Premium Partner Pricing Terms and Conditions

General Terms

AIM Partner Pricing

1. Premium Partner - provides the Client with access to Premium Accredited (Qualification) and Unaccredited courses limited to the number as defined by the Partner Pricing Inclusions outlined in the Commercial Details  

Unaccredited Bookings 

1. AIM reserves the right to change the scope of available Premium Programs at any time.
2. AIM may determine which Premium Programs are available as part of the Premium Partner Pricing and how many seats in a scheduled Premium Program are available based on occupancy capacity and mix of cohort.
3. Premium Partner Pricing bookings are available for courses that commence prior to the Expiry Date outlined in the Commercial Details. Any Premium Programs not consumed within the Expiry Date are forfeited and non-refundable.
4. All booking amendments or cancellations for Mini MBAs, ABS Micro Credentials or IECL Organisational Coaching Level 1 Certifications can be made through the Partner Pricing team up until (10) business days before the commencement of the relevant course date.  
5. If a booking is cancelled within 10 days of course commencement or the booked participant fails to show, the booking will be deemed as delivered and one Premium Program consumed. 

Qualification Bookings 

1. Premium Partner Pricing qualification bookings are available for six (6) months from the Commencement Date outlined in the Commercial Details. The enrolment application must be submitted and approved by AIM within this six-month period. Any enrolments or applications not submitted or approved within this timeframe will expire and are non-refundable.
2. All enrolment amendments or cancellations for a Premium Qualification can be made through the Partner Pricing team within 5 Business days after enrolment.
3. If a Premium Qualification enrolment is withdrawn more than 5 Business days after enrolment, the booking will be deemed as delivered and one Premium Qualification consumed.
4. If a student does not complete the qualification/course they are enrolled in within the standard allocated course timeframe, the student may request a 30-calendar day course extension. The maximum extension period offered by AIM is 3 months. An additional fee of $200 will be charged per 30 calendar days of extension granted. For IECL Qualification, an additional fee of $65 will be charged per 30 calendar days of extension granted. Students will be required to complete and submit an Extension Application Form one month prior to their course end date. 

Exclusions/Restrictions

1. Complimentary Courses are not included within Premium Partner Pricing agreements.
2. Maximum of 2 Postgraduate Micro credential enrolments per participant. Participants who complete more than one Postgraduate Micro credential with AIM will be eligible to credit transfer a maximum of two (2) units toward a Graduate Certificate.
3. Qualification enrolments made via Partner Pricing are not eligible for the AIM Gold Card
4. Specialised Mini MBAs comprise one (1) core course and two (2) elective courses and will consume one (1) place in total under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, completion of any single component of the Specialised Mini MBA (including the core course or any elective) will constitute full consumption of one (1) place, irrespective of completion of the remaining components.
5. Third party Vocational Qualifications are not included in Premium Partner Pricing.
6. IECL Courses included in Premium Partner Pricing are limited to the Organisational Coaching Level 1 Certification and the 11314NAT Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching only.
7. Organisational Coaching Level 1 Certification enrolments under Premium Partner Pricing are limited to a maximum of two (2) participants in the same cohort.
8. The 11314NAT Certificate IV in Workplace and Business Coaching delivered under Premium Partner Pricing is available via self-paced delivery only. 

Fees and Payments

1. The Client agrees to pay AIM the Premium Partner Pricing Fee as outlined in the Commercial Details before Premium Programs can be booked.
2. AIM will issue a Tax Invoice to the Client and the Client will pay the Fees set out in the invoice, in accordance with the Payment Terms.  
3. Premium Partner Pricing payments are non refundable unless AIM is found to be in breach of clause 6.1.
4. If the Client wishes to extend the Expiry Date of the Agreement, a Fee of 10% of the total Premium Partner Pricing Fee per month of extension will apply. A Change Order will be issued and the customer will be invoiced for the adjusted Expiry Date. 

