2.1 Unless the context otherwise indicates, the following expressions shall have the meanings given to them:
2.1.1 “Act” means the Electronic Communications Act No. 36 of 2005;
2.1.2 “Addressee” means the Party to whom any notice is given and/or any payment is made;
2.1.3 “Affiliate” means, with respect to either Party, any other entity which is a subsidiary or a holding company or a subsidiary of the holding company of such Party. In regard to this definition, the terms "subsidiary" and "holding company" shall have the meaning assigned to them in Section 1 of the Companies Act No. 71 of 2008, but shall include any foreign entity which, had it been registered in terms of that Act, would fall within the ambit of such term;
2.1.4 “Agreement” means the terms and conditions published on the Catalytic website and includes all Schedules / Service Orders sent to the Client for electronic signature and Annexures which are referred to herein and attached to this agreement from time to time;
2.1.5 “Authorised Person” means any person in the employ of the Client and/or a person acting on behalf of the Client who is authorised by the Client to issue Service Orders to Catalytic. The Client may in writing notify Catalytic of the person or designation who has been authorised by the Client to issue Service Orders. In the absence of such notification by the Client, an employee or person acting on behalf of the Client in the issuing of Service Orders, shall be deemed to be an Authorised Person;
2.1.6 “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday officially recognised as such in the Republic of South Africa;
2.1.7 “Billing Date” means the date on which the billing for the Service/s shall commence, being the date of connection or activation of the Service /s or such other date as contained in the Service Order;
2.1.8 “Charges“ means usage, call-out, once-off sale and any other charges payable as agreed between the Parties and/or as contained in the invoices rendered;
2.1.9 “Confidential Information” means any information or data in whatever form or medium whether tangible or intangible, oral or in writing, including but not limited to, documents, materials or data which by its nature or content is or should reasonably be identifiable as confidential and/or proprietary to the Disclosing Party or which is provided or disclosed in confidence or is marked as confidential information by the Disclosing Party, and of which the Receiving Party may obtain knowledge through or as a result of the relationship created in terms of this Agreement, access to the Disclosing Party and/or the Disclosing Party’s premises , or communications with the Disclosing Party’s employees, representatives or independent contractors. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “Confidential Information” shall include but is not limited to ideas, concepts, business plans, strategies, financial statements, pricing data, operations, inventions, discoveries, formulae, processes, designs, specifications, drawings, prototypes, sample, improvements, developments, applications, marketing data, Client names, projections, trademarks, trade names, and trade secrets, any commercial, financial, technical or strategic information, whether or not the same are or may be patented, registered, or otherwise publicly protected;
2.1.10 “Contract Term” means the term of the applicable Services as set out in relevant Service Order;
2.1.11 “Client Device” means equipment which is either rented or purchased from Catalytic by the Client and used in order to access the Service/s;
2.1.12 “Client Site” means the place and/or premises of the Client where the Services and Charges are activated, rendered and supplied to, which Client Site include, but are not limited to, any and all branches and/or alternative premises of the Client where Catalytic renders Services and Charges;
2.1.13 “Client Site Specification” or “CSS” means the document setting out the design, environmental, technical and/or operational specifications required by Catalytic at the applicable Client Site to enable Catalytic to deliver the Service in question;
2.1.14 "Client Specific Services" means any Services where
(i) the Client has imposed any specific requirements that result in an increase to Catalytic of the cost of providing such Services, included but not limited to medium, delivery route, technology specifications, non-standard service levels or a third party that Catalytic is obliged to utilise;
(ii)any Service that originates from and/or terminates at an international location; or
(iii)any service that forms part of a group of services linked together by Catalytic for feasibility purposes, and/or which are classified as ‘non-standard’ in the relevant Service Order;
2.1.15 “Disclosing Party” means either Catalytic or the Client, as the case may be;
2.1.16 “Due Date” means the date specified in the relevant invoice, or if no such date is specified, three (3) business days from the date of the invoice;
2.1.17 “Effective Date” means the date of signature of the Service Order by the Party signing last in time;
2.1.18 “ICASA” means the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa;
2.1.19 “Intellectual Property Rights” means and includes:
2.1.19.1 rights relating to any patent, design, trade mark, trade or business name (including all goodwill associated with any trade mark, or any trade or business name), copyright, database, domain name, circuit topography design, and/or utility model, whether registered or not, and including the benefit of all registrations or applications to register and the right to apply for registration of any of the foregoing items and all rights in the nature of any of the foregoing items, each for their full term (including any extensions or renewals thereof) and wherever in the world enforceable; and
