StrataMax™
(www.StrataMax.com.au)
USER TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
STRATAMAX and STRATAPAY
"StrataPay" means StrataPay Pty Ltd (ABN 52 097 607 451) and StrataMax
Pty Ltd (ABN 62 096 505 949) or any of its officers, employees, servants,
agents or contractors;
"Payment Services" means payment
services provided by StrataPay and including (but not limited to) telephone,
postal, credit card, debit, BPay® or POSTbillpay®
"Web Site" means www.stratapay.com.au
and www.stratamax.com.au
By using any StrataPay information, reporting or Payment Services, you
acknowledge and agree to the User Terms and Conditions for StrataMax and
StrataPay outlined below.
Intellectual Property Usage
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Copyright, trademark rights and all other rights in all
material, images, trademarks, data and other information contained on the Web
Site or any other materials which are either owned, on loan or licensed to
StrataPay. StrataPay and all associated trademarks and images are trademarks
and images of StrataPay;
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You will not attempt to reuse, copy or reproduce in any form,
whether in hard copy or electronically through any medium whatsoever, any part
of this site or any other materials including, without limitation, any text,
images, or other data contained on the Web Site or printed matter, without
express written permission from StrataPay, other than for personal use;
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While you may download materials from this site for your own
personal use and also have access to other StrataPay materials via any of the
Payment Services, you will not and must not distribute, alter, edit, modify or
tamper in any way with data downloaded from the Web Site or material provided
by StrataPay without the express written permission of StrataPay;
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No documents, reports or other data printed from the Web Site or
obtained from StrataPay through any other Payment Services constitute official
records;
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You will not provide a link to the Web Site or to any part of it
or provide any other materials without the express written permission of
StrataPay;
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You will not provide a link to or attempt to link directly to
any page of this web site other than initially (each time you visit) through
the home page of the WebSite;
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Subject to StrataPay’s Privacy Policy, any communication or
material that you transmit to this web site by electronic mail or send or
communicate to StrataPay or otherwise including questions, comments,
suggestions or otherwise, will be treated as non-confidential and
non-proprietary information and you authorise StrataPay to use any such
communication for any purpose it sees fit, except where expressly indicated
otherwise.
Secure Access Details
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Other than by use in the Web Site of your valid username and
your valid password or via use of your biller code, or phone access account or
any other form of secure access details provided to you ("Secure Access Details"),
you will not attempt to gain access to any reports, documents, statements,
registers or any other information contained on the Web Site or via any of the
Payment Services without having the express authority from StrataPay;
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Any person who supplies StrataPay with your Secure Access
Details will be allowed to access the "StrataMax" or "StrataPay" service and
StrataPay will be entitled to presume that person is you;
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Your Secure Access Details must be kept safe. You must ensure
that you and each person you authorise to use it do not tell or show those
details to any other person;
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If a record of your Secure Access Details are lost or stolen or
if you are aware or suspect another person knows or has used those details
without your authority, you will notify StrataPay immediately;
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StrataPay may cancel your Secure Access Details at any time
without notice for any reason;
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You will be liable for any losses or damages (whether direct,
indirect, consequential, or otherwise) resulting from any unauthorised access
to your accounts if you or any authorised user contributed to the unauthorised
access because:
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your Secure Access Details were disclosed to another person;
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your Secure Access Details were identified by another person
because a record was kept without a reasonable attempt being made to disguise
it; or
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StrataPay was not notified as soon as you became aware your
Secure Access Details could be used by other person;
Funds Availability and Clearance
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Any payments received by StrataPay from you are subject to
clearance and will be debited from or credited to your account within three (3)
banking days. StrataPay will not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever
resulting from a delay in processing of any payment.
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It is your responsibility to ensure that there are sufficient
funds available in your account to allow a payment to be made through StrataPay
to your biller. In the event that a dishonour of a cheque or direct debit
occurs, you will be charged a fee in accordance with the amounts set out in the
Schedule of Fees. The charge will be made each time a dishonour occurs.
