TERMS

Terms and Conditions

Amscreen terms

  • Terms and conditions of purchase
    1 INTERPRETATION

    1.1 In these Conditions the following words have the following meanings:

    “the Seller” the person(s), firm or company with whom an order is placed for the Goods by the Company;

    “the Company” Amscreen Group Limited, Amscreen House, Paragon Business Park, Chorley New Road, Horwich, Lancashire, BL6 6HG, England registered number 2754172

    “Contract” any contract between the Company and the Seller for the purchase of the Goods, incorporating the Order and these Conditions;

    “Delivery Address” Units 10 &11, Barrs Fold Close, Wingates Industrial Estate, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3XA;

    “Goods” any goods agreed in the order to be supplied to the Company by the Seller

    “Order” the Company’s official instructions to the Seller in writing to supply the Goods on these Conditions and where those instructions conflict with the terms of these Conditions those instructions shall prevail.

    “Warranty Period” a period of six (6) years commencing on the date of delivery.

    1.2 In these Conditions references to any statute or statutory provision shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that statute or statutory provision as from time to time amended, consolidated, modified, extended, re-enacted or replaced.

    1.3 In these Conditions references to the masculine include the feminine and the neuter and to the singular include the plural and vice versa as the context admits or requires.

    1.4 In these Conditions headings will not affect the construction of these Conditions.

    2 APPLICATION OF TERMS

    2.1 Subject to any variation under condition 2.2 the Contract will be on these Conditions to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions (including any terms or conditions which the Seller purports to apply under any quotation, confirmation of order, specification or other document).

    2.2 These Conditions apply to all the Company’s purchases and any variation to these Conditions shall have no effect unless expressly agreed in writing and signed by a Director of the Company.

    2.3 Each order for Goods by the Company from the Seller shall be deemed to be an offer by the Company to purchase Goods subject to these Conditions.

    2.4 By taking action against the order, the Seller will have deemed to have accepted these Conditions.

    2.5 The Company accepts no liability for any Goods delivered unless the order has been placed on its behalf by a duly authorised officer of the Company, and an official purchase order number has been generated. The order number must be quoted on all delivery and invoice documentation relating to this order. Failure to quote the order number will result in the non payment of any invoices raised.

    3 VARIATION AND CANCELLATION OF ORDERS

    3.1 The Company may vary or cancel any order in writing it has placed for Goods which has not yet been accepted by the Seller without penalty.

    3.2 The Company shall have the right to cancel an accepted order in whole or in part at any time for any reason whatsoever by giving the Seller notice thereof in writing. In such event, the Company shall (except where the order has been cancelled due to breach by the Seller) pay the Seller a fair and reasonable sum for all materials used and work done up to the time of the cancellation whereupon the property in such materials shall pass to the Company. The Company shall not be liable for any other loss including consequential or indirect loss suffered by the Seller or any third party as a result of such cancellation.

    3.3 The Company will issue Orders to Sellers as per the Company‘s requirements and the Seller must acknowledge each Order and the Estimated Time of Delivery (ETD) of the ordered Goods. The Seller commits to confirm the ETD date based on the real expected production date within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of Order.

    4 DESCRIPTION & QUALITY

    4.1 The description of the Goods shall be as set out in the order raised by the Company.

    4.2 The Goods shall be supplied in strict accordance with the order and any description or specification set out in the order or any quotation referred to therein and shall correspond with any samples or patterns and shall be of the quality, quantity, standard and description specified. The Company shall not be liable for any excess costs or charges arising from deviations from the specification or quantity set out or referred to in the order.

    4.3 The Goods should comply in all respects with the warranties given in clause 9.

    4.4 The Company reserves the right to reject any of the Goods which are faulty or do not conform to the quality, quantity, standard or description specified in an order. The Company may return any rejected Goods at the Seller’s risk and expense. The Company shall not be deemed to have accepted any goods until the Company has had a reasonable time to inspect them following delivery or, if later, within a reasonable time after any latent defect in the Goods has become apparent.

    4.5 Prior to delivery the Seller shall inspect and test the Goods for compliance with the order and in assessing their fitness for use the Company shall be deemed to rely upon the Seller’s skill and judgement. The Seller shall, if requested by the Company supply certified copies of records of such inspection and tests free of charge. The Seller will grant to the Company, its nominated representative or customer, a right of access at all reasonable times for the purpose of verifying product against specified requirements, checking progress and carrying out or witnessing and/or inspection procedures. Such tests and inspection as the Company may carry out shall not in any way diminish, affect or impair on the Seller’s obligations nor shall it preclude subsequent rejection.

