Terms & Conditions

Thank you for visiting a Lion website.  Please read the Terms and Conditions of this website carefully as any use of the website by you constitutes acceptance of the Terms and Conditions set out below.

Throughout this site, the terms “we”, “us”, “our” and “Lion” refer to Lion Pty Ltd and any of its subsidiaries.

Website Privacy Policy and Security

Any personal information or material sent to Lion websites are subject to the Lion Privacy Policy.  The Lion Privacy Policy forms a part of these Terms and Conditions.
Information sent by you to us through this website is not encrypted. You acknowledge that we do not guarantee the security of the content of any such information, and it is entirely your responsibility to satisfy yourself as to whether our security measures are sufficient for your requirements.

Accuracy, Completeness and Timeliness of Information

We are not responsible if the information that we make available on this website is not accurate or complete. Any reliance upon the material on this website shall be at your own risk. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor any changes to the material and the information contained on this website.

Transmission 

Any non-personal communication or material you transmit to this website by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions or the like is, or will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Anything you transmit or post becomes the property of Lion and may be used for any purpose, including but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting without further reference or payment to you. Furthermore, Lion is free to use for any purposes whatsoever (including but not limited to the developing, manufacturing, advertising and marketing of products) any ideas, artwork, inventions, developments, suggestions or concepts contained in any communication you send to this website. Any such use is without reference or compensation to you. By submitting information, you are also warranting that you own the material/content submitted, that it is not defamatory and that Lion’s use will not violate any third party’s rights. Lion is under no obligation to use the information submitted.

Intellectual Property Rights 

Unless otherwise indicated, all copyright and other intellectual property rights in all information, data, text, graphics, images, logos, trade marks and other materials on this website are the property of Lion or are included with the permission of the relevant owner.

Except as expressly prohibited in relation to particular content, you are permitted to browse this website, reproduce extracts by way of printing, downloading to a hard disk or for the purposes of distribution to other individuals. This is only to be done on the proviso that you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. No reproduction of any part of this website may be sold or distributed for commercial gain nor shall it be modified or incorporated in any other work, publication or website.

You must not use any trade marks or logos which appear or are used on this website, nor do anything to prejudice the rights of the owner or licensee of such trade marks or logos. Nothing contained on this website should be construed as granting any licence or right to use any trade mark displayed on this website. Your use/misuse of the trade marks displayed on this website, or on any other content on this website, except as provided for in these Terms and Conditions, is strictly prohibited. Lion reserves all its rights to enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law.

Content Sharing

Please only share our posts and content with those who are of legal drinking age.

Links to Other Websites

Links on the Lion websites may take you outside the Lion network to third party websites and Lion makes no representations and accepts no responsibility for the content, accuracy or function of these other websites. The inclusion of any link to other websites does not imply endorsement by Lion. We highly recommend that you make yourself aware of and carefully read the legal and privacy notices of all other websites that you visit.

You must not create a link to any part of this website, unless expressly permitted on this website, other than solely for your own personal/domestic, informational or non-commercial purposes, without our prior written consent.

If this website contains third party advertisements (such as banner ads or referral buttons) which contain embedded links to other sites where goods or services are advertised, the placement of such advertisements on this website does not constitute the recommendation or endorsement by us or any goods or services advertised by the third party. The third party advertiser is solely responsible to you for any representations or offers made by it, and for any goods or services which you agree to purchase or acquire from those third parties.

Warranties and Disclaimers 

Your use of this website is exclusively at your own risk.
This website is provided to you on an “As Is” and “As Available” basis and, consequently, to the maximum extent permitted by law, Lion gives no warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise (including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose) including warranties or representations that material on this website will be complete, accurate, reliable, timely, non-infringing to third parties; that access to this website will be un-interrupted or error-free; that this website will be secure; that any advice or opinion obtained from Lion through this website is accurate or to be relied upon and any representations or warranties thereto are expressly disclaimed.

Liability

To the extent permitted by law, we, including any of our subsidiary companies and each of our respective officers, employees, agents, contractors, or agents, will not be liable or accept any responsibility whatsoever for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages, costs, losses, claims, expenses or liabilities whatsoever arising out of or relating to your access to, use, inability to use, change in content of this website or arising from any other website you access through a link from this website or from any actions we take or fail to take as a result of any electronic correspondence or messages you send us, or your reliance upon information contained upon this website.

To the extent permitted by law, Lion does not accept any responsibility to maintain the material and services made available on this web site or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection therewith. Any material on this website is subject to change without notice.

Further, Lion shall have no liability or any responsibility whatsoever for any loss suffered caused (whether negligently or otherwise) by viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property by reason of your use of, access to or downloading of any material from this website. If you choose to download material from this website you do so at your own risk.

Certain legislation may imply warranties, terms or conditions which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified. If those statutory provisions apply, to the extent to which Lion is entitled to do so, its liability will be limited at its option to (a) in the case of services, the lowest of the cost of supplying the services again and having the services supplied; and (b) in the case of goods, the lowest of the cost of replacing the goods, obtaining equivalent goods or having the goods repaired.

Prohibited Activity

You are prohibited from doing any act that Lion, in its reasonable discretion, may deem to be inappropriate and/or would be deemed to be an unlawful act or is prohibited by any laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, codes and codes of all regulatory bodies applicable to this website including but not limited to:
•    Any act that would constitute a breach of either the privacy (including uploading private information without the concerned individual’s consent) or any other of the legal rights of individuals;
•    Using this website to defame or libel Lion, its employees or other individuals or acting in such a way that brings into disrepute the good name of Lion;
•    Uploading files that contain viruses that may cause damage to the property of Lion or the property of other individuals.
You and Lion agree that any controversy or claim arising from or pertaining to the use of this website shall be governed by the laws of New South Wales. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales.

