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This document sets out the terms and conditions of your application for
a Domain Name, and if successful, your Domain Name Licence. It records
the agreement between you, the applicant or holder of a Domain Name
Licence, the Domain Reseller, Lumis Multimedia, and our Australian
Registrar partner, in relation to the Domain Name.
Summary of Terms and Conditions
If
your application for a .au domain name is accepted and approved, you
will be granted a two year Domain Name Licence for that domain name.
You are required to make several statements to us in relation to your
domain name application. Please read them carefully to ensure that
those statements are correct.
You are entitled to transfer your domain name registration to another
registrar, and we will facilitate such transfer for you according to
our obligations under auDA's Published Policies.
You are bound by the .au Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP) in
relation to your registered domain name, as well as such other dispute
resolution policy which may be adopted by auDA from time to time.
You accept that our liability to you under these terms and conditions
are limited.
You are bound by the terms of this document, even if you have entered
into this document through an agent, and even if you licence the use of
the Domain Name to another person.
Contents
1. Definitions
2. Application and Registration
3. Domain Name Licence
4. Your Warranty to us
5. Our Obligations to you
6. Your Obligations to us
7. Use of your information
8. Dispute Resolution
9. Transfer of Registrars
10. Limitation of Liabilities
11. Our Agency
12. General
13. Indemnity
1. Definitions
In
this document, unless the context requires otherwise:
auDA means .au Domain Administration Limited ACN 079 009 340, the
industry self-regulatory body responsible for administering domain
names with the .au suffix.
Domain Name means the domain name which is the subject of your
application, and if successful, the Domain Name Licence.
Domain Name Licence means your licence to use the Domain Name which is
the subject of your application.
Domain Reseller means the registered reseller of the Domain Names.
Published Policies means those specifications and policies established
and published by auDA from time to time in accordance with its
constitution, and can be found at auDA's web site at .
Registrar or Enetica refer to Enetica Pty Ltd ACN 087 987 988, the registrar of record for your Domain Name Licence.
Registrant, You or your refer to the person or legal entity applying for, or the holder of, a Domain Name Licence.
2. Application and Registration
2.1
Your application for a Domain Name must be in the form prescribed under
the Published Policies. The Domain Name must comply with the Published
Policies.
2.2 You accept that even if we have accepted and approved your
Domain Name application, the application may still be rejected by the
Registry Operator in performing its final integrity checks.
2.3 You accept that neither you, nor we, have any proprietary
right arising from the registered Domain Name, or the entry of a Domain
Name in the domains registry.
2.4 All personal information pertaining to you are held by auDA for the benefit of the Australian public.
3. Domain Name Licence
3.1 Your .au Domain Name Licence will be effective for a two year period, once:
your application is accepted and approved by us and by the Registry Operator, and
you have paid the non-refundable applicable fees,
unless it is cancelled earlier under the terms of this document or under any Published Policies.
3.2 Your Domain Name Licence may be renewed every two years, as long as you:
pay the non-refundable applicable renewal fees, and
continue to meet the eligibility criteria prescribed in the Published Policies.
3.3 You accept that it is your responsibility to ensure that your Domain Name Licence is renewed.
3.4 You may cancel your Domain Name Licence at any time by
notifying us in writing, but this does not entitle to any refund.
3.5 We may cancel your Domain Name Licence if you breach any provision of this document.
3.6 Once a domain application is approved your liability for fees
are final and irrevocably due and non-refundable under any
circumstances whatsoever including error, negligence, omissions,
transfers and or cancellations.
3.7 We will report you and/or your company directors to
appropriate credit reference agencies should you fail to pay applicable
fees, and any such fees become more then 60 days past due.
3.8 Credit card charge backs are not permitted under any circumstances.
3.9 You agree to pay a $50 handling fee for any dishonoured cheques.
4. Your Warranty to Us
4.1 You warrant and state to us and to auDA separately that:
- all the information set out in your Domain Name application
- all information you give us, are true and correct, and not misleading or deceptive
- you meet, and continue to meet, the eligibility criteria prescribed in the Published Policies for registering the Domain Name
- you
have not previously submitted for registration with another registrar,
a domain name which is the same as the Domain Name, in circumstances
where
you are relying upon the same eligibility criteria for both domain
names, the Domain Name has previously been rejected by the other
registrar, and
your registration or use of the Domain Name does not infringe any
person's legal rights.