    4.6 Any performance characteristics specified by the Seller in any tender, quotation or literature prepared by the Seller or specified in the Contract are of the essence and shall form part of it. The Seller will inform the Company immediately of any modification affecting the performance or essential specified characteristics of the Goods or any tooling associated with the Goods as found necessary during commissioning or manufacture. The Company shall not be bound to accept any modification unless it has agreed to do so in writing.

    5 DELIVERY

    5.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company the Goods shall be delivered to the Company’s Delivery Address noted in clause 1.1 above and shall be made at the time or times and in the manner specified in the order.

    The Seller commits to produce and deliver the Goods according to the contractual leadtime set out in the Order.

    The delivery is deemed to be completed when the Goods have been delivered according to the INCOTERMS stated in the Order.

    Seller shall fulfil the contractual leadtime for all Orders and undertakes that any dispute(s) will not affect the on time production and delivery of the Goods.

    In event of any variances in the Seller’s ability to follow the contractual leadtime due to seasonality, tool or assembly line maintenance, holidays, energy limitations or any other reason, the Seller shall issue a three (3) months prior written notice regarding the said variance or within adequate leadtime to ensure on time Order placement and Goods supply.

    5.2 Time shall be of the essence of this order. The Seller is aware of the importance for the Company of timely deliveries and recognizes that time is of the essence in every delivery of Product. In the event of delays, the Seller shall pay the agreed liquidated damages as follows. As from the second week of delay, Seller shall – if the Company so demands – pay liquidated damages by an amount corresponding to ten percent (10%) of the invoice price of the delayed delivery, plus 10% per each additional week, to a maximum, however, of thirty percent (30%) of the invoiced amount of the delayed delivery.

    5.3 All deliveries shall be accompanied by a delivery note showing the order number and in the case of part delivery the outstanding balance remaining to be delivered. The Goods shall be properly marked and shall be appropriately packed and protected against damage and deterioration in transit.

    5.4 In the event of the Goods not being made available on the date(s) specified in the order the Company will retain the right to cancel the order without penalty. The Company reserves the right to make alternative delivery arrangements and claim an allowance equal to any carriage charge incurred.

    6 REJECTION & CANCELLATION

    6.1 If, throughout the Warranty Period, the Goods do not comply with, any warranty given by the Seller in respect of the Goods whether under the Contract (including without limitation under clause 9) or otherwise, or, the Order, or, any of the Conditions of the Order are broken or not complied with by the Seller, or it is clear that the Seller will be unable to perform its part of the Order, the Company shall at its sole discretion be entitled to reject the Goods and/or cancel the Order (not withstanding that the property in the Amscreen Group Limited Last updated – 1 Feb 2017 Standard Terms & Conditions of Purchase Goods may have passed) by giving written notice to the Seller. Without prejudice of any rights that the Company may have by statute, common law or otherwise, the Company may elect any one or more of the following provisions where appropriate to apply:

    6.1.1 The Company may return to the Seller (at the Seller’s risk and expense) any rejected Goods or any Goods already delivered which, by reason of nondelivery of the balance are not reasonably capable of use by the Company. Alternatively, the Company may require the Seller to collect the same;

    6.1.2 The Company may at its discretion require the Seller (within a period of seven days) to either restore or rectify the Goods to its satisfaction at the Seller’s expense or to replace (within a period of 7 days) any Goods so rejected upon the same conditions as herein stated;

    6.1.3 At the Company’s sole option, and whether or not the Company has required the Seller to restore or rectify the Goods, to treat the Contract as discharged by the Seller’s breach and require the repayment of any part of the price for the Goods which has been paid;

    6.1.4 The Company reserves the right to carry out at the Seller’s expense such work as may be necessary to make the Goods or any part thereof comply with the Order. 6.2 In the event of an Epidemic Failure (as defined in clause 9.2):

    6.2.1 either party shall promptly inform the other party of the circumstances giving rise to the Epidemic Failure;

    6.2.2 the Seller shall:

    (a) within 24 hours of detection of, or notification of, an Epidemic Failure (or such other time period as may be stipulated by the Company), perform a root-cause analysis to identify the cause of such Epidemic Failure; and,

