Terms and Conditions

These Contract Conditions apply to the exclusion of any other conditions proposed by the Customer, unless otherwise agreed by RMA Australia Pty Ltd (RMA) and the Customer in writing. RMA agrees to hire or sell Equipment to the Customer on terms set out in this document. The Customer must complete and sign (or otherwise accept in the manner required by RMA) a Schedule and such other documents as RMA may require. Each Schedule is not a separate contract but forms a part of this hire agreement between RMA and the Customer, together with any credit application, guarantee and indemnity or other contractual documents. RMA may in its absolute discretion decline to transact with the Customer at any time if it has reasonable cause to do so.


Amendment: RMA may change these Contract Conditions. By RMA giving notice of the amendment to the Customer. Notice is deemed given (whether or not actually received) when RMA does any of the following:
(a) Sends notice of the amendment to the Customer at any address (including an email address) supplied by the Customer.
(b) Publishes the amended terms on its website www.rent-me.com.au, mobileskipbin.com.au; or
(c) displays the amended terms at premises from which RMA conducts hire operations.

  1. Interpretation of Words in this Contract;

  2. Acceptance - Any instruction received by RMA from the Client for the hire or sale of Equipment and/or the Client’s acceptance of the Equipment supplied by RMA shall constitute acceptance of the terms and condition contained herein.
    Commencement – The date when the Customer takes possession of the Equipment.
    Equipment – Means any kind of equipment, vehicles, trailers, VMS trailers, Mobile Skip Bins, Mobile Traffic Lights or tools and includes tools and parts and accessories for any of the foregoing.
    Hire Charge – The amounts shown on the invoice payable by the Customer to hire the Equipment.
    Hire Period – Means from Commencement until the end of the period shown on the Hire Schedule. The hire period may only be extended for one or more definite periods and in each case, this can only be done if the Customer requests it and if RMA agrees. RMA may issue and require the Customer to sign an amended Schedule for any extension of the hire period.
    Hire Schedule – Means a document which RMA may require the Customer to sign (or accept in a way RMA requires) including particulars of the Equipment and the Hire Period and such other information as RMA may decide to require.
    RMA – The company or companies listed on the Hire Schedule.
    Kilometre Charge – The amount payable for the kilometres that a Motor Vehicle has, in the reasonable opinion of RMA, travelled during the Hire Period.
    Motor Vehicle – A car, truck or utility but not any other equipment such as a scissor lift, trailer or bobcat.
    Remote Area – Any location which is more the 50 kilometres from the RMA branch from where the Equipment is hired.
    Over Weight Charge - Any charges for the removal and disposal of waste over and above the allowance at time of sale.
    Restocking Fee - RMA, at its sole discretion, may accept the return of standard Goods, after RMA has inspected the Goods for merchantable condition. On such acceptance, RMA reserves the right to charge a restocking fee of 20% of the price on Goods returned (or such fee as otherwise agreed by RMA), provided that the Goods returned are in merchantable condition according to RMA standards.
    Hazardous material - Waste prescribed by the regulations, where the waste has any of the following characteristics: Explosive, Flammable (Liquid or Solid), Poisonous, Toxic, Ecotoxic or Infectious Substances.

  3. RMA Obligations. RMA will:
    1. Allow the Customer to take and use the Equipment for the Hire Period.
    2. Provide the Equipment to the Customer clean and in good working order.
    3. Collect the Equipment within 5 days of being requested to do so by the Customer.


