1. DEFINITIONS
a. "Agent" or "Agency" shall
mean the person authorised, expressly or impliedly
to act for another. Agency involves authority in one
person (the agent) to create legal relations between another person (the principal)
and third parties. A person acting on behalf of, with the authority of the
Talent or Client.
b. "Client" shall mean The
person having consulted, referred, appointed or instructed
TWA in the engagement of Talent.
c. "Contract" shall describe
this Agreement and is intended to be enforceable at
law.
d. "Job" shall mean an individual
piece of work, activity, labour, assignment, appointment,
position and the like which the Talent can expect to
be paid for.
e. "Talent" shall mean the
person or Talent Applicant so registering and herein
authorising TWA to represent them for promotion towards
a Job, castings or acting assignment.
f. "TWA" shall mean TWA The Waitakere Agency,
or any agents or employees thereof.
2. EXCLUSIVITY
For practical reasons, as it avoids any double bookings
and people going for two auditions for the same part
and because it is generally accepted as good industry
practice:
a. The Talent agrees, authorises and accepts TWA
as my exclusive Agent. Agent has meaning as described
in Clause 1(a) of this agreement.
b. The Talent agrees to remain with TWA for the full
duration of any Job TWA organises for them. This shall
include
rollovers or extensions of the initial Job and redefinition
of commission fee.
3. ACCEPTANCE
a. Any instructions received by TWA from the
Talent for Job services shall constitute a binding
contract and acceptance of the terms and conditions
contained herein.
b. TWA requires not less than 24 hours notice of cancellation
by Talent so a suitable replacement may be found. Talent
not complying with this Clause 3 may not be rebooked
or at the sole discretion of TWA be removed from its
database.
4. TERM
The terms and conditions of this Agreement will come
into force from the Effective date and will continue
in force until the agreement is either terminated
in accordance with the Termination Clause 14 of this
agreement or any term is altered by mutual agreement
in writing.
5. COLLECTIONS AND USE OF INFORMATION
a. The Talent authorises TWA to collect, retain and
use any information about them, for the purpose of
assessing the Talentís suitability for booking purposes,
job suitability, enforcing any rights under this
contract, or marketing any other services provided
by TWA to any other party, including being, but not
limited to the use of the Talentís photograph in
print and digital form and inclusion on the TWA managed
internet websites.
b. The Talent authorises TWA to disclose any information
held by them to any person for the purpose set out
in clause 5(a).
c. TWA respects the personal information of its Talent
and undertakes not to divulge any information to anyone,
other than in the course of finding the Talent work.
d. Where the Client is a natural person, the authorities
under clauses 5(a) and 5(b) are authorities or consents
for the purposes of the Privacy Act 1993.
6. TWA CONSIDERATION
a. In consideration of TWA, the Talent agrees and accepts
that TWA are entitled to a 20% commission fee, plus
GST on any job, roll over or residual. In addition,
TWA shall be responsible for deducting withholding
tax, as it may be required to do so. Such deduction
shall be subtracted prior to payment of any amounts
to the Talent.
b. The Talent agree to the payment of the TWA one-off
joining and administration fee; this sum covers the
Talent's initial registration photos and for their
record to be entered and maintained in the TWA database.
The parties agree that the joining and administration
fee shall exclude costs for a professional portfolio,
which shall be the exclusive responsibility of the
Talent.
c. TWA reserves the right to amend or review the joining
and administration fee including from time to time
and (at their sole discretion) waive such costs. Such
waiver shall be the exclusive authority of TWA or the
Talent manager.
d. The Parties agree that TWA will make all reasonable
efforts to find work for the Talent, however no guarantees
implied or otherwise are given.
e. In any event, refund of the initial joining and
administration fee is expressly declined. Any waiver
of such shall be the exclusive authority of TWA or
the Talent manager.
7. PAYMENT
a. Subject to Clause 6 of this Agreement, TV series
and film payment for the services of the Talent takes
approximately 6-8 weeks to process and is conditional
on TWA receiving timely payment from its Clients
for Talent services.
b. It is the Talentës responsibility to ensure TWA
has their correct IRD number and postal address (or
bank account details) in order that TWA may disburse
payments as quickly as possible.
c. The parties acknowledge that TV Commercial payment
may take longer (refer Clause 7(a)) due to possible
delays on the production company to pay TWA.
d. For the purposes of accurate payment disbursements,
in every instance, it shall be the responsibility of
the Talent to sign in and sign out on the TWA timesheet
provided when on-set at a Job.
8. BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES
The Talent shall have no claim what so ever to any
benefits or privileges under this agreement or as
an extension of this agreement, implied or otherwise
unless expressly consented in writing by TWA.
9. HOURS OF WORK
Hours of work are flexible and wholly dependent on
the Client requirements. Talent confirmed for filming
will be contacted by TWA prior to filming to confirm
availability. Talent confirmation of availability
shall accordingly be deemed as Acceptance and therefore
subject to Clause 3 of this agreement
10. TRAVEL
Unless detailed in one-off contracts for some productions,
which may require filming outside of Auckland, all
travel costs shall be the sole responsibility of
the talent.
11. CONDUCT
The Talent are required to comply with the TWA Code
of Conduct, a copy of this is attached and forms
part of this agreement. This Code may be changed
from time to time and Talent will be informed of
any changes in writing.
12. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE
Subject to Clause 5 of this agreement Talent are required
to observe the requirements and limitations of the
Privacy Act 1993.
Talent shall not at any time or in any manner, either
directly or indirectly, divulge, disclose or communicate
to any person, firm, corporation, or other entity in
any manner whatsoever any information concerning any
matters affecting or relating to the business of TWA,
including but not limited to information relating to
any of its customers or clients, the prices it obtains
or has obtained from its services or any other information
concerning the business of TWA, its manner of operation,
its plans, processes, customers, clients, other Talent
or other data without regard to whether all of the
above-stated matters will be deemed confidential, material
or important, TWA and the Talent specifically and expressly
stipulating that as between them, such matters are
important, material, and confidential and gravely affect
the effectiveness and successful conduct of the business
of TWA, and TWAís good will, and that any breach of
the terms of this section shall be a material breach
of this Agreement.
13. MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT
Any modification of this Agreement or additional obligation
assumed by either party in connection with this Agreement
shall be binding only if evidenced in writing signed
by either party or authorised representative of each
party.
14. TERMINATION
a. Either party may terminate this Agreement by giving
the other not less than 30 calendar days notice in
writing of its intention to terminate. The Agreement
will terminate at the expiration of such notice period.
b. In the event of any gross misconduct or serious
violation by the Talent of any of the terms of this
Agreement, TWA may terminate engagement without notice
and with compensation to the Talent only to the date
of such termination.
15. HEALTH & SAFETY
AND OTHER LEGISLATION
TWA is required to:
a. Comply with all legislation relating to the employment
of the Talent, including the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992, the Human Rights Act 1993 and the Privacy
Act 1993.
b. To make available, follow and encourage compliance
with the Companyís policies, including the Health and
Safety policy and Procedures.
The Talent is required at all times to:
a. Comply with all legislation relating to your employment,
including the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
the Human Rights Act 1993 and the Privacy Act 1993.
b. Know, follow and encourage compliance with the industry
accepted standards and policies, including the Health
and Safety policy and procedures.
16. ASSIGNMENT RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS
a. It is the Talentís sole responsibility to inform
TWA of any problem or complaint while on-set. Any
discussion made directly to the crew or on-site Assistant
Director may cause the Talent to be removed and /
or not asked back on-set, if it is deemed the Talent
may have a ëbad attitudeí.
b. Personal grievances, disputes and other engagement
or assignment relationship problems that cannot be
settled by mutual agreement between the parties will
be determined in accordance with an arbitration agreement
or the Employment Relations Act 2000 as it may be appropriate
to do so. All costs shall be separately borne by the
parties, neither shall have claim against the other
unless expressly directed at law and which may form
part of any settlement.
17. LIABILITY
a. The Fair Trading Act 1986 and other statutes may
imply warranties or conditions or impose obligations
upon TWA which cannot by law (or which can only to
a limited extent by law) be excluded or modified,
in respect of any such implied warranties, conditions
or terms imposed on TWAís liability shall, where it
is allowed, be excluded or if not able to be excluded
only apply to the minimum extent required by the relevant
statute.
b. Except as otherwise provided by clause 17(a) TWA
shall not be liable for:
i. Any loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, arising
from the supply of services by TWA to the Talent or
Client, including consequential loss whether suffered
or incurred by the Talent or Client or another person
and whether in contract or tort (including negligence)
or otherwise and irrespective of whether such loss
or damage arises directly or indirectly from services
provided by TWA; and
ii. The Talent shall indemnify TWA against all claims
and loss of any kind whatsoever however caused or arising
and without implying the generality of the foregoing
of this clause whether caused or arising as a result
of the negligence of TWA or otherwise, brought by any
person in connection with the matter, act, omission
or error by TWA its agents or employees in connection
with its services.
18. MISCELLANEOUS
a. In every instance, it shall be the sole responsibility
of the Talent to ensure their details are up to date,
accurate and accordingly provided to TWA for their
database. A failure on behalf of the Talent to comply
with this Clause 17(a) shall not constitute a failure
of TWA in the fulfillment of its duties.
b. Talent must not materially alter their appearance
once their photo profile has been taken. Including
without limitation the cutting and colouring of hair,
tattoos, piercing and the like. A failure by Talent
to notify TWA may be deemed as a material breach of
this Agreement or at the sole discretion of TWA require
an additional joining and administration fee to re-establish
the Talent on their database.
c. TWA shall not be liable for delay or failure to
perform its obligations if the cause of the delay or
failure is beyond its control.
d. Failure by TWA to enforce any of the terms and conditions
contained in this contract shall not be deemed to be
a waiver of any of the rights or obligations TWA has
under this contract.
e. If any provision of this contract shall be invalid,
void, illegal, or unenforceable the validity existence
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
shall not be affected, prejudiced or impaired.
f. Any expenses, disbursements and legal costs incurred
by TWA in the enforcement of any rights contained in
this contract shall be paid by the Talent, including
any reasonable solicitorís fees or debt collection
agency fees.
g. The Law of New Zealand applies to this contract.
19. PARAGRAPH HEADINGS
The titles to the paragraphs of this Agreement are
solely for the convenience of the parties and shall
not be used to explain, modify, simplify, or aid
in the interpretation of the provisions of this Agreement.
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