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Terms and Conditions for .au Domain Name Licences
By submitting this application for a domain name, you confirm that you are eligible to hold the domain name set out in this application, and that all information provided in this application is true, complete and correct, and is not misleading in any way. If any information is later found to be not true, or is incomplete, incorrect, or misleading in any way, or if you have submitted this application in bad faith, the domain name license can be cancelled and you can permanently lose the use of the domain name.
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This document sets out the terms and conditions of your application
for a Domain Name, and if successful, your Domain Name Licence. It records
the agreement between you, the applicant or holder of a Domain Name
Licence, and us, the registrar, in relation to the Domain Name.
Summary of Terms and Conditions
- If your application for a domain name is accepted and approved,
you will be granted a two year Domain Name Licence for that domain
name
- You are required to make several statements to us in relation
to your domain name application - please read them carefully to
ensure that those statements are correct
- You are entitled to transfer your domain name registration to
another registrar, and we will facilitate such transfer for you
according to our obligations under auDA's Published Policies (see
www.auda.org.au)
- You are bound by the .au Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP) in
relation to your registered domain name, as well as such other
dispute resolution policy which may be adopted by auDA from time
to time
- You accept that our liability to you under these terms and conditions
are limited
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Definitions
- In this document, unless the context requires otherwise:
auDA means .au Domain Administration Limited ACN 079 009 340, the industry
self-regulatory body responsible for administering domain names with
the .au suffix.
- Domain Name means the domain name which is the subject of your application,
and if successful, the Domain Name Licence.
- Domain Name Licence means your licence to use the Domain Name which
is the subject of your application.
- Published Policies means those specifications and policies established
and published by auDA from time to time in accordance with its constitution,
and can be found at auDA's web site at www.auda.org.au
- Registry Operator means the operator of the domain names registry
for the Domain Name.
We, our or us refer to TPP Internet A.B.N. 80 104 263 292 the registrar
of record for your Domain Name Licence.
- You or your refer to the person applying for, or the holder of, a
Domain Name Licence.
General
You are bound by the terms of this document, even if you have entered
into this document through an agent, and even if you licence the use of
the Domain Name to another person.
Domain names application and registration
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Your application for a Domain Name must be in the
form prescribed under the Published Policies. The Domain Name must
comply with the Published Policies. |
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You accept that even if we have accepted and approved
your Domain Name application, the application may still be rejected
by the Registry Operator in performing its final integrity checks. |
| 1.(3) |
You accept that neither you, nor we, have any proprietary
right arising from the registered Domain Name, or the entry of a
Domain Name in the domain names registry. |
All personal information pertaining to you are held by auDA for the benefit
of the Australian public.
Domain name licence
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Your Domain Name Licence will be effective for a two
year period, once: |
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(a) your application is accepted and approved
by us and by the Registry Operator, and
(b) you have paid the applicable fees, |
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unless it is cancelled earlier under the terms of this
document or under any Published Policies. |
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Your Domain Name Licence may be renewed every two years,
as long as you: |
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(a) pay the applicable renewal fees, and
(b) continue to meet the eligibility criteria prescribed
in the Published Policies.
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You accept that it is your responsibility to ensure
that your Domain Name Licence is renewed. |
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(4) |
You may cancel your Domain Name Licence at any time
by notifying us in writing. |
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(5) |
We may cancel your Domain Name Licence if you breach
any provision of this document. |
Your statement to us
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(1) |
You confirm and state to TPP Internet and to auDA separately
that: |
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(a) |
all the information set out in your Domain Name application,
and all information you give us, are true and correct, and not misleading
or deceptive, and |
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(b) |
you meet, and continue to meet, the eligibility criteria
prescribed in the Published Policies for registering the Domain Name,
and |
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you have not previously submitted for registration with another
registrar, a domain name which is the same as the Domain Name, in
circumstances where:
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you are relying upon the same eligibility criteria
for both domain names, and |
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the Domain Name has previously been rejected by the other registrar,
and |
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your registration or use of the Domain Name does not infringe any
person's legal rights. |
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(2) |
You accept that if any of the above statements is found
to be incorrect, then either we or auDA may cancel your Domain Name
Licence. |
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(3) |
You agree to indemnify us and auDA separately for any
loss or damage suffered by us or auDA as a result of any of us relying
upon your above statements. |
Our obligations to you
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(1) |
Once your Domain Name application is accepted
and approved, we will cause your Domain Name details to be entered
in the domain names registry. |
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(2) |
We will give you immediate notice if: |
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(a) we are no longer an accredited registrar, or
(b) our auDA Accreditation is suspended or terminated, or
(c) our registrar agreement with auDA is terminated by auDA.