Cookies

Cookies are data files stored on your computer after you access certain websites. Cookies are primarily used to identify visitors when they return to a site, so that certain information already provided by the visitor to a site is not required to be provided again. Cookies are also used to gather data on which areas of a site are visited frequently and which are not. Keeping data on which areas of a site are most popular allows a site operator to better plan and enhance the site. Cookies are useful, and are used by us in this manner. We acknowledge that some users may wish to disable cookies. This can be done by changing your web browser settings. To find out more about cookies, visit an appropriate web site, such as Cookie Central.

IP Address

Lion’s web servers (and our feedback forms on the web) gather your IP address to help diagnose problems with our service, to administer our website, and to gather broad user information (for example, which areas of our website are visited most frequently). Such user information is gathered in aggregate only and cannot be traced to an individual user.

Termination

We reserve the right to restrict or terminate your access to this website or any feature of this website or any feature or part thereof at any time. Any indemnities given by you and limitations on our liability will survive such termination. Any termination of your right to use or access any part of this website will not affect any rights which have accrued to or have been accrued by either you or us prior to termination.

Legal Notice Update 

We reserve the right to make any changes and corrections to this notice. Please refer to this page from time to time to review these and new additional information.
If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held void, unenforceable or illegal, that provision will be severed, and the rest of these Terms and Conditions will have full force and effect.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions or queries in relation to this website or these Terms and Conditions, please contact us (our contact details are set out on our Contact Us page).

In these terms and conditions, the words below have the following meanings:

Lion Group means Lion Pty Ltd (ABN 50 128 004 268) and any of its Related Bodies Corporates;
Order means a purchase order given by Us to You in accordance with the procedures determined by Us and notified to the You from time to time;
Products means the products that You supply to Us at Our request from time to time;
Services means the services that You supply to Us at Our request from time to time;
Related Bodies Corporate has the meaning in section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth);
We, Us or Our refers to the Lion Group entity that You are supplying Your Products and / or Services to, as specified on an Order;
You or Your means the supplier specified on an invoice or other agreement with Us, or the supplier from whom the Products or Services are supplied, and if more than one person, each of them jointly and severally.

1. You must supply the Products and/or Services in accordance with Our Orders, on time, with due care and skill and in accordance with all applicable laws.  You acknowledge that, unless We specifically agree in writing otherwise, We do not agree to purchase any minimum quantity of Products or Services.

2. By providing the Products and/or Services, You agree to be bound by these Terms and conditions to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions, including any of Your standard or back of invoice terms and conditions.

3. Except in circumstances that are outside Your reasonable control, if You accept an Order, and subsequently You are unable or unwilling to provide the Products or perform the Services for any reason, We may engage an alternate provider to provide the same or similar products and/or services and You will be liable to compensate Us for any additional costs and expenses incurred by Us in engaging such alternate provider.

4. We reserve the right:

(a) at any time prior to the Products being dispatched by You or Services being supplied by You, to cancel all or any part of an Order by giving notice in writing to You; and

(b) at any time, to correct any errors or omissions in any of Our Orders or other documentation issued by Us

5. We will endeavour to minimise any loss to You arising from any cancellation under clause 4, but will only be liable to pay Your reasonable costs of work in progress as at the date of cancellation.

6. Unless We expressly agree otherwise, You must (at Your cost) provide all personnel, equipment, facilities and all other things necessary to fulfil Your supply obligations to Us.

7. You represent and warrant to Us that:

(a) the Products:

(i)  are unencumbered;

(ii)  comply with any Product specifications communicated to You;

(iii) are of merchantable quality, free from defects and suitable for the purpose for which the they are intended to be used;

(iv) do not infringe the rights (including any intellectual property rights) of any third party;

(b) the Services:

(i)  comply with any Service specifications agreed by Us;

(ii)  will be supplied with all due care and skill by suitably qualified staff; and

(iii) and do not infringe the rights (including any intellectual property rights) of any third party.

(c) You have and will maintain all necessary authorisations, permits, approvals and licenses to supply the Products and/or Services.

8. We may reject, at Your cost, any Products or Services that do not comply with the provisions of clause 1 or 7.  At Our request, You agree to promptly replace, at Your cost, any non-complying Products or Services with complying Products or Services, and pay Us any additional costs or expenses incurred by Us.

9. You agree to indemnify the Lion Group against any loss, liability, damages, costs and expenses suffered or incurred by the Lion Group as a result of or in connection with:

(a) Your or any of Your employees’, agents’ or subcontractors’ breach of these terms and conditions (including any warranty);

(b) any negligent, wilful or unlawful act or omission by You or any of Your employees, agents or subcontractors; or

(c) any death or injury, loss or damage caused by or contributed to by the Products or Services or any act or omission by You, except to the extent that any of the loss, liability, damages, costs and expenses are caused by or contributed to by Our negligent act or omission.

10. You must effect and maintain insurance policies covering:

(a) public liability insurance for an amount not less than $20,000,000;

(b) workers compensation insurance as required by law; and

(c) any other insurance as required by law or that a prudent person would take out in relation to the supply of the Products or Services.