4.2
You accept that if any of the above statements is found to be
incorrect, then either we or auDA may cancel your Domain Name Licence.
4.3 You agree to indemnify us and auDA separately for any loss or
damage suffered by us or auDA as a result of any of us relying upon
your above statements.
5. Our Obligations to You
5.1
Once your Domain Name application is accepted and approved, we will
cause your Domain Name details to be entered in the domain names
registry.
5.2 We will endeavour to stay within the terms of our privacy
policy as published from time to time on the Enetica and Lumis
Multimedia Web Sites.
5.3 We will give you immediate notice if we are no longer an
accredited reseller, or Enetica’s auDA Accreditation is suspended or
terminated.
5.4 auDA may post notice of:
the fact that Enetica is no longer an accredited registrar, or the
suspension or termination of Enetica’s auDA Accreditation, or registrar
agreement with auDA,
on its web site, and may, if it considers appropriate, give such notice
to you directly.
6. Your Obligations to Us
6.1 Throughout the period of your Domain Name Licence, you
must comply with the Published Policies, and give notice to the
Registry Operator (through us) of any change to any information which
you have given us.
You must also protect the registry keys or other passwords provided to
you from unauthorised or fraudulent and accept unconditionally any and
all responsibility for any such use.
6.2 You must not, directly or indirectly, through registration or use of the Domain Name or otherwise:
- register a domain name for the purpose of selling it
- register a domain name for the purpose of diverting trade from another business or web site
- deliberately
register misspellings of another entity's company or brand name in
order to trade on the reputation of another entity's goodwill
- register
a domain name and then passively hold a Domain Name Licence for the
purpose of preventing another person from registering it
6.3 You must not:
- transfer or purport to transfer a proprietary right in any Domain Name registration
-
grant or purport to grant a registered Domain Name as security
-
encumber or purport to encumber a Domain Name Licence.
7. Use of your information
You give to:
7.1
auDA, the right to publicly disclose to third parties, all information
relation to the registered Domain Name in accordance with the Published
Policies;
7.2 us, the right to disclose to the Registry Operator,
all information which are reasonably required by the Registry Operator
in order to register the Domain Name in the domain names registry;
7.3
the Registry Operator, the right to publicly disclose to third parties,
all information relation to the registered Domain Name to enable the
Registry Operator to maintain a public WHOIS service, provided that
such disclosure is consistent with the National Privacy Principles, and
the Published Policies.
8. Dispute Resolution
8.1 auDA has in place a dispute resolution called the auDRP
(which stands for .au Dispute Resolution Policy), which applies in the
event of a dispute between a registrar and a domain name licence
holder, or between a domain name licence holder and a third party, in
relation to entitlements to domain names.
8.2 The auDRP binds you and us severally as if it were incorporated in this document.
8.3 You accept that:
auDA may develop and implement
other dispute resolution policies which are accessible by you as an
alternative and further to any complaints handling procedure adopted by
us, and such policies bind you and us severally as if they were
incorporated in this document.
9. Transfer of Registrars
9.1
We will ensure that you can easily transfer your Domain Name
registration to another registrar in accordance with the Published
Policies. The Published Policies will address such matters as:
the maximum fees which we can charge you for such transfer
when we are not allowed to charge you fees
the conditions under which we must transfer the registered Domain Name
the conditions under which we are entitled not to transfer the registered the Domain Name.
9.2 If Enetica are no longer an accredited registrar, or Enetica’s
auDA Accreditation is suspended or terminated, or Enetica’s registrar
agreement with auDA is terminated by auDA,
then we will transfer the registered Domain Name to a new registrar in
accordance with the Published Policies within 30 days of a written
notice being provided to you by auDA.
9.3 If our registrar agreement with auDA is terminated, we will
not charge you any fee for the transfer of the registered Domain Name
to another registrar.
