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Dunkirk Mills, Dunkirk St,
Halifax, HX1 3TB, UK
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1. Definitions
In these Conditions the following expressions shall have the following meanings:
1.1 "The Company" shall mean VANDALITE LIGHTING LIMITED and also where the context so permits any
sub-contractor for the Said company.
1.2 "Goods" shall mean the article or thing or any of them described in the contract between the Company and the Buyer for the sale or supply of
Goods.
1.3 "The
Buyer" shall mean the person, firm or company with whom any contract to sell Goods is made by the Company whether directly or
indirectly through an agent or factor who is acting for or instructed by any such person, firm
or company or whose actions are subsequently to the
contract ratified by the actual buyer.
1.4 "Company's Premises" shall mean the premises mentioned in the Company`s quotation or other contractual document,
or if not so mentioned
shall mean the Company's works at Dunkirk Mills, Dunkirk Street, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 3TB, United Kingdom.
2. General
2.1 These conditions shall be deemed
to be incorporated in all contracts of the Company to sell Goods, and in the case of any inconsistency with
any letter or quotation incorporating or referring to these Conditions, or any order letter or form of contract sent by
the Buyer to the Company, or any
other communication between the Buyer and the Company whatever may be their respective dates, the provisions of these Conditions shall prevail
unless expressly varied in writing and signed
by a Director on behalf of the Company. Any concession made or latitude allowed by the Company to
the Buyer shall not affect the strict rights of the Company under the Contract. If in any particular case any of these conditions
shall be held to be
invalid or shall not apply to the contract, the other conditions shall continue in full force and effect.
3. Orders
3.1 Notwithstanding that the Company may have given
a detailed quotation, no order shall be binding on the Company unless and until it has been
acknowledged in writing by the Company.
3.2 The Company's catalogues, brochures, leaflets or correspondence are not binding
as reasonable variations may be made without notice, and
such Goods as varied shall be accepted as complying with the Contract.
4. Prices
4.1 The price payable for Goods shall unless otherwise
stated by the Company in writing and agreed on its behalf be the list price of the Company
current at the date of dispatch and in the case of an order for delivery by instalments the price payable for each instalment shall be
the list price of
the Company current at the date of despatch of such instalment unless otherwise expressly stated to be firm for a period.
4.2 Unless otherwise expressly stated to be firm for a period the Company`s
prices are subject to variation to take account of variations in wages,
materials or other costs since the date of the order. The Company`s accordingly reserves the right to adjust the invoice price by the amount of any
increase
or decrease in such costs after the price is quoted and the invoice so adjusted shall be payable as if it were the original contract price.
4.3 All prices are exclusive of Value Added Tax and this will be charged at the appropriate
rate.
4.4 Where prices are specified as being "ex works", the cost of delivery will be borne by the Buyer. Such costs will be determined by the Company
as being reasonable even if they exceed a value which
would have been incurred had the Goods been delivered by a third party.
5. Additional Costs
The Buyer agrees to pay for any loss or extra cost incurred by the Company through the Buyer's instructions
or lack of instructions, or through
failure or delay in taking delivery, or through any act or default on the part of the Buyer, it's servants, agents or employees.
6. Patents
The Buyer
shall indemnify the Company against all costs, claims and damages incurred or threatered arising out of any alleged infringement of
patents, trade marks or copyright occasioned by the manufacture or sale of the Goods made to the
specification or special requirements of the
Buyer.
7. Terms of Payment
7.1 Payment shall be in accordance with the standard terms of payment of the Company in the United Kingdom applicable
from time to time and will
unless otherwise stated be due in cash not later than 30 days end of month.
7.2 If the Goods are delivered in instalments whereof delivery has been made notwithstanding non-delivery of other
instalments or other default on
the part of the Company.
7.3 If upon the terms applicable to any order price shall be payable by instalments, or if the Buyer has agreed to take specified quantities of Goods
at
specified times, a default by the Buyer of the payment of any due instalment, or the failure to give delivery instructions in respect of any quantity
of Goods outstanding shall cause the whole balance of the price to become due
forthwith.