Obligations

1. AIM will ensure that the Premium Programs:
   1. are performed with due care and skill and in a timely and professional manner consistent with generally accepted industry practice; and
   2. comply with all applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. 

Liability 

1. Exclusion of consequential loss
   1. Neither party will be liable to the other party, its Personnel or any other person for consequential or indirect loss, loss of profit, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity or exemplary or punitive damage suffered or incurred by the other party either directly or indirectly in connection with this agreement.  
2. AIM’s Liability
   1. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the aggregate liability of AIM to the Client under or in respect of this agreement whether in contract, tort (including negligence), statute or any other cause of action is limited to the total Fees payable by the Client. 

Termination 

1. Termination by Either Party
   1. Either party may terminate this agreement immediately by written notice to the other party:  
      1. if the other party has committed a material breach of this agreement and has failed to remedy the breach within thirty (30) days of receipt of written notice requiring the breach to be remedied; or
      2. if an Insolvency Event occurs in relations to the other party.
2. Survival
   1. Without limiting the above, clause 8 and any other clause intended to survive termination or expiry of this agreement will continue in effect after the termination or expiry of this agreement.  

Intellectual Property 

1. AIM Materials
   1. The parties agree that all Intellectual Property Rights in the AIM Materials (including any improvements or modifications) are owned by AIM.
   2. Nothing in this agreement transfers to the Client or its Personnel any Intellectual Property Rights of AIM (including in the AIM Programs).  

General

1. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
   1. This agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New South Wales, Australia.  
2. Entire Agreement
   1. This agreement sets out the entire agreement between AIM and the Client in relation to the supply of Premium Partner Pricing and Premium Programs and supersedes all previous agreements, understandings and negotiations on that subject matter.   
3. Severance
   1. Any provision of this agreement that is illegal, void or unenforceable will be severed without affecting the other provisions.
4. Relationship
   1. AIM is engaged as an independent contractor by the Client and neither AIM nor its Personnel or any subcontractors are an employee of the Client or its related bodies corporate. Nothing contained or implied in this agreement creates any relationship of partnership, trust, agency or joint venture between the parties, and the Client does not have authority to bind AIM in any way.
5. Assignment
   1. Neither party may assign any right or novate any obligation under this agreement without the prior written consent of the other party.  

Definitions 

The following words have these meanings in this agreement.  All other capitalised terms have the meaning set out in the Commercial Details:

Premium Partner Pricing means the Partner Pricing program providing access to a definitive number of Premium Programs.

Premium Program means one of the below course groups relevant to the Partner Pricing Inclusions:

• Mini MBA offered by AIM; or
• ABS MICROCREDENTIAL offered by AIM; or
• Qualifications offered by AIM; or
• Programs offered by IECL.

Business Day means a day on which banks are open for general banking business in Sydney (not being a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in that place). 

Dollars or $ means Australian dollars.

Fees means the fees for the AIM Partner Pricing outlined in the Commercial Details and any Additional Fees. 

GST has the meaning it has in the GST Act.

GST Act means the A New Tax System (Goods and Training Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cth).

Insolvency Event means any of the following events:

1. liquidator, provisional liquidator, administrator, receiver or trustee is appointed in relation to any of the property or assets of a party or any action is taken for such appointment; or
2. an application is made to or an order is made for the winding up of a party.

Intellectual Property Rights means all intellectual property rights including current and future registered and unregistered rights in respect of copyright, trade marks, designs, circuit layouts, trade secrets, know-how, confidential information, plant breeders rights, patents, invention and discoveries and all other intellectual property as defined in article 2 of the convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organisation 1967.

Late Payment Fee means any fee payable in respect of late payment of any Tax Invoice calculated in accordance with the Commercial Details.

Participant(s) means Personnel of the Client who are booked to attend an AIM Program.

Personnel means all employees, agents, consultants and contractors of a party or its related bodies corporate.

Tax Invoice has the meaning given to it in the GST Act.