    (b) within 48 hours after the detection of, or the notification of, an Epidemic Failure (or such other time period as may be stipulated by the Company), provide the Company with a report detailing the cause of, and procedure for correcting the cause of, such Epidemic Failure (a “Remediation Plan”). The Company shall be entitled to (i) at the Seller’s cost and expense, instruct an independent third party to analyse and verify the root-cause analysis and cause identified by the Seller in its Remediation Plan and/or, (ii) amend or modify the Remediation Plan as it deems necessary and appropriate, to its absolute satisfaction. Upon approval of the Remediation Plan by the Company, the Seller shall promptly implement such Remediation Plan at its own cost and expense; and,

    6.2.3 without limitation to any other rights or remedies of the Company under the Contact or at law, the Company shall be entitled to invoke any of the rights and remedies set out in clauses 6.1 and 10.1 in respect of the Goods that are the subject of the Epidemic Failure. In addition, the Company may cancel or suspend any Orders for the Goods already placed by it until such time as the Remediation Plan has been implemented and the Epidemic Failure has been remedied to the Company’s absolute satisfaction. The Company shall have no liability to the Seller in respect of any cancelled or suspended Orders.

    7 RISK & TITLE

    7.1 The Goods shall remain at the Seller’s risk until accepted by the Company. The property in the Goods shall pass to the Company on delivery or when the Goods become appropriated to the Contract.

    8 PRICE & PAYMENT

    8.1 The price stated in the order is inclusive of all costs, charges and expenses including packaging, packing, transportation and insurance costs. No variation in the price of the Goods will be accepted for any reason whatsoever except with the prior written consent of Either, the Company’s CEO, COO or Head of Procurement and upon giving six (6) months' notice in writing.

    8.2 The Company will purchase the Goods at the prices specified in the Order. Prices shall be valid for each period of twelve (12) months. To avoid any doubts, the validity of the said prices shall commence on the date of the first purchase order of the Goods.

    8.3 The Seller must request any price changes at least six (6) months prior to the expiration of the then current twelve (12)-month period.

    8.4 Unless agreement is reached on the prices before the end of the then current 12-month period, the Company or the Seller may terminate this Agreement, in part or in whole. If the Agreement is terminated, the prices agreed upon for the prior 12-month period shall be applied during the six (6) month notice period.

    8.5 If the Company advises the Seller in writing of a genuine offer from another supplier to supply the Goods at a price (taking fair account of any differences in quality, in terms or conditions of supply or delivery) which is less than the price payable under this Agreement, the Seller shall have thirty (30) days to offer the Goods at the lower prices.

    8.6 The Seller undertakes that in case it has supplied during the term of this Agreement, to any third party, Goods of a comparable quality at a price more favourable than that applicable to the Company, it will adjust the Goods price to the Company such that it will correspond to the most favourable price granted to any third party. Such adjustment will apply to deliveries to the Company during such period in which the most favourable price has been granted to a third party.

    8.7 Should the Parties agree on any changes to the Goods, including without limitation in design or specification, the pricing implications of such change shall be agreed, based on the previously agreed pricing structure, by both Parties and set forth in writing. The Seller is not entitled to any costs due to Goods changes, which have not been communicated in writing to the Company prior to their execution.

    8.8 The Company reserves the right to deduct from any monies due or becoming due to the Seller, any monies due from the Seller to the Company under the Contract or any other contract whether relating to the supply of goods or otherwise.

    8.9 Payment shall normally be made against the Seller’s valid and approved invoices one hundred and twenty (120) days at the end of the month following the month of invoice.

    8.10 Seller’s invoices should be delivered to the address of the Company noted in clause 1.1 above.

    9 WARRANTY

    9.1 The Seller warrants to the Company that throughout the Warranty Period the Goods:-

    9.1.1 will be of merchantable quality and fit for their purpose;

    9.1.2 will be free from defects in design, material and workmanship;

    9.1.3 will correspond with any relevant quotation, specification, sample and other details included in the Order;

    9.1.4 will comply with all relevant statutory requirements and regulations; and

    9.1.5 will not be subject to an Epidemic Failure (as defined in clause 9.2).

    9.2 For the purposes of these Conditions, “Epidemic Failure” shall mean Failures in respect of the Goods that are caused by, either

    (a) the same component part or defect and such Failures occur in respect of five percent (5%) or more of the Goods supplied by the Seller to the Company under any one Order or,

    (b) any component or defect and such Failures occur in respect of ten percent (10%) or more of the Goods supplied by the Seller to the Company under any one Order. “Failure” shall mean any Good(s) supplied that do not comply with the warranties given by the Seller in respect of the Goods (including under this clause 9) or that otherwise do not comply with terms of the Contract.