  4. Obligations of the Customer. The Customer must:
    1. Deliver the Equipment to RMA when it is due back.
    2. Return the Equipment to RMA clean and in good repair.
    3. Satisfy itself at Commencement that the Equipment is suitable for its purposes.
    4. Operate the Equipment safely, strictly in accordance with the law, only for its intended use, and in accordance with any manufacturer’s instructions whether supplied by RMA or posted on the Equipment.
    5. Indemnify RMA for all injury and/or damage caused or contributed to by the Customer to persons and property in relation to the Equipment and its operation and have adequate insurance to cover all liabilities incurred as a result of the use of the Equipment.
    6. Ensure that any person collecting or taking delivery of Equipment on behalf of the Customer is authorised by the Customer to do so and the Customer will not allege that any such person is not so authorised.
    7. Ensure that all persons operating or erecting the Equipment are suitably instructed in its safe and proper use and where necessary hold a current Certificate of Competency and/or are fully licensed.
    8. Conduct a thorough hazard and risk assessment before using the Equipment and comply with all Occupational Health and Safety laws relating to the Equipment and its operation.
    9. Safely secure all items loaded in or on the Equipment or in or on the Customer’s vehicle and indemnify RMA in respect of any injury and/or damage caused by items falling from the Equipment or from any vehicle or trailer operated by or on behalf of the Customer.
    10. Operate the Equipment with an adequate motor vehicle and/or power source.
    11. Report and provide full details to RMA of any accident or damage to the Equipment within 2 business days of the accident or damage occurring.


  5. The Customer must NOT.
    1. Tamper with damage or repair the Equipment.
    2. Lose or part with possession of the Equipment.
    3. Rely upon any representation relating to the Equipment or its operation other than those contained in this Contract.
    4. Allow any person to drive a Motor Vehicle if the person:
      1. does not hold a suitable license to drive that class of Motor Vehicle; or
      2. is affected by drugs and/or alcohol.
      3. Exceed the recommended or legal load and capacity limits of the Equipment.
      4. Use or carry any illegal, prohibited, or dangerous substance in or on the Equipment.
      5. Must not load any type of Hazardous waste on or in the equipment. Any such waste will be the customer responsibility and cost to remove and make good any damage to the equipment.
      6. Exceed the recommended or legal speed limit for the Equipment.


  6. Payments by the Customer to RMA
    1. On or before Commencement (or as otherwise specifically agreed with RMA), the Customer will pay any and all charges.
    2. RMA reserves the right to change in the event of a variation to the quotation or agreed price.
    3. At RMA sole discretion a deposit bond, which should be refunded upon return of the equipment in a condition acceptable to RMA.
    4. Payment paid via credit card may be subject to a credit card surcharge.


  7. NOTE TO CUSTOMER: Subject only to any express provision of this Contract to the contrary, the Customer is responsible for loss or theft of the Equipment
    1. All costs incurred in cleaning the Equipment.
    2. The full cost of repairing any damage to the Equipment caused or contributed to by the Customer, unless expressly agreed otherwise in this Contract.
    3. Stamp duties, GST, any other taxes or duties, and all tolls, fines, penalties, levies, or charges payable in respect of this Contract or arising from the Customer’s use of the Equipment.
    4. All costs incurred by RMA in delivering and recovering possession of the Equipment.
    5. A late payment fee calculated daily at 3% per month on all amounts owing by the Customer not paid on time.
    6. The Kilometre Charge, Overweight Charge, and any additional Hire Charges.
    7. The cost of fuels and consumables provided by RMA and not returned by the Customer.
      1. Any expenses and legal costs (including commission payable to a commercial agent) incurred by RMA in enforcing this Contract due to the Customers default.;
      2. All costs of repairing or replacing tyres, including road service; and
      3. If any damage and/or theft waiver applies, the amount for which the Customer is liable as set out in this Contract.
      4. Without limiting the ability of RMA to recover all amounts owing to it, the Customer authorises RMA to charge any amounts owing by the Customer to any credit card or account details of which are provided to RMA.
      5. RMA may tokenise the Customers Credit Card or Account details to facilitate credit card or online payments.


