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1. General
These conditions of Sale (“the Conditions”) supplied by Omni
Pump International Ltd T/A Edincare Pumped Drainage Systems (“the
Company”) to a purchaser (“the Buyer”) shall be incorporated
into each contract (“the Contract”) made by the Company for
the sale of the Company’s goods (“the Goods”). These
Conditions apply to all transactions, including deliveries and services,
conducted by the Company, as well as to their execution. These Conditions
together with invoice details supersede any terms or conditions proposed
by the Buyer and may not be varied except with the written consent of
a Director of the Company. In the case of a written consent by a Director
of the Company to a variation or deviation from one or more of these
Conditions of Sale, the other terms and conditions shall remain fully
operative.
2. Exclusion of Liability
The Company excludes all liability for any consequential or indirect
loss suffered by the Buyer whether this loss arises from breach of
a duty in contract or tort or in any other way (including loss arising
from the Company’s negligence). Non-exhaustive illustrations
of consequential or indirect loss include:
(a) Loss of profit
(b) Loss of contracts
(c) Damage to property of the Buyer or anyone else
(d) Personal injury to the Buyer or anyone else (when the injury is not
caused by the Company¹s negligence)
3. Indemnities
The Buyer shall indemnify the Company against all actions, claims, demands,
penalties and costs by third parties in tort or for infringements of
patents or registered designs or otherwise arising in connection with
the Goods or with their delivery or unloading or with work done by
the Company on the Goods in accordance with the Buyer’s specifications.
4. Consumer Protection Act 1987
Where the Company incurs any liability, whether by court proceedings
or by a bona fide out of court settlement as a result of a claim against
the Company under part 1 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 in respect
of an alleged defect in the Goods, then the Buyer shall indemnify the
Company against the liability.
5. Deliveries
(a) Delivery shall take place when the Goods are delivered at the address
specified in the Buyer’s order or in the absence of such address
at the Buyer’s premises except when the Buyer collects or arranges
collection of the Goods from the Company’s premises, or nominates
a carrier for the Goods, delivery shall take place when the Goods are
loaded on to the collection or carrier¹s vehicle.
(b) Delivery dates mentioned in any quotation, order or other document
are approximate only and not of any contractual effect. Late delivery
or performance does not entitle the Buyer to do any of the following:
reject late goods, terminate the contract or withhold payment of any
part of the contract price.
(c) The Company reserves the right to make delivery by instalments and
to tender
a separate invoice in respect of each instalment. Each delivery shall
be considered a separate transaction and the failure of any one delivery
shall not affect the performance of the remainder of the Contract or
liability for the costs of the Goods delivered.
6. Inspection and Claims
(a) The Buyer shall upon delivery or, on collection by the Buyer if appropriate,
inspect the Goods wherever it is possible to do so. If inspection is
impossible, the Buyer must write on the delivery (or collection) note “Goods
not examined”.
(b) The Buyer shall notify the Company in writing of any short delivery,
defects or damage reasonably discoverable on careful inspection within
7 days of the Buyer’s receipt of the Goods. In the absence of such
notification, the Company excludes all liability in respect of short
deliveries, defects or damage.
7. Prices
(a) Prices quoted are in GBP Sterling and exclusive of VAT (where applicable)
and do not include any charge for handling or delivery of the Goods.
(b) All prices quoted or printed are subject, to alteration without
notice by the Company, and all Goods will be invoiced at the prices ruling
at the date of despatch.
(c) Where orders are received for quantities or shipments that are priced
at less than the minimum charge of the Company, then the order will be
priced at the standard charge.
(d) All tenders, quotations, offers and estimates made by the Company
are given without obligation.
8. Payment
(a) Where accounts have been approved for credit, payment terms are nett
monthly.
(b) The Company reserves the right (in the Company’s absolute
discretion) to vary or withdraw without notice any credit arrangements
made.
(c) The Company reserves the right to charge interest at the rate of
2% per month on all overdue accounts without prejudice to its right of
recovery of the Goods.
Interest is deemed to accrue on a day to day basis from and including
the date when payment was due.
(d) Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies of the Company,
any default by the Buyer in making payment according to the payment terms,
shall entitle the Company to suspend deliveries under the Contract or
any other contract so long as the default continues and to treat the
Contract as repudiated by the Buyer and determined if the Buyer has not,
within 7 days of receiving written notice from the Company, paid all
sums due to the Company.
(e) If the Buyer shall have a receiving order made against them, or
enter into any composition or arrangement with their creditors, or if
being an incorporated company shall have a receiver appointed, or shall
pass a resolution for winding up or a court shall make an order to that
effect, or if there shall be any breach by the Buyer of any terms or
conditions hereof, the Company may, without prejudice to its other rights
or remedies, defer or cancel any further deliveries.