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auDA may post notice of: |
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(a) the fact that we are no longer an accredited
registrar, or
(b) the suspension or termination of our auDA Accreditation,
or
(c) the termination of our registrar agreement with auDA,
on its web site, and may, if it considers appropriate, give such notice
to you directly. |
Your obligations to us
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(1) |
Throughout the period of your Domain Name Licence, you
must: |
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comply with the Published Policies, and |
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give notice to the Registry Operator (through us) of
any change to any information which you have given us. |
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(2) |
You must not, directly or indirectly, through registration or use
of the Domain Name or otherwise:
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(a) |
register a domain name for the purpose of selling it, or |
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(b) |
register a domain name for the purpose of diverting trade from another
business or web site, or |
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(c) |
deliberately register misspellings of another entity's company or
brand name in order to trade on the reputation of another entity's
goodwill, or |
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register a domain name and then passively hold a Domain Name Licence
for the purpose of preventing another person from registering it.
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You must not: |
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transfer or purport to transfer a proprietary right in any Domain
Name registration, or |
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grant or purport to grant a registered Domain Name as security,
or |
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encumber or purport to encumber a Domain Name Licence. |
Use of your information
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You give to: |
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auDA, the right to publicly disclose to third parties,
all information relation to the registered Domain Name in accordance
with the Published Policies; |
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us (TPP Internet), the right to disclose to the Registry
Operator, all information which are reasonably required by the Registry
Operator in order to register the Domain Name in the domain names
registry; |
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the Registry Operator, the right to publicly disclose to third
parties, all information relation to the registered Domain Name
to enable the Registry Operator to maintain a public WHOIS service,
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provided that such disclosure is consistent with the
National Privacy Principles, and the Published Policies. |
Dispute resolution
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(1) |
auDA has in place a dispute resolution called the auDRP
(which stands for .au Dispute Resolution Policy), which applies in
the event of a dispute between a registrar and a domain name licence
holder, or between a domain name licence holder and a third party,
in relation to entitlements to domain names. |
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(2) |
The auDRP binds you and us severally as if it were incorporated
in this document. |
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(3) |
You accept that: |
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auDA may develop and implement other dispute resolution policies
which are accessible by you as an alternative and further to any
complaints handling procedure adopted by us, and
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such policies bind you and us severally as if they were incorporated
in this document. |
Transfer of registrars
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We will ensure that you can easily transfer your Domain
Name registration to another registrar in accordance with the Published
Policies. The Published Policies will address such matters as: |
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the maximum fees which we can charge you for such transfer, |
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when we are not allowed to charge you fees, |
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the conditions under which we must transfer the registered
Domain Name, and |
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the conditions under which we are entitled not to transfer the registered
the Domain Name. |
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In circumstances where: |
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TPP Internet are no longer an accredited registrar, or |
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our auDA Accreditation is suspended or terminated, or |
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our registrar agreement with auDA is terminated by auDA, |
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then we will transfer the registered Domain Name to
a new registrar in accordance with the Published Policies within 30
days of a written notice being provided to you by auDA. |
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If our registrar agreement with auDA is terminated,
TPP Internet will not charge you any fee for the transfer of the registered
Domain Name to another registrar. |
Limitation of liabilities
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You must not pursue any claim against auDA or against
us, and neither auDA nor we are liable to you for any direct, indirect,
special, punitive, exemplary or consequential damages, including but