    10 INDEMNITY

    10.1 The Seller shall indemnify keep indemnified and hold harmless the Company in full and on demand against all liability, loss, damages, costs and expenses (including but not limited to any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit, loss of reputation and all interest, penalties, and legal expenses (calculated on a full indemnity basis) and all other professional costs and expenses) awarded against, suffered or incurred or paid by the Company, or for which the Company may be held liable to third parties, as a result of or in connection with:

    (a) breach of any warranty given by the Seller in relation to the Goods whether under the Contract or otherwise;

    (b) an Epidemic Failure and/or any product recall that is required to be initiated by the Company due to a breach of any warranty given by the Seller in relation to the Goods;

    (c) claims in respect of breach of any statutory duty;

    (d) any act or omission of any of the Seller’s personnel in connection with the supply, delivery or installation of the Goods;

    (e) any claim that the Goods infringe, or that their use or resale infringes any patent, trade or service mark (whether or not registered), trade name, registered design, copyright, unregistered design right, or other intellectual property right belonging to any third party;

    (f) any claim made against the Company by a third party, including for death, personal injury or loss, destruction and/or damage to property howsoever caused, arising out of or in connection with, defective Goods, to the extent Amscreen Group Limited Last updated – 1 Feb 2017 Standard Terms & Conditions of Purchase that the defect in the Goods is attributable to the acts or omissions of the Seller.

    11 CONFIDENTIALITY

    11.1 This order and the subject matter thereof shall be treated us confidential between the parties and shall not be disclosed or publicised to any third party for any reason without the Company’s prior written consent.

    11.2 The Seller will not use the Company’s name or other identity for advertising or publicity purposes without the prior written consent of the Company.

    11.3 The Seller will not copy, publicise or make available to any third party any drawings, patterns, tooling of any kind, written instructions, specifications, software and other technical papers supplied by the Company or produced by the Seller at the Company’s cost for the purposes of this Order or Contract and the same shall remain the Company’s property, and must be returned to the Company on demand free of charge.

    12 ASSIGNMENT

    12.1 The Seller shall not be entitled to assign, novate or otherwise transfer the Contract or any part of it without the prior written consent of the Company.

    13 FORCE MAJEURE

    13.1 Neither the Seller nor the Company shall be liable to the other or be deemed to be in breach of the Contract by reason of any delay in performing or failure to perform any of their respective obligations in relation to the provision of the Goods if the delay or failure was beyond that party’s reasonable control. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the following shall be regarded as causes beyond either party’s reasonable control, accident, civil commotion, riot, war, fire, lockouts, strikes, industrial disputes (whether involving employees of the Company, the Seller or a third party), acts of God, explosions, floods, or restrictions, prohibitions or measures of any kind on the part of any governmental, parliamentary or local authority (an Event of Force Majeure).

    13.2 If an Event of Force Majeure results in the Seller being unable to comply with these Conditions or with the terms of the order, the Company may cancel the order without penalty and all amounts paid under the order will be repaid to the Company.

    14 TERMINATION

    14.1 The Company may (by notice in writing to the Seller), without prejudice to any of its other rights, stop any Goods in transit and/or suspend further deliveries of Goods and immediately terminate any order or Contract if:

    14.1.1 the Seller has a bankruptcy order made against him or makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors, or otherwise takes the benefit of any Act for the time being in force for the relief of insolvent debtors, or (being a body corporate) convenes a meeting of creditors (whether formal or informal), or enters into liquidation (whether voluntary or compulsory) except a solvent voluntary liquidation for the purpose only of reconstruction or amalgamation, or has a receiver and/or manager, administrator or administrative receiver appointed of its undertaking or any part thereof, or a resolution is passed or a petition presented to any court for the winding up of the Seller, or any proceedings are commenced relating to the insolvency or possible insolvency of the Seller; or

    14.1.2 the Seller suffers or allows any execution, whether legal or equitable, to be levied on its property or obtained against him/it, or fails to observe/perform any of its obligations under the contract or any other contract between the Company and the Seller, or is unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or the Seller ceases to trade; or

    14.1.3 the Seller encumbers or in any way charges any of the Goods; or

    14.1.4 the Seller takes or suffers analogous action or proceedings or becomes insolvent under foreign law; or

    14.1.5 the Seller commits any material breach of Contract between the Company and the Seller; or

    14.1.6 the Seller fails to pay any sum due on the due date or in any other manner.

