Skip Bin Hire- Terms & Conditions

Definitions and interpretation: In these Conditions, “Owner” means Norhire Pty Ltd atf Stevenson Trust t/a Norhire and its successors and permitted assigns. “Hirer” means any person, company, corporation, or government instrumentality, including personal representatives and any person or corporation entitled or required by law to administer the Hirer’s affairs, who hires any skip bin from the Owner. Unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, words importing one gender include every gender, and references to a person include a corporation.
Agreement and acceptance: A quotation, order, booking, request for delivery, payment of any deposit, or acceptance of delivery or use of any skip bin or related services constitutes acceptance of these Conditions, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Owner. These Conditions prevail over any inconsistent terms proposed by the Hirer to the extent permitted by law, except where the Owner expressly agrees otherwise in writing.
Goods and services: The goods and services are those described in the Owner’s quotation, booking confirmation, delivery document, invoice, scope of works or any other document issued or accepted by the Owner forming part of the parties’ agreement, including the hire, delivery, collection, transport and disposal services relating to skip bins.
Hire period and charges: The Hirer shall pay hire charges for the complete period during which the skip bin is in the Hirer’s charge and until the date of collection. In addition to hire charges, the Hirer must pay all applicable delivery, collection, transport, disposal, excess weight, contamination, permit, toll, surcharge, and additional service charges notified by the Owner or set out in the applicable quotation, booking, or invoice.
Price and payment: Unless stated otherwise in writing, prices are in Australian dollars and exclusive of GST and any applicable taxes, duties, levies, and government charges. If GST is payable on a taxable supply made under or in connection with these Conditions, the Hirer must pay the GST amount at the same time as the consideration for that taxable supply, subject to the Owner issuing a valid tax invoice where required by law. The Hirer must pay all invoices on or before the due date stated on the invoice, or if no due date is stated, within 7 days of the invoice date. The Owner may require payment in advance, a deposit, progress payments, or immediate payment on delivery or collection.
Default and consequences of default: If the Hirer fails to pay any amount when due, breaches these Conditions, becomes insolvent, enters into any composition or arrangement with creditors, has execution levied against it, or if being a company enters liquidation or administration, the Owner may suspend or terminate the hire, recover possession of the skip bin, and exercise any other rights available at law. Amounts overdue may incur interest at a reasonable rate permitted by law, calculated from the due date until payment in full, and the Hirer must reimburse the Owner for reasonable costs actually incurred in recovering overdue amounts, including debt recovery and legal costs to the extent permitted by law. Termination does not affect any accrued rights of the Owner.
Ownership, title, and risk: All skip bins always remain the property of the Owner. Risk in the skip bin passes to the Hirer on delivery and remains with the Hirer until collection by the Owner. The Hirer shall not sell, assign, mortgage, pledge, underlet, lend, or otherwise deal with any skip bin, nor part with possession of it, without the Owner’s prior written consent.
Use of skip bins: The Owner may affix plates or markings indicating ownership, and the Hirer must not remove, obscure, or deface them. The Hirer must not alter or modify the dimensions of any skip bin, add to its height or width, interfere with hooks or lifting devices, or load it beyond its rated capacity. The Hirer must not erect or use any skip bin in a way that makes it a fixture to land or a structure.
Prohibited materials and loading requirements: While in the Hirer’s possession, no fires may be lit in any skip bin and the Hirer must not place or permit to be placed into a skip bin any flammable, dangerous, toxic, noxious or hazardous material or substance, any asbestos o asbestos-containing material, any explosive substance, or any other prohibited waste. Wet concrete must not be placed in a skip bin without the Owner’s express consent and an appropriate liner first being installed. The Hirer must ensure that only material of the class described in the agreement is deposited in the skip bin and acknowledges that disposal charges may vary according to the actual class, weight and nature of the material dumped.
Delivery, access, and placement: The Hirer is responsible for providing clear, safe, and suitable access for delivery and collection and for ensuring that the surface and subsurface conditions at and approaching the delivery site are suitable for all operations involved in the delivery, placement, and retrieval of the skip bin. The Owner accepts no responsibility for damage to any surface or subsurface structure or fitting caused by delivery, placement, or retrieval of the skip bin. Delivery is taken to occur when the skip bin is delivered to the site nominated by the Hirer, placed as directed by the Hirer’s authorised representative or, if no representative is present, placed at the location the Owner reasonably considers appropriate having regard to safety and access.
Site representative and repositioning: The Hirer shall ensure that a person with full authority on behalf of the Hirer is present at the delivery site to accept delivery and direct where the skip bin is to be situated. If the Owner is later required to reposition the skip bin on site, the Owner may charge an additional fee.

