Terms & Conditions
The following sets out the terms and conditions (Terms) of Yarraville Studio Hire (ABN 45 617 061 537) studio and equipment hire services. These Terms together with any other terms and conditions specified in an Estimate, and any other documents incorporated by these Terms, form part of the contract between You and Yarraville Studio Hire when you hire a Studio or Equipment or both from Yarraville Studio Hire.
Definitions
1. In these Terms the following definitions apply:
(a) “Business Day” means Monday – Friday excluding public holidays.
(b) “Equipment” means the equipment specified in a Hire Contract
(c) “Estimate” means any estimate we send You setting out the fees applicable for Your booking request
(d) “Hire Contract” means the final confirmation We send You attaching and incorporating any agreed Estimate
(e) “House Rules” means Our house rules for the studios that We advise from time to time
(f) “Hire Period” means from the time You (or an Authorised Person) collects Equipment or occupies a Studio (as applicable) until the end of the period specified in the applicable Hire Contract
(g) “Personnel” means the officers, employees, agents or contractors of a party
(h) “Premises” means 4 Earsdon St, Yarraville VIC 3013
(i) “Standard Rates” are Our standard rates for studio and equipment hire, available from Our website or upon request
(j) “Studio” means any photographic/film space You hire at Our premises
(k) “Yarraville Studio Hire”, “We” “Our” or “Us” means Yarraville Studio Hire (ABN 45 617 061 537)
(l) “You” or “Your” means the person or entity entering into the agreement to hire a Studio or Equipment or both from Us
(m) “Your Property” means any property that You, Your Personnel or guests bring onto the Premises or into a Studio and includes any Equipment
Eligibility requirements and proof of identification
2. If You are an individual or sole trader You:
(a) Warrant that You are at least 18 years of age or be accompanied by a legal guardian over 18 years of age;
(b) Must supply Us with a current ABN (if applicable, Your address, contact number and an email.
3. If You are another entity, You must supply a current ABN, registered address, contact number and an email.
4. You may be required to provide Us with a valid, current credit card prior to Us hiring a Studio or Equipment to You. You agree that Yarraville Studio Hire may take a photocopy of Your credit card. Yarraville Studio Hire reserves the right to charge Your credit card and/or invoice You to recover any amount owed by You in accordance with these Terms.
Making a booking
5. These Terms govern all hire of Studios and Equipment from Yarraville Studio Hire. Each hire request We receive constitutes a separate offer to hire studios or equipment or both. An offer is only accepted when Yarraville Studio Hire supplies You with a corresponding Hire Contract and the resulting agreement incorporates these Terms.
6. Yarraville Studio Hire may choose at any time, in its sole discretion, not to hire out equipment or studios to You. Equipment and studios are subject to availability.
7. Yarraville Studio Hire may issue You with an Estimate based on Your requirements and a provisional hold will be placed on Your requested Studio or Equipment (or both) awaiting Your confirmation. At any time while You have a provisional hold on a Studio or Equipment We may issue You with a “push to confirm”. From that time, You have 24 hours to confirm Your booking. Yarraville Studio Hire may cancel Your booking and release it to another customer if You do not confirm Your booking during this 24 hour period. Once You confirm an open booking, We will send You a Hire Contract.
8. Requests for cyclorama painting must be received by Us in writing at least 5 business days (Monday-Friday excluding public holidays) prior to the commencement of a shoot.
Fees and payment
9. The fees payable are specified in the Hire Contract. Fees can be paid with cash, credit card or EFTPOS. Payments with a credit card will attract a 3% surcharge.
10. Additional fees may be incurred if You take longer than Your specified hours in Our Studio, return Equipment late, or if You request an early start, catering, courier services, painting or any other services not already specified in the Hire Contract.
11. Following a shoot, We will issue You with an invoice for all additional fees you incurred (less any fees paid up front or already charged to an approved account).
