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Terms of Trade

Screen Australia’s Terms of Trade outline the core terms on which the organisation will transact its business. They apply to Screen Australia funding support. They do not apply to the Producer Offset, which is governed by Division 376 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

Contracts entered into between Screen Australia and applicants for funding reflect both these terms of trade and the specific requirements relating to each program as set out in program guidelines.

Screen Australia reserves the right to vary its Terms of Trade and program guidelines from time to time.

Funding provided as a grant

Note that for all documentary projects approved after 1 March 2010, Screen Australia funding of $200,000 or under is provided as a grant, rather than recoupable investment, and will not have to be repaid unless the terms of the grant agreement are breached. Screen Australia’s contribution will be agreed upfront and not varied, other than in exceptional circumstances.

‘Screen Australia funding’ in this case means production finance through the National Documentary Program, Domestic & International Documentary programs, the Special Documentary Program, Indigenous Department documentary programs and other initiatives such as jtv docs. If a project has received development funding from Screen Australia or its predecessor agencies, the development funds will be added to the production funds for the purpose of determining whether the $200,000 grant threshold has been reached. Support provided through Screen Australia’s marketing programs is not included.

Screen Australia will hold 1% copyright in all documentary projects where its investment is greater than $100,000.

See also Documentary grants: how they will work (PDF)

Contracting

To help streamline the contracting process, Screen Australia has developed core conditions for its documentary production investment agreement (PIA) and production grant agreement (PGA). The complete agreement will comprise the core conditions together with a series of schedules.

How it works:

    • The core conditions in place at the time a project is approved for funding wil apply.

    • The goal is to keep the core conditions unchanged, with any exemptions addressed in the Special Conditions Schedule.

    • Once all schedules are agreed to, the schedules and the core conditions will be merged into one fully executed pdf with approved budget and drawdown schedule (if applicable).

You can download the core conditions for documentary agreements here:

Core PIA conditions for use where the project is being produced through an SPV will be available soon.

Enquiries or comments about these documents should be directed to documentary@screenaustralia.gov.au

[Page created 13 December 2010.]