  8. PPS Law
    1. This clause applies to the extent that this Contract provides for a “security interest” for the purposes of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (“PPS Law”). References to PPS Law in this agreement include references to amended, replacement and successor provisions or legislation.
    2. If RMA does not have at Commencement a PPS Law registration ensuring a perfected priority security interest in the Equipment, the Hire Period, (including any extension of the Hire Period or the aggregate of consecutive Hire Periods during which the Customer has substantially uninterrupted possession) may not despite anything else in this document or any Hire Schedule be longer than:
      1. 90 days in the case of Equipment which may or must be described by serial number in a PPS Law registration: or
      2. a year in any other case.
    3. RMA may register its security interest. The Customer must do anything (such as obtaining consents and signing documents) which RMA requires for the purposes of:
    4. Ensuring that RMA’ security interest is enforceable, perfected, and otherwise effective under the PPS Law.
    5. Enabling RMA to gain first priority (or any other priority agreed to by RMA in writing) for its security interest; and
    6. Enabling RMA to exercise rights in connection with the security interest.
      1. The rights of RMA under this document are in addition to and not in substitution for RMA’ rights under other law (including the PPS Law) and RMA may choose whether to exercise rights under this document, and/or under such other law, as it sees fit. To avoid any doubt about it RMA security interest will attach to proceeds.
      2. To the extent that Chapter 4 of PPSA applies to any security interest under this agreement, the following provisions of the PPS Law do not apply and, for the purposes of section 115 of the PPS Law are “contracted out” of this agreement in respect of all goods to which that section can be applied: section 95 (notice of removal of accession to the extent it requires RMA to give a notice to the Customer); section 96 (retention of accession); section121(4) (notice to grantor); section125 (obligations to dispose of or retain collateral); section 130 (notice of disposal to the extent it requires RMA to give a notice to the Customer); section 129(2) and 129(3); section 132(3)(d) (contents of statement of account after disposal); section 132(4) (statement of account if no disposal); section 135 (notice of retention); section 142 (redemption of collateral); and section 143 (re-instatement of security agreement).
      3. The following provisions of the PPS Law: section 123 (seizing collateral); section 126 (apparent possession); section 128 (secured party may dispose of collateral); section 129 (disposal by purchase); and section 134(1) (retention of collateral) confer rights on RMA. Customer agrees that in addition to those rights, RMA shall, if there is default by Customer, have the right to seize, purchase, take possession or apparent possession, retain, deal with or dispose of any goods, not only under those sections but also, as additional and independent rights, under this document and the Customer agrees that RMA may do so in any manner it sees fit including (in respect of dealing and disposal) by private or public sale, lease or license.
      4. The Customer waives its rights to receive a verification statement in relation to registration events in respect of commercial property under section 157 of the PPS Law.
      5. RMA and the Customer agree not to disclose information of the kind that can be requested under section 275(1) of the PPS Law. The Customer must do everything necessary on its part to ensure that section 275(6)(a) of the PPS Law continues to apply. The agreement in this sub-clause is made solely for the purpose of allowing to RMA the benefit of section 275 (6)(a) and RMA shall not be liable to pay damages or any other compensation or be subject to injunction in respect of any actual or threatened breach of this sub-clause.
      6. Customer must not dispose or purport to dispose of, or create or purport to create or permit to be created any ‘security interest’ (as defined in PPS Law) in the Equipment other than with the express written consent of RMA.
      7. Customer must not lease, hire, bail or give possession (‘sub-hire’) of the Equipment to anyone else unless RMA (in its absolute discretion) first consents in writing. Any such sub-hire must be in writing in a form acceptable to RMA and must be expressed to be subject to the rights of RMA under this agreement. Customer may not vary a sub-hire without the prior written consent of RMA (which may be withheld in its absolute discretion).
      8. Customer must ensure that RMA is provided at all times with up-to-date information about the sub-hire including the identity of the sub-hirer, the terms of and state of accounts and payment under the sub-hire and the location and condition of the Equipment.
    7. Customer must take all steps including registration under PPS Law as may be required to:
    8. ensure that any security interest arising under or in respect of the sub-hire is enforceable, perfected and otherwise effective under the PPS Law;
    9. enabling the Customer to gain (subject always to the rights of RMA) first priority (or any other priority agreed to by RMA in writing) for the security interest; and
    10. enabling RMA and the Customer to exercise their respective rights in connection with the security interest.
      1. To assure performance of its obligations under this agreement, the Customer hereby gives RMA an irrevocable power of attorney to do anything RMA considers the Customer should do under this agreement. RMA may recover from Customer the cost of doing anything under this clause 5, including registration fees.