11. In return for You providing the Products and/or Services to Us in accordance with these terms and conditions, We agree to pay the agreed fees applicable to the supply of those Products and/or Services.  Subject to clause 13, You agree that You are responsible for all freight costs, taxes, charges, levies and other costs in connection with the supply of the Products and/or Services, unless expressly agreed otherwise by Us.

12. We will pay your tax invoices 30 days from date of invoice.  If We, acting reasonably, dispute any amount claimed by You under any invoice, We may withhold payment of that amount until such time as the dispute is resolved.

13. If GST is imposed on any supply made by one party (“GST Supplier”) to the other party under this agreement, the recipient of the supply (“Recipient”) must pay, in addition to any consideration payable under this agreement for the supply, an additional amount for the supply calculated by multiplying the prevailing GST rate by the consideration for the relevant supply provided always that the GST Supplier issues a valid tax invoice to the Recipient within 7 days after the occurrence of any event that causes the GST liability of the GST Supplier on any taxable supply to the Recipient to be attributed to a particular tax period.

14. Each party acknowledges that the confidential information of the other party is valuable to the other party. Each party undertakes to keep the confidential information of the other party secret and to protect and preserve the confidential nature and secrecy of the confidential information of the other party.

15. You are not permitted to use any of Our intellectual property for any purpose without Our prior written consent. You assign to Us all rights, title and interests in all existing and future intellectual property commissioned by Us and authored or developed by You or Your employees, contractors or agents in the past and in the future in connection with the provision of the Products and/or Services.

16. You acknowledge that one or more of Our Related Body Corporates may purchase Products and/or Services from You.  You indemnify each of Our Related Body Corporates against any loss or damage they suffer as a result of Your breach of these Terms of any act or omission by You under or in connection with these Terms.  We accept the benefit of this indemnity as agent for each of Our Related Body Corporates.

17. LD&D Australia Pty Ltd acts as agent for and on behalf of LD&D Milk Pty Limited, LD&D Foods Pty Limited, Berri Pty Limited, Butterfields Specialty Foods Pty Ltd, Dairy Farmers Pty Limited, Dairy Vale Foods Pty Ltd and QUD Pty Ltd in various circumstances.

18. Either of Us may terminate the supply arrangement governed by these terms and conditions immediately by written notice if:

(a)  the other person has not remedied a breach of these terms and conditions within 14 days of the first person notifying the other to do so; or

(b) the other person is insolvent, in liquidation, a receiver or manager is appointed over it or its assets or it is otherwise unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

19 Without limiting clauses 7 and 9 of these terms and conditions, unless otherwise agreed by Us, title to and risk in any Products passes on delivery of the Products to Us.

20. You remain liable to Us for the acts or omissions of any of Your agents or sub-contractors in the same way as You are liable for Your own actions.  You must ensure that Your employees, agents and sub-contractors comply with these terms and conditions.

21. You must not assign, transfer, novate, encumber or otherwise deal with all or part of Your rights or obligations under these terms and conditions without Our prior written consent.

22. These are Our standard terms of purchasing and We may change them from time to time on 7 days’ notice.  When You supply Products and / or Services to Us, You are offering to supply them on the most up-to-date version of these Terms as made available at Purchasing Terms and Conditions, as printed on the relevant invoice or as otherwise notified to You.

23. Any leniency, indulgence or extension of time We grant You (whether under these Terms or under any other dealing with You) does not affect Our rights in any way and does not constitute a waiver of those rights or of any of these Terms.

24. Any remedies in these Terms do not limit or affect any remedies available to Us in law or equity.

25. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Terms does not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions.

26. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State in which the Products and/or Services are supplied by You.  You and We accept the non-exclusive jurisdiction of those courts.

Definitions

1. In these Terms, the words below have the following meanings:

Claim means any action, claim or demand, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), under statute, at common law or otherwise.

Equipment means any equipment we provide to you (pursuant to these Terms or any other arrangement) to assist you in dispensing Products or involved in the delivery of Products, including kegs, gas cylinders, pallets, beer system equipment and signage.

Place of Sale means premises licensed by us under relevant legislation in respect of a sale of Products:

• a)  In respect of New South Wales and Western Australia, Level 3, 5 Murray Rose Avenue, Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales; and
• b)  In respect of Victoria, 1183 Toorak Rd, Camberwell, Victoria; and
• c)  In respect of Queensland, 185 Milton Road, Milton, Queensland

Product means beer, cider, wine, spirits and ready-to-drink products manufactured or distributed by us.

Product Price means the purchase price payable for the sale of the Product excluding any applicable Service Fee.

We, us or our means Lion-Beer, Spirits & Wine Pty Ltd (ABN 13 008 596 370).

Separate Service Contract see clause 4.

Service Fee means a separate fee which you agree to pay us under a Separate Service Contract for providing, on your behalf, freight, handling, delivery and insurance, including any charges referred to in clause 7.

you means the Customer specified on this invoice, and if more than one person, each of them jointly and severally.

Buying the Product

2. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, you request that we supply the Product specified in this invoice on these Terms.
3. We may accept or decline any order for the Product in whole or in part. On acceptance, these Terms apply (unless we have made a separate written agreement with you about supply of the Product).

3. A) The sale of any Product pursuant to these Terms is deemed for all purposes to take place at the relevant Place of Sale.

