| 1. |
APPLICATION
Unless otherwise specifically agreed in writing these Conditions
shall be incorporated by every offer, quotation, acceptance and
contract for the sale or supply of goods by the Company and any
conditions proposed by the Customer including those proposed in
any drawings, specifications or descriptions provided by the Customer
are hereby excluded. |
| 2. |
ACCEPTANCE
All quotations are given subject to confirmation by the Company
upon receipt of the Customer's order and no contract shall be
concluded until such confirmation is given or the Customers order
is otherwise accepted. Each order when accepted constitutes a
separate contract. |
| 3. |
PRICES
| (a) |
Prices
quoted are exclusive of VAT (unless otherwise stated) and
are those in force at the date of quotation. The prices
will remain firm for the period specified in the quotation
or for such other period as may be notified by the Company
to the Customer in writing. Prices may be varied after a
contract has become binding if:
| (i) |
there
has been after the date of such contract an increase
in the cost to the company of goods, raw materials
or labour; or |
| (ii) |
there
has been a manifest error in or omission from such
prices. |
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| (b) |
If
prices are varied after a contract has become binding, the
Company shall give the Customer written notice of such variation
('the Notice'), and on receipt of the notice, the Customer
may cancel his order. In a case where goods are to be delivered
or supplied in instalments, the Customer may cancel only
that part of the order which relates to the undelivered
goods or the unsupplied goods. If the order is not cancelled,
the Customer shall be bound to pay the increased or varied
price in respect of the goods delivered or supplied after
the notice is received. To be effective, cancellations must
be in writing and must be received by the Company within
three working days of the sate of the Notice. |
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| 4. |
DELIVERY
Delivery dates or periods are only best estimates and the Company
is not liable for the consequences of any delay.
Any delivery period begins on the date of the Company's acceptance
of the Customer's order as required by Condition 3 hereof or (if
later) when the Company receives from the Customer any further
information which it may require to proceed with the contract.
The Customer agrees to supply such information promptly and to
accept the goods within the delivery schedule or timetable specified
in the contract and to give any necessary instructions for delivery
accordingly.
Goods supplied by the Company shall be and thereafter remain at
the Customer's risk when the goods shall:
leave the Company's premises; or
(where the goods are to be collected by the Customer, when the
same shall have been appropriated to the Customer at the Company's
premises and the Customer shall be notified accordingly. |
| 5. |
RETENTION
OF TITLE
Until full payment has been received by the Company for all goods
whatsoever supplied (including goods supplied under any other
contract with the Company) at any time by the Company to the Customer
then the following shall apply:
| (i) |
title
in the goods shall remain in the Company; |
| (ii) |
until
title passes the Customer shall hold the goods only as bailee
for the Company and shall store or mark them so that they
can at all times be identified as the property of the Company; |
| (iii) |
subject
to (iv) and (v) below the Customer shall be at liberty to
sell the goods in the ordinary course of business on the
basis that until title passes the entire proceeds of sale
of the goods shall not be mingled with other monies or paid
into an overdrawn bank account and shall at all times be
identifiable as the Company's money but the Customer shall
have no authority to enter into any contract of sale on
behalf of the Company and any contract of sale accordingly
be concluded in the name of the Customer; |
| (iv) |
the
Company may at any time revoke the Customer's power of sale
by notice to the Customer if the Customer is in default
for longer than seven days in the payment of any sum whatsoever
due to the Company (whether in respect of the goods or any
other goods supplied at any time by the Company to the Customer
or for any other reason whatsoever) or if the Company has
bona fide doubts as to the solvency of the Company. |
| (v) |
the
Customer's power of sale shall automatically cease if a
Receiver is appointed over any of the assets or the undertaking
of the customer or a winding-up order or administration
order is made against the Customer or the Customer goes
into voluntary liquidation (otherwise than for the purpose
of solvent reconstruction or amalgamation) or calls a meeting
of or makes any arrangement or composition with creditors
or commits any act of bankruptcy; |
| (vi)
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upon
determination of the Customer's power of sale under (iv)
and (v) above the Customer shall place the goods and new
products incorporating the goods or any of them at the disposal
of the Company who shall be entitled to enter upon any premises
of the Customer for the purpose of removing such goods and
new products from such premises (including severance from
the realty where necessary). |
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| 6. |
PAYMENT
| (a) |
Payment