Damage, indemnity, and security: The Owner and its drivers will take reasonable care when delivering and retrieving skip bins, but where the Hirer or its agent has been advised that the requested actions may cause damage, the Hirer indemnifies the Owner and its drivers for resulting property damage. The Hirer is responsible for the security of the skip bin while on hire and must, at its own expense, repair, repaint or replace any skip bin that is lost, stolen or damaged while in the Hirer’s charge, fair wear and tear excepted only to the extent required by law.
Inspection and collection: The Owner has the right to inspect any skip bin out on hire. The Hirer must notify the Owner when the skip bin is ready for collection and nominate a requested collection date. Any stated collection time is an estimate only unless expressly agreed in writing as fixed and binding. The Owner shall use reasonable efforts to collect on the requested date but is not liable for delay to the extent caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
Disposal, excess loads, and contamination: On collection, the Owner may transport the skip bin to an appropriate disposal facility and dispose of the contents on behalf of the Hirer. The Hirer is responsible for all transport and disposal costs charged by the relevant disposal facility for the actual material deposited. Overfilled bins, overweight bins, or bins incorrectly filled or loaded so that unloading or load readjustment is required to comply with transport or safety requirements may incur additional charges.
Authority and signatures: Any officer, employee or agent of the Hirer who signs any receipt, delivery document or other record in connection with the delivery or collection of a skip bin will be taken by the Owner to have full authority to sign on behalf of the Hirer, and the Hirer must not repudiate that authority.
Crane use: The Hirer acknowledges that only skip bins bearing a current crane certification plate, or otherwise clearly marked as approved for crane lifting, are approved for crane use.
Security interest and PPSA: To secure payment of all amounts owing under these Conditions, the Hirer grants the Owner a security interest in any goods supplied on credit and in their proceeds to the extent permitted by law, and must do all things reasonably required by the Owner to enable the Owner to register, perfect and maintain that security interest. To the extent permitted by law, the Hirer waives any rights to notices that may be waived under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth), and the Owner’s rights under these Conditions are in addition to any ownership rights expressly retained by the Owner.
Privacy and credit information: The Owner may collect, use, hold and disclose personal information and, where permitted by law, credit-related information about the Hirer and its personnel, directors, proprietors, partners, guarantors and authorised representatives for purposes reasonably necessary to assess creditworthiness, administer accounts, supply goods and services, manage the business relationship, recover debts, verify identity and payment history, comply with legal obligations, and otherwise as permitted by law. The Owner will manage personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and, where applicable, the Australian Privacy Principles. The Hirer confirms it is authorised to provide such information and has made any notifications or obtained any consents required by law.
Errors and omissions: The Owner may correct any clerical, administrative, typographical, pricing, calculation or omission error in any quotation, booking, order, invoice, delivery document, or other record. The Owner will notify the Hirer of any material correction as soon as reasonably practicable. If a correction materially affects the Hirer’s order before delivery or performance, the Hirer may cancel the affected order without penalty except to the extent that services have already been performed or costs have already been reasonably incurred.
Cancellation and suspension: Subject to any rights that cannot be excluded by law, either party may cancel a booking before delivery by giving reasonable notice. The Owner may charge the Hirer for reasonable costs already incurred, including transport arranged, disposal bookings, labour allocated, permit costs and administrative costs. The Owner may also cancel or suspend supply where the Hirer is in default, where supply would be unsafe or unlawful, or where circumstances beyond the Owner’s reasonable control prevent supply.
Force majeure: The Owner is not liable for any failure or delay in performing any obligation under these Conditions to the extent caused by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including fire, flood, disease, earthquake, explosion, war, insurrection, sabotage, industrial disputes, transport disruption, embargo, changes in law, or delays or disruption caused by government or government agencies.
General: Any time or other indulgence granted by the Owner does not affect the Owner’s strict rights under these Conditions. Any stamp duty or similar duty payable in connection with the agreement will be paid by the Hirer or charged to the Hirer’s account, to the extent permitted by law. Nothing in these Conditions excludes, restricts, or modifies any nonexcludable rights or remedies under the Australian Consumer Law or any other applicable law.

1. In these Conditions – “Owner means Norhire Pty Ltd atf Stevenson Trust t/a Norhire and the members of such firm from time to time and their executors, administrators and assigns. “Hirer” means any person, company, corporation or government instrumentality including the personal representatives and any person or corporation entitled or required by law to administer the Hirers affairs who shall hire any skip bins from the Owner. Words importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa and words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine or neuter gender and vice versa and the word person shall include corporation.

2. The Hirer shall pay hiring charges for the complete period of time during which the skip-bin is in the Hirer’s charge and until the date of collection.

3. If the Hirer shall make default in punctual payment of any moneys payable hereunder, or fail to observe and perform the terms and conditions hereof, or become bankrupt of insolvent or enter into any Deed of Agreement or composition with his creditors, or suffer execution to be issued against him, or being a company go; into liquidation voluntarily or compulsorily, the hiring shall be at the option of the Owner forthwith determined and all moneys previously paid shall be forfeited to the Owner and it shall be lawful for the Owner to retake possession of the skip-bin and for that purpose to enter into or upon any premises where the same may be and to remove the contents of the skip-bin at that site, such contents being the property of the Hirer. Termination of the hiring under this clause shall not affect the right of the Owner to recover from the Hirer any moneys payable hereunder, for damages for breach of these Conditions.

4. The Owners bins remain the property of the Owner at all times.

5. The Hirer shall not sell, assign, mortgage, pledge, underlet, lend or otherwise deal with any skip-bin or part with possession of the same or any part thereof without the written consent of the Owner.

