

c) An Order Confirmation will be faxed to the Customer upon goods leaving Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd. This will state: Client Name, Delivery Address, Date order received and how order was placed (phone, fax, E-mail, other), Date order sent, Method of despatch, If refrigeration is required on arrival and Maximum expected delivery date.

3. Freight/Postage (GST Applicable)

a) Goods will be sent to the delivery address as indicated on the Customer Credit Application Form.

b) The Customer and Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd will mutually agree upon the method of delivery.

c) Customers can indicate more than one delivery address or method however this must be submitted to Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd in writing.

d) Freight for Victorian, Tasmania and South Australian customers will be charged at $20.00 per order.

e) Freight for New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory & Western Australia customers will be charged at $50.00 per order.

f) Unless the customer gives notice to Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd of non-receipt of goods within 3 days of Maximum expected delivery date the credit for goods, where applicable will not be given.

4. Pricing Policy (GST Applicable)

a) All orders will be subject to Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd’s list prices or contract prices at the date of despatch.

b) Pricing subject to change without notice.

5. Invoice Format

a) Invoices will be posted after goods are despatched unless otherwise informed (ie. If the Customer would prefer the invoice faxed or emailed, notify Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd in writing).

b) Statements will be sent at the end of each month summarising all account movements during the month.

6. Return of Goods Policy (GST Applicable)

a) The Customer must contact Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd to advise details of goods to be returned.

b) Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd will approve request by allocating a Return Authorisation Number and sending a Return of Goods form, which is to accompany goods being returned.

c) The following goods will be accepted for return:
– Goods damaged in transit
– Incorrect supply that is excess, (but only to the extent of the excess) or wrong goods.

d) Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd will not accept goods for return unless a Return Authorisation Number has been allocated to the goods.

e) Goods accepted by Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd for return will be replaced by Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd with equivalent or correct goods.

f) The following items will NOT be accepted for return on any basis:
– Goods sold on a specific non-return basis
– Goods having a broken seal or label removed
– Goods involved in a fire sale, sacrifice sale or bankruptcy sale
– Vaccines that have been stored on farm for more than 3 days following delivery
– Expired stock

g) Goods accepted by Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd for return are to be returned to Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd at the Customer’s cost unless inaccurate goods sent by Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd Wholesaling Pty Ltd.

7. Title to Goods

a) Property and ownership in all goods shall remain with Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd until all monies owing to Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd on any account whatsoever have been paid (“the Debts”)

b) Until the Debts have been paid, the Customer holds all goods as bailee of Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd and must return the goods on request. The Customer must also ensure that the goods are insured and stored or identified as such that they are readily distinguishable from other goods.

8. Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PPSA)

a) The Customer acknowledges and agrees that these Terms and Conditions of Sale constitute a Security Agreement and create a Security Interest in all goods that have been previously supplied to the Customer and that will be supplied in the future to the Customer by Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd.

b) The Customer acknowledges that Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd, as the Secured Party, is entitled to register its interest in goods supplied or to be supplied to the Customer as Grantor under these Terms and Conditions of Sale on the PPSA Register.

c) The Customer agrees to promptly sign any further documents and/or provide any further information which Chris Richards and Associates and Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd may reasonably require to:
i. register the Security Interest on the PPSA register;
ii. register any other document required to be registered by the PPSA; or
iii. correct a defect in a statement referred to in 8(c)(i) or 8(c)(ii).

d) The Customer agrees to indemnify Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd on demand for all costs and expenses, including legal costs and expenses on a solicitor/client basis, associated with:
i. registration or amendment or discharge of any registration on the PPSA register by or on behalf of Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd; and
ii. enforcement or attempted enforcement of any Security Interest granted by the Customer to Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd.

e) The Customer agrees not to:
i. register a financial change statement in respect of the Security Interest without the prior written consent of Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd; or
ii. register, or permit to be registered, a financial statement or a financing change statement in relation to the goods in favour of a third party without the prior written consent of Chris Richards and Associates & Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd.

f) The Customer waives its rights to receive notices under the PPSA (including a notice of verification statement) unless the notice is required by the PPSA and that requirement cannot be excluded.

g) The Customer waives its rights as a grantor and or debtor under sections 142 and 143 of the PPSA.

h) In this clause, defined terms have the same meaning as given to them in the PPSA

9. Privacy Statement

Chris Richards & Associates Pty Ltd (Chris Richards and Associates), Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd (Country Vet) and their affiliates recognise that your privacy is very important to you. Providing your personal information is an act of trust that we take very seriously. Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet will not sell, trade, give or rent any information obtained from you to a third party.

Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet may from time to time amend, update, or change this Statement. You should check this page periodically for changes to this Privacy Statement.

We acknowledge that we will collect and store information about you as part of offering services on the Website. In this regard, we will act ethically and as evidence of this commitment, we will take reasonable steps to comply with the following principles in relation to the information you give to us about yourself.

9.1. Collection

Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet collect the personal data that you volunteer on registering for Country Vet on our website, or through other forms, or by email. This information will only be collected by lawful and fair means. In order to register with the Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet Websites we require some basic information about you. We also allow you to provide additional non-required information on registration and at other times. Only information marked, as ‘required’ during registration is needed to use services on the Website. This information is used for identification purposes and to contact you when necessary.

As you browse the Online Ordering Website we may log the IP address of your computer, session details, and domain name to evaluate which parts of the Website you visit and how long you stay there. We do not link your computer’s IP address with any other information you have submitted to us. While a countryvet.com.au user’s session may be tracked, all users remain anonymous when tracked. IP tracking information is aggregated with tracking data from all site visitors to measure number of visits, average time spent on the Website, pages viewed, and to help diagnose problems with our server.

9.2. Use and Disclosure

Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet require you to provide certain information about yourself in order to provide services to you. We will not rent, sell or exchange information about you to third parties (other than related parties) except where you consent, or except where you would expect the information to be disclosed, or except where we have indicated we may disclose; or except where we are legally obliged to disclose such information.

9.3. Data Quality

Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet will take reasonable steps to ensure that information we have about you is accurate, complete and up to date when we collect and use it.

9.4. Data Security

Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet will take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we hold about you is kept secure at all times. Country Vet will limit access to your personal information to employees and data processors that need it to carry out the service provided by us except where we inform you otherwise. Our employees and data processors are obliged to respect the confidentiality of clients’ and website visitors’ personal data. Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet will reinforce with other employees the policies and practices in relation to safeguarding personal information of clients and visitors, preventing its unauthorised access, use or disclosure, and ensuring its proper handling.

Our website has policies, rules and measures in place to protect the visitors’ personal data from:
1. Unauthorised access;
2. Improper use;
3. Alteration;
4. Unlawful or accidental destruction; and
5. Accidental loss.

Openness
Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet will be honest and open with you about the type of personal information that is collected about you and the actual use of any such information. By giving out your personal information, or filling in the entry or application form, you have consented to the use of this information in future, for marketing campaigns that Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet feels you may be interested in. At any time you have the option to opt out from receiving any future marketing material by contacting us on orders@countryvet.com.au.

Access and Correction
If you provide us with satisfactory personal identification, such as your login details, web.countryvet.com.au will let you have access to the information we keep about you and give you the opportunity to have that information corrected if it is found to be incorrect. Further, if Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet is not able to release details of personal information to you, then we will provide you with reasons for any denial of access or correction.

9.5. Anonymity

You can access our web site home page and browse the public area of the Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet Website without disclosing personal information. Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet will, wherever it is lawful and practicable, give you the option of not identifying yourself to us except where it is necessary to use our Website services.

9.6. Transfer of Data

Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet will take reasonable steps to ensure that if any information you give us about you will remain subject to the protection given by our Privacy Statement or another statute or binding scheme which is substantially similar to this Privacy Statement.

9.7. Sensitive information

Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet will not collect information that is considered highly personal or highly sensitive about you.

9.8. Cookies

Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet uses cookies to hold session information, improve security during a visitors’ session online, ensure effective advertising tailored to the visitors’ needs, and provide you with your information.

We store the following information in cookies:  Your unique user ID

You can use your browser to disable cookies; Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet is not liable for any errors which may be encountered with the Website as a result.

9.9. Client and Visitor Choice

By registering with Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet you have chosen to receive promotional or marketing information from our website or organisation and/or affiliates and alliances. At any time you can opt out from receiving such information by sending a request to opt out using any of the following methods:

Postal Address: P.O. Box 2388
Bendigo DC 3554
Email: orders@countryvet.com.au
Telephone: 1800 426 142
Facsimile: 03 5442 6119

9.10. Coverage and Complaints

Our Privacy Statement covers Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet Wholesaling Pty Ltd ACN 098 037 784 and the Chris Richards & Associates and Country Vet Websites.

If you would like to make a complaint on the basis that you feel your privacy has been breached because we have failed to comply with this Privacy Statement, you should contact us using the following methods:

Postal Address: P.O. Box 2388
Bendigo DC 3554
Email: orders@countryvet.com.au
Telephone: 1800 426 142
Facsimile: 03 5442 6119