These terms apply to all advertising provided to any person or entity (‘Customer’) by Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants.

1.1 Subject to these Terms, Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants will use its reasonable endeavours to publish advertising submitted by Customers (‘Advertising’) in the format submitted by the Customer and in accordance with the placement instructions of the Customer. ‘Advertising’ includes images submitted for publication and content or information relating to published Advertisements.

1.2 Customer grants Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable licence to publish, and to sub-licence the publication of, the Advertising in any form and in any medium. Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants may publish print Advertising online or vice versa. Customer warrants that it has the right and authority to grant Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants the licence referred to in this clause 1.2

2.1 Neither these Terms nor any written or verbal quotation by Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants represents an offer to publish Advertising. A binding contract for Advertising will only be formed between Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants and Customer when Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants accepts the Advertising in writing or generates a tax invoice for that Advertising.

2.2 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants reserves the right to refuse or withdraw from publication any Advertising at any time without giving reasons (even if the Advertising has previously been published by Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants).

3.1 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants reserves the right to:

(a) vary the placement of Advertising within a particular print title or internet site;

(b) change the format of print Advertising (including changing colour to black and white); and

(c) distribute interstate or regional editions of a paper without including all inserts or classified sections.

3.2 Except in accordance with clause 12, Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants will not be liable for any costs, expenses, losses or damages incurred by a Customer arising from Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants  failure to publish Advertising in accordance with a Customer’s request.

4.1 Customer warrants to Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants  that the Advertising and the publication by Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants of the Advertising does not breach or infringe:

(a) the Trade Practices Act (Cth), Fair Trading Acts (State) or equivalent legislation;

(b) any copyright, trade mark, obligation of confidentiality or other personal or proprietary right;

(c) any law of defamation, obscenity or contempt of any court, tribunal or royal commission; State or Commonwealth anti-discrimination legislation; the Privacy Act (Cth);

(d) any financial services law as defined in the Corporations Act 2001(Cth); or

(e) any other law or applicable code (including any common law, statute, delegated legislation, rule or ordinance of the Commonwealth, or a State or Territory).

4.2 Customer warrants that if Advertising contains the name or photographic or pictorial representation of any living person and/or any copy by which any living person can be identified, the Customer has obtained the authority of that person to make use of his/her name or representation or the copy.

4.3 Advertising for publication that contains contact details for the Customer must contain the full name and street address of the Customer. Post office box and email addresses alone are insufficient.

4.5 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants will endeavour to take reasonable care of Advertising material in its custody and control, but will not be responsible for any loss or damage to Advertising material.

4.6 Advertising submitted electronically must comply with Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants specifications. Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants may reject the Advertising material if it is not submitted in accordance with such specifications.

4.8 If Customer is a corporation and the Advertising contains the price for consumer goods or services, Customer warrants that the Advertising complies with section 53C of the Trade Practices Act (Cth) and therefore contains, as a single price, the minimum total price the consumer must pay to acquire the goods or services to the extent quantifiable at the time of the Advertising.

4.9 Customer must not resell Advertising space to any third party without Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants consent.

4.10 If Advertising promotes a competition or trade promotion, Customer warrants that it has obtained all relevant permits and authorisations for the competition or promotion and indemnifies Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants against any claim or liability incurred by Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants in connection with the competition or promotion.

5.1 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants will publish classified Advertising under the classification heading that it determines is most appropriate. Classified Advertising headings are for the convenience of readers and are determined at the discretion of Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants.

5.2 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants will publish classified display Advertising sorted by alphabetical caption and, where space permits, with related line Advertising.

6.1 For online banner and display Advertising, the Customer must:

(a) cancel online Advertising in writing at least 7 days before the publication date; and

(b) submit creative materials and a click-through URL to Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants at least 3 working days (5 working days for non-gif material) before the scheduled publication date.

Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants reserves the right to charge the Customer for online Advertising cancelled on less than 30 days notice or if creative materials are not submitted in accordance with clause 6.1(b).

6.2 All online Advertising (including rich media) must comply with Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants advertising specifications, which are available on request.

6.4 Subject to clause 12,Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants is not liable for any loss, damages or liabilities arising from a failure of the internet or any telecommunications structure.

6.5 Customer acknowledges that Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants may at its discretion include additional features or inclusions such as third party advertisements within online classified Advertising.

7.1 The Customer must promptly check proofs of Advertising (if these are provided to the Customer by Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants) and notify Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants of any errors in the proofs or in published Advertising.

7.2 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants does not accept responsibility for any errors submitted by the Customer or its agent, including errors in Advertising placed over the telephone.

7.3 If a Customer wishes to make a claim on Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants for credit, re-publication or any other remedy in respect of Advertising, the Customer must send the claim in writing to Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants no later than 14 days after the date of publication of the Advertising.

7.4 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants will only investigate complaints during normal office hours (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday excluding public holidays).

8.1 The Customer must pay for Advertising at the rates in the relevant ratecard, unless otherwise agreed, at the casual rate. Ratecard rates may be varied at any time by Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants without notice.