not limited to damages resulting from loss of use, lost profits, lost
business revenue or third parties damages, arising from any breach
by us of our obligations under this document, or under our registrar
agreement with auDA. |
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You accept and agree that if we have any outstanding
fees owing to auDA, which gives auDA a right to terminate our registrar
agreement with auDA, then auDA may in its sole discretion terminate
the registrar agreement. |
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You accept and agree that neither auDA nor we are responsible
for the use of any Domain Name in the domain names registry, and that
auDA is not responsible for any conflict or dispute with any actual
or threatened claim against a registrar or a domain name licence holder,
including one relating to registered or unregistered trademark, a
corporate, business or other trade-name, rights relating to a name
or other identifying indicium or of an individual or other intellectual
property rights of a third party or relating to the defamation or
unlawful discrimination with respect to any other person. |
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Despite any other provision of this document, and to
the fullest extent permitted by law, neither auDA nor we are liable
to you for consequential, indirect or special losses or damages of
any kind (including without limitation, loss of profit, loss or corruption
of data, business interruption or indirect loss) suffered by you as
a result of any act or omission whatsoever of auDA or us, and our
respective employees, agents, or sub-contractors. |
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Nothing in this document is to be read as excluding,
restricting or modifying the application of any legislation which
by law cannot be excluded, restricted or modified. |
Our agency
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We enter into this document as agent for auDA for the
sole purpose, but only to the extent necessary, to enable auDA to
receive the benefit of the rights and covenants conferred to it under
this document. |
General
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In this document: |
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a reference to this or other documents includes the
document as varied or replaced regardless of any change in the identity
of the parties; |
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a reference to writing includes all modes of representing
or reproducing words in a legible, permanent and visible form; |
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headings and sub-headings are inserted for ease of reference
only and do not affect the interpretation of this document; and |
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where an expression is defined, another part of speech or grammatical
form of that expression has a corresponding meaning. |
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All previous agreements, statements, explanations and
commitments, expressed or implied, affecting the subject matter of
this document are superseded by this document and have no effect |
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If a provision in this document is held to be illegal,
invalid, void, voidable or unenforceable, that provision must be read
down to the extent necessary, or severed if necessary, to ensure that
it is not illegal, invalid, void, voidable or unenforceable. |
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This document is governed by and is to be construed
in accordance with the laws of NSW, Australia. Each party irrevocably
and unconditionally submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts of NSW, Australia and waives any right to object to proceedings
being brought in those courts. |
© Maddocks, and .au Domain Administration Limited 2002. Used with
permission.
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Terms and conditions for .uk Domain Names (United Kingdom)
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Terms and conditions for .nz Domain Names (New Zealand)
1. The Registrar's Obligations We agree that we will:
1.1 comply with all .nz policies and accurately represent these to you;
1.2 disclose accurately and completely all our terms and conditions associated with your use of our services to register and maintain a domain name sought to be used by you, including price and billing information;
1.3 comply with your lawful directions in a diligent and timely manner regarding your .nz domain name, (for example, registration, cancellation, amendment, deletion, and associated technical support and billing);
1.4 process any new .nz domain name registrations with the registry within 2 hours from the time we receive all the information required to complete a registration if it is within our advertised business hours of 8AM-5:30PM (AEST) Monday-Friday and 10AM-2PM (AEST) Saturday, and otherwise within 12 hours ;
1.5 notify you of the registration of your domain name(s), including the details of: the domain name, your contact details, our contact details, the registration period, the unique authentication ID for your domain name and your obligations as a registrant;
1.6 arrange for correction of any error in the information in the register about any domain name registered to you when requested;
1.7 provide to you, or to someone we reasonably believe to be acting on your behalf, the unique authentication ID for your domain name when requested and for no charge;
1.8 use your personal information only as authorised by you;
1.9 take all reasonable steps to safeguard and protect all information about you stored in our databases and system(s);
1.10 comply with any order of any authority having jurisdiction regarding any domain name registered to you;
1.11 use our best endeavours to deal with any complaints you may have about the services we provide for you.
