- DEFINITIONS
In these conditions the following words have unless the context requires otherwise the meanings set out opposite them.
- "the Company" shall mean Asset 2000 Ltd.;
- "the Customer" shall mean any person firm or Company or organisation to whom the Company agrees to sell "the Goods";
- "the Goods" shall mean the Goods (and any parts thereof) the subject matter of the Contract as described in these conditions and (if appropriate) on the face of the Company’s order acknowledgement form.
- "the Manufacturer" shall mean the manufacturer of the Goods.
- GENERAL
- All contracts for the sale of the Goods by the Company are made subject to these conditions of sale which supersede any earlier sets of conditions issued by the
Company. Any stipulations or conditions in the Customers order form or other document delivered by the Customer which would if applicable conflict with these conditions or in any way qualify or negative the same shall be deemed to be inapplicable to the Company unless the same shall have been expressly agreed to in writing in a document signed by a Director of the Company. No other servant or agent of the Company has any authority to alter or qualify these conditions in any way.
- The Company reserves the right by notice in writing to the Customer signed by a
director of the Company to add to amend or vary these conditions at any time before acceptance of delivery of or payment for the Goods whichever is earlier.
- Acceptance of delivery of the Goods or payment for the Goods by the Customer to the Company shall itself constitute an acceptance of these conditions where acceptance has not been previously communicated to the Company.
- Quotations
shall be available for acceptance (unless expressly stated otherwise) for a maximum period of 30 days from the date thereof and may be withdrawn by the Company within such period at any time by written or oral notice.
- DELIVERY
- The time for delivery is given as accurately as possible but is not guaranteed.
- In
the event that the Goods are not delivered on the date stipulated then the Customer shall accept delivery of the Goods within such further period which is reasonable in all the circumstances provided that the Customer is of the reasonable opinion that such reasonable period has expired be shall given written notice to that effect to the Company stating his reasons for such opinion whereupon such reasonable period shall be deemed to expire 15 days after the service of such notice. The Customer shall have no right to claim damages or cancel the order for any delay in delivery not exceeding 15 days beyond such reasonable period.
- The Company shall not be required to fulfil orders in the sequence in which they were placed.
- Failure by the Customer to take delivery of or to make payment in respect of the Goods or any one or more instalments of the Goods shall entitle the Company to treat
the whole of the Contract as repudiated by the Customer.
- Without prejudice to condition 2.4 the Company will endeavour to comply with reasonable requests by the Customer for postponement of delivery of the Goods but shall be under no obligation to do so and
where delivery is postponed by agreement otherwise than due to default by the Company the Customer shall pay the costs and expenses including a reasonable charge for storage and transportation occasioned
thereby and payment for the Goods shall be made on the date payment would have been due had delivery not been postponed.
- PASSING OF PROPERTY AND RISK
- Risk shall pass to the Customer so that the Customer is responsible for all loss damage or deterioration of the Goods:-
- if the Company delivers the Goods by it’s own transport or in accordance with a specific contractual obligation arranges transport for the Goods at the time when the Goods arrive at the place of delivery;
- in all other circumstances at the time when the Goods leave the Companyâ€s premises.
- Title to the Goods or any part thereof shall not pass to the Customer until:-
- the Customer has paid to the Company all sums due and payable by it to the Company under this Contract and all other prior contracts between the Company and the Customers: or
- the Company serves notice in writing on the Customer specifying that the title in
the Goods or any specified part thereof has passed to the Customer; and until title to the Goods has passed to the Customer the Customer shall poses the Goods or any part thereof as bailee of the Company and shall store the Goods or any part thereof separately from other Goods as to ensure that they are clearly identifiable as the property of the Company.
- The Company shall be entitled to recover Goods in respect of which title has not
passed to the Customer at any time and the Customer hereby licenses the Company it,s officers employees and agents to enter upon any premises of the Customer for the purpose either of satisfying itself that condition 4.2 is being complied with by the Customer or recovering any Goods in respect of which title has not passed to the Customer.
- The Customer shall only be at liberty to sell the Goods hereunder prior to passing
of title to the Customer on the understanding that that portion of the proceeds of the sale of the Goods which represents the sums due to the Company hereunder belong to the Company and are held by the Customer on trust for the Company and are paid into a separate bank account designated as a trust account for the company.
- PRICE
All prices are unless otherwise stated quoted net ex works exclusive of V.A.T. or
other tax or duty relating to the sale or delivery of the Goods chargeable to the Customer and the cost of carriage and packaging if required by the Company shall be charged extra.
- TERMS OF PAYMENT
- Unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing payment for the Goods shall be paid in full and received by the Company within 30 days from the date of delivery.
- Where the Goods are delivered by instalments the Company may invoice each instalment separately and the Customer shall pay such invoices in accordance with these conditions.
