STANDARD
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE
SHOWERLUX UK LIMITED
1.
DEFINITIONS
In these terms and
conditions:
(a). “Buyer”
means the person, firm or company from whom an Order is accepted by the Seller
(b). “Seller”
means Showerlux U.K. Limited
(c). “Goods”
means the articles or things supplied by the Seller to the Buyer
(d). “Order”
means the order placed by the Buyer for the supply of the Goods
(e). “Conditions”
means these Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale
(f). “Contract”
means the Contract between the Seller and the Buyer for the Sale of Goods
2.
THE
AGREEMENT
(a). These
Conditions shall apply to all agreements between the Seller and the Buyer
relating to the Sale of Goods and to any deliveries made through the agency of
any company associated with the Seller
(b). These
Conditions may not be varied except in writing by the Director of the Seller
and in particular no Agent of the Seller shall have power to vary these
Conditions unless such variation is confirmed as aforesaid.
(c). These
Conditions shall override any terms and conditions stipulated, incorporated or
referred to by the Buyer in any order, correspondence, negotiations or in any
other way.
(d). No
Order is binding in the Seller until accepted by the Seller in writing by the
issue of the Seller’s official order acknowledgement notwithstanding any act or
statement of the Seller prior to such issue
(e). Subject
to clause 2(d) above acceptance of delivery of the Goods by the Buyer shall be
deemed to constitute acceptance of these Conditions
(f). The
invalidity of any term or condition herein will not affect the validity of any
other term and condition.
(g). The
rights of the Seller shall not be prejudiced or restricted by any indulgence or
forbearance extended to the Buyer and no wavier of any breech shall operate as
a wavier of any subsequent breach.
(h). If
the Buyer becomes insolvent or is subject to a Receiving Order or is in
Liquidation (except for the purposes of reconstruction or amalgamation) the
Contract shall immediately determine without prejudice to the Seller’s right to
payment and to recover any damaged suffered by the Seller regardless of which
party terminated the Contract
3.
CANCELLATION
(a). Cancellation
by the Buyer without the Seller’s written permission will entitle the Seller to
repudiate the Contract and retain any monies paid in advance.
4.
PRICES
(a). Unless
otherwise agreed in writing all prices quoted are inclusive of delivery to the
Buyer but excluding V.A.T. All
additional charges such as cost of carriage insurance, fees for export,
transit, import and other permits and certificates and all taxes and Custom
duties shall be borne by the Buyer
(b). The
Seller reserves the right to raise the prices of before delivery of the Goods
wage rates or the price of raw materials increase.
(c). The
Buyer shall not be entitled to make any deduction from the price of the Goods
in respect of set-offs or counter-claims unless approved by a Director of the
Seller in writing.
5.
PAYMENT
TERMS
(a). Unless
otherwise agreed in writing, payment for the Goods shall be due in full
together with any V.A.T. 30 days after the date of the invoice.
(b). Time
for payment of the price shall be the essence.
The Seller shall be entitled to charge interest on overdue amounts from
the due-date until payment at the rate of three per cent (3%) per month over
the rate of interest charged to the Seller or Midland Bank base rate whichever
is the greater.
(c). The
Seller in addition to all other rights shall be entitled to suspend further
deliveries, demand security for payment, cancel any allowance of further credit
and terminate the Contract in the event of:
(i)
any payments under the Contract (or any other
contract between the Seller and the Buyer or any other subsidiary or associated
company of the Buyer)not being made when due or
(ii)
the Seller in its sole discretion at any time
considering that the financial condition of the Buyer has ceased to justify any
such terms being permitted
6.
DELIVERY
AND RISK
(a). All
quotations and Contracts are for delivery of the Goods to the Buyer. Any delivery date is approximate only and
the Seller shall be entitled to deliver within 30 days after such dates.
(b). The
Seller reserves the right to make delivery at any address notified to the
Seller in writing by the Buyer.
(c). The
Seller reserves the right to make delivery by instalments each of which shall
operate as a separate Contract.
7.
PASSING
OF PROPERTY AND RETENTION OF TITLE
(a). Notwithstanding
delivery the property in the Goods shall not pass to the Buyer until the Buyer
has paid in full the price of the Goods
(b). Furthermore
the property in the Goods shall not pass to the Buyer unless and until the full
price of any other delivered goods the subject of any other business
transaction between the Buyer and the Seller has been paid. Such price and the price of the Goods shall
hereinafter together be called “the value” and shall where the context so
permits include in addition thereto any costs of repossession incurred pursuant
to paragraph (iv) of clause (c) hereof.