4. You warrant that:-

• a)  that you hold a valid and current liquor licence in the State of Territory in which the Product has been ordered or is to be delivered to, or
• b)  that you are authorised to purchase the Product on behalf of the holder of such licence (the “licensee”); and
• c)  that the information contained within the Customer’s Application for a Trading Account is true and correct.

Delivery

5. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, and as a separate and independent contract from the contract relating to the Product, you agree to contract with us to deliver, on your behalf the Product you order to you at the place specified in this invoice and we will insure, on your behalf, the Product against loss or damage while it is being delivered to you (“Separate Service Contract”). A Separate Service Contract is optional and you may choose other arrangements for these services.
6. The Product is deemed to be delivered when the Product arrives at your nominated delivery point, which delivery point must be safe and fully accessible by our carriers.
7. You cannot cancel an order once we have accepted it and you cannot refuse to accept delivery.
8. We are entitled to charge you additional fees to cover any delay or storage needed if we attempt to deliver the Product to you, but cannot for any reason.
9. Where you choose to collect the Product, or make arrangements for its collection, you will need to give us advance notice so we can let you know when, how and where you, or your agent, can collect the Product from us.

Charges and Payment

10. The Product Price is specified in our standard Price List (as provided to you and updated from time to time) or as specified in this invoice.
11. The Service Fee payable under any Separate Service Contract will be as specified in our standard Price List (as provided to you and updated from time to time), as agreed in a separate contract or as listed in this invoice. You are liable to pay all freight charges shown on our invoice.
12. The charges specified in our standard Price List do not include GST. Wholesale prices in our standard Price List do not include Wine Equalisation Tax unless specifically stated.  Product related final invoice prices (and prices specified in this invoice) do include Wine Equalisation Tax or excise tax, as applicable, and GST.
13. The Product Price is separate and distinct from any applicable Service Fee. Even though the amounts may be listed in one invoice they are not a single lump sum consideration but represent separate consideration for each independent contract.
14. You must pay all charges listed in an invoice (including any GST and other taxes payable in connection with the supply or under these Terms) without set-off by the due date specified in the invoice.
15. If you pay by cheque, payment is not made until cleared funds are credited to our account. If you pay by credit card, we may charge you an additional amount to cover any service fee.
16. We may charge you interest on any late payments at the Reserve Bank Interbank Overnight Cash Rate + 2%, calculated daily and compounding monthly, until you pay the overdue amounts.
17. We are entitled to apply any payments we receive from you against any invoice or liability you have to us (including interest payments). This provision revokes any different or contrary direction given by you to us.
18. If you do not pay any amounts payable under these Terms by their due date or you become bankrupt, insolvent or have a receiver, manager or liquidator appointed to you, then all monies for all Product and Equipment delivered to you become immediately due and payable (regardless of any agreed credit terms) and we are entitled to suspend all further delivery of Product and Equipment under this or any other arrangement and all further performance of any other contract between you and us, until you pay all amounts due.
19. You indemnify us for all costs we incur because of any overdue payment, including dishonour fees, collection or legal fees.
20. If any payment you make is voided or conceded to be void or voidable, then that payment does not discharge your debt to us, and we remain the owner of the Product.

Ownership & Return of Equipment

21. We remain the owner of the Product specified in this invoice until you have paid all money you owe us for the Product and for any other Product we have supplied to you (excluding any applicable Service Fee), or until you sell the Product to a third party at arm’s length on market terms.
22. We remain the owner of any Equipment at all times. You must not part with possession or control of the Equipment at any time, or attempt to sell it.
23. After we deliver the Product or Equipment to you and while we still own it, you hold it for us as our Bailee, which carries certain legal obligations including a duty to take care of the Product or Equipment. You promise to fulfil all your legal obligations as Bailee.
24. You must store or keep the Product and Equipment so that it is clearly identifiable as our property while we still own it. If you sell the Product while we still own it, we have the right to trace any proceeds of sale.
25. Until you have paid us the charges in full for all monies payable to us, we may repossess the Product and Equipment which we own and you authorise us or our nominees to enter any premises they believe the Product and Equipment are located to repossess the Product and Equipment and to inspect your records.
26. We may resell Product and Equipment which we repossess on any terms and as we see fit.  We may apply the proceeds to repay any debt you owe us.
27. We are not liable for any damage caused to the premises during any repossession. You indemnify us against any Claim for the damage made by another person.
28. You will return to us, at your cost, any Equipment provided to you when it has served its purpose or if we request its return. If you don’t do this, then clauses 24 to 26 will apply.  You agree to pay us the replacement cost of any Equipment lost, damaged, destroyed or not returned to us
29. If we have agreed to provide maintenance and repair services for the Equipment, you must allow us access to the Equipment to carry out those services and pay us the agreed service fee (plus GST). Otherwise, you must maintain the Equipment and keep it in working order.
30. If these Terms (or a transaction in connection with it) is or contains a security interest for the purposes of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (“PPSA”), you must upon request do anything which we consider necessary for the purposes of ensuring that the security interest is enforceable, perfected and otherwise effective, and to enable us to apply for any registration, give any notification, and to exercise any rights in connection with the security interest.
31. We are not obliged, before exercising a right under these Terms or conferred by law, to give you any notice or demand, or allow a lapse of time, that is required by law unless the notice, demand or lapse of time cannot be excluded. To the extent permitted by law, you expressly waive any rights it may have under the PPSA (including without limitation s. 157) to be given any such notices or demands.