  9. Damage Waiver
    1. Damage Waiver is not insurance but is an agreement by RMA that the Customer’s liability for damage to the Equipment can be limited in some circumstances only, to an amount called the Damage Waiver Excess.
    2. Damage Waiver applies to all hires, subject to the conditions below, for no additional fee. The Damage Waiver Excess is the actual recovery and repair cost of the Equipment, or 20% of the current replacement cost of the Equipment as reasonably determined by RMA using suppliers list prices, whichever is the lesser amount.
    3. DAMAGE WAIVER DOES NOT APPLY AND WILL NOT LIMIT THE CUSTOMER’S LIABILITY in the following circumstances.
      1. Where the Equipment is lost or stolen.
      2. Where the operator is not suitably licensed.
      3. Where the operator is affected by drugs and/or alcohol.
      4. Where the equipment has been wilfully damaged by the Customer or its employees or agents.
      5. Where the damage is caused by a collision with a bridge, carpark, awning, gutter, tree or any other overhead structure or object whatsoever due to insufficient clearance.
      6. Where the damage is caused while the Equipment is being driven or towed on any road that is unsealed or is not a public road; or
      7. Where the damage is caused in any way by overloading.
    4. The Customer may pay an additional Vehicle Waiver Plus Fee (Excluding Customers driving with “P” plate licenses) in relation to the hire of Motor Vehicles, which will.
      1. Reduce the Damage Waiver Excess in relation to Motor Vehicles.
      2. Cover damage to a Pantech or van body above cab height; and
      3. Add a Theft Waiver component for Motor Vehicles. Theft Waiver is not insurance but is an agreement by RMA that the Customer’s liability for theft or loss of the Motor Vehicle can be limited in some circumstances only to an amount called the Theft Waiver Excess.
      4. RMA will ask the Customer to pay the Vehicle Waiver Plus Fee on the hire of Motor Vehicles, but the Customer may decide to opt out of that payment.
      5. The reduced Damage Waiver Excess and the Theft Waiver Excess apply to Motor Vehicles when the Vehicle Waiver Plus Fee is paid this will be shown on the Hire Contract and will vary for different classes of vehicles.
      6. The Customer may pay an additional Equipment Waiver Plus Fee in relation to the hire of medium and large equipment (being such Equipment as determined by RMA from time to time), which will.
    5. Reduce the Damage Waiver Excess in relation to medium and large equipment; and
    6. Add a Theft Waiver component for medium and large machinery. Theft Waiver is not insurance but is an agreement by RMA that the Customer’s liability for theft or loss of the Equipment can be limited in some circumstances only to an amount called the Theft Waiver Excess.
    7. RMA will ask the Customer to pay the Equipment Waiver Plus Fee on the hire of medium and large equipment, but the Customer may decide to opt out of that payment.
    8. Payment of the Equipment Waiver Plus Fee is compulsory on all earth moving equipment, unless RMA agrees to accept a certificate of insurance provided by the Customer at its own cost.
    9. The reduced Damage Waiver Excess and the Theft Waiver Excess which apply to medium and large equipment when the Equipment Waiver Plus Fee is paid will be shown on the Hire Contract and will vary for different types of machinery.
    10. THEFT WAIVER DOES NOT APPLY AND WILL NOT LIMIT THE CUSTOMER’S LIABILITY FOR THEFT in the following circumstances.
      1. Where the Customer has failed to keep the Equipment in a securely locked Compound, or in the case of a Motor Vehicle, has failed to properly secure or lock the Motor Vehicle; or
      2. where the Customer has failed to submit to RMA a Police Report on the theft within 7 days of the theft allegedly occurring.
      3. In the event of Theft Waiver applying, hire fees will be charged to the Customer until the Police Report is provided to RMA.
      4. Damage Waiver or Theft Waiver will NOT apply where RMA determines that any of the applicable circumstances in clauses 8.2 or 8.7
      5. Respectively have occurred, unless the Customer is able to establish otherwise to the reasonable satisfaction of RMA.


