2.2
No variation to these Conditions shall be binding unless agreed in
writing between the authorised representatives of the Buyer and the Seller.
2.3
The Seller's employees or agents are not authorised to make any
representations concerning the Goods unless confirmed by the Seller in
writing. In entering into the Contract the Buyer acknowledges that it does not
rely on, and waives any claim for breach of, any such representations which
are not so confirmed.
2.4
Any advice or recommendation given by the Seller or its employees or
agents to the Buyer or its employees or agents as to the storage application
or use of the Goods which is not confirmed in writing by the Seller is
followed or acted upon entirely at the Buyer's own risk, and accordingly the
Seller shall not be liable for any such advice or recommendation which is not
so confirmed.
2.5
Any typographical clerical or
other error or omission in any sa1es literature, quotation, price list,
acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or other information
issued by the Seller shall be subject to correction without any liability on
the part of the Seller.
3.
Orders and Specifications
3.1
The quantity quality and description of and any specification for the
Goods shall be those set out in the Seller's quotation (if accepted by the
Buyer) or the Buyer's Order (if accepted by the Seller).
3.2
The Seller reserves the right to make any changes in the specification
of the Goods which are required to conform with any applicable safety or other
statutory requirements or, where the Goods are to be supplied to the Seller's
specification, which do not materially affect their quality or performance.
3.3
No Order which has been accepted by the Seller may be cancelled by the
Buyer except with the agreement: in Writing of the Seller and on terms that
the Buyer shall indemnify the Seller in full against all loss (including loss
of profit), costs (including the cost of all labour
and materials used), damages, charges, and expenses incurred by the Seller as
a result of cancellation.
4.
Terms of Payment
4.1
Subject to any special terms agreed in Writing between the Buyer and
Seller, the Seller shall be entitled to invoice the Buyer for the price of
Goods on or at any time after delivery of the Goods, unless the Goods are to
be collected by the Buyer or the Buyer wrongfully fails to take delivery of
the Goods, in which event the Seller shall be entitled to invoice the Buyer
for the price at any time after the Seller has notified the Buyer that the
Goods are ready for collection or (as the case may be ) the Seller has
tendered delivery of the Goods.
4.2
The Buyer shall pay the price of the goods within 30 days of the date
of the Seller's invoice notwithstanding that delivery may not have taken place
and the property in the Goods has not passed to the Buyer. The time of payment
of the price shall be of the essence of the Contract.
4.3
If the Buyer fails to make any payment on the due date then, without
prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Seller, the Seller
shall be entitled to:
4.3.1
cancel the contract or suspend
any further deliveries to the Buyer;
4.3.2
appropriate any payment made
by the Buyer to such of the Goods (of the goods supplied under any other
contract between the Buyer and the Seller), as the Seller may think fit
(notwithstanding any purported appropriation by the Buyer); and
4.3.3
charge the Buyer interest
(both before and after any judgment) on the amount unpaid, at the rate of ten
per cent per annum above Barclays Bank base rate from time to time, until
payment in full is made (a part of a month being treated as a full month for
the purpose of calculating interest).
5.
Delivery
5.1
Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods are approximate only and the
Seller shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Goods howsoever
caused. Time for delivery shall not be of the essence unless previously agreed
by the Seller in writing.
5.2
If the Seller fails to deliver the Goods for any reason other than any
cause beyond the Seller's reasonable control or the Buyer's fault, end the
Seller is accordingly liable to the Buyer, the Seller's liability shall be
limited to the excess (if any) of the cost to the Buyer (in the cheapest
available market) of similar goods to replace those not delivered over the
price of the Goods.
5.3
If the Buyer fails to take delivery of the Goods or fails to give the
Seller adequate delivery instructions at the time stated for delivery
(otherwise than by reason of any cause beyond the Buyer's reasonable control,
or by reason of the Seller's fault) then without prejudice to any other right
or remedy available to the Seller the Seller may:
5.3.1
store the Goods until actual delivery and charge the Buyer for the
reasonable costs (including insurance) of storage; or
5.3.2
sell the Goods at the best price readily obtainable and (after
deducting all reasonable storage and selling expenses) account to the- Buyer
for the excess over the price under the Contract or charge the Buyer for any
shortfall below the price under the Contract.
6.
Risk and Property.
6.1
Risk of damage to or loss of the Goods shall pass to the Buyer;
6.1.1
in the case of Goods to be delivered at the Seller's premises, at the
time when the Seller notifies the Buyer that the Goods are available for
collection: or
6.1.2
In the case of Goods to be delivered otherwise than at the Seller's
premises, at the time of delivery or, if the Buyer wrongfully fails to take
delivery of the Goods, the time when the Seller has tendered delivery of the
Goods.
