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Terms and Conditions:
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1.
INTERPRETATION
1.1 In these Conditions
"Buyer" means the person, who accepts a quotation of the
Company for the sale of the Goods or whose order for the Goods is
accepted by the Company.
"Goods" means the goods (including any instalments of
the goods or any parts for them) which the Company is to supply
in accordance with these Conditions.
"Company" means Multiwood Products Limited.
"Conditions" means the standard terms and conditions of
sale set out in this document and (unless the context otherwise
required) includes any special terms and conditions agreed in writing
between the Buyer and the Company.
"Contract" means the contract for the buying and selling
of the Goods.
"Writing" includes facsimile transmission and comparable
means of communication.
1.2 Any reference
in these Conditions to any provision of a statute shall be construed
as a reference to that provision as changed by subsequent legislation.
1.3 The headings in
these Conditions are for convenience only and shall not affect their
interpretation.
2. BASIS OF
THE SALE
2.1 The Company shall
sell and the Buyer shall buy the Goods in accordance with any written
or verbal quotation of the Company which is accepted by the Buyer,
or any written or verbal order of the Buyer which is accepted by
the Company, subject in either case of these conditions, which shall
govern the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions.
2.2 No variation to
these Conditions shall be binding unless agreed in Writing between
the authorised representatives of the Buyer and the Company.
2.3 The Company's
employees or agents are not authorised to make any representations
concerning the Goods unless confirmed by the Company in writing.
In entering into the Contract the Buyer acknowledges that it does
not rely on, any such representations which are not so confirmed,
and agrees not to make a claim for breach of such representations.
2.4 Any advice or
recommendation given by the Company or it's 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 Company
is followed or acted upon entirely at the Buyer's own risk and accordingly
the Company 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 sales literature, quotation,
price list, acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or information
issued by the Company shall be subject to correction without any
liability on the part of the Company.
3 ORDERS AND
SPECIFICATIONS.
3.1 The Buyer shall
be responsible to the Company for ensuring the accuracy of the terms
and specifications of any order applicable submitted by the Buyer.
The Buyer agrees that the structure, condition and suitability of
the premises for the installation are the Buyers responsibility.
If at any time the installation is for a structural or technical
difficulty, impractical, the Company may terminate the Contract.
The Company will not make to the Buyer any payment for any loss
the Buyer may suffer as a consequence of such termination.
3.2 The Company reserves
the right to make any changes in the specification of the Goods
which are required to confirm with any applicable requirements or,
where the Goods are to be supplied to the Company's specification,
which do not materially affect their quality or performance. The
Buyer agrees that the Company may make minor modifications to the
specifications for the materials and the design of the installation
at its sole discretion. The Company need not tell the Buyer it has
done this. If a major modification is necessary, the Company will
inform the Buyer and agree the matter with them.
3.3 If for any reason
beyond it's control, the Company is unable to supply a particular
item, the Company will notify the Buyer The Company will normally
replace it with an item of equivalent or superior standard and value.
3.4 No order which
has been accepted by the Company may be cancelled by the Buyer except
with the agreement in writing of the Company and on terms that the
Buyer shall indemnify the Company 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 Company as
a result of cancellation.
3.5 Where the Company
has agreed to supply the Goods, the Company will ensure that the
quality of the Goods supplied will be to a satisfactory standard.
4 PRICE OF
GOODS.
4.1 The price of the
Goods shall be the Company's quoted price or, where no price has
been quoted (or a quoted price is no longer valid), the price list
in the Company's published price list current at the date of acceptance
of the order. The Company will do all it reasonably can to ensure
the price quoted at the time of the contract is correct. However,
if the Goods and/or supply or installation of the Goods have for
any reason been underpriced by the agent then either party can elect
to renegotiate the price, upon the Company notifying the Buyer of
the discrepancy. In the event that a new price cannot be agreed
then either party is entitled to terminate the contract, whereupon
any moneys will be repaid in full. In these circumstances the Company
will not make to the Buyer any payment for any loss the Buyer may
suffer.
4.2 Where the Company
agreed to deliver the Goods otherwise than at the Company's premises,
the Buyer shall be liable, if required by the Company, to pay the
Company's charges for transport, packaging and insurance.