Risk & Insurance

32. Risk in the Product and any Equipment passes to you as soon as it leaves our premises (even if we are delivering it to you). Where we deliver the Product under a Separate Service Contract, we will insure the Product and any Equipment in accordance with clause 4.

33. In all other cases you must take out insurance covering the Product (and also insure any Equipment that is on your premises) against loss or damage and note our interest in them. You must pay us any insurance payout you receive.
34. You must show us evidence on request that you have taken out all required insurances.

Restrictions

35. You must not do anything (including failing to act) that we believe is likely to adversely affect our reputation, sales or brands.
36. Products supplied to you for consumption or dispensing on licensed premises must not be mixed with other liquids or substances, except as expressly requested by a patron, and must only be dispensed from taps and other devices bearing our product name or logo for the Product.
37. Unless we otherwise agree, Equipment supplied to you is only for use in relation to the dispensing or sale of our Products.
38. You must exercise your own judgment and skill in the use of any Equipment (including kegs and gas cylinders), rather than relying on any advice we may give you about its use. You must seek any independent advice or instruction you need.
39. You must notify us within 7 days of any change in your ownership, shareholders, directors, registered office or business address.

Disputes and Claims

40. You must inspect the Product and any Equipment within 24 hours of it being delivered to you.
41. You must raise any Claims or dispute relating to the Product, the Equipment, an invoice or payment within 24 hours of the Product/Equipment being delivered to you. Otherwise, you waive and give up all Claims you have against us.

Liability

42. To the maximum extent permitted by law (including Part 3-2 of the Australian Consumer Law), we limit our liability to you in respect of any Claim relating to the Product, the Equipment or any services we provide to you in connection with them to our choice of supplying equivalent Product or Equipment, or resupplying the services, or giving you a credit for any price paid or payable for the Product, Equipment or services.
43. Except for those statutory guarantees that apply under the Australian Consumer Law, we exclude all express or implied warranties or representations about the Products, Equipment or services we provide to you in connection with them.
44. Except as provided in clause 42, we are not liable to you for any Claim in relation to lost profits or savings or any indirect or consequential losses.
45. Neither we nor you are liable to the other for any failure to perform an obligation under these Terms (other than the payment of money) where we are prevented from performing because of an act of God, natural disaster, terrorism, war or any other occurrence beyond the relevant party’s reasonable control.

Group losses

46. You acknowledge that one or more of our Related Bodies Corporate (as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)) may supply the Product and Equipment to you. You indemnify each of our Related Bodies Corporate against any loss or damage they suffer as a result of your breach of these Terms or any act or omission by you under or in connection with these Terms. We accept the benefit of this indemnity as agent for each of our Related Bodies Corporate.

Indemnity

47. You indemnify us against any Claims for injury to any person or loss or damage to any property relating to the Products, Equipment or the services we provide you in connection with them. Your liability under or in connection with this indemnity will be reduced to the extent our breach of contract, negligence or other wrongful act caused the injury, loss or damage that is the subject matter of the indemnity.

Privacy and Spam

48. You can access the personal information we hold about you in the manner set out in our privacy policy, available at http://lionco.com. You may request a copy by contacting us.
49. We (and our Related Bodies Corporate) may use your personal information to obtain and process credit reports about you, to manage and enforce our rights under these Terms, to meet our legal obligations and for direct marketing and promotional purposes, and you consent to such use.
50. We may disclose your personal information to our contractors or agents on strictly confidential terms, and you consent to such disclosure.
51. You consent to receiving commercial electronic messages from us and not to withdraw your consent. You agree that we therefore do not need to include an unsubscribe function on those messages.

General

52. These Terms (including any details included on the invoice) constitute the whole agreement between you and us and may only be varied by us in writing.
53. These are our standard terms of supply and we may change them from time to time. When you order Product from us, you are offering to acquire them on the most up-to-date version of these Terms as printed on the relevant invoice or otherwise notified to you.
54. Any leniency, indulgence or extension of time we grant you does not affect our rights in any way and does not constitute a waiver of those rights or of any of these Terms.
55. Any remedies in these Terms do not limit or affect any remedies available to us in law or equity.
56. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Terms does not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions.
57. You must pay any stamp duty payable on any registration under these Terms.
58. These Terms are governed by the laws of State in which the Product/Equipment is delivered to you. You and we accept the non-exclusive jurisdiction of those courts and courts of appeal from them in connection with these Terms.

APPLICATION

1. The Contract forms the basis on which Lion supplies and sells Goods to the Customer. Each such supply and sale shall be effected pursuant to the terms of this Contract (unless in any specific case specifically agreed otherwise in writing). Any invoice or other document evidencing or describing any Goods is incorporated into and forms part of the Contract. Any variation to the Contract must be in writing and signed by a representative of Lion.

PRICE

2. The Customer must pay the price for Goods indicated on the invoice (or other similar document) which is provided by Lion for those Goods. Lion can alter prices without notice and prices charged may be different from prices provided at the time of order.
3. The price shall be increased by the amount of any GST and other applicable taxes and duties if such taxes are not expressly included in the price. The Customer is bound to pay the price from the time that Lion accepts the Customer’s order. An order is not binding on Lion until it is accepted by Lion.
4. The Customer shall pay deposits, delivery and freight charges as set out in the invoice or Lion’s price list from time to time. Alterations to Lion’s price list shall be effective from the date specified by Lion at the time of giving notice to the Customer.