- In
the event of default in payment by the Customer the Company shall be entitled without prejudice to any other right or remedy the Company has under these conditions and without prior notice to suspend all further deliveries or any Contract or contracts between the Customer and the Company and to charge interest on the amount outstanding at the rate of 4% above the base rate of Natwest Bank Plc from time to time in force throughout the period the amount is outstanding. A cheque tendered by the Customer in payment shall not be treated as payment until the same has been cleared.
- CANCELLATION
Cancellation
of this Contract will only be agreed to by the Company on the condition that all costs and expenses incurred by the Company up to the time of cancellation and loss of profits and other loss or damage resulting to the Company by reason of such cancellation will be paid forthwith by the Customer to the Company.
- INSTALLATION/WARRANTY
- The Customer undertakes and warrants the Company that the Goods will be installed by the Manufacturer or an engineer authorised by the Manufacturer to carry out
such installation and upon completion of the installation the Manufacturer and/or the authorised engineer shall run a full diagnostic check on the system into which the Goods have been installed. The Customer shall notify the Company immediately in the event of the diagnostic check not proving satisfactory. In the event that the Customer installs the Goods in any other manner or takes delivery of the Goods into its own stock then it does so at its own risk.
- The Company shall not be liable for:-
- Any defects in the quality or state of the Goods unless such defect arises and the
Customer gives notice in writing to the Company of this defect within 7 days of completion of the Manufacturers diagnostic check in accordance with 8.1 hereof.
- Any loss or dame suffered by reason of use of the Goods after the Customer becomes
aware of a defect or after the Customers becomes aware of circumstances which should reasonably have indicated the existence of a defect.
- GUARANTEE
- In
the event that the Goods or any part thereof are defective in quality or state or otherwise not in accordance with the Contract then the Customer shall require (in lieu of any legal remedy which may otherwise have been due to the Customer) the Company to repair or supply satisfactory substitute Goods and the Company provided the Customer has complied with the requirements as to notice contained in these conditions shall be obliged at its option to repair or take back the defective Goods and supply satisfactory substitute Goods free of cost and within reasonable time. Upon the Company repairing the defective Goods or supplying satisfactory substitute Goods then the Customer shall be bound to accept such repaired or substitute Goods and the Company shall be under no liability to the Customer in respect of any loss or damage whatsoever arising from the initial delivery of defective Goods or from the delay before the defective Goods are repaired or the substitute Goods are delivered.
- In the event that the Goods are not manufactured by the Company then:-
- The Company will use its reasonable endeavours to assign to the Customer the benefit of any warranty or guarantee given by the Manufacturer
- Any recommendation by the Company of such Goods shall not in any way make the Company liable in respect of such goods.
- The Company gives no assurance warranty or guarantee whatsoever that the sale or use of the Goods will not infringe patent, copyright, registered design, design
copyright or other intellectual property rights of any other person firm or company.
- Insofar as the Goods comprise second users the Company warrants that the Goods are eligible for cover under the standard maintenance Contract provided by the manufacturer.
- LIABILITY
Save
where the Company can be shown to have failed to exercise reasonable care in the supply of Goods and such failure results in death or personal injury the Company shall not without prejudice to condition 10 be liable to the Customer for loss, injury or damage of any kind whatsoever consequential or otherwise (including without limitation removal or rectification work required in connection with the installation of repaired or substituted Goods) which results directly or indirectly from the Company,s supply or failure to supply the Goods to the Customer.
- CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
The Customer shall treat as confidential all information supplied to the Company under this agreement which is designated as confidential by the Company or which
is by its nature is clearly confidential.
- INSOLVENCY
If
the Customer shall become bankrupt or unable to pay it,s debts as prescribed by section 123 Insolvency Act 1986 or compound with its creditors in the event of a resolution being passed or proceedings commenced for the administration or liquidation of the Customer (other than for voluntary winding up for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation) or if a receiver is appointed of all or part of its assets or undertaking the Company shall be entitled to cancel the Contract in whole or in part by notice in writing without prejudice to any right or remedy accrued or accruing to the Company.
- FORCE MAJEURE
In
the event that the manufacture or delivery of any of the Goods is prevented or hindered directly or indirectly by fire, the elements, war civil commotion, strikes or lock-outs, industrial dispute, shortage of raw materials or fuel notwithstanding that the Company has taken all reasonable steps to procure the same, shortage of labour, breakdown or partial failure of plant and machinery, late receipt of Customers specifications or other necessary information, acts, orders or regulations of Government, delay on the part of any independent sun-contractor or supplier, or any other cause whatsoever beyond the reasonable control of the Company then the time for the delivery of the Goods shall be extended for a reasonable period having regard to the effect of the delaying cause on the manufacture or delivery.
- NOTICES
Any notice required to be given either to the Company or the Customer to the other shall be deemed to be properly served if sent by prepaid registered letter
posted to the registered office or such address as may from time to time be notified to the other for this purpose and any notice served shall be deemed to have been served 24 hours after the time of posting and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice was properly addressed and posted.
- ENGLISH LAW
This Contract made hereunder shall be governed and interpreted according to English Law and the Company and Customer hereby submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the English Courts.