GUARANTEE, INDEMNITY AND CHARGE.
In consideration of REDCLIFFE WASTE PTY LTD (A.C.N. 684 894 979) and/or its Related Bodies Corporate or their respective assigns trading under various firm names or styles (“the Supplier”) agreeing at the request of the Guarantor (which request is testified by the Guarantor’s execution of this document) to commence or continue to supply to the Customer on credit or otherwise goods and/or services from time to time on the terms and conditions imposed from time to time by the Supplier on the Customer the Guarantor (jointly and severally if more than one) agrees with the Supplier as follows.
1.That this guarantee applies to all monies owed by the Customer to the Supplier or any Group Company. In this Guarantee “Group Company” means any of REDCLIFFE WASTE PTY LTD, REDCLIFFE SKIPS and the term “Supplier” includes express reference to each Group Company. The Supplier enters into this Guarantee in its own right and as agent for each Group Company.
2.To pay to the Supplier without any demand and without any deductions, all monies which are now or may from time-to-time hereafter be owing or remain unpaid by the Customer to the Supplier on all accounts whatsoever including (without limitation):
(a) (i) all monies payable in respect of the supply of goods and services;
(ii) interest payable on overdue accounts; and
(iii) costs (on a full indemnity basis) of any attempt made by or on behalf of the Supplier to recover monies from the Customer or from the guarantor or to secure any such indebtedness or liability to the Supplier. Monies shall for the purpose of this Guarantee remain owing and unpaid until they have been actually paid to the Supplier not withstanding that they may not be or may cease to be recoverable from the Customer or any other person.
(b) To Guarantee the due performance of the Customer of any other obligations owed by it to the Supplier.
3. This Guarantee shall be a continuing Guarantee.
4.The Supplier may at any time (with or without the notice to the Guarantor) without discharging the Guarantor from liability:
(a) grant time or other indulgence to the Customer in respect of the liability of the Customer to pay the Supplier;
(b) accept payment from the Customer in cash or by means of negotiable instruments;
(c) refuse to supply to the Customer further supplies of products and/or services;
(d) grant to the Customer or to any drawers, acceptors or endorsers of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes or other securities received by the Supplier from the Customer or on which the Customer may be liable to the Supplier at any time, further time or other indulgences;
(e)may release or impair any security;
(f)release or otherwise compromise with the Customer;
(g)release or otherwise compromise with another Guarantor.
5.The Guarantor shall not be discharged from liability by:
(a)the administration in insolvency of the Customer or the Guarantor or either of them (“administration in insolvency”) includes any receivership or receivership and management, any winding up (voluntary or compulsory) and any official management or composition, arrangement with or assignment for the benefit of creditors in the administration in equity or otherwise of the estate or assets in whole or in part of the Customer or Guarantor as the case may be);
(b)from time to time any variation, modification or novation in the terms of supply of the obligations of the Customer or of other aspects of the relationship between the Supplier and the Customer;
(c)the Suppliers’ act, neglect, omission, delay or default by which the whole or part of the liability of the Guarantor or all or any part of the liabilities Guarantee would but for this provision have been affected or discharged;
(d)the release of the Customer and or one or more Guarantor by operation of law or otherwise.
6.The Guarantor shall pay to the Supplier upon demand from time to time amounts equal to amounts received by the Supplier for the credit of any account of the Customer and for which the Supplier may in or in connection with any administration in solvency of the Customer be obliged to account to any person or may in its discretion so account.
7.The Guarantor shall be jointly and severally liable with the Customer as principal debtor and not a mere surety for the Customer and the Guarantor waives all rights inconsistent with the provisions of this clause 6 which the Guarantor might otherwise have been entitled to claim and enforce. The obligations of the Guarantor imposed by this clause shall not be in any way limited by other clauses in this Guarantee.