PAYMENT

5. Payment is due on or prior to delivery unless Lion has agreed in writing to provide the Customer with credit which case payment is due in accordance with the payment date in the invoice.
6. Lion can vary the terms of any credit it provides to the Customer at any time. If Lion considers the credit worthiness of the Customer is unsatisfactory then it can require security for payment, in addition to that already provided for in this Contract, before it supplies any more Goods to the Customer.
7. Lion may impose a credit limit at its discretion, and alter the credit limit without notice. Where the credit limit is exceeded, Lion can refuse to supply Goods to the Customer.
8. The Customer cannot withhold payment or make any deductions from any amount owing by the Customer without Lion’s prior consent.

DELIVERY

9. Lion will use all reasonable efforts to deliver the Goods to the Customer on any delivery date specified. Lion may deliver the Goods by instalments, and each instalment shall be treated as a separate contract. Lion can impose minimum delivery requirements from time to time. Any time stated for delivery is an estimate only. Lion is not liable for any delay in delivery.

RISK AND SECURITY INTEREST

10. Risk of any loss, damage or deterioration of or to the Goods passes to the Customer on delivery (or from the time the Customer fails to accept the Goods or requests delayed delivery). The Customer must ensure that the Goods are insured (for their full insurable value) with Lion’s interest noted on the policy.
11. (a) In the event Goods are damaged or partially lost during transit the Customer must, within 14 working days of delivery of the relevant Goods, provide Lion written notice giving reasonable particulars of any such alleged damage or partial loss. The Customer acknowledges and agrees that no claim whatsoever shall be accepted by Lion (or any of its agents) for any damage to, or partial loss of, Goods which occurred during transit of the Goods where written notice is not provided to Lion within this period.

(b) If you dispute an item on the invoice (item price and/or discounts) you must provide Lion written notice within 14 working days from the invoice date failing which you waive all claims rights relating to the item price and discount.

12. The Customer grants a security interest to Lion in each and every part of the Goods as security for payment of that part an d of each other part or parts of the Goods and for any other amounts owing by the Customer to Lion from time to time, and for the performance by the Customer of all the Customer’s other obligations to Lion from time to time, (“Customer’s indebtedness and obligations”). For the purposes of section 36 (1) (b) of the PPSA, and to ensure maximum benefit and protection for Lion by virtue of section 36 (1) (b) (iii) of the PPSA, Lion confirms and agrees that the Customer intends to and does grant to Lion, as security for the Customer’s indebtedness and obligations, a security interest in all of the Customer’s present and after-acquired property except only for any such property which is or comprises items or kinds of personal property (“excepted

property”):

(a) in or to which the Customer has rights; and

(b) which has not been supplied by Lion to the Customer, other than any excepted property which is or comprises proceeds of any of that present and after-acquired property which has been supplied by the seller to the buyer.

13. While the Goods continue to secure the Customer’s indebtedness and obligations the Customer must store the Goods separately and clearly identify the Goods as belonging to Lion.
14. Lion authorises the Customer in the ordinary course of it’s, the Customer’s, business to use or sell for full consideration any Goods that are comprised in the Customer’s inventory. This authority is revoked from the time that:

(a) an Event of Default occurs; or

(b) Lion notifies the Customer in writing that this authority is revoked.

15. The Customer must advise Lion immediately of any Event of Default or any action by third parties (including any of its creditors) affecting Lion’s security interest in the Goods.
16. The Customer agrees to do anything that Lion reasonably requires to ensure that Lion has a perfected security interest in a ll of the Goods and a purchase money security interest in each part of the Goods to the extent of the purchase price for that part.
17. Lion may allocate amounts received from the Customer in any manner it determines, including in any manner required to preserve any purchase money security interest it has in any Goods.
18. The Buyer agrees to reimburse the Company for all costs and/or expenses incurred or payable by the Company in relation to registering, maintaining or releasing any financing statement or any other document, in respect of any security interest under the Contract.

CONTRACTING OUT OF THE PPSA

19. The Customer waives the right to receive a copy of the verification statement confirming registration of a financing statement or financing change statement relating to the security interest under the Contract.
20. The Customer:

(a) where Lion has additional rights under Part 9 of the PPSA, those rights shall continue to apply;

(b) agrees that nothing in sections 114(1)(a), 133 and 134 of the PPSA shall apply to this Contract, or the security under this Contract, and waives the Customer’s rights under sections 121, 125, 129 and 131 of the PPSA.

WARRANTIES

21. Lion only warrants that the Goods (but not including services for this purpose) are of the agreed quality and that any services are provided with due care and skill.
22. The customer represents and warrants that it must not on-sell any product supplied to it unless and until it has obtained a valid Liquor Licence under the Sale of Liquor Act. This representation and warranty continues to apply throughout the terms of this Contract.
23. If the Goods are acquired by the Customer for business purposes, the Customer agrees that the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (“CGA”) does not apply. If the Customer on-sells the Goods then it must be a term of the sale contract that the CGA does not apply if the Goods are being acquired for business purposes.
24. The Customer indemnifies Lion against any liability or cost incurred by Lion under the CGA as a result of any breach by the Customer of the obligations contained in the Contract.
25. The following terms apply wherever the CGA does not apply, or where the following terms are not inconsistent with the CGA:

(a) defective Goods or Goods which do not comply with the Contract shall at Lion’s discretion be repaired, replaced or repeated, or the price refunded;

(b) any right which the Customer may have to reject non-conforming or defective Goods shall only be effective if the Customer notifies Lion in writing within five days following delivery and Lion is given the opportunity to inspect the Goods;

(c) Lion accepts no liability for any Claim by the Customer or any other person, including without limitation any Claim relating to or arising from:

(i) any conditions, warranties, descriptions, representations, conditions as to fitness or suitability for any purpose, tolerance to any conditions, merchantability or otherwise, whether express or implied by law, trade custom or otherwise;

(ii) any representations, warranties, conditions or agreement made by any agent or representative, which are not expressly confirmed by Lion in writing, and the Customer agrees to indemnify Lion against any such Claim. In any event, Lion’s liability under any Claim shall not exceed the price of the Goods.