10. Limitation of Liabilities
10.1
You must not pursue any claim against auDA or against us, and neither
auDA nor we are liable to you for any direct, indirect, special,
punitive, exemplary or consequential damages, including but not limited
to damages resulting from loss of use, lost profits, lost business
revenue or third parties damages, arising from any breach by us of our
obligations under this document, or under our registrar agreement with
auDA.
10.2 You accept and agree that neither auDA nor we are responsible
for the use of any Domain Name in the domain names registry, and that
auDA is not responsible for any conflict or dispute with any actual or
threatened claim against a registrar or a domain name licence holder,
including one relating to registered or unregistered trademark, a
corporate, business or other trade-name, rights relating to a name or
other identifying indicium or of an individual or other intellectual
property rights of a third party or relating to the defamation or
unlawful discrimination with respect to any other person.
10.3 Despite any other provision of this document, and to the
fullest extent permitted by law, neither auDA nor we are liable to you
for consequential, indirect or special losses or damages of any kind
(including without limitation, loss of profit, loss or corruption of
data, business interruption or indirect loss) suffered by you as a
result of any act or omission whatsoever of auDA or us, and our
respective employees, agents, or sub-contractors.
10.4 Nothing in this document is to be read as excluding,
restricting or modifying the application of any legislation which by
law cannot be excluded, restricted or modified.
11. Our Agency
We enter into this document as agent for auDA for the sole
purpose, but only to the extent necessary, to enable auDA to receive
the benefit of the rights and covenants conferred to it under this
document.
12. General
12.1 In this document:
- a
reference to this or other document includes the document as varied or
replaced regardless of any change in the identity of the parties;
- a reference to writing includes all modes of representing or reproducing words in a legible, permanent and visible form;
- headings and sub-headings are inserted for ease of reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this document;
- where an expression is defined, another part of speech or grammatical form of that expression has a corresponding meaning.
12.2
All previous agreements, statements, explanations and commitments,
expressed or implied, affecting the subject matter of this document are
superseded by this document and have no effect
12.3 If a provision in this document is held to be illegal,
invalid, void, voidable or unenforceable, that provision must be read
down to the extent necessary, or severed if necessary, to ensure that
it is not illegal, invalid, void, voidable or unenforceable.
12.4 This document is governed by and is to be construed in
accordance with the laws of Western Australia, Australia. Each party
irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of Western Australia, Australia and waives
any right to object to proceedings being brought in those courts.
13. Indemnity
13.1 Registrant indemnifies Lumis Multimedia’s and/or
Enetica’s and its officers, directors, agents and personnel from and
against all losses, claims, demands, suits, actions, proceedings,
penalties, liabilities, costs and expenses (including without
limitation legal fees and expenses), of whatever kind arising from:
13.1.1 death of or injury to any person to the extent caused by
the conduct of the Registrant, its officers, directors, agents or
personnel;
13.1.2 damage to or loss or destruction of any real or tangible
property to the extent caused by the conduct of Registrant, its
officers, directors, agents or personnel;
13.1.3 any third party
claims or allegations in respect of any privacy obligations owed to
such third parties by the Registrant, arising out of a breach by
Registrant of its obligations under this agreement.
13.2 Lumis Multimedia and/or Enetica will not be liable to the
Registrant for any loss or damage whatsoever suffered, or that may be
suffered (including but not limited to direct, economic and
consequential loss) as a result of any act or omission by Lumis
Multimedia and/or Enetica whether negligent or otherwise, in the
performance of any duty, obligation or function under this Agreement or
in any way arising out of its being party to this Agreement.
13.3 Subject to Clause 5, Lumis Multimedia expressly disclaims all
conditions and warranties, express or implied, in respect of the
subject matter of this Agreement. If any condition or warranty is
implied into this Agreement pursuant to any legislation (including
without limitation the Trade Practices Act 1974) and the legislation
avoids or prohibits provisions in a contract excluding or modifying the
application of, exercise of, or liability under such condition or
warranty, the condition or warranty will be deemed to be included in
this Agreement, provided that the liability of Lumis Multimedia which
of the condition or warranty shall, if the legislation so permits, be
limited, in the sole discretion of Lumis Multimedia, to
a) the resupply of the services; or
b) the cost of the resupply of the services,
in respect of which the breach occurred, and otherwise will be limited
to the maximum extent permitted by law.
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