FITTER APPLICATION FORM

1. Definitions

• Applicant Provider means a Network Member that applies to be published on the Provider List.
• Approved Provider means a Network Member that has been approved to be published on the Provider List.
• Claim includes any action, claim, demand, suit or proceeding, whether actual or contingent, and whether arising at law, in equity, under statute or otherwise.
• Customer means a customer of a Network Member in relation to restraint fitting services accessed via the Provider List.
• Distribution Materials means materials (including evaluation forms, customer surveys and restraint safety information) to be distributed to Customers, as provided by Kidsafe to an Approved Provider.

Guidelines means the Best Practice Guidelines for the Safe Restraint of Children Travelling in Motor Vehicles as approved by the National Health and Medical Research Council, as updated from time to time.

• Liability includes any form of liability or obligation, whether actual, contingent or prospective.
• Loss means all damage, lost, cost, Claim, Liability or expense, including without limitation any legal expenses arising from a Claim or the defence of a Claim.
• Provider List means Kidsafe Victoria’s Child Restraint Service Provider List as published on Kidsafe’s website and updated from time to time.
• Network means the network you have nominated in items 11 and/or 12 of Section 3 of this form.
• Network Member means a member of Network’s membership from time to time.
• Personnel means all employees, agents, consultants and contractors of the relevant entity.
• Type 1 Services means installation of standard restraints in vehicles equipped with factory fitted child restraint anchorage locations.
• Type 2 Services means fitting of new / additional anchorages, additional seat belts and special devices such as Child Restraint Anchorage Bars (CRABs) and dual cab devices.

2. Information for Applicants

2.1 Confidentiality

• Kidsafe will only publish the information provided in Section 3 (Applicant Provider information) as entered on the website prior to submitting this form.
• All other questions are treated as confidential and enable Kidsafe to assess the suitability of the business for inclusion on the Provider List.

2.2 Kidsafe’s role

• Kidsafe will:

(b) manage, promote, and publicise the Provider List to members of the public;

(c) supply Distribution Materials to an Approved Provider for the purpose of the Approved Provider distributing the Distribution Materials to Customers;

(d) collect feedback from Customers; and

(e) refer any complaints or negative feedback received in relation to products or services of an Approved Provider to Network.

2.3 No liability

Kidsafe accepts no liability in respect of the acts or omissions of any Applicant Provider, including any in respect of any misleading information provided by the Applicant Provider under this application form. The Applicant Provider is wholly responsible for ensuring all information provided in this form is complete, accurate and up-to-date, and for communicating to Kidsafe immediately any changes to the information provided. Kidsafe accepts no liability for any loss or damage incurred as a result of reliance placed on the content of the Provider List.

Each Applicant Provider indemnifies Kidsafe for any Loss suffered by Kidsafe in respect of any act or omission of Network Members (including Approved Providers) in connection with the Provider List, the Type 1 Services and the Type 2 Services.

2.4 Removal of service

• If Network suspends, ceases to endorse or terminates a service, that service will be removed temporarily or permanently from the Provider List. This could occur if Network membership lapses. No refund of fees will be provided.