26. Nothing in these terms is intended to have the effect of contracting out of the provisions of the CGA except to the extent permitted by the CGA, and these terms are to be modified to the extent necessary to give effect to that intention. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

DEFAULT

27. If an Event of Default occurs, Lion may suspend or terminate the Contract.
28. If the Customer does not pay the Price by due date:

(a) Lion may (without prejudice to Lion’s other rights and remedies in respect of non-payment or late payment) charge a default penalty at a rate per annum equal to 4% above the retail lending base rate of Lion’s banking provider as varied from time to time and calculated on a daily basis on the unpaid portion of the price from due date until payment in full, plus any GST ; and

(b) any discounts may be disallowed.

29. If an Event of Default occurs, all amounts owing by the Customer shall immediately become due and payable notwithstanding that the due date has not arisen.
30. Lion is entitled to recover from the Customer all legal, accounting and other costs incurred by Lion arising from the collection of any amount owing by the Customer or in relation to maintaining or releasing any financing statement in respect of any security interest under the Contract. If demanded by Lion, the Customer will pay Lion an administration fee of $25 (excluding gst if any) if any payment tendered by the Customer is dishonoured or is required to be presented or actioned again by Lion.
31. Lion can also terminate any services provided to the Customer by giving the Customer seven days’ notice of termination.
32. At any time after a default occurs, Lion may also (whether or not Lion has exercised any other right) appoint any person to be a receiver of all or any of the Goods. In addition to, and without limiting or affecting any other powers and authorities conferred on a receiver (whether under the Receiverships Act 1993 or at law or otherwise), a receiver has the power to do all things in relation to the Goods as if the receiver has absolute ownership of the Goods.

USE OF INFORMATION

33. The Customer, Directors and Partners each agree that Lion and its agents may obtain information about them from the Customer or any other person (including other members of the Lion Nathan group of companies (“Companies”) and any credit or debt collection agencies) in the course of Lion’s business, including credit assessment, debt collecting and its marketing activities, and the Customer, Directors and Partners consent to any person providing Lion or its agents with such information.
34. The Customer, Directors and Partners agree that Lion may use any information it has about them relating to their credit worthiness and give that information to any other person, including any credit or debt collection agency and any of the Companies, for credit assessment and debt collection purposes. The Customer, Partners and Directors agree that any other information collected by Lion about them may be accessed or collected for the use of Lion or the Companies in the course of their business, including their marketing activities. The covenants and consents of the Directors and Partners in clause 32 and this clause 33 are given by those persons in their personal capacity and are directly enforceable against them in that capacity.
35. The Directors, Partners and the Customer (if the Customer is an individual (ie. a natural person)) has rights under the Privacy Act 1993 to access and request the correction of any personal information which Lion (or its agents) holds about them.

BRANDS AND PACKAGING

36 Lion, or its licensors, is the owner of all rights to the brands of Goods supplied to the Customer. The Customer can only use these brands for promotional purposes with Lion’s prior consent.

37. Beer kegs, beer bottles and beer crates are the property of Lion (or The Associated Bottlers Co Limited). The Customer must return them to Lion on demand. The Customer cannot reuse any of this type of packaging (including refilling beer kegs or beer bottles). Lion can require the Customer to pay deposits before it provides this type of packaging to it.

CUSTOMER TO NOTIFY LION WHEN TRADING CEASES OR WHERE OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS CHANGES ETC

38. The Customer must give written notice to Lion within 7 days of any of the following events

(a) the Customer ceases trading;

(b) the Customer assigns or disposes of any of the assets of its business (other than in the ordinary course of trading) or any part of its interest in the business; or

(c) there is proposed to be a Change of Control of the Customer (if the Customer is a Company or Incorporated Body).

OTHER GENERAL TERMS

39. These terms and conditions of sale are paramount, and, to the extent that there is any conflict between any provision of them and any invoice or other document evidencing or describing any Goods (whether in writing,

verbally or by Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)), these terms and conditions of sale will prevail. Further, if there is any other document or arrangement which conflicts with the Contract, the Contract shall prevail.

40. The Customer authorises Lion, to apply (without notice or demand) any sum paid by the Customer to any of the Companies against any amounts owing by the Customer to any other of the Companies.
41. If Lion exercises or fails to exercise any right or remedy available to it, this shall not prejudice Lion’s right in exercising that right or any other right or remedy. Waiver of any term of the Contract must be specified in writing and signed by an authorised officer of Lion.
42. Lion reserves the right to review any of the terms of the Contract at any time and from time to time. If, following any such review, there is to be any change to any such terms, that change will take effect from the date on which Lion notifies the Customer of such change.
43. Each Related Company (as that term is defined in the Companies Act 1993) of Lion is entitled to the benefit of the Contract in accordance with the Contracts (Privity) Act 1982 and, in addition, Lion is entitled to enforce the Contract on behalf of any Related Company of Lion. However, the consent of Related Companies is not required to any variation, amendment or discharge of the Contract.