12. We may, in our sole discretion, require prepayment of Your fees in order to confirm your booking. Otherwise, You are required to pay all fees specified in the Hire Contract before occupying the Studio or taking any Equipment except where You have placed Your fees on an approved account. If You occupy a Studio or take any Equipment and Your standard fees have not yet been settled, We reserve the right to charge Your credit card.
13. In addition to Your fees, Yarraville Studio Hire, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to charge a deposit for equipment hire that is refundable upon the safe return of any Equipment.
14. Without limiting any other clause in these Terms, if you do not pay any invoice by the due date, we reserve the right to:
(a) charge your credit card for all amounts outstanding;
(b) charge a reasonable administrative fee for Our processing and pursuit of late payments; and/or
(c) charge You interest on the unpaid amount at a rate per annum which is 5% above the current 90 day AFMA Bank Bill Swap Rate calculated daily.
Authorised person
15. You may specify to Us an authorised person/s (Authorised Person) who is approved by You to collect Equipment or take occupation of a Studio.
16. Only You or an Authorised Person is permitted to collect Equipment or take Occupation of a Studio. Authorised Persons may be required to present photo ID and sign at the time of collection and/or occupation.
Cancellation policy
17. If You wish to cancel a confirmed booking, the following cancellation fees may apply:
(a) For cancellations within 2 Business Day of the commencement of Your booking: 100% of Your confirmed fees;
(b) For cancellations within 5 Business Days of the commencement of Your booking: 50% of Your confirmed fees; and
(c) For all other cancellations: 25% of Your confirmed booking fees. (Cancellation Fees).
18. If You cancel a confirmed booking, We may agree (in Our sole discretion) to waive the Cancellation Fees if We are able to fully rebook the Studio or Equipment or both (as applicable). In the case of a studio booking, we may instead charge a $300 fee to cover Our reasonable administrative expenses.
Your obligations
19. You must make Your own assessments regarding the fitness of the Equipment, the Studio, the Premises (as applicable) and Yarraville Studio Hire for Your particular purposes.
20. When hiring a Studio, You warrant that You have read and will comply with, and will ensure that each of Your Personnel and guests attending the Premises reads and complies with the House Rules. If at any time in our sole discretion We believe that You or Your Personnel or guests are being unsafe, We reserve the right to require You or Your Personnel or guests to cease the activity which we consider is unsafe, or to require that You or Your Personnel leave the Premises.
21. With the exception of any of our Equipment, You must ensure that any equipment You bring to the Premises is safe to use.
22. You must ensure that You and Your Personnel are suitably qualified to operate Our Equipment and any other equipment You use at Yarraville Studio Hire.
23. You acknowledge that Our Equipment is for professional use and is highly technical. You warrant that You understand, and where applicable will ensure that any of Your personnel who may use the Equipment understand, how to use and operate the Equipment in accordance with the manufacturer’s directions. If You are not confident operating any Equipment, Yarraville Studio Hire recommends that You use a qualified assistant.
24. Equipment must be returned to Yarraville Studio Hire where it was collected and must be left in the care of Our representatives. Risk in the Equipment is assumed by You from the time You (or an Authorised Person) takes possession of the Equipment until it is returned to Yarraville Studio Hire in accordance with this clause.
25. Equipment must not be taken outside of our premises.
Cleaning and damage
26. You must vacate the Studio and/or return all Equipment (as applicable) by the end of the Hire Period in the same condition as it was provided (reasonable wear and tear excepted).
27. Studio hire includes a standard clean (up to thirty minutes carried out by Our reset team).
28. If You leave the Studio or return Equipment in an excessively dirty condition (as determined by Us in our sole discretion), You must pay for the reasonable costs of cleaning. Without limitation, Studios left with foreign substances such as makeup spills, food, glitter or confetti or Equipment covered in mud may incur additional fees.
29. You must take care not to damage or mark the Studio including but not limited to the walls, floors, flats or the cyclorama. If you intend on painting, or affixing coverings to the walls, floors, flats or the cyc, you must notify Our staff and follow their instructions. You may not paint the cyc or flats yourself. We provide a painting service for a fee. If you fail to comply with this clause, the cost of reasonable repair will be charged to you including without limitation, the cost of resurfacing, painting, and sealing the surfaces or replacing them as required.