(c). Until
the value has been received by the Seller the Buyer will hold the Goods as
bailee on behalf of the Seller and the Buyer hereby acknowledges that there shall
accordingly subsist a fiduciary relationship in respect of the Goods between
the Buyer and the Seller. Subject
thereof:
(i)
The Buyer will store the Goods on its premises
separately from its own goods or those of any other person in such a way that
they can be readily identified as the goods of the Seller;
(ii)
Until payment as aforesaid the Buyer will take all
necessary measures for the protection of the Goods including the insurance
thereof against all the usual risks with an insurance company approved by the Seller
for the full replacement value of the Goods.
The Buyer will procure that the interest of the Seller is noted upon any
policy of insurance effected pursuant hereto and that a copy of the same is
supplied to the Seller on the creation thereof;
(iii)
The Buyer is authorised by the Seller to agree to
sell on the Goods at a price which shall nevertheless be no less than the
purchase price of the Goods here under subject to the express condition that
the entire proceeds thereof are held in trust for the Seller and are not
mingled with other monies or paid into any overdrawn bank account and shall be
at all times identifiable as the Seller’s money. The Buyer shall keep records (to be produced to the Seller
whenever required) of the name and address of any such sub-purchaser and the
date and contract price of each delivery and shall if the Seller so requires in
writing assign such claims as the Buyer has against such sub-purchasers as
emanate from this transaction;
(iv)
The Seller, may, at any time if payment is overdue
in whole or in part without prejudice to any other right arising pursuant to or
consequent upon this Agreement, for the purposes of recovery of the Goods,
enter upon any premises where the Goods are stored or where they are reasonably
thought to be stored and may repossess the same. All costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Seller in
connection with such recovery shall be paid by the Buyer;
(v)
It is declared for the avoidance of doubt without
prejudice to the generality of the foregoing that the Seller may recover the
Goods and payment shall become due if:-
(A) The
Buyer does or fails to do anything which would entitle an Administrator or
Administrative Receiver to take possession of any of its assets or which would
entitle any person to present a petition to wind up the Buyer; and/or
(B) The
Buyer passes any resolution to wind itself up or publishes a notice convening a
meeting of its creditors pursuant to section 98 of the Insolvency Act 1996 or
any statutory modification or replacement thereof; and/or
(C) The
Buyer if an individual has a Bankruptcy Order made against it or enters into
any arrangement for the benefit of its creditors generally
(d). Each
of the preceding Clauses and sub-paragraphs shall be construed and shall take
effect separately and in the event of one or more such Clauses or
sub-paragraphs being held ineffective this shall not affect the validity of the
remaining Clauses or sub-paragraphs.
(e). Certain
packaging and transport materials including but without limitation thereto
containers, cans, drums, crates, pallets remain the property of the Seller and
the Buyer shall return all such materials to the Seller without delay in a good
and proper condition. The Seller
reserves the right to charge the Buyer for any materials not returned.
8.
INSPECTION/SHORT
DELIVERY/NON DELIVERY
(a). The
Buyer is under duty to undertake a careful inspection of the Goods on delivery
or on collection as the case may be
(b). Where
the Goods cannot be examined the carrier’s note or such other note as
appropriate shall be marked by the Buyer “not examined” and returned to the
Seller
(c). The
Seller shall be under no liability for any defects or shortages that would be
apparent on a careful inspection if the terms of this clause are not complied
with
(d). Subject
to Clause 8(c) the Buyer shall notify the Seller in writing of any defects or
shortages within 14 days of delivery.
Deliveries of Goods subject to shortages or defects reported within 14
days of delivery and returned to the Seller if requested shall subject Clause
9(b) be replaced or credited at the Seller’s option.
(e). In
all cases where defects or shortages are complained of the Buyer shall keep the
Goods intact as delivered for a period of 14 days after receipt by the Seller
of notification under Clause 8(d) during which period the Seller its agents or
servants shall be given access to the Goods to investigate the complaint.
(f). If
any Goods have been subject to any process of manufacture or modified, altered
or used in any way after delivery then the Buyer will be deemed to have
accepted such Goods as being in all respect in accordance with the Contract.
(g). The
Buyer shall not be entitled to reject the Goods by reason only of short
delivery thereof.
(h). If
the Buyer does not receive any invoiced goods within 10 days of invoice, he
shall immediately notify in writing the Seller of such non-receipt. Should the Buyer fail to so notify the
Seller, the Seller shall not be liable for non-delivery of the goods and the
Buyer shall be liable to the Seller for any loss damage he may suffer in
consequence of their omission to notify their carriers or insurers of the
non-arrival of the goods.
