The business, website, domain name and all content is owned, under copyright and managed by United Veterinary Group Limited.
Registered contact details:
30 Gilward Drive, Mudgeeraba, 4213, QLD
Telephone: 07 5605 7373
Fax: 07 5522 8390
Email: enquiries@unitedvetsgroup.com
ABN: 67 029 727 865
Statement Of Ownership
Owned by Shack and Jack PTY LTD, trading as United Veterinary Group as trustees for Penlan Discretionary Trust
Business Purpose
United Veterinary Group provides membership services for Veterinary Practices to obtain group discounts and special offers from manufacturers, suppliers and preferred partners, internal and external communications services to members as well as a number of business tools available for download.
Terms & Conditions
By joining United Veterinary Group (UVG), Members agree to the following Terms and Conditions:-
1. Members are bound to the Terms and Conditions of associated preferred suppliers. UVG will not accept any action resulting from failure to trade within these terms.
2. Members agree to pay a monthly membership fee and will not use the benefits of negotiated UVG benefits, once membership has expired or if failed to renew membership.
3. Membership can be cancelled at any time by written advice giving 3 months notice.
4. Members agree to allow the release of information collected by the UVG in relation to member product turnover, to preferred manufacturers and suppliers in order for UVG to negotiate deals and calculate rebates.
5. UVG management reserves the right to negotiate rebates to fund the running expenses of UVG. These will be supplied from suppliers and manufacturers and in no part from members.
6. UVG agrees to supply members with a list of preferred manufacturers and suppliers with whom deals have been negotiated. Members are not obliged to use these manufacturers or suppliers.
7. Members agree not to use the negotiated prices for UVG, as their own bargaining leverage against competing companies, wholesalers, manufacturers or associated suppliers. Any breech of this Condition will result in cancellation of membership benefits and fees without any refund.
8. Members agree not to disclose any information supplied to them from UVG to any other business, supplier or veterinary clinic.
9. UVG reserves the right to sell or assign its interest, providing the Member benefits remain valid.
Payment Process
The introductory offer to become a member of the United Veterinary Group member is as follows:
A prospective member will sign up for a trial period for the Platinum subscription of one month for $13.50 This fee is collected via credit card transaction prior to commencement. The transaction is initiated on a secure server with SSL authentication and then processed via a certified payment processing partner, eWay.
At the end of the trial period, a repeat monthly Platinum subscription of $239 will be debited from the same credit card automatically via the same method as above.
If the trial member wishes to cancel their trial or downgrade to the Gold subscription, notification must be made to our team by telephone, email or fax.
Once a Gold or Platinum subscription has been initiated, membership can be cancelled at any time by written advice, telephone or fax.
By signing up to the one month trial, the trial member acknowledges to have read and understood UVG’s terms & conditions and confidentiality agreement and that bank / credit card details need to be submitted to UVG
Trial members can cancel their trial period without obligation at any time within the one month period.
Privacy Policy & Data Security
All data which is transferred to the United Veterinary Group website is SSL-encoded (Secure Socket Layer). This includes your entire personal data such as credit card number, bank code, bank account number, name, address, etc. The site server and IP address are PCI compliant. Credit Card details are only held for the process of payment and cookies to enable this are deleted immediately after the transaction is completed. During submission on to the internet, this information cannot be read by any third party. During the coding process the characters which you enter are changed into a code which can safely be transferred on to the internet. To process payment, United Vets Group uses eWay, a registered payment engine whose privacy, security and confidentiality statements can be accessed via their website www.eway.com.au
Account details are not shared with any third party with the exception of some registered suppliers who are notified when a member has joined the group in order to have discounts applied to that member from that supplier. The supplier will be provided with the name of the clinic and contact details only. This is solely for the purpose of allowing members full discount benefits as negotiated by the United Vets Group on their behalf.
Account and Password:
The member is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. UVG reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in its sole discretion.
Confidentiality Agreement
In order to protect certain confidential information including materials (“Information”) relating to the Purpose (as defined herein) which may be disclosed between them, United Veterinary Group, including all its Related Bodies Corporate within the meaning of the Corporations Law, (collectively “United Veterinary Group”) and the “Participant” (collectively “Party or Parties”), intending to be legally bound, agree that:
The Purpose: Discussions and possible Information transfer relating to the Parties contemplating a potential future business relationship relating to the procurement of discounted veterinary supplies.