8.This Guarantee shall be enforceable against the Guarantor (if more than one) jointly and against each of them severally not withstanding that any negotiable instrument or other securities as referred to in clause 3 hereof shall at the time of proceedings being taken by the Supplier against the Guarantor or any of them be then outstanding or in circulation.
9.This Guarantee shall remain in force so long as the Customer shall maintain an account with the Supplier for the sale of products and/or rendering of services by the Supplier to the Customer not withstanding that the account may from time to time be not indebt PROVIDED THAT the Guarantor may, by giving the Supplier three months’ prior notice in writing, terminate this Guarantee so far as it relates to transactions occurring between the Supplier and the Customer after the expiry of that period where upon the liability of the Guarantor upon this Guarantee shall be limited to the amount representing the indebtedness of the Customer to the Supplier at the date upon which that period of three months expires. That Notice must be left personally with the Finance Manager of the Supplier or such other person as may be notified by the Supplier to the Guarantor in writing.
10.In the event that the whole or any part of parts of any provision in this Guarantee should be held to be void or unenforceable in whole or in part then such provision or part thereof shall to that extent be severed from this Guarantee but the validity and enforceability of the remainder of this Guarantee shall not be affected.
11.Notwithstanding that this Guarantee may be intended or expressed to be given by more than one Guarantor, it shall be valid and binding on such person or persons as shall sign the document and shall be binding forth with upon signature by such person and shall continue to be binding on each such Guarantor or Guarantors shall not in fact subsequently sign the Guarantee or otherwise by bound as a Guarantor.
12.A statement in writing signed by the Supplier’s Manager or Finance Manager stating monies payable by the Guarantor to the Supplier shall be prima facie evidence of the amount pay able and will be deemed observed if left in an envelope or mailed to the guarantor at the address shown on this Guarantee.
13.Whatever the context of this Guarantee so admits or requires, words importing the singular number shall include the plural number, and those importing a gender include the other genders, and words importing natural persons shall include corporations. This Guarantee and all obligations hereunder shall be binding on the Guarantor’s personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
14.(a) Unless varied by notice in writing by the Supplier, this Guarantee and every variation amendment or special term of this Guarantee and all matters arising from the relationship of the Supplier with the Guarantor shall be interpreted and governed in accordance with the laws of the State or Territory specified or made applicable in the terms and conditions of sale agreed on by the Supplier and the Customer provided that if those terms do not so specify then in accordance with the laws of the State or Territory in which this document is signed.
(b)The Guarantor submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts in the capital city of the State or Territory provided for in clause 14(a) or such other State or Territory (or, if there is more than one court in any such capital city, the one chosen by the Supplier at its absolute discretion) as the Supplier may from time to time notify in writing to the Guarantor.
(c)The Supplier and the Guarantor agree that proceedings may be commenced in any Court in the capital city of the State or Territory having jurisdiction by virtue of clauses 14(a) or (b) above and consent to that court having locality jurisdiction not withstanding that it may not have such jurisdiction without this consent.
15.Where the Guarantor is a trustee:
(a)The Guarantor agrees to forth with produce a stamped copy of the trust deed (with all amendments) if and when requested by the Supplier;
(b)The Guarantor warrants that he, she or it has full power and authority for the benefit and purposes and objects of the trust to enter into this Guarantee on behalf of the trust and that he, she or it (as the case may be)(and that the trust and all of its real or personal property) shall be bound by the terms of this Guarantee both personally and as trustee irrespective of whether or not the guarantor discloses to the Supplier that the guarantor is a trustee at the time of entering into this Guarantee.