Dishonoured direct debit requests will not be repeated without authorisation
from you. In the event that StrataPay is unable to make payment to your biller
for any reason the payment will be refunded to you less a Non-Payment fee in
accordance with the amounts set out in the Schedule of Fees.
Online Payments
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If you use the online payment service available at the Web Site,
these terms operate in conjunction with the terms and conditions applicable to
the Secure Internet Payment Service provided by StrataPay and Australia Post
Terms and Conditions ("Online Terms"). If there is any inconsistency,
these terms of use prevail to the extent of the inconsistency unless otherwise
provided for in these terms. Other terms and conditions may also apply by
operation of law and the code of banking practice;
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StrataPay is not liable for loss of funds through any of the
Online Terms.
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You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your
credit card, account or other financial details. You agree that you will not
hold StrataPay or any of its officers, employees, servants, agents or
contractors liable, and you hereby release each of them, in respect of any
misuse by any party of any such details (other than in respect of intentional
misuse of those details by any of the parties released, in which case the party
misusing those details is not released);
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If you make an online payment ("Online Payment") using
the Web Site:
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your credit card or other account details you provide to
StrataPay or Australia Post when making the Online Payment, will be debited by
the amount of the Online Payment in favour of StrataPay
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In addition, unless otherwise proved for, your credit card or
other account details you provide will be debited in favour of StrataPay, and
you agree to pay to StrataPay, in consideration of acting as your payment
agent, a Transaction Fee and a Service Fee in accordance with the Schedule of
Fees noted at the end of these Terms and Conditions. Alternatively, these fees
will be deducted from the amount of the payment. In either case StrataPay will
forward the net amount of the Online Payment to your biller.
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StrataPay at no time acts as agent for your biller in any
respect in relation to the Online Payment.
Phone Payments
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If you use the telephone payment service provided by StrataPay,
these terms operate in conjunction with the terms and conditions applicable to
the Direct Debit Request between you and StrataPay Pty Ltd or any existing
Terms and Conditions provided by Heritage Building Society or National
Australia Bank Ltd or Australia Post ("Phone Terms"). If there is any
inconsistency, these terms of use prevail to the extent of the inconsistency
unless otherwise provided for in these terms. Other terms and conditions may
also apply by operation of law and the code of banking practice;
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StrataPay is not liable for loss of funds through any of the
Phone Terms;
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You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your
credit card, account or other financial details. You agree that you will not
hold StrataPay or any of its officers, employees, servants, agents or
contractors liable, and you hereby release each of them, in respect of any
misuse by any party of any such details (other than in respect of intentional
misuse of those details by any of the parties released, in which case the party
misusing those details is not released);
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If you make a telephone payment ("Phone Payment"): your
credit card or other account details you provide to StrataPay when making the
Phone Payment, will be debited the amount of the Phone Payment in favour of
StrataPay; in addition, unless otherwise provided for, your credit card or
other account will be debited in favour of StrataPay, and you agree to pay to
StrataPay, in consideration of acting as your payment agent, a Transaction Fee
and a Service Fee in accordance with the Schedule of Fees noted at the end of
these Terms and Conditions. Alternatively, these fees will be deducted from the
amount of the payment. In either case StrataPay will forward the net amount of
the Phone Payment to your biller.
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StrataPay at no time acts as agent for your biller in any
respect in relation to the Phone Payment.