30. Without limiting clauses 28) and 29) above, You are responsible for, and must pay for all loss or damage caused to the Studio, the Premises or to any Equipment by You or Your Personnel or guests (reasonable wear and tear excepted). We reserve the right to charge Your credit card and/or invoice You to recover Our costs of assessment, repair and/or restoration in accordance with these Terms.
31. You are responsible for the acts and omissions of Your Personnel and guests while they are on the Premises and will ensure that they comply with these Terms.
Equipment not working within published specifications
32. Subject to applicable law and clause 30), if during the hire period, the Equipment does not operate within its published specifications, or a Studio cannot be used for any reason beyond our reasonable control, We may supply You with substitute Equipment or provide You with another Studio. If no substitute is available, You may terminate the hire agreement and We will refund You the fees, or relevant portion thereof.
33. You must not attempt to repair or authorise a third party to attempt to repair any Equipment.
Your property
34. We take care to supervise the Premises but due to high traffic, we cannot be responsible for Your Property. You must take responsibility for all Your Property on the Premises and make appropriate arrangements to ensure it is secure. If You leave Your Property unattended, You do so at Your own risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, We exclude liability for loss or theft of, or damage to, Your property, except to the extent such loss, theft or damage is caused by Our willful misconduct.
35. We recommend that any valuable property is not delivered until You have Personnel on site to accept it. Except for damage or loss caused by the willful misconduct of Yarraville Studio Hire or its Personnel, property left unattended in the loading dock is at Your own risk.
36. Any electrical equipment You bring onto the Premises must be tested for electrical safety and have a current (i.e. tested within the last 12 months) electrical safety test tag affixed in accordance with AS/NZS 3760:2010.
No interest
37. We grant you a licence only to use and occupy the space and the facilities at the Premises, and use the Equipment (as applicable) for the Hire Period. You must not create any lien, mortgage, charge, security interest or encumbrance on the Studio, the Premises or the Equipment. You must not sub-hire or assign any benefit in the Studio, the Premises or the Equipment to any other party.
Location release
38. Subject to clause 40), We permit You to use the area of the Premises referred to in your Booking Confirmation (the Location) to carry out filming and photography.
39. Except where otherwise agreed in writing and subject to clause 40, We acknowledge that:
(a) You or Your contractors hold all right, title and interest in, and to, all recordings made at the Location during the Hire Period; and
(b) You or your contractors have the unrestricted right to assign, license and or exploit any such recordings without Our further consent and without any additional payment to Us.
40. You agree that you may not record:
(a) any third-party images that may be on display at the Premises;
(b) any internal part of Red Herring Digital; or
(c) any Yarraville Studio Hire and/or Red Herring Digital signage;
without obtaining Our prior written consent.
Termination by Yarraville Studio Hire
41. We may terminate any hire agreement immediately without incurring any liability to You where:
(a) You are in material breach of any of these Terms; or
(b) We are unable to provide the Studio or Equipment to You for occurrences or conditions that are not within Our reasonable control.
Limitation of liability
42. Nothing in these Terms purports to limit any implied warranties under any Australian law that cannot be limited, including the Consumer Guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law.
43. To the fullest extent permitted by law, clauses 32) and 42) states the full extent of Yarraville Studio Hire’ potential liability You in respect of studio hire and use of the Equipment. All other potential liabilities are expressly excluded.
Insurance
44. Yarraville Studio Hire recommends that the Renter obtains sufficient insurance to cover its potential liabilities under these Terms and Conditions.
45. Yarraville Studio Hire requires that if You are hiring Our Studio, You have public liability insurance to a minimum level of $5,000,000 per occurrence.
General
46. If any provision of these Terms is unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be severed from these Terms and the remaining Terms and will remain in full force and effect.
47. These Terms are governed by the laws of Victoria. The parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria and the Federal Court of Australia.