WORDS USED IN THE CONTRACT

44. “Lion” means Lion Nathan Pty Ltd and each of its related companies (as defined in the Companies Act 1993) including Lion-Beer, Spirits & Wine (NZ) Ltd and the Associated Bottlers Co Ltd.

“Claim” includes any claim:

(a) for loss of profits; or

(b) for any consequential, indirect or special loss, damage or injury of any kind suffered by any person arising directly or indirectly from:

(i) any breach of Lion obligations under the Contract; or

(ii) any cancellation of the Contract; or

(iii) any negligence, misrepresentation or other act or omission by Lion or its employees, agents or contractors; or

(iv) for compensation, demand, remedy, liability or action.

“Contract” means these terms and conditions of sale themselves together with the Customer’s Account Application Form and any an d every invoice or other documents evidencing or describing, whether by item or kind or otherwise, any Goods.

“Customer” means the Applicant described on the first page of this Contract.

“Directors” means the directors of the Customer described in part A of this Contract.

“Partners” means the partners comprising the customer described in part B of this Contract, in their personal capacity.

“Event of Default” means an event where:

(a) the Customer fails to comply with the terms of the Contract or any other contract with Lion; or

(b) any of the Goods are at risk; or

(c) the Customer commits an act of bankruptcy; or

(d) the Customer enters into any composition or arrangement with its creditors; or

(e) if the Customer is a company:

(i) the Customer does anything which would make it liable to be put into liquidation; or

(ii) a resolution is passed or an application is made for the liquidation of the Customer; or

(iii) a receiver or statutory or official manager is appointed over all or any of the Customer’s assets.

“Goods” means all beer and other liquor and associated products and services and all other goods or other property which, in each case, are supplied by Lion to the Customer and, for the avoidance of doubt, in each case includes all such goods and property so supplied whether or not described by item or kind that enables them to be identified.

“Person” includes a corporation, association, firm, company, partnership or individual.

“PPSA” means the Personal Property Securities Act 1999.

“Price” means the purchase price of the Goods and any costs payable by the Customer under the Contract relating to transportation, storage and insurance, including any deposits.

The terms “after-acquired property”, “at risk”, “inventory” “perfected”, “proceeds” “purchase money security interest”, “rights ”, “security interest” and “sell” have the respective meanings given to them under, or in the context of, the PPSA.

Lion - Beer, Spirits & Wine (NZ) Limited ("Lion") is a financial services provider pursuant to the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 as it provides credit under credit contracts to certain customers, and has, accordingly, joined the Financial Services Complaints Limited dispute resolution scheme ("FDRS").

One of the conditions of membership of the FDRS is that Lion must have proper internal procedures for dealing with complaints from customers of Lion in connection with the financial services provided by Lion.

The following is the process followed by Lion, and the steps that need to be taken when a complaint relating to a financial service is received.

1. Receiving a complaint

Upon receiving a complaint Lion shall:

a)         acknowledge receipt of the complaint and outline the next steps to the complainant in writing, including the FDRS                       role;
b)         capture key complaint information, including the date that complaint was made, name and details of the complainant, details of the complaint and when it occurred;
c)         allocate a unique complaint reference for each complaint; and
d)         keep information in a central secure system that is kept confidential to the parties (except with the consent of the                     complainant)

2. Investigating complaint

a)         shall investigate the complaint and decide how Lion wants to respond.
b)         The complaint shall be resolved at the earliest opportunity.
c)         The complainant shall be informed of the investigation. Lion shall set realistic timeframes for any communications concerning the complaint.

3. Resolving a complaint

Lion shall issue a decision notice in writing to the complainant that includes a reference to the complaint, with the findings from Lion's investigation together with a response/resolution proposal.  The notice should acknowledge any fault on the part of Lion and detail any offer Lion wants to make for settling the complaint (including timeframes for acceptance).

4. Where the complaint is not resolved

If the proposed resolution to the complaint set out in the decision notice is not accepted, Lion shall issue a deadlock notice in writing to the complainant confirming that the parties have reached deadlock in relation to the dispute and outlining clearly the next steps that the complainant may take to have the complaint referred to the FDRS (including time limits applicable to that referral).

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• Comments or material that could be considered defamatory, indecent, offensive, profane, misleading, unlawful or threatening either to other users or to our company are not permitted
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• Spamming, posting promotional material or posting links to third party websites is not permitted
• Employees participating in discussion on our page(s) are reminded of their obligations under the Lion Employee Social Media Guidelines, and that any staff issues are to be directed to their HR Representative
• We reserve the right to remove any comments that do not abide by these rules and to block any repeat offenders. To the extent permitted by law, Lion also excludes all liability in any way connected to your use of or access to our social media pages.
• Posts which promote excessive or underage alcohol consumption are not permitted and will be remove immediately
• Posts which breach any standards for alcohol advertising as set out by the ABAC Scheme are not permitted and will be removed.

We are committed to the responsible promotion and consumption of alcohol. We moderate User Generated Content (UGC) and will remove any material that: 

• Condones irresponsible drinking  
• Promotes excessive or underage alcohol consumption 
• Is deemed rude or offensive, or demeans any group or person 
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• Could be considered spam or advertising 
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• Violates any law or regulation or violates any intellectual property right of another person 
• Posts that breach any standards for alcohol advertising as set out by the ABAC Scheme. 
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