by the Customer is due 30 days from the end of the calendar
month in which the invoice for the goods supplied is sent
to the Customer. The Company reserves the right to vary
the terms of payment for export and internet sales. |
| (b)
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If
the Customer fails to pay the Company by the due date then
in addition to all other remedies available to it and without
limiting the generality of the foregoing the Company may:
| (i)
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suspend
all further deliveries or supplies until payment is
made in full; |
| (ii) |
cancel
the order and subsequent orders insofar as goods remain
to be delivered or supplied thereafter; |
| (iii) |
charge
interest at the rate of 4% over the base lending rate
from time to time of Customer to the Company from
and including the date when the same fell due to be
paid up to and including the date of payment. |
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| 7. |
QUALITY
| (a) |
The
Company shall provide and maintain a quality control and
inspection system which is adequate to ensure in normal
circumstances that the goods are of marketable quality. |
| (b) |
A
sample of goods may be provided by the Company upon request
for test against the specification provided by the Customer.
The Company reserves the right to raise a reasonable charge
for the supply of such samples and for any non-standard
certificate of conformity which the Company agrees to provide. |
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| 8. |
DEFECTIVE
GOODS
| (a) |
The
Company will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that
all goods supplied will conform to the written specification(s)
(if any) provided by the Customer or referred to in the
contract or (if no such specifications is provided or referenced)
to the relevant British Standard or internationally accepted
specification for the goods to be supplied and that the
goods will be free from material defects and suitable (if
notified in writing by the Customer to the Company at the
time of placing of the order) for the intended purpose for
which such goods are to be used. |
| (b) |
If
within 10 days of receipt by the Customer of the goods the
Customer shall give written notice to the Company specifying:
| (i) |
that
there is a defect or fault in the materials from which
the goods are made or in the manufacture of the goods
or |
| (ii) |
that
the goods do not comply in some material respect with
any sample or description provided by the Company
to the Customer or |
| (iii) |
the
goods do not comply with the Customer's drawings,
specifications or descriptions provided to the Company
with the relevant order including in each case details
of the defect or non compliance. |
then
at its own discretion the Company will either exchange or
repair any such goods provided always that the Company's
liability so to do shall not extend to any defect or fault
in such goods which arises from damage sustained in transit
or by reason of mishandling or arises by reason of goods
being used for any purpose other than those for which they
are intended or otherwise than in accordance with the Company's
advise or by reason of goods having been wrongly installed
by the customer or stored in improper conditions. |
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| 9. |
LIABILITY
All information or advise given by the Company or any servant
of the Company will be given in good faith and to the best of
the knowledge, information and belief of the Company or such servant
the Company shall only be bound by written representations concerning
the characteristics, capabilities and compatibility of goods and
all liability for any other representations is hereby expressly
excluded. |
| 10. |
INDEMNITY
The Customer shall indemnify the Company against all damage or
injury to any person, firm or company and against all proceedings,
charges and expenses for which the Company may become liable in
respect of the goods supplied under a contract except to the extent
admitted expressly in these Conditions and unless such damage
or injury shall have been a direct result of the negligence of
the Company and can be attributed to no other cause (whether in
whole or in part.) |
| 11. |
EXCLUSION
Save as aforesaid and subject to the provisions of the Unfair
Contract Terms Act 1977, all warranties conditions or other terms
implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extent
permitted by law, and in particular but without limiting the generality
of the foregoing shall not be liable to the Customer for any loss
of profit or revenue to the Customer or any other consequential
loss. The Customer hereby expressly acknowledges that those clauses
herein to which the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 applies are
reasonable within the meaning of that Act. |
| 12. |
CARRIAGE
Goods are sent at the Customer's risk by the Company's nominated
carrier and carriage will be payable in relation thereto. If special
delivery arrangements are requested by the Customer they must
be notified to the Company in writing within sufficient time to
enable delivery to be made in accordance with the terms of the
order. |
| 13. |
PACKING
Goods will be packed in accordance with the Company's normal practice
from time to time prevailing but the Company reserves the right
to alter the method of packing in respect of individual orders.
