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Definitions

  • Account means a registered account with Standards Australia for the purpose of this Agreement.  

    Account User means an SA Application User, Customer or Authorised user, who has created an Account pursuant to clause 1.

    Agreement means these Terms and Conditions and any Order Document or Order Summary (as applicable).  

    Annual Billing Date means the date an order for a Curated Subscription Service was placed.  

    Authorised User means an individual natural person end user who holds an Account and is authorised by a Customer to access (including to view) or use the Products or Services that have been ordered by the Customer.

    Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or bank or public holiday in New South Wales.

    Consumer means a ‘Consumer’ as defined in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).

    Committee Member means a member of Standards Australia’s Technical committee, any sub-committee or working group associated with technical committees of Standards Australia. Content means any material contained in a Product or accessible via a Service.

    Customer means a person or organisation who orders Products or Services from Standards Australia or uses the Standards Australia Store.

    Corporate Website means https://www.standards.org.au.  

    Custom Subscription Service means a named user subscription service offered by Standards Australia Store which is governed by a separate agreement.

    Curated Subscription Service means a service that entitles the Customer and Authorised Users (if applicable) to access or use Products and Content during the Subscription Term and includes a Small Business Curated Subscription and the Mobile Only Curated Subscription but does not include the Custom Subscription Service.

    Digital Products means the Product in a digital format (including Web Reader, Download to Print PDF, Web-Reader (PDF) or a combination of these formats) as varied by Standards Australia from time to time.

    Fee means the amount payable by the Customer for a Product or Service.

    Feedback means any feedback, suggestions, enhancement request, recommendation, corrections or comments about the Product, Service, Content, SA Application or of Standards Australia.

    Force Majeure Event means any event that as a direct or indirect result of which a party is prevented from or delayed in performing any of its obligations (other than a payment obligation) under this Agreement and that is beyond the reasonable control of that party, including pandemic (including COVID-19), epidemic, forces of nature, an act of war (whether declared or not) or terrorism, the mobilisation of armed forces, civil commotion or riot, natural disaster, industrial action or labour disturbance, currency restriction, embargo, action or inaction by government, a failure of a supplier, public utility or computer disruption due to a virus or other malicious code or cyber-attack.

    Gateway Provider has the meaning given in clause 7.10.

    GST has the meaning given in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).

    Initial Subscription Term means the period specified in the Order Summary for a Curated Subscription Service.

    Intellectual Property Rights means all present and future rights conferred by statute, at common law or in equity and wherever existing, including:
  • (a) copyright, trade marks, brand names, domain names, product names, patents, designs, know how, inventions, trade secrets and any other rights subsisting in the results of intellectual effort in any field, whether or not registered or capable of registration;
  • (b) any application or right to apply for registration of any of these rights;
  • (c) any registration of any of these rights or any registration of any application referred to in paragraph (b); and
  • (d) all renewals and extensions of these rights.
  • MBIE means the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, which is responsible for standards development in New Zealand.

    MFA means the multi-factorial authentication methods required by Standards Australia for users to access their Accounts.

    Minimum Browser Requirements means the minimum requirements set out at https://store.standards.org.au/product-support.  

    Mobile App means a mobile app developed and distributed by Standards Australia, which enables Customers to access certain Content.

    Mobile Only Curated Subscription means a Curated Subscription Service for mobile only access, which allows an individual Customer to access a Curated Subscription Set during the Subscription Term via a mobile reader app.

    Network means any public, private or corporate network including intranets and document sharing platforms.

    Non-Digital Products means physical printed publications.

    Nominating Organisation means organisations which nominate Committee Members to Standards Australia’s technical committees for standards development purposes.

    Order Document means, in respect of bespoke or customised Products or Services, a document that sets out the commercial and other terms of the Customer’s purchase of the Products and/or Services.

    Order Summary means a summary of the Customer’s purchase of Products and/or Services ordered through the Standards Australia Store via the self-service checkout.

    Payment Method means a valid and acceptable method of payment to the Gateway Provider.

    Person or person includes any individual, corporation or other legally recognised entity.  

    Privacy Policy means Standards Australia’s Privacy Policy available at  https://www.standards.org.au/privacy-policy.  

    Product means any item offered for sale by Standards Australia including Digital Products and Non-Digital Products.

    Promotion Terms means the terms and conditions relevant to a particular promotion or advertising campaign as issued by or on behalf of Standards Australia

    Protected PDF means a secured PDF file, with restrictions on download and use as set out in clause 4.2.2(d) and 4.2.3(e).

    Renewed Subscription Term means a renewed Curated Subscription Service renewed for a further Subscription Term.

    Shipping Fee means the fee for delivering a Non-Digital Product to the Customer’s designated shipping location, as displayed at checkout or contained in the Order Document (as applicable).

    SA Application (or Standards Australia Application) means applications, websites, services, and products including those described in clauses 14.1 to 14.6 provided by Standards Australia for Standardisation Activities.

    SA Application User means an Account User to who accesses and uses a SA Application (such as Committee Members).

    Service means any service provided or offered by Standards Australia including a Curated Subscription Service but does not include the Custom Subscription Service.

    Curated Subscription Set means a curated suite of Digital Products in a given subject area.

    Small Business Curated Subscription means a Curated Subscription Service which allows the Customer and Authorised Users to access a Curated Subscription Set during the Subscription Term via web browser.

    SSO means Single Sign On Portal Solution.

    Standards means any Australian Standard®, Australian/New Zealand Standard™, ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC brand standards or other standard, Australian Technical Specification or similar publication.

    Standards Australia means Standards Australia Limited.

    Standards Australia Store means the online store located at https://www.store.standards.org.au.  

    Standards Tracker Feature tracks amendments to, revisions or other changes to, a particular Product and prompts notifications from Standards Australia to the Customer (and Authorised User(s) if applicable) when there has been an amendment to, revision or changes to, that Product.

    Standardisation Activities means processes or activities undertaken by, or in connection with, Standards Australia (and, as the case may be, jointly with Standards New Zealand) which are directly related or incidental to the development  of Standards Australia’s publications.

    Subscription Term means the Initial Subscription Term plus any Renewed Subscription Terms.