4.3 The price is exclusive
of any applicable value added tax, which the Buyer shall be additionally
liable to pay to the Company.
5 TERMS OF
PAYMENTS
5.1 Subject to any
special terms agreed in Writing between the Buyer and the Company,
the Company shall be entitled to invoice the Buyer for the price
of the Goods on or any time after the Goods are available for delivery
or ready for collection.
5.2 The Buyer shall
pay the price of the Goods immediately upon receiving the invoice,
unless account facilities have been approved by the Company, in
which case, payment shall be due on the last day of the month following
the month of the Company's invoice (unless otherwise agreed in Writing),
notwithstanding that delivery may not have taken place and the Buyer
does not legally Own the Goods. If the Buyer does not pay on time,
this will be a breach of Contract Receipts for payment will be issued
only upon request.
5.3 If the Buyer fails
to make any payment on the correct date then, without prejudice
to any other right or remedy available to the Company, the Company
shall be entitled on giving reasonable notice to:
5.31 cancel the contract or suspend any further deliveries
to the Buyer.
5.32 charge the Buyer interest (both before and after
any judgement) on the amount unpaid, at the rate of 5 per cent above
National Westminster Bank Plc 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).
6 DELIVERY
6.1 "Delivery"
of the Goods shall be made by the Buyer collecting the Goods at
the Company's premises at any time after the Company has notified
the Buyer that the Goods are ready for collection or, if some other
place for delivery is agreed by the Company in Writing, by the Company
delivering the Goods to that place.
6.2 The Company will
do all that it reasonably can to meet the date given for delivery
However any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods are approximate
only and the Company shall not be liable for any delay in delivery
of the Goods howsoever caused. If the Company cannot deliver on
time, this is not to be treated as a breach of Contract unless it
is previously agreed by the Company in writing to be treated as
a breach of Contract. The Company will contact the Buyer and agree
an alternative date In these circumstances, the Company will not
make to the Customer any payment for loss whether direct or consequential,
that he might suffer. The Goods may be delivered by the company
earlier than the quoted delivery date as long as it gives reasonable
notice to the Buyer.
6.3 Where the Goods
are to be delivered in instalments each delivery shall constitute
a separate contract and failure by the Company to deliver anyone
or more of the instalments in accordance with these Conditions or
any claim by the Buyer in respect of anyone or more instalments
shall not entitle the Buyer to treat the Contract as a whole as
cancelled.
6.4 If the Company
fails to deliver the Goods for any reason except for causes beyond
the Company's reasonable control or for causes which are the Buyer's
fault, and the Company is accordingly liable to the Buyer, the Company'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. The Buyer
agrees to give access to the premises for the purpose of delivery
and/or installation or subsequent visits that may be necessary for
completion of the installation.
6.5 If the Buyer does
not take delivery of Goods or does not give adequate delivery instructions
at the time stated for delivery and it is not beyond the Buyers
reasonable control or it is not the Company's fault, then, without
prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Company,
the Company may:
6.5.1 store the Goods until actual delivery and charge
the Buyer for the reasonable costs (including insurance) of storage;
or
6.5.2 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
7 RISK AND
PROPERTY
7.1 Risk of damage
to or loss of the Goods shall pass to the Buyer:
7.1.1 in the case of Goods to be delivered at the Company's
premises, at the time when the Company notifies the Buyer that the
Goods are available for collection; or
7.1.2 in the case of Goods to be delivered otherwise
than at the Company's premises, at the time of delivery or, if the
Buyer wrongfully fails to take delivery of the goods, the time when
the Company has tendered delivery of the Goods.
7.2 Notwithstanding
delivery and passing of risk with goods, the Buyer will not legally
own the Goods until the balance of the payment is made by the Buyer
to the Company The Goods do not become the Buyers until the Buyer
has paid for them in full, and until such time, the Buyer shall
keep the Goods in good repair, condition and properly protected
and Insured and identified as the Company's property.
8 LIABILITY
8.1 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 1988) all warranties, conditions or other terms
implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest extent
permitted by law.
8.2 Where the Goods
are sold under a consumer transaction (as defined by the Consumer
Transactions (Restricted on Statements) Order 1976 the statutory
rights of the Buyer are not affected by these Conditions.