1. The Discloser of Information is the Parties.
2. Information disclosed under this Agreement includes without limitation all Information, data, know how, patents and patent applications, biological materials, marketing information, product information, trade secrets, other technical information, business and financial information, strategies and plans relating to the Purpose.
3. The existence of and the relationship created under this Agreement is confidential and the Information disclosed pursuant to this relationship shall be treated as confidential pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
4. This Agreement controls Information that is disclosed to a party (“Recipient”) from the Effective Date.
5. The obligations contained in this Agreement shall continue to apply for a period of seven years from the Effective Date. Subject to the foregoing, either Party may terminate this agreement at any time by giving written notice of such to the other Party and upon such termination a request for return of the Information shall be deemed to have been made by each of the Parties under clause 12.
6. The Recipient shall use such Information solely for evaluating the Purpose. Further, the Recipient shall not disclose or use Information, or allow it to be used, for its own benefit or the benefit of others other than in relation to the Purpose, and shall take all precautions reasonably necessary to prevent unauthorised access, use or disclosure of the Information.
7. This Agreement imposes no obligation upon Recipient with respect to Information that: (a) was in Recipient’s possession before receipt from the Discloser, or (b) is or became available to the public through no fault of recipient, or (c) is received in good faith by Recipient from a third party who was under no obligation of non disclosure, or (d) is independently developed by Recipient without reference to Information received hereunder, as evidenced by Recipient’s own records.
8. In the event that Recipient is required by law, judicial or administrative process to disclose Information, Recipient shall use its best endeavours to promptly notify Discloser and allow Discloser a reasonable time to oppose such process.
9. A Recipient of biological materials constituting Information shall not analyse or permit a third party to analyse any such materials except with the prior written consent of Discloser.
10. Recipient may disclose Information to those of its officers, employees, contractors and agents (including legal, financial and other expert advisers) who reasonably require access to the Information for the Purpose, (each being a “Disclosee”).
11. Any disclosure under clause 10 (other than a disclosure in good faith to the legal advisers of the Recipient) may only be made if the Disclosee first agrees with the Discloser in a form enforceable by the Discloser that the Information concerned will not be disclosed to any other person or used for any purpose (whether during or after the termination of the Disclosee’s employment, office, Agency or other arrangement with the Recipient) otherwise than as permitted under this Agreement.
12. Recipient agrees to return all Information (including materials) received from the Discloser at the request of the Discloser except that Recipient may retain in its confidential files one copy of written Information for record purposes only. If requested by either Party, a director or senior executive of the returning Party must confirm in writing that this clause has been complied with.
13. Each Discloser warrants that it has the right to make disclosures under this Agreement.
14. Neither Party shall acquire any licence under intellectual property rights of the other Party pursuant to this Agreement.
15. Neither Party has an obligation pursuant to this Agreement to purchase any service or item from the other Party.
16. The Parties do not intend that any agency or partnership relationship be created by this Agreement.
17. All additions or modifications to this Agreement must be made in writing and executed by both Parties.
18. The Recipient acknowledges that any unauthorised use or disclosure of the Information or any part of it in breach of this Agreement and any other breach of the terms of this Agreement may cause damage to the Discloser and that damages may be inadequate compensation for breach of this Agreement. Consequently, the Discloser has the right in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity, to seek injunctive relief against the Recipient in respect of any breach of this Agreement and to seek specific performance of this Agreement.
19. The Recipient indemnifies the Discloser from all claims, costs, expenses, losses and liabilities (including legal costs on a solicitor and own client basis) suffered or incurred (including, without limitation, in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement) as a result of or in connection with any breach of this Agreement by the Recipient.
20. This Agreement is governed by the laws of Queensland. The Parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of Courts exercising jurisdiction there.
21. This Agreement is to be executed in duplicate. The Parties acknowledge that execution of a facsimile copy of this Agreement and transmission thereof by facsimile each to the other or their respective agents or solicitors shall be sufficient to constitute offer and acceptance