2. The Registrant's Obligations You agree that you will:
2.1 comply with the .nz policies. You agree that you have read and understood the current policies;
2.2 make sure all information you give us is accurate and complete, keep us informed of changes to any information you give us, and that you have the authority to enter into this agreement;
2.3 keep the unique authentication ID for your domain name and any other security information that we give to you confidential, safe and secure;
2.4 satisfy yourself that your use of a domain name will not infringe anybody s intellectual property rights and protect us, and everybody we are in any business relationship with to provide services to you, from any such claim;
2.5 ensure that you only use our services for a lawful purpose;
2.6 ensure that the use of any domain name registered to you does not interfere with other users of the Internet;
2.7 ensure that any order of any authority having jurisdiction regarding any domain name registered to you is complied with;
2.8 protect us, and everybody we have a business relationship with, against any legal action taken against us because of the receipt or use of our services by you or someone you are responsible for, including reliance by us or anybody we have a business relationship with, on information supplied by you.
Duties of Other Persons
2.9 You agree to make sure everyone you are responsible for or who uses a domain name registered to you also meets the above duties.
3. Registration of a Domain Name:
When a domain name in the .nz domain name space is registered to you, or in your name as directed by you, then you agree:
3.1 that the following information becomes available to any member of the public:
- your name,
- your contact details and
- the domain name, its commencement and expiry dates and addresses/details of the name servers for it, and our name.
3.2 the domain name is registered in your name only because no other person has it according to the records of the register; and
3.3 neither we nor anybody else is representing anything else to anybody regarding that domain name. The entry of a domain name in the "who is" database shall not be taken as evidence of anything other than such registration; and
3.4 that you protect us and everybody we have a business relationship with to provide services to you, from any claim arising out of the domain name being registered in your name or as you direct.
4. Register is the Record
For all purposes the details shown in the register shall be treated as correct and the authoritative record.
5. Payment of Fees
5.1 You agree to pay for the services we provide for you.
5.2 If you transfer a domain name registered to you to another registrant or to be managed by another registrar, all charges owing to us shall become immediately due and payable on the date of that transfer.
5.3 We may alter our fees from time to time. When we alter them we will send you notice of the alteration 30 days before the new fee takes effect.
5.4 Our usual fees are for registration and renewal a domain name. We will tell you before any additional charge is incurred.
5.5 Our prices are available in multiple currencies including New Zealand and Australian dollars and include GST
6. Suspension And Refusal To Supply Services
If you do not pay our charges for a domain name registered to you we may:
- cancel registration of that domain name;
- or refuse to provide a service you request.
7. Cancellation of a Domain Name
If we are going to cancel the registration of a domain name registered to you as a result of you not paying our charges relating to that registration, we will give you fourteen days notice before we initiate action to cancel that domain name.
8. Exclusion of Liability
We exclude all liability we may have to you for any claim except where we have acted in bad faith.
This exclusion also applies for the benefit of :
8.1 InternetNZ, the registry and any other entity we are in any business relationship with;
8.2 every officer, employee, contractor, agent of us or any entity in clause 8.1;
8.3 anyone else we get to perform our duties under any agreement you have with us. None of the persons specified above is liable or has to pay you for anything else in connection with or resulting from anything any of us does or does not do, or delays in doing, whether or not it is contemplated or authorised by any agreement you have with us. This exclusion applies whatever you are claiming for and in whatever way liability might arise. This exclusion does not prevent you getting a court order requiring us to do anything we have agreed to do for you and does not limit any rights you may have under the NZ Consumer Guarantees Act 1993.
9. Limitation of our Liability
We have excluded all other liability we or any of the persons specified in clause 8 may have to you. If any of those persons is ever liable to you and, for any reason, cannot rely on the exclusion of liability set out in clause 8 then this clause applies.