Specific packing requested by the Customer will be charges in
addition to normal rates. |
| 14. |
PATENTS,
REGISTERED DESIGN AND TRADEMARKS
To the extent that the Company received an indemnity from the
manufacturer of any compound or component used in the manufacture
of the goods against each of the matters set out in this Condition
14 but not further or otherwise the Company indemnified the Customer
against any infringement or alleged infringement of Letters, Patent,
Registered Design, Trade Mark, Copyright or other third party
industrial rights arising out of contract made between the Company
and the Customer and against all costs, damages and expenses which
the Customer may reasonably incur by reason of such infringement
or in connection with any action or proceeding in relation to
the same Provided That:
| (i) |
this
indemnity shall not apply to cases where the infringement,
or alleged infringement arises from the use or adoption
by the Company (whether alone or in conjunction with others)
of specifications, drawings or descriptions supplied by
or on behalf of the Customer; |
| (ii) |
the
Customer shall immediately notify the Company of any pending
or threatened claim, shall make no settlement thereof and
shall permit the Company alone at the Company's expense
to deal with such a claim. |
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| 15. |
FORCE
MAJEURE
| (a) |
The
Company shall immediately notify the Customer to the extent
that fulfilment of its obligations to the Customer has been
prevented, hindered or delayed by force majeure as herein
defined. |
| (b) |
For
the purposes of the Condition force majeure shall mean any
circumstance beyond the control of the Company and shall
include (without restricting the generality of the foregoing);
| (i) |
riots,
civil commotion's, war, rebellion, national or international
emergency, strikes, lockouts or other labour disputes; |
| (ii) |
destruction
or damage due to natural causes, floods, fires, explosions
or breakdown of machinery; |
| (iii) |
any
order of a local, national or international authority; |
| (iv) |
shortage
of labour, equipment, materials or supplies |
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| 16. |
DEFAULT,
INSOLVENCY ETC
If the Customer shall make default or commit a breach of contract
or of any other of his obligations to the Company, or if any distress
or execution shall be levied upon the Customer's property or assets,
or if the Customer shall make any arrangement or composition with
creditor's or commit any act of bankruptcy or if the Customer
is a limited company and any resolutions or petition to wind up
the Customer's business (other than that for the purpose of amalgamation
or reconstruction without insolvency), shall be passed or presented,
or if a Receiver, Administrative Receiver or Administrator of
the undertaking, property or assets or any part thereof of the
Customer shall be appointed, or the Company reasonably apprehends
that any of these is likely to occur, then the Company may without
notice;
| (i)
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suspend
or determine the contract or any unfulfilled part thereof;
and |
| (ii)
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stop
any goods in transit; and |
| (iii) |
recover
any goods from the Customer's premises for which payment
has not been made in full without prejudice to any other
right or remedy which the Company may lawfully enforce or
exercise. |
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| 17. |
APPLICABLE
LAW AND ARBITRATION
The validity, construction and performance of the contract shall
be governed by the law of England and the parties shall submit
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. |
| 18. |
NOTICES
Any notice relating to these Conditions shall be in writing and
may be served or delivered to the party to be served in the case
of a Company at its registered office and in case of an individual
at his address notified in writing to the other party from time
to time and notices sent by first class delivery mail shall be
deemed to have been delivered seventy-two hours after posting
and proof of due posting shall be sufficient evidence of delivery. |
| 19. |
HEADINGS
The headings in these Conditions are for ease of reference only
and do not affect their construction and nor do they limit their
scope. |
| 20. |
NOTE
Please note the terms which provide that each order, sale and/or
delivery is made subject to these Conditions of Sale which will
take precedence over any other trading conditions.
We only accept as binding upon us variations upon our Conditions
of Sale which have been agreed by us and acknowledged to your
in writing. |