(f) The Company reserves the right to demand security for payment at
any time before continuing with or delivering any order.
(g) All payments are to be made in GBP Sterling.
9. Title in the Goods
Risk in the Goods shall pass to the Buyer when the Goods are delivered.
Notwithstanding risk in the Goods passing to the Buyer on delivery,
title in the Goods shall not pass to the Buyer until;
Full payment being received by the Company for the Goods and no other
amounts then being outstanding from the Buyer to the Company in respect
of other Goods supplied by the Company.
Before title has passed to the Buyer and, without prejudice to any of
its other rights, the Company shall have the unqualified right to recover
or resell the Goods or any of them and may enter upon the Buyer’s
premises or any premises where the Company reasonably believes the Goods
to be situated, by its servants or agents for that purpose. Should the
Buyer alter the Goods by subjecting them to any manufacturing process
or incorporating them into another product or mixing them in any way,
then the resulting product (“Altered Goods”) will pass into
the ownership of the Company until payment due under all Contracts between
the Company and the Buyer has been made in full.
10. Until Title to the Goods Passes
(a) The Goods will be held by the Buyer as bailee and the Goods shall
be kept separate from the Buyer¹s other Goods and shall be clearly
identifiable as belonging to the Company.
(b) In the event of the sale or hire of the Goods or Altered Goods by
the Buyer, the Buyer shall hold the proceeds of such sale or hire as
trustee for the Company.
(c) In the event of the sale or hire of the Goods or Altered Goods by
the Buyer in the ordinary course of its business, the Buyer shall assign
its rights to recover the selling price or hire charges from the third
parties concerned to the Company, if required to do so in writing by
the Company.
11. The Buyer’s power of sale shall cease forthwith:
(a) Upon written notice from the Company; or
(b) If a receiver or manager is appointed over any of the assets or undertakings
of the Buyer; or
(c) If a petition is presented for the appointment of an administrator
or a winding up petition is presented against the Buyer; or
(d) If the Buyer goes into voluntary liquidation or calls a meeting of
or makes any arrangement or composition with its creditors; or
(e) If the Buyer commits any act of bankruptcy or becomes unable to meet
its debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
Whereupon the Buyer shall continue to hold the Goods as bailee for return
to the Company and the Company shall have the unqualified right to enter
upon any premises where the Company reasonably believes the Goods or
Altered Goods to be situated to take possession of the Goods or Altered
Goods or such of them as remain.
12. Quality
Subject to clauses 5 and 6 concerning delivery, inspection and claims,
the Buyer acknowledges that he/she has inspected the Goods and satisfied
himself/herself from the inspection that:
(a)The Goods are of merchantable quality and
(b) The Goods are fit for his/her purpose in reliance on his/her own
skill or judgement, and that he/she has not relied for this purpose
upon the skill or judgement of the Company unless specifically agreed
otherwise in writing between the Buyer and the Company.
13. Description
All weights, measurements, dimensions, drawings, capacities, specifications
and other particulars contained in photographs, catalogues, price lists
or advertising material are approximate and any other information or
technical assistance given by the Company is given in good faith and
is for general guidance only. No information supplied by the Company
constitutes a warranty, guarantee or recommendation of the suitability
of the Goods for any purpose whatsoever.
If Goods are supplied in accordance with the Buyer’s specifications,
the Buyer shall be solely responsible for the specifications. The Buyer
acknowledges the Goods are fit for the purpose in reliance on his/her
own skill and judgement and that he/she has not relied for this purpose
upon the skill or judgement of the Company and the Buyer will indemnify
the Company against all claims by the customers of the Buyer and Sub-Buyer
in this regard.
14. Returns
Goods cannot be accepted for return without the prior consent of the
Company and compliance with the Company’s returns procedures.
A 30% handling charge will be made on all returns (Company errors and
omissions excepted). Carriage charges will be extra.
15. Guarantee
If within the guarantee period of a product any defect is discovered
in respect of workmanship, construction or material, the Company will
make good the defect or replace the defective part at its expense inside
normal working hours at the Company’s premises providing, written
notice is given immediately the defect is discovered and that, if required
by the Company, the part or complete unit is returned to the Company’s
premises carriage paid. Spares or repaired parts are delivered ex works
exclusive of fitting. The guarantee does not apply to defects caused
by incorrect installation, abnormal conditions of working, accidents,
misuse or neglects. The Company’s responsibility is in all cases
limited to the cost of making good the defect or replacing the defective
part at the Company’s premises inside normal working hours. The
Company excludes all liability for any consequential or other damage
or losses which may occur.
16. Proper Law
All contracts to which these conditions apply shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with English Law.
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