Where this clause applies, the maximum combined amount the persons specified above (together) will have to pay you and anyone else who uses the services we provide for you (together) is the amount of the last month's fee paid by you under this agreement.
10. Law and Jurisdiction
Applying to this Agreement Unless we otherwise agree in writing, this agreement contains all the terms of our relationship and continues to apply no matter where you are located at the time any of the services are provided or
where you reside. This will be the case until this agreement is cancelled except to the extent clause 14 says otherwise. To the extent legally permitted: 10.1 all our services are provided under New Zealand law;
10.2 any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with this agreement must be instituted within 60 days from the date the relevant service was supplied to you;
10.3 except as otherwise stated, you may take action against us only in a New Zealand court;
10.4 where you or any registrant for whom you act supplies incorrect information regarding a domain name and we incur cost in any matter concerning that name then we may recover the costs incurred by us from you.
11. Cancelling the Agreement
11.1 We may cancel or suspend this agreement by giving you one months notice if you do not meet your duties to us.
11.2 We may end the agreement for any other reason by giving you one month's notice.
12. More Than One Person
You are responsible for everybody who you permit to act for you as a registrant. We will take reasonable care to satisfy ourself that you have permitted those persons to act for you.
13. Each Clause Separately Binding
Each clause of the agreement you have with us is separately binding.
If for any reason we, you, or any of the persons specified in clause 8 cannot rely on any clause, all other clauses of it are binding.
14. Rights and Responsibilities that Continue
The cancelling of any agreement you have with us does not affect any rights and responsibilities, which are intended to continue or come into force afterwards. These include the rights and duties under 2, 4 - 10, 12 13, and this clause 14.
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Terms and Conditions for gTLD Domain Name Licences
This document sets out the terms and conditions of your application
for a Domain Name, and if successful, your Domain Name Licence. It records
the agreement between you, the applicant or holder of a Domain Name
Licence, and us, the agent, in relation to the Domain Name.
Summary of Terms and Conditions
- If your application for a domain name is accepted and approved,
you will be granted a Domain Name Licence for that domain
name for a period between one and ten years
- You accept that our liability to you under these terms and conditions
are limited
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Definitions
- Domain Name means the domain name which is the subject of your application,
and if successful, the Domain Name Licence.
- Domain Name Licence means your licence to use the Domain Name which
is the subject of your application.
- Published Policies means those specifications and policies established
and published by ICANN and its Registrars from time to time in accordance with its constitution.
- Registry Operator means the operator of the domain names registry
for the Domain Name.
We, our or us refer to TPP Internet A.B.N. 80 104 263 292
- You or your refer to the person applying for, or the holder of, a
Domain Name Licence.
General
You are bound by the terms of this document, even if you have entered
into this document through an agent, and even if you licence the use of
the Domain Name to another person.
Domain names application and registration
| 1.(1) |
Your application for a Domain Name must be in the
form prescribed under the Published Policies. The Domain Name must
comply with the Published Policies. |
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You accept that even if we have accepted and approved
your Domain Name application, the application may still be rejected
by the Registry Operator in performing its final integrity checks. |
| 1.(3) |
You accept that neither you, nor we, have any proprietary
right arising from the registered Domain Name, or the entry of a
Domain Name in the domain names registry. |
Domain name licence
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Your Domain Name Licence will be effective for a period of one to year years (depending on your choice at application time), once: |
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(a) your application is accepted and approved
by us and by the Registry Operator, and
(b) you have paid the applicable fees, |
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unless it is cancelled earlier under the terms of this
document or under any Published Policies. |
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You accept that it is your responsibility to ensure
that your Domain Name Licence is renewed. |
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You may cancel your Domain Name Licence at any time
by notifying us in writing. |
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We may cancel your Domain Name Licence if you breach
any provision of this document. |
Your statement to us
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You confirm and state to TPP Internet that: |
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all the information set out in your Domain Name application,
and all information you give us, are true and correct, and not misleading
or deceptive. |
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You agree to indemnify us for any
loss or damage suffered by us as result of any of us relying
upon your above statements. |
Use of your information
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