Payments by Post
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If you use the postal payment service provided by StrataPay,
these terms operate in conjunction with the terms and conditions applicable to
cheque accounts, return cheque fees and credit cards as provided by Heritage
Building Society and/or National Australia Bank Ltd and/or your financial
institution ("Post Terms"). If there is any inconsistency, these terms
of use prevail to the extent of the inconsistency unless otherwise provided for
in these terms. Other terms and conditions may also apply by operation of law
and the code of banking practice;
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StrataPay is not liable for loss of funds through any of the
Post Terms;
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You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your
credit card, account or other financial details. You agree that you will not
hold StrataPay or any of its officers, employees, servants, agents or
contractors liable, and you hereby release each of them, in respect of any
misuse by any party of any such details (other than in respect of intentional
misuse of those details by any of the parties released, in which case the party
misusing those details is not released);
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If you make a payment by post ("Postal Payment") your
cheque or credit card account will be debited the amount of the Cheque Payment
in favour of StrataPay, in addition, unless otherwise provided for, your credit
card or other account details you provide will be debited in favour of
StrataPay, and you agree to pay to StrataPay, in consideration of acting as
your payment agent, a Transaction Fee and a Service Fee in accordance with the
Schedule of Fees noted at the end of these Terms and Conditions. Alternatively,
these fees will be deducted from the amount of the payment. In either case
StrataPay will forward the net amount of the Postal Payment to your biller;
StrataPay at no time acts as agent for your biller in any respect in relation
to the Postal Payment.
Payments by Australia Post POSTbillpay®
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If you use the Australia Post payment service provided by
StrataPay, these terms operate in conjunction with the terms and conditions
applicable to the Australia Post Payment Terms and Conditions ("POSTbillpay®
Terms"). If there is any inconsistency, these terms of use prevail to
the extent of the inconsistency unless otherwise provided for in these terms.
Other terms and conditions may also apply by operation of law and the code of
banking practice; StrataPay is not liable for loss of funds through the any of
the POSTbillpay® Terms; You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality
of your credit card, account or other financial details. You agree that you
will not hold StrataPay or any of its officers, employees, servants, agents or
contractors liable, and you hereby release each of them, in respect of any
misuse by any party of any such details (other than in respect of intentional
misuse of those details by any of the parties released, in which case the party
misusing those details is not released); If you make a payment using Australia
Post ("POSTbillpay® Payment"): your debit account and/or credit card
will be debited the amount of the POSTbillpay® Payment in favour of StrataPay;
in addition, unless otherwise provided for, your debit account or credit card
will be debited in favour of StrataPay, and you agree to pay to StrataPay, in
consideration of acting as your payment agent, a Transaction Fee and a Service
Fee in accordance with the Schedule of Fees noted at the end of these Terms and
Conditions. Alternatively, these fees will be deducted from the amount of the
payment. In either case StrataPay will forward the net amount of the
POSTbillpay® Payment to your biller; StrataPay at no time acts as agent for
your biller in any respect in relation to the POSTbillpay® Payment.
Privacy
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Our Privacy Policy as it appears from time to time is available
here. StrataPay will take all reasonable steps to abide by this policy
and you agree to abide by its terms and conditions and to act in accordance
with that policy when using this site, in addition to these terms and
conditions; By accepting these terms and conditions, you also consent to: the
collection of a variety of personal information which is specified in greater
detail in the Privacy Policy; use of the personal information for certain
purposes specified in greater detail in the Privacy Policy; disclosure by
StrataPay of your information in certain circumstances specified in the Privacy
Policy; Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability while StrataPay has made every
effort to ensure that the information both provided directly to you or obtained
and available from the Web Site is free from error, StrataPay does not warrant
the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of that information. All information is
subject to change without notice. StrataPay recommends that you seek
independent advice before acting upon any material contained on the Web Site
including all the Payment Services. StrataPay does not guarantee that the Web
Site will be free from viruses, or that access to the Web Site will be
uninterrupted. You are solely responsible for your own personal computer
anti-virus and security measures; In consideration for being given access to
the Web Site and/or access to Payment Services, you release and forever
discharge StrataPay, its officers, employees, servants, agents and contractors
and each of them from all and any liability to you of any nature whatsoever in
respect of any losses, damages (whether direct, indirect, consequential or
otherwise), liabilities, claims or expenses whatsoever arising directly or
indirectly from use by you or any other person of the Web Site or any of the
links provided in the Web Site or reliance by you or any person upon
information contained in or downloaded from the Web Site including all the