  10. Exclusion of Warranties and Liabilities.
    1. Where the Australian Consumer Law applies, the Customer has the benefit of guarantees in relation to the hire of the Equipment which cannot be excluded.
    2. Where the Australian Consumer Law applies and the goods are not of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal domestic or household use or consumption, RMA liability in respect of any guarantee is limited to the replacement or repair of the goods, or the cost of having the goods repaired or replaced.
    3. To the extent that the Australian Consumer Law (or any other law which cannot be excluded) does not apply. RMA makes no representations and gives
    4. No warranties other than those set out in these Hire Contract Conditions, and will not be liable to the Customer for any damages, costs or other liabilities whatsoever (including for consequential loss) in relation to the hiring of the Equipment by the Customer.


  11. Remote Hire
    1. Where the Equipment is at any time hired by the Customer to be located in the Remote Area, the following clauses will also apply, in addition to the obligations of the Customer under Clause 3 and elsewhere in these Hire Contract Conditions.
    2. The Customer will pay an additional charge for any delivery, servicing, and repair of the Equipment, and for any other attendance at the Remote Area by RMA (‘Remote Area Charges’). The Remote Area Charges will be calculated on a per kilometre rate travelled by RMA staff to and from the Remote Area, plus labour costs per staff member per hour (including travelling times) at scheduled rates, plus direct travelling cost including all airfares and accommodation charges incurred by RMA and its staff in connection with travel to and from the Remote Area.
    3. Multiple items of Equipment hire by a customer on the one site will only be charged for one call out fee.
    4. The Customer is responsible at its cost for daily maintenance and care of all Equipment in its possession, including daily checking of all fluids (fuel, oil, water, battery levels etc.) and general tightening of any loose nuts, bolts, belts or fittings and lubrication of all grease points.


  12. Breach of Hire Contract by Customer
    1. If the Customer breaches any clause whatsoever of this Contract, or becomes bankrupt, insolvent or ceases business then.
    2. RMA shall be entitled to:
    3. Terminate this Contract; and/or
    4. Sue for recovery of all monies owing by the Customer; and/or
    5. Repossess the Equipment (and is authorized to enter any premises where the Equipment is located to do so), and any Damage and/or Theft Waiver referred to in clause 6 is immediately invalidated.
    6. The Customer indemnifies RMA in respect of any damages, costs or loss resulting from a breach by the Customer of any provision of this Contract.


  13. Title
    1. The Equipment is and will at all times remain the absolute property of RMA Australia Pty Ltd
    2. If the Client fails to return the Equipment to RMA, then, RMA or it’s agent may enter upon and into land and premises owned, occupied or used by the Client. or any premises where the equipment has been located as the invitee of the Client and take possession of the Equipment, without being responsible for any damage thereby caused
    3. The Client is not authorised to pledge RMA’s credit for repairs to the Equipment or to create a lien over the Equipment in respect of any repairs.


  14. Disputes
    1. The Customer must immediately check all Hire Charges, and any disputes in relation to those Hire Charges must be communicated to RMA in writing within 30 days of the Hire Contract date. In the event that no communication is received from the Customer within that 30-day period, the Hire Charges are deemed to be accepted by the Customer.
    2. If a dispute arises relating to this Contract, the hiring, or the use of the Equipment (except in regard to payments due to RMA), the parties agree to negotiate to settle the dispute with the assistance of the Hire and Rental Association of Australia before litigation.


  15. Privacy
    1. RMA will comply with the Australian Privacy Principles in all dealings with Customers. A copy of the RMA Privacy Statement is available upon request or by visiting. rent-me.com.au


  16. Governing Law
    1. This Contract is a payment claim under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 NSW.
    2. Except where RMA in its discretion acts against the Customer under any of the Building and Construction Industry legislation referred to in this clause, RMA and the Customer agree that this Contract is governed by the law of the state of New South Wales, and the parties submit to the authority of the courts of that State.