6.2
Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the Goods, or any
other provision of these Conditions, the property in the Goods shall not pass
to the Buyer until the Seller has received in cash or cleared funds payment in
full of the price of the Goods and all other goods agreed to be sold by the
Seller to the Buyer for which payment is then due.
6.3
Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Buyer, the
Buyer shall hold the Goods as the Seller's fiduciary agent and bailee, and
shall keep the Goods separate from those of the Buyer and third parties and
properly stored, protected and insured and identified as the Seller's
property. Until that time the Buyer shall be entitled to re sell or use the
Goods in the ordinary course of its business, but shall account to the Seller
for the proceeds of sale or otherwise of the Goods, whether tangible or
intangible, including insurance proceeds, and shall keep all such proceeds
separate from any monies or property of the Buyer and third parties and, in
the case of tangible proceeds, properly stored, protected and insured.
6.4
Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Buyer (and
provided the Goods are still in existence and have not been resold), the
Seller shall be entitled at any time to require the Buyer to deliver up the
Goods to the Seller and, if the Buyer falls to do so forthwith, to enter upon
any premises of the Buyer or any third party where the Goods are stored and
repossess the Goods.
6.5
The Buyer shall not be entitled to pledge or in any way charge by way
of security for any indebtedness any of the Goods which remain the property of
the Seller, but if the Buyer does so all monies owing by the Buyer to the
Seller shall (without prejudice to any other right or remedy to the
Seller) forthwith become due and payable.
7.
Warranties and
Liability
7.1
Subject to the conditions set out below the Seller warrants that the
Goods will correspond with their specification at the time of delivery and
will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 12
months from the date of their initial use or 12 months from delivery,
whichever is the first to expire.
7.2
The above warranty is given by the Seller subject to the following
conditions: -
7.2.1
the Seller shall be under no liability in respect of any detect in the
Goods arising from any drawing, design or specification supplied by the Buyer;
7.2.2
the Seller shall be under no liability in respect of any defect arising
from fair wear and tear, wilful damage, negligence, abnormal working
conditions, failure to follow the Seller's instructions (whether oral or in
writing), misuse or alteration or repair of the Goods without the Seller's
approval;
7.2.3
the Seller shall be under no liability under the above warranty (or any
other warranty, condition or guarantee) if the total price for the Goods has
not been paid by the due date for payment;
7.2.4
the above warranty does not extend to parts, materials or equipment not
manufactured by the Seller, in respect of which the Buyer shall only be
entitled to the benefit of any such warranty or guarantee as is given by the
manufacturer to the Seller;
7.2.5
the above warranty shall be of no application and shall be void and not
binding against the Seller unless the Buyer shall have properly maintained the
Goods in accordance with all and any recommendations issued to the Buyer from
time to time by the Seller and/or by the manufacturer of the goods .
7.3
Subject as expressly
provided in these Conditions, and except where the Goods are sold to a person
dealing as a consumer (within the meaning 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 except in respect
of death or personal injury caused by the Seller's negligence, the Seller
shall not be liable to the Buyer by reason of any representation or any
implied warranty condition or other term, or any duty at common law, or under
the express terms of the Contract, for any consequential loss or damage
(whether for loss of profit or otherwise) expenses or other claims for
consequential compensation whatsoever (and whether caused by the negligence of
the Seller, its employees or agents or otherwise) which arise out of or in
connection with the supply of the Goods or their use or re-sale by the Buyer
except as expressly provided in these Conditions.
8.
Insolvency of Buyer
8.1
This clause applies if:
8.1.1
the Buyer makes any voluntary arrangement with its creditors or becomes
subject to an administration order or (being an individual or firm) becomes
bankrupt or (being a company) goes into liquidation (otherwise than for the
purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction); or
8.1.2
an encumbrances takes possession, or a receiver is appointed, of any of
the property or assets of the Buyer; or
8.1.3
the Buyer ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business; or
8.1.4
the Seller reasonably apprehends that any of the events mentioned above
is about to occur in relation to the Buyer and notifies the Buyer accordingly.
8.2
If this clause applies then, without prejudice to any other right or
remedy available to the Seller, the Seller shall be entitled to cancel the
Contract or suspend any further deliveries under the Contract without
liability to the Buyer, and if the Goods have been delivered but not paid for
the price shall become immediately due and payable notwithstanding any
previous agreement or arrangement to the contrary.
9.
General
9.1
No waiver by the Seller of any breach of the Contract by the Buyer
shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any
other provision.
9.2
If any provision of
these conditions is held by any competent authority to be invalid or
unenforceable in whole or in part the validity of the other provisions of
these Conditions and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be
affected thereby.
9.3
The prices quoted in the sales section of this web site are not warranted and
may alter at any time.