Welcome to https://sencha-tea.com (Website). The Website provides you with an opportunity to browse and purchase various products that have been listed for sale through the Website (Products). The Website provides this service by way of granting you access to the content on the Website (Purchase Services).
The Website is operated by Sencha Tea PTY. LTD.(ACN 669 617 743)(ABN ). Access to and use of the Website, or any of its associated Products or Services, is provided by Sencha Tea PTY. LTD.. Please read these terms and conditions (Terms) carefully. By using, browsing and/or reading the Website, this signifies that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by the Terms. If you do not agree with the Terms, you must cease usage of the Website, or any of Services, immediately.
Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. reserves the right to review and change any of the Terms by updating this page at its sole discretion. When Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. updates the Terms, it will use reasonable endeavours to provide you with notice of updates to the Terms. Any changes to the Terms take immediate effect from the date of their publication. Before you continue, we recommend you keep a copy of the Terms for your records.
You accept the Terms by remaining on the Website. You may also accept the Terms by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms where this option is made available to you by Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. in the user interface.
In order to access the Purchase Services, you must first register as a user of the Website. As part of the registration process, or as part of your continued use of the Purchase Services, you may be required to provide personal information about yourself (such as identification or contact details), including:
You warrant that any information you give to Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. in the course of completing the registration process will always be accurate, correct and up to date.
Once you have completed the registration process, you will be a registered member of the Website (Member) and agree to be bound by the Terms. As a Member you will be granted immediate access to the Purchase Services.
You may not use the Purchase Services and may not accept the Terms if:
As a Member, you agree to comply with the following: You will use the Purchase Services only for purposes that are permitted by:
In using the Purchase Services to purchase the Product through the Website, you will agree to the payment of the purchase price listed on the Website for the Product (Purchase Price).
Payment of the Purchase Price may be made through Stripe (Payment Gateway Provider). In using the Purchase Services, you warrant that you have familiarised yourself with, and agree to be bound by, the applicable Terms and Conditions of Use, Privacy Policy and other relevant legal documentation provided by the Payment Gateway Providers.
Following payment of the Purchase Price being confirmed by Sencha Tea PTY. LTD., you will be issued with a receipt to confirm that the payment has been received and Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. may record your purchase details for future use.
Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. may, at their sole discretion, provide a refund on the return of the Products within days where the Product packaging is unopened and remains in a saleable condition. You acknowledge and agree that you are liable for any postage and shipping costs associated with any refund pursuant to this clause.
All refund requests must be made in writing to Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. within the specified day period. Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. reserves the right to refuse a refund if the Products have been used, damaged, or are not in their original packaging with all accessories and documentation intact.
You acknowledge that the Purchase Services offered by Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. integrate delivery (Delivery Services) through the use of third party delivery companies (Delivery Service Providers).
In providing the Purchase Services, Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. may provide you with a variety of delivery and insurance options offered as part of the Delivery Services by the Delivery Service Providers. You acknowledge and agree that Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. is not the provider of these delivery and insurance options and merely facilitates your interaction with the Delivery Service Providers in respect to providing the Delivery Services.
In the event that an item is lost or damaged in the course of the Delivery Services, Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. asks that you:
The Website, the Purchase Services and all of the related products of Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. are subject to copyright. The material on the Website is protected by copyright under the laws of Australia and through international treaties. Unless otherwise indicated, all rights (including copyright) in the site content and compilation of the website (including text, graphics, logos, button icons, video images, audio clips and software) (Content) are owned or controlled for these purposes, and are reserved by Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. or its contributors.
Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. retains all rights, title and interest in and to the Website and all related content. Nothing you do on or in relation to the Website will transfer to you:
You may not, without the prior written permission of Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. and the permission of any other relevant rights owners: broadcast, republish, up-load to a third party, transmit, post, distribute, show or play in public, adapt or change in any way the Content or third party content for any purpose. This prohibition does not extend to materials on the Website, which are freely available for re-use or are in the public domain.
You agree to promptly notify Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. of any actual or suspected infringement of Sencha Tea PTY. LTD.'s intellectual property rights that comes to your attention. In the event of any unauthorized use of Sencha Tea PTY. LTD.'s intellectual property, Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. reserves the right to seek all available legal and equitable remedies, including injunctive relief.
Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. takes your privacy seriously and any information provided through your use of the Website and/or the Purchase Services are subject to Sencha Tea PTY. LTD.'s Privacy Policy, which is available on the Website.
You acknowledge that Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. does not make any terms, guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions whatsoever regarding the Products other than provided for pursuant to these Terms.
Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. will make every effort to ensure a Product is accurately depicted on the Website, however, you acknowledge that sizes, colours and packaging may differ from what is displayed on the Website.
Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes any guarantees, warranties, representations or conditions implied or imposed by law, including the Australian Consumer Law (or any liability under them) which by law may not be limited or excluded.
Subject to this clause, and to the extent permitted by law:
Use of the Website, the Purchase Services, and any of the products of Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. (including the Delivery Services), is at your own risk. Everything on the Website, the Purchase Services, and the Products of Sencha Tea PTY. LTD., are provided to you on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranty or condition of any kind. None of the affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, contributors, third party content providers or licensors of Sencha Tea PTY. LTD.including any third party where the Delivery Services are made available to you) make any express or implied representation or warranty about its Content or any products or Purchase Services (including the products or Purchase Services of Sencha Tea PTY. LTD.) referred to on the Website. This includes (but is not restricted to) loss or damage you might suffer as a result of any of the following:
Sencha Tea PTY. LTD.'s total liability arising out of or in connection with the Purchase Services or these Terms, however arising, including under contract, tort (including negligence), in equity, under statute or otherwise, will not exceed the most recent Purchase Price paid by you under these Terms or where you have not paid the Purchase Price, then the total liability of Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. is the resupply of information or Purchase Services to you.
You expressly understand and agree that Sencha Tea PTY. LTD., its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors, third party content providers and licensors shall not be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special consequential or exemplary damages which may be incurred by you, however caused and under any theory of liability. This shall include, but is not limited to, any loss of profit (whether incurred directly or indirectly), any loss of goodwill or business reputation and any other intangible loss.
Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. is not responsible or liable in any manner for any site content (including the Content and Third Party Content) posted on the Website or in connection with the Purchase Services, whether posted or caused by users of the website of Sencha Tea PTY. LTD., by third parties or by any of the Purchase Services offered by Sencha Tea PTY. LTD..
Notwithstanding any other provision of these Terms, shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of or in any way connected with the use of the Website or the Purchase Services, including but not limited to damages for loss of profits, use, data or other intangibles, even if has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
You acknowledge that Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. does not provide the Delivery Services to you and you agree that Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. will not be liable to you for any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage, loss of profit or opportunity, or damage to goodwill arising out of or in connection with the Delivery Services.
The Terms will continue to apply until terminated by either you or by Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. as set out below.
If you want to terminate the Terms, you may do so by:
Your notice should be sent, in writing, to Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. via the 'Contact Us' link on our homepage.
Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. may at any time, terminate the Terms with you if:
Subject to local applicable laws, Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. reserves the right to discontinue or cancel your membership to the Website at any time and may suspend or deny, in its sole discretion, your access to all or any portion of the Website or the Purchase Services without notice if you breach any provision of the Terms or any applicable law or if your conduct impacts Sencha Tea PTY. LTD.'s name or reputation or violates the rights of those of another party.
When the Terms come to an end, all of the legal rights, obligations and liabilities that you and Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. have benefited from, been subject to (or which have accrued over time whilst the Terms have been in force) or which are expressed to continue indefinitely, shall be unaffected by this cessation, and the provisions of this clause shall continue to apply to such rights, obligations and liabilities indefinitely.
You agree to indemnify Sencha Tea PTY. LTD., its affiliates, employees, agents, contributors, third party content providers and licensors from and against:
If a dispute arises out of or relates to the Terms, either party may not commence any Tribunal or Court proceedings in relation to the dispute, unless the following clauses have been complied with (except where urgent interlocutory relief is sought).
A party to the Terms claiming a dispute (Dispute) has arisen under the Terms, must give written notice to the other party detailing the nature of the dispute, the desired outcome and the action required to settle the Dispute.
On receipt of that notice (Notice) by that other party, the parties to the Terms (Parties) must:
All communications concerning negotiations made by the Parties arising out of and in connection with this dispute resolution clause are confidential and to the extent possible, must be treated as "without prejudice" negotiations for the purpose of applicable laws of evidence.
If 2 months have elapsed after the start of a mediation of the Dispute and the Dispute has not been resolved, either Party may ask the mediator to terminate the mediation and the mediator must do so.
The Purchase Services offered by Sencha Tea PTY. LTD. are intended to be used by residents of Australia. In the event of any dispute arising out of or in relation to the Website, you agree that the exclusive venue for resolving any dispute shall be in the courts of New South Wales, Australia.
The Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. Any dispute, controversy, proceeding or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to the Terms and the rights created hereby shall be governed, interpreted and construed by, under and pursuant to the laws of New South Wales Australia, without reference to conflict of law principles, notwithstanding mandatory rules. The validity of this governing law clause is not contested. The Terms shall be binding to the benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.
If any part of these Terms is found to be void or unenforceable by a Court of competent jurisdiction, that part shall be severed and the rest of the Terms shall remain in force.