Here are the Net Lawman sales agency or distribution agreements:
NZ-COM601 Sale agency agreement: sale of services
NZ-COM602 Sale agency agreement: sale of goods, agent holds stock, delivers and collects payment;
NZ-COM603 Sales agency agreement: sale of goods – South Africa or overseas;
NZ-COM611 Distribution agreement
Please read the introduction pages to all before you choose which is most suitable for you.
Who will use this document?
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anyone selling services, not goods setting up an agency for the sale of goods in South Africa;
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anyone selling services, setting up an agency only within the rest of the world;
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anyone selling services, setting up an agency with another specified area.
Key features:
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this agreement provides for the most common agency situation - the agent takes orders and the Principal delivers and collects money. The difference is that the principal is selling services;
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suitable for almost any type of service - from accountancy to telecoms, electricity to insurance;
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good for sales anywhere in the World, or locally;
Why use this document?
It will help to protect your business, provide an administrative framework for your arrangements with agents, assist you in complying with the law and be totally fair to your agents.
The law says that you must make certain provisions in a contract of sales agency with an agent resident in South Africa. This document is designed for use inside or outside South Africa. Our guidance notes recommend what may safely be changed if change is required.
This document provides for the usual agency situation where the agent has responsibility for selling the service and maintaining customer goodwill and the principal delivers and collects money.
This document includes provision for:
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structure of the agreement;
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agents general duties;
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agents arrangements for selling the goods;
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rights and duties of principal;
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commission and administration arrangements;
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confidentiality;
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what happens on termination;
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prevention of competition by agent after termination. | 