6. The Owner may affix to the said skip-bin plates or other marks indicating that the skip-bin is the property of the Owner, and the Hirer shall allow such plates or marks to remain fixed, and shall nor obliterate, deface or cover up the same.

7. The Hirer shall not alter or modify in any way the dimensions of the skip-bin by adding to its height or width or any of its hooks or lifting devises and shall ensure that the skip-bin is not loaded beyond its capacity.

8. While in the Hirers possession the Hirer shall not light fires or allow fires to be lit in any skip bin or place or allow to be placed into the skip bin any flammable, dangerous, toxic, noxious or hazardous material or substance, any asbestos or product or material containing asbestos, or any type or form of explosive material or substance. Wet concrete shall not be placed in skip bins without the express consent of the Owner and not before a suitable liner has first been put in place.

9. The Hirer is responsible for the provision of clear and suitable access to the site of delivery on the day of delivery and the day of pickup, and shall ensure that the surface and subsurface conditions of the ground, hardstand, slab or pavement to and at the site of delivery are suitable for all operations involved in the delivery, placement and retrieval of the skip bin. The Owner accepts no responsibility for damage to any surface, or any subsurface structure or fitting caused by the delivery, placement and retrieval of the skip bin. Consequently the Hirer should take all necessary actions to protect the surface and subsurface prior to the delivery process.

10.The Owners and his Drivers shall take all reasonable care when delivering and retrieving skip bins, but the Hirer shall indemnify the Owner and his Driver for any damage to property caused in the execution of such actions, when the Hirer or his agent has been advised by the driver that such actions may damage property.

11. The Hirer shall ensure that there is on the site where the skip-bin is to he delivered a person who has full authority on behalf of the Hirer to accept delivery of the skip-bin and advise the Owner where the skip-bin is to be situated. Should the Owner be required to reposition the skip-bin on the site the Owner shall be entitled to charge an additional fee for delivery.

12. Any time or other indulgence granted by the Owner shall not affect the Owner’s strict right hereunder.

13. The Owner shall at all times have the right to inspect any skip-bin out on hire to the Hirer.

14. The Hirer shall not erect any skip-bin in such a manner as to make it a fixture to any land or structure.

15.Thy Hirer is responsible for the security of the skip-bin while it is on hire to him and shall at his own expense repair (including repaint) or replace any skip-bin damaged or lost for any reason whatsoever while the skip-bin is in the charge of the Hirer.

16. The Hirer is required to notify the Owner when the skip-bin is ready for collection by the Owner and shall stipulate a date for collection. The Owner shall collect the skip-bin on the date for collection and shall transport it to the appropriate disposal facility and dispose-of the contents on behalf of the Hirer. The Hirer shall be responsible to pay the Owner the costs of the Owner in transporting the skip-bin to the disposal facility and the costs payable by the Owner to the relevant disposal facility for dumping of the contents.

17. Over filled bins or bins incorrectly filled which require unloading or load readjustment to comply with transport requirements may incur an additional fee. Such fee shall be at the discretion of the Owner.

18. The Hirer shall ensure that only material of the class described in the agreement is deposited into the skip-bin. The Hirer agrees to pay the dump charges calculated in accordance with the rates charged by the relevant disposal facility for the class of material being dumped and acknowledges that he has been made aware of the detail of those charges and the classes of materials.

19. The Hirer indemnifies the Owner in respect of all claims charges or suits made or brought against the Owner and the costs of defending same arising there from in respect to a breach of Clause 18 by the Hirer or the incorrect positioning of the skip-bin by the Hirer pursuant to Clause 11.

20. Any officer, employee or agent of the Hirer who signs any receipt or other document in connection with the delivery of any skip-bin or the collection by the Owner of any skip-bin may be taken by the Owner as having full authority to sign each document on behalf of the Hirer and the Hirer shall not repudiate such authority.

21. The Hirer acknowledges that only bins which have a current crane certification plate attached are approved for crane use.

22. Any stamp duty which may become payable in connection with the Agreement or any counterpart hereof or any document or documents which is or are assumed by law to constitute an agreement requiring stamping shall be paid by the Hirer or charged to his account.

23. Force Majeure: The Owner shall not be liable for any failure or delay in complying with any obligation imposed by these terms if the failure or delay arises directly from an any circumstance beyond the Owners control, including without limitation fire, flood, earthquake, explosion, war, insurrection, sabotage, industrial disputes, transportation, embargo, changes in law, delays or disruption by government or government agencies.

24. The Hirer hereby authorizes the Owner to collect, retain, record, use and disclose consumer and/or commercial information about the Hirer’s credit worthiness, credit standing, credit history or credit capacity, in accordance with the Privacy Act, to persons and/or legal entities who are a Solicitor or any other professional consultant engaged by the Owner, a Debt Collector, Credit Reference Agency or Organisation and/or any other individual or entity which maintains credit references and/or default listings.

25. The Hirer authorizes the Owner to make enquires with respect to the Hirer’s commercial credit worthiness.

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