16.To better secure the payment of all monies which the Guarantor may become liable to pay to the Supplier hereunder, and as an essential condition of this Guarantee, the Guarantor charges all of its interest in real property both present and future and where so ever situated with the amount of the Guarantor’s indebtedness to the Supplier on any account whatsoever from time to time and shall, immediately upon demand being made on the Guarantor by the Supplier, sign all documents and so all things that the Supplier may reasonably require to be signed and done to further secure to the Supplier the amount of any indebtedness owed to the Supplier from time to time by the Customer or Guarantor including, but without being limited to, such mortgage or mortgages over any real property (whether acquired before or after the date of this Guarantee) containing such covenants as are required by the Supplier and such bills of sale or mortgage debentures over any or all items of personal property as are listed in any section of this Guarantee giving details of assets. The Guarantor (and if more than one then jointly and each of them severally) irrevocably ap point(s) the Supplier, each Manager and each Finance Manager from time to time of the Supplier, each successor of the Supplier, each assignee of the Supplier and each of them severally to be the duly constituted attorney of each Guarantor to execute in the name of each Guarantor and as each Guarantor’s several act and deed any documents including, without limitation, any mortgage or mortgages of real property, bills of sale, mortgage debentures or any like documents and Consents to any Caveats as the Supplier may wish to lodge against any dealings in the real property of the Guarantor in any Titles Office (and if more than one Guarantor, the real property of each Guarantor severally and real property of each combination of Guarantors) and to do all acts and execute any documents necessary to give effect to and/or register any of the foregoing. Each Guarantor undertakes to not object to the lodging of any such caveat or take any steps to remove any such caveat. “Real property” includes estates and interests including lease hold. I/We hereby also authorise any officer, partner or employee of any solicitors or agents engaged by the Supplier or any of the Supplier’s officers or employees as referred to previously in this clause to sign any stamp duties form on my/our behalf so as to stamp any form required to withdraw any caveat lodged by the Supplier over any of my/our real property.
17.Each of us acknowledge that the information provided in this Agreement is the basis for evaluation by the Supplier of the financial standing and credit worthiness of each of us and do hereby:
(a)certify that the information provided in this Agreement is true and correct;
(b)acknowledge that the Supplier has informed me/us, in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 as amended, that certain items of personal information, including an opinion about me/us are permitted to be kept on a credit information file and might be disclosed to credit reporting agencies;
(c)in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 as amended:
(i)agree to the Supplier obtaining from a business which provides information about the commercial credit worthiness of persons, information concerning my/our commercial activities or commercial credit worthiness and using such information for the purpose of assessing whether to accept me/us as guarantors.
(ii)authorise the Supplier to exercise my/our rights to access to my/our credit information file and credit reports;(d)agree that the Supplier may give to and seek from any credit providers reports and information that has any bearing on my/our credit worthiness, credit standing, credit history or credit capacity for any of the following purposes:(i)to assess an application by me/us for credit or commercial credit.(ii)to notify other credit providers or a default by me/us.
(iii)to exchange information with other credit providers as to the status of my/our account here I am/we are in default with the Supplier or other credit provider.
(iv)to access my/our credit worthiness or commercial credit worthiness at any time.
(v)to access whether to accept me/us as guarantors or to continue supplying credit to the Customer;(e) agree that the Supplier may seek, from a credit reporting agency, a credit report containing personal information about me/us to assess whether to accept me/us as a Guarantor for credit applied for, or provided to, the Customer;(f)agree that these authorisations shall continue to have effect for the duration of the period during which credit or commercial credit is provided for or sought by the Customer from the Supplier or while any moneys are owed by me/us or the Customer to the Supplier on any account under this or any other Guarantee or any terms and conditions for the sale of products or supply of services by the Supplier to the Customer as the case maybe.
18.(a)Each party consents and agrees that this Guarantee may be executed and delivered:
(i) by any and all parties by way of electronic signature. If this Guarantee is executed by any party by way of electronic signature it must be considered an original and each party consents and agrees to be legally bound by this Guarantee’s terms and conditions; and (ii) by email or other electronic means and this has the same force and affect as delivery of an original document with original signatures. (b)Each party agrees that no certification authority or other third-party verification is necessary to validate its electronic signature and that the lack of such certification or third-party verification will not in any way affect the enforceability of its electronic signature or any resulting contract between the parties. (c)Each party must do all things and execute all documents necessary to give full effect to this Guarantee