StrataPay Payment Services; Material on the Web Site or provided in conjunction
with the Payment Services may contain general information about StrataPay's
products and services. Unless expressly stated otherwise, this information:
does not constitute an offer or inducement to enter into a legally binding
contract; and does not form part of the terms and conditions for any StrataPay
products and services; Liability of any of StrataPay, its employees, servants,
agents or contractors for any breach of any condition or warranty implied by
law or otherwise, and which cannot be excluded, is limited to the extent
possible, at the option of StrataPay, to: the supply of the relevant goods and
services again, repair of any goods, or payment of the cost of having the goods
or services supplied again or repaired;
Indemnity
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You will be liable for and indemnify StrataPay, its employees,
officers, servants, agents and contractors and each of them jointly and
severally against any loss, damage, expense or cost of any nature (including,
without limitation, full solicitor and client legal costs on an indemnity
basis) that any of them incurs or may incur (whether directly, indirectly,
consequentially or otherwise) arising out of your use of this web site or any
of its contents or by use of the Payment Services or from any breach by you of
any of these terms and conditions;
Third Party Web Sites
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StrataPay does not warrant the safety or accuracy of, and does
not necessarily endorse the contents of, any third party web sites to which
links have been provided on this site. If you do link to any third party sites
from this web site, you agree and acknowledge that you are doing so at your own
risk;
General
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This agreement and your access to the Web Site or access to any
other Payment Services provided by StrataPay to you may be terminated at any
time by StrataPay without notice. All restrictions, licences granted by you and
all disclaimers and limitations and limitations of liability by StrataPay will
survive termination, although you will no longer be authorised to access the
Web Site or use any of the Payment Services;
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This agreement and your relationship with StrataPay pursuant to
this agreement are governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia, and you
unconditionally and irrevocably agree to submit to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of that state for the purpose of resolving any
disputes to this agreement;
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StrataPay reserves any rights not expressly granted in these
terms and conditions;
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If you disagree with any of these terms or do not intend to be
bound by any of these terms, you must exit the Website immediately and cease to
use any of the services provided by StrataPay.
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Despite this, should you continue to use any of the StrataPay
services StrataPay will consider you to be bound by this agreement;
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You are over the age of 18 years and have power and authority to
enter into this agreement at law. The person accepting these terms and
conditions has authority to act on their own behalf and on your behalf to enter
into and bind you to this agreement.
Schedule of Fees
Where annual subscriptions are not paid:
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a.
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Transaction Fees:
All Payment Methods
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$2.50
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b.
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Service Fees:
Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard)
Charge Card (American Express, Diners)
Cards issued outside Australia
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1.65%
2.65%
2.00% Additional
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c.
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Fee for Dishonoured Cheque or Direct Debit or Credit Card
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$35.00
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d.
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Replacement or Additional Card
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$11.00
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e.
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Non-Payment to Biller (eg biller's bank account closed)
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$35.00
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Where annual subscription is paid (applies only to StrataMax):
| a. |
Transaction Fees:
Over the Counter Australia Post
Direct Debit
All Others
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$2.30
$1.40
$1.50
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| b. |
Service Fees:
Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard)
American Express
Diners
Cards issued outside Australia |
1.65%
1.65%
2.65%
2.00% Additional
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| c. |
Fee for Dishonoured Cheque or Direct Debit or Credit Card
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$35.00
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| d. |
Non-Payment to Biller (eg biller's bank account closed)
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$35.00
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All fees include GST (as defined in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services
Tax) Act 1999 and all relevant subordinate legislation and rulings) All fees
are subject to change without notice. By using any StrataPay information,
reporting or Payment Services, you acknowledge and agree to the User Terms and
Conditions for StrataPay outlined above.
Terms and Conditions Last Modified on 28 July, 2008