7.4 The price of the Goods shall be due in full to the Company in accordance with the terms of the order and the Buyer shall not be entitled to
exercise any set-off lien or any other similar right to claim.
7.5 The time of payment shall be of the essence of the contract.
7.6 Without prejudice to any other rights it may have, the Company is entitled to charge interest at 4% above the current base rate on overdue
payments
of the price of the Goods or the price of any instalments thereof.
8. Delivery
8.1 The period for delivery shall be the period within which the Goods are intended to be despatched from the Company's
Premises and shall be
calculated from the time of the receipt by the Company of the order, or from the receipt of all necessary information to enable the Company to
manufacture or procure the manufacture of the Goods, whichever
shall be the later and the Buyer shall take delivery of the Goods within that
period.
8.2 All times or dates given for delivery of the Goods are given in good faith, but without any responsibility on the part of the
Company. Time of
delivery shall not be of the essence of any contract, nor shall the Company be under any liability for delay whether or not beyond the Company's
reasonable control unless otherwise expressly agreed in
writing at or before the date of the order, in which case the Com parry's liability shall be
limited to such liquidated damages as may specifically~ be agreed at or before that date.
8.3 Where the Goods are handed
to a carrier for carriage to the Buyer, any such carrier shall be deemed to be an agent of the Company and not of
the Buyer for all purposes.
8.4 No liability will attach to the Company for any damage to, or loss of
the Goods whilst in the course of delivery by a carrier.
8.5 Where Goods are despatched for delivery by means of the Company's vehicles no liability for non-delivery, partial loss or damage to the Goods
occurring
prior to delivery will attach to the Company unless claims to that effect are notified in writing by the Buyer to the Company within seven
days of delivery for partial loss or damage, or within ten days of the date of the invoice
for non-delivery.
8.6 In the event of a valid claim under condition 8.3 for non-delivery, partial loss or damage the Company undertakes to replace the Goods at it's
expense, but shall not be under any further or
other liability to any person in connection with such non-delivery, partial loss or damage.
8.7 If the Buyer shall fail to give notice in accordance with condition 8.3 above, the Buyer shall be bound to accept and pay for
the Goods accordingly.
8.8 If for any reason, the Buyer is unable to accept delivery of the Goods at the time when the Goods are due and ready for delivery, the Company
may at it's sole discretion, without prejudice
to it's other rights, store the Goods at the risk of the Buyer and take all reasonable steps to store,
safeguard and insure them at the cost of the Buyer, provided that the Buyer shall be immediately informed thereof.
8.9 The Buyer shall be obliged to accept delivery at any time before the contract is determined or instalment cancelled.
8.10 The Company shall have the right to make delivery by instalments of such quantities and at such
intervals as it may decide and any express
provision as to instalments in the contract shall be in addition to and not in derogation of this right.
9. Returns
Goods supplied in accordance
with the contract cannot be returned without the written permission of the Company. Duly authorised returns shall be
sent to the Company's premises at the Buyer's expense.
10. Sub-contracting
The Company may assign the contract with the Buyer or sub-contract the whole or any part thereof to any person, firm or company.
11. Passing of Title and Risk
11.1 Risk of damage to
or loss of the Goods shall pass to the Buyer when;
a) 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,
b) In the case of Goods to be delivered other wise than at the Company premises at the time of delivery, or if the Buyer wrongfully fails to take
delivery of the Goods at the time when the Company has tendered delivery
of the Goods.
11.2 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 Company 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 Company to the Buyer for which payment is then due.
11.3 Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to
the Buyer, the Buyer shall hold the Goods as the Company'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
Company'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 Company for the proceeds of sale or otherwise of the Goods
and shall keep all such proceeds separate from any monies or property of the
Buyer and third parties.