(i). The
Seller shall have no liability to the Buyer in the event of non-delivery of the
whole or any portion of the goods caused directly or indirectly by Act of God,
elements, War, Act of Government, strikes or lockouts, fire, breakdown of
machinery, non-delivery or delay in delivery by the Seller’s suppliers of the
goods or materials required therefore failure of the Seller’s contractors to
execute or their delay in executing any work on the Goods, or any cause
(whether or not ejusdem generis to the foregoing) beyond the Seller’s
control. In the event of any delay in
delivery or delay in delivery due to any of the aforesaid causes the time for delivery
shall be extended to the extent of the delay caused.
9.
RETURNED
GOODS
(a). Subject
to Clause 9(b) a re-stocking cha0rge of 20% of the price of the Goods and a
standard carriage charge (applicable at the date of receipt of the returned
Goods by the Seller) shall be payable by the Buyer in respect of any returned
Goods other than those Goods returned to the Seller under clause 8(d). In the case of Goods either damaged by the
Buyer or not coming within the provisions of Clause 8(d) the Seller may in its
absolute discretion decide whether to accept the return thereof.
(b). No
credit shall be given or replacement made by the Seller for Goods which are no
longer packaging or which are no longer sold by the Seller on the date on which
the Buyer returns the Goods to the Seller.
(c). If
it is practical to repair and repack goods a quotation will be sent to the
buyer for acceptance or request for the return of their goods within six months
of the receipt of such quotation. The
Seller reserves the right to dispose of any goods not returned to the buyer
after that time.
10.
LIABILITY
(a). Each
of the sub-clauses in Clause 10 is to be treated as separate or independent.
(b). Nothing
in Clause 10 shall be deemed to exclude or restrict the Seller’s liability for
death or personal injury resulting from negligence or any breach of the Consumer
Protection Act 1987.
(c). The
Seller’s liability for other loss and damage resulting from negligence shall be
restricted to the value of the Goods which caused the damage.
(d). The
description of the Goods contained in the Contract is deemed to be exhaustive. The measurements, dimensions and weight
contained in the Seller’s catalogue is an approximate guide only and do not
constitute part of the description of the Goods nor do they constitute
representations by the Seller.
(e). The
Buyer acknowledges that the Seller’s catalogues, technical circulars, price
lists and other literature are subject to change at the discretion of the
Seller and that the Buyer does not rely upon the information contained therein.
(f). The
Buyer agrees to inform the Seller in writing either before or at the time of
placing an order with the Seller of any particular purpose for which the Goods
are being purchased. In the absence of
such written notification the Seller is deemed not to have notice whether
express or implied of such purpose.
(g). Save
as expressly stated herein in all Warranties and Conditions whether express or
implied by statute (including in particular Sections 13,14, and 15 of the Sale
of Goods Act 1970), usage, trade custom or otherwise relating to the quality or
nature of the Goods or their life or wear or fitness for any particular purpose
or use under any specific conditions are hereby expressly excluded.
(h). The
Buyer agrees that it will not make any representation regarding the quality,
safety or performance of the Goods to third party purchasers unless such
representations are specifically made to the Buyer by the Seller in writing.
(i). The
Buyer warrants that it will not make or allow any third party to make
modifications or alterations to the Goods otherwise than in accordance with the
Seller’s specific written instructions.
(j). The
Buyer shall indemnify the Seller against any liable suffered by the Seller
attributable to the act or omission of the Buyer or the Buyer’s agent.
(k). In
the event that the Seller is threatened with or involved in any legal action,
whether civil or criminal, (“the action”) concerning the Goods supplied to the
Buyer by the Seller:-
(i)
the Buyer will on receipt of a written demand from
the Seller make any of the Goods available to the Seller for inspection at such
times as the Seller may reasonably request and deliver to the Seller copies of
all documents in the Buyer’s custody, possession or control relating to the
Goods concerned which are relevant to the action.
(ii)
the Buyer will assist the Seller in avoiding or
defending the action or minimising the damage resulting from the action
including but not limited to tracing the ultimate purchasers of the Goods and
hereby irrevocably appoints the Seller as the Attorney of the Buyer for the
purpose of exercising for and on behalf of the Seller all of the Buyer’s legal
rights against handlers, carriers, warehouses, purchasers and other parties who
had contact with the Goods.
(l). Subject
to Clause 10(b) the Seller shall not be liable 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
Seller’s negligence).
(m). The
Seller’s total liability for all claims arising out of any one Contract shall
not exceed the Contract price.
11.
CONFIDENTIALITY
The Seller shall
during and after the termination of the Contract keep confidential all
information acquired from the Buyer or which becomes known to the Seller in
connection with the Contract or the Seller’s business.
12.
ASSIGNMENT
The Buyer shall
not assign the Contract without the written agreement of the Seller.
13.
GOVERNING
LAW AND JURISDICTION
The Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and all disputes arising in connection with the Contract shall be submitted to the jurisdiction of the English Courts.