2.1.19.2 all other intellectual property rights and forms of protection of a similar nature or having equivalent or similar effect and which may exist anywhere in the world;
2.1.20 “Licences” means the electronic communications service and electronic communications network service licences issued to Catalytic and any renewal, amendment, re-issue or equivalent thereof authorising Catalytic to provide the Services;
2.1.21 “Losses“ means all losses, liabilities, damages and claims, and all related costs and expenses suffered by either Party (including legal fees on the scale as between attorney and client, tracing and collection charges, costs of investigation, interest and penalties);
2.1.22 “MRC” or “Monthly Recurring Charge” means the monthly charges for the Services as set out in the applicable Service Order;
2.1.23 “Catalytic Equipment” means all hardware, network facilities, and/or telecommunication facilities, which Catalytic uses to provide the Services;
2.1.24 “Network” means the communication network, components and network equipment owned and/or operated by Catalytic, including points of presence, but does not include Client Devices, Client premises equipment (modems, routers etc), or any networks or network equipment not owned or controlled by Catalytic;
2.1.25 “NRC” or “Non-Recurring Charge” means the Services as set out in the applicable Service Order;
2.1.26 “Personal Information” shall bear the meaning as set out in the POPI Act and includes, but is not limited to any information provided by the Client to Catalytic that is an identifying number, symbol, e-mail address, physical address, telephone number or similar assignment relating to the Client or any Client of the Client, which is subject to protection in terms of any statute in South Africa which imposes data protection requirements from time to time;
2.1.27 “Party” means either Catalytic or the Client and “Parties” means both of them collectively and shall be deemed to mean and include their respective successors and permitted assigns;
2.1.28 “POPI Act” means the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013, as may be amended from time to time;
2.1.29 “Processing” shall bear the meaning as set out in the POPI Act;
2.1.30 “RICA Act” means Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication Related Information Act 70 of 2002;
2.1.31 “Service Description” means the detailed description of the nature and type of the applicable Service requested by the Client as described in the Service Order;
2.1.32 “Service Order” or “SO” means the form through which the Client accepts a quotation for services, or for any variation to a Service, setting out the details of the Service requested such as quantities, Contract Term, fees, Service Levels and Charges payable;
2.1.33 “Service/s” means the description of services to be rendered as contained in the Service Order;
2.1.34 “Service Commencement Date” means the date of the Installation certificate or activation date;
2.1.35 “Installation Certificate” or “IC” means the form provided by Catalytic to the Client after Catalytic has completed installation and testing of the Service, or any variation to a Service, as the case may be;
2.1.36 “Service Login and Escalation Schedule” means the levels of service required in relation to the provision by Catalytic of the Services;
2.1.37 “Terminating Services” means those Services that are terminated in accordance with clauses 16 and 17; and
2.1.38 “Termination Date” means the date upon which this Agreement, or the applicable Terminating Services, as the case may be, terminates for any reason whatsoever.
2.2 Unless the context indicates otherwise, an expression which indicates:
(i) any gender includes the other gender;
(ii) a natural person includes a juristic person and vice versa; and
(iii) the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
2.3 Headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
2.4 In the event of ambiguity or conflict, and unless stated explicitly to the contrary in the relevant clause, the order of precedence in the interpretation of this Agreement shall be:
2.4.1 this Agreement; and
2.4.2 the Service Order/s.
2.5 The expiration or termination of this Agreement shall not affect those provisions of this Agreement that expressly provide that they will operate after any such expiration or termination, or which of necessity must continue to have effect after such expiration or termination, notwithstanding that the clauses themselves do not expressly provide for this.
2.6 The rule of construction that this Agreement shall be interpreted against the party responsible for the drafting or preparation of this Agreement, shall not apply.
2.7 When any number of days is prescribed in this Agreement, same shall be reckoned as Business Days exclusive of the first day and inclusive of the last day unless the last day does not fall on a Business Day, in which case the last day shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
2.8 A law shall be construed as any law (including common law) or statute, constitution, decree, judgment, treaty, regulation, directive, by-law, order or any legislative measure of any government, local government, statutory or regulatory body or court as at the Effective Date and as amended or re-enacted from time to time, where applicable.