11 .4 The Buyers right to possession of the Goods shall cease if;
a) the Buyer has not paid for the Goods
in full by the expiry of any credit period allowed by these conditions, or the Buyer is declared bankrupt or
makes any proposal to his creditors for a composition or other voluntary arrangement, or
b) a receiver, liquidator,
or administrator is appointed in respect of the Buyer's business. On cessation of the Buyer's right to possession of the Goods in accordance with this clause the Buyer shall at his own expense make the Goods available to the
Company and allow the Company to
repossess them. For this purpose the Buyer hereby grants to the Company, its agents, and employees an irrevocable license to enter any premises
where the Goods are stored in order to repossess
them or inspect them at any time.
12. Conditions and Warranties
12.1 Every description or specification of the Goods is given in good faith based on average results of standard tests, but any
conditions or
warranties express or implied that the Goods shall correspond with such description or specification are hereby expressly negated, and the use of
any such description or specification shall not constitute a
sale by description.
12.2 Any conditions or warranties (whether express or implied by statute, common law, or arising from 'conduct' or a previous course of dealing or
trade, custom, or usage) as to the quality
or fitness of the Goods for any particular purpose, even if that purpose is made known expressly or by
implication to the Company are hereby expressly negated.
12.3 Notwithstanding that a sample of the Goods may have
been exhibited to and inspected try the Buyer, or results of standard tests upon a
sample furnished to the Buyer, it is hereby declared that such sample was so exhibited and inspected or tested solely to enable the Buyer to judge
for itself the quality of the bulk, and not so as to constitute a sale by sample. The Buyer shall take the Goods at its own risk as to their
corresponding with the sample or as to their quality, condition, or sufficiency for
any purpose.
13. Defective Goods
13.1 In substitution for all and any other right which the Buyer would or might have had but for these conditions, the Company undertakes at its
discretion
to repair or supply free of charge, at the place of delivery specified by the Buyer for the original Goods, a replacement of the Goods if
manufactured or processed by the Company in which a serious defect in materials or workmanship
appears within twelve months of delivery,
provided that in any case the Goods have been accepted and paid for, and were manufactured or processed by the Company.
13.2 In the case of Goods not of the Company's manufacture,
the Company will pass on to the Buyer any benefits obtainable under any warranty
given by the Company's supplier provided that the Goods have been accepted and paid for.
13.3 In order to exercise its rights under
this paragraph, the Buyer shall inform the Company within seven days of the date when such defect
appeared, or ought reasonably to have been discoverable, and shall return the defective Goods carriage paid to the Company's
premises.
13.4 Nothing herein shall impose any liability upon the company in respect of any defect in the Goods arising out of fair wear and tear, the refitting,
dismantling, or altering of the Goods, or fitting any
attachment thereto after despatch from the Company's premises, the acts, omissions,
negligence, or default of the Buyer, its servants, or agents, or any third party, including in particular but without prejudice to the generality
of the
foregoing;
a) Any failure by the Buyer to comply with any recommendations of the Company as to storage or handling of the Goods
b) Faulty installation, want of proper attention, or improper use.
13.5 Where the Goods are for delivery by instalments any defect in any instalment shall not be grounds for cancellation of the remainder of the
instalments, and the Buyer shall be bound to accept delivery thereof.
13.6 Nothing herein shall have the effect of excluding or restricting the liability of the Company for death or personal injury resulting from
negligence.
14. Designs and Drawings
14.1
The Company shall not be liable for imperfect work caused by any inaccuracies in any design, drawing, bill of quantities, or specific Cation
supplied or approved by the Buyer.
14.2 All lighting designs and advice are
given in good faith, and any inaccuracies or defect or imperfect result caused by such design or advice will
not be accepted by the Company as its responsibility expressly or implied unless agreed to in writing by the Company
prior to delivery of the Goods.
14.3 All technical information or test results given by the Company are indicative of the performance of a test product in laboratory conditions. It is
expected that some variation to
these results will occur with respect to other products of a similar type, and therefore the Company can accept no
responsibility for such variation, to a greater or lesser extent.
15. Consequential Loss
The Company shall not be liable for any costs, claims, or damages or expenses arising out of any tortuous act or omission, or any breach of
contract or statutory duty calculated by reference to profits, income, production
or accruals, or loss of such profits, income, production or accruals,
or by reference to accrual of such cost, claims, damages, or expenses on a time basis.