8.2 Customer must pay GST at the same time as it pays for the Advertising. Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants will provide Customer with a tax invoice or adjustment note (as applicable).

9.1 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants do not provide any form of credit, all advertising must be paid for prior to the advert going "live" or printed.

10.1 The Customer must pay for Advertising:

(a) On issue of our invoice, within 7 days after the date of the invoice.

10.2 The Customer must pay:

(a) for print Advertising in accordance with the size of the Advertising material lodged by the Customer, or the Advertising space ordered by the Customer, whichever is greater; If Customer fails to provide the copy or material for space that is booked, Customer will still be charged unless a cancellation is approved by Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants;

(b) the full price for Advertising even if Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants has exercised its right to vary the format or placement of the Advertising and even if there is an error or omission in the Advertising (unless the error or omission was the fault of Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants); and

(c) any electronic transmission costs.

11.1 If a Customer fails to pay for Advertising in accordance with clause 10 or if a Customer suffers an Insolvency Event as defined in clause 11.2, Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants may (in its discretion and without limitation):

(a) cancel any provision of credit to the Customer;

(b) require cash pre-payment for further Advertising;

(c) charge interest on all overdue amounts at the rate 2% above the National Australia Bank Overdraft Base Rate;

(d) take proceedings against the Customer for any outstanding amounts;

(e) recover from the Customer all costs of action taken by Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants to recover amounts owing, including without limitation, mercantile agency and legal costs on a full indemnity basis;

(f) cease publication of any further Advertising on behalf of the Customer and terminate any agreement in relation to Advertising not yet published; and

(g) exercise any other rights at law.

11.2 A written statement of debt duly signed by an authorised employee of Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants shall be prima facie evidence and proof of the amount owed by the Customer to Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants.

12.1 The Customer acknowledges that it has not relied on any advice given or representation made by or on behalf of Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants in connection with the Advertising.

12.2 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants excludes all implied conditions and warranties from these terms, except any condition or warranty (such as conditions and warranties implied by the Trade Practices Act and equivalent State acts) which cannot by law be excluded (‘Non-excludable Condition’).

12.3 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants limits its liability:

(a) for breach of any Non-Excludable Condition (to the extent that liability for such breach can by law be limited); and

(b) for any other error or omission in published Advertising caused by Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants:

(c) at Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants option, to re-supply of the Advertising or payment of the cost of re-supply.

12.4 Subject to clauses 12.2 and 12.3, Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants excludes all other liability to the Customer for any costs, expenses, losses and damages incurred by the Customer in connection with these Terms and any Advertising published by Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants, whether that liability arises in contract, tort (including by Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants negligence) or under statute. Without limitation, Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants will in no circumstances be liable for any indirect or consequential losses, loss of profits, loss of revenue or loss of business opportunity.

12.5 The Customer indemnifies Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants and its officers, employees, contractors and agents (the ‘Indemnified’) against any costs, expenses, losses, damages and liability suffered or incurred by the Indemnified arising from the Customer’s breach of these Terms and any negligent or unlawful act or omission of the Customer in connection with the Advertising.

13.1 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants collects a Customer's personal information to provide the Advertising to the Customer and for invoicing purposes. Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants may disclose this personal information to its related companies, to credit reporting agencies and other third parties as part of provision of the Advertising. Where a Customer has an overdue account, Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants may disclose personal information to debt collection agencies to recover the amount due.

13.2 Customers may gain access to their personal information by writing to Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants.

14.1 Each party must treat as confidential, and will procure that its advertising agents, other agents, contractors and representatives ("Agents") treat as confidential:

(a) the terms of this Agreement (including terms relating to volumes and pricing);

(b) any information generated for or pursuant to the performance of this Agreement, including without limitation all data relating to advertising schedules, budgets, forecasts, booked advertising, prices or volumes;

(c) any other information that ought in good faith to be treated as confidential given the circumstances of disclosure or the nature of the information;

(d) any information derived wholly or partly for any information referred to in (a) to (c) above;

(e) unless disclosure is required by law.

14.2 Each party agrees to take all reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorised use, disclosure, publication or dissemination of the confidential information by or on behalf of itself or any third party.

15.1 These Terms, together with any other written agreement between the Customer and Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants relating to these Terms, represent the entire agreement of the Customer and Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants for Advertising. They cannot be varied except in writing by an authorised officer of Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants. No purchase order or other document issued by the Customer will vary these Terms.

15.2 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants will not be liable for any delay or failure to publish Advertising caused by a factor outside Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants reasonable control (including but not limited to any act of God, war, breakdown of plant, industrial dispute, electricity failure, governmental or legal restraint).

15.3 Wide Bay Weddings & Consultants may serve any notice on a Customer by sending it by pre-paid post or facsimile to the last known address of the Customer.

15.4 These Terms are governed by the laws of the State in which the billing company for the Advertising is located and each party submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of that State.