8.3 Any claim by the
Buyer which is based on any defect in the quality or condition of
the Goods or their failure to correspond with the specification
shall (whether or not delivery is refused by the Buyer) be notified
to the Company within 24 hours on the telephone and within 3 days
in Writing from the date of delivery or (where the defect or failure
was not apparent on reasonable inspection) within such time after
discovery of the defect or failure If delivery is not refused, and
the Buyer does not notify the Company accordingly, or of the Buyer
has in any way tampered with the Goods in such a way that they are
no longer in the same condition in which the were at the time of
delivery, the Buyer shall not be entitled to reject the Goods and
the Company shall have no liability for such defect or failure,
and the Buyer shall be bound to pay the price as if the Goods had
been delivered in accordance with the Contract.
8.4 Where any valid
claim in respect of any of the goods which is based on any defect
in the quality or condition of the Goods or their failure to meet
specification is notified to the Company in accordance with these
Conditions, the Buyer shall return the Goods in the same condition
in which they were when delivered to the Buyer shall return the
Goods in the same condition in which they were when delivered to
the Buyer and the Company shall be entitled to replace the Goods
(or the part in question) free of charge or at the Company's sole
discretion, refund to the Buyer the price of the Goods (or a proportionate
part of the price) but the Company shall have no further liability
to the Buyer.
8.5 Except in respect
of death or personal injury caused by the Company's negligence,
the Company shall not be liable to the Buyer by reason of any representation,
or any implied term or express term of the Contract or any duty
at common law for any financial loss (whether for loss of profit
or otherwise), costs, expenses or other claims for consequential
compensation whatsoever (and whether caused by the negligence of
the Company, it's employees or agents or otherwise) which arise
out of or in connection with the supply of the Goods or their use
or resale by the Buyer, except as expressly provided in these Conditions.
8.6 The Company shall
not be liable to the Buyer or be deemed to be in breach of the Contract
by reason of any delay in performing, or any failure to perform,
any of the Company's obligations in relation to the Goods, if the
delay or failure was due to any cause beyond the Company's reasonable
control Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the
following shall be regarded as causes beyond the Company's reasonable
control:
8.6.1 Act of God, explosion, flood, tempest, fire or
accident;
8.6.2 war or threat of war, sabotage, insurrection,
civil disturbance or requisition;
8.6.3 acts, restrictions, regulations, bye-laws, prohibitions
or measure of any kind on the part of any governmental parliamentary
or local authority;
8.6.4 import or export regulations or embargoes;
8.6.5 strikes, lock-outs or other industrial actions
or trade disputes (whether involving employees of the Company or
of a third party);
8.6.6 difficulties in obtaining raw material finished
or part finished goods or products, labour, fuel, parts or machinery;
8.6.7 power failure or breakdown in machinery.
9 INSOLVENCY
OF THE BUYER
9.1 This clause applies
if:
9.1.1 the Buyer makes any voluntary arrangements with
its creditors or become subject to an administration order or (being
an individual or firm) becomes bankrupt or (being a company) goes
into liquidation (otherwise than the for purposes of amalgamation
or reconstruction); or
9.1.2 an encumbrancer takes possession, or a receiver
is appointed, or any of the property or assets of the Buyer; or
9.1.3 the Buyer ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry
on business; or
9.1.4 the Company reasonably apprehends that any of
the events mentioned above is about to happen in relation to the
Buyer and notifies the Buyer accordingly.
9.2 If this clause
applies then, without prejudice to any other right or remedy available
to the Company, the Company shall be entitled to cancel the Contract
or suspend any further deliveries under the Contract without any
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.
10 GENERAL
10.1 Any notice required
or permitted to be given by either party to the other under these
Conditions shall be in Writing addressed to that other party at
its registered office or principal place of business or such other
as may at the relevant time have been notified pursuant to this
provision to the party giving the notice.
10.3 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.
10.4 Any dispute arising
under or in connection with these Conditions or the sale of the
Goods shall be referred for arbitration by a single arbitrator appointed
by agreement or (in default) nominated on the application of either
part by the President for the time being of The Law Society.
10.5 The Contract
shall be governed by the laws of England.
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