    14.2 Conditions 4.5, 4.6, 9, 10, 11 and 16 shall survive termination of the Contract as shall any provisions which are expressed, or by implication are intended, to survive termination of this Contract.

    15 EQUIPMENT ON LOAN & INSURANCE

    15.1 The Seller will insure to their full value any goods, tools, material and any other property provided by or through the Company to the Seller for the Seller’s use while they are in the Seller’s possession or in the possession of any carrier employed by the Seller.

    15.2 The Seller shall be responsible for the safe keeping of any equipment issued or tooling procured by the Company to the Seller’s personnel on free loan and also for its maintenance in good working order.
  • Terms and conditions of sale
    1 INTERPRETATION

    1.1 In these Conditions the following words have the following meanings:

    “the Buyer” the person(s), firm or company who purchases the Goods from the Company;

    “the Company” Amscreen, a trading division of Amscreen Group Limited, Amscreen House, Paragon Business Park, Chorley New Road, Horwich, BL6 6HG, England

    “Contract” any contract between the Company and the Buyer for the sale and purchase of the Goods, incorporating these conditions;

    “Delivery Point” the place where delivery of the Goods is to take place under condition 4 as specified in the Buyer’s order, unless otherwise agreed in writing;

    “Firmware” the controlling software for any particular item of Goods

    “Goods” any goods agreed in the Contract to be supplied to the Buyer by the Company (including without limitation any software and or Firmware, and any part or parts of them).

    “Intellectual Property” such copyright, design rights, domain names, database rights, semi-conductor topographical rights, patents, trade marks, service marks, registered designs or any applications thereof, and all other intellectual or industrial property rights of a similar nature as the Company may have in any of the Goods, including rights of ownership or licensee rights granted to the Company by any owner of Intellectual Property

    “Working Day” any day from Monday to Friday upon which the Company is open for business, excluding weekends and any statutory or bank holidays in England.

    1.2 In these Conditions references to any statute or statutory provision shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that statute or statutory provision as from time to time amended, consolidated, modified, extended, re-enacted or replaced.

    1.3 In these Conditions references to the masculine include the feminine and the neuter and to the singular include the plural and vice versa as the context admits or requires.

    1.4 In these Conditions headings will not affect the construction of these Conditions.

    2 APPLICATION OF TERMS

    2.1 Subject to any variation under condition

    2.3 the Contract will be on these Conditions to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions (including any terms or conditions which the Buyer purports to apply under any purchase order, confirmation of order, specification or other document).

    2.2 No terms or conditions endorsed upon, delivered with or contained in the Buyer’s purchase order, confirmation of order, specification or other document will form part of the Contract simply as a result of such document being referred to in the Contract.

    2.3 These Conditions apply to all the Company’s sales and any variation to these Conditions and any representations about the Goods shall have no effect unless expressly agreed in writing and signed by a Director of the Company.

    2.4 No quotation made by the Company shall constitute an offer.

    2.5 Each order for Goods by the Buyer from the Company shall be deemed to be an offer by the Buyer to purchase Goods subject to these Conditions.

    2.6 No order placed by the Buyer shall be deemed to be accepted by the Company until earlier of issue of a written acknowledgement of order or when the Company delivers the Goods to the Buyer.

    2.7 The Buyer must ensure that the terms of its order are in writing on the Buyer’s official order form and are complete and accurate.

    2.8 For certain Goods whose details are available from the Company from time to time, the Buyer shall place all orders at least 12 weeks before the Buyer’s desired date for delivery, unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Buyer and the Company.

    2.9 No variation to an order will be accepted by the Company unless it is complies with and is submitted in accordance with the provisions of condition 3.

    2.10 Any quotation is given on the basis that no contract will come into existence until the earlier of issue of a written acknowledgement of order or when the Company delivers the Goods to the Buyer. Any quotation is valid for the period marked on the quotation, provided that the Company has not previously withdrawn it. Any quotation may be withdrawn or revised by the Company at any time prior to delivery of the Goods.

    3 VARIATION OF ORDERS

    3.1 The Buyer may vary any order in writing it has placed for Goods which has not yet been accepted by the Company without penalty.

    3.2 The Buyer may vary any order in writing it has placed for Goods which has been accepted by the Company, without penalty, to:

    3.2.1 Delay delivery, where at least 60 days notice in writing is given to the Company before the target delivery date set out in the order; or

    3.3 The Buyer may only vary any given order under condition 3.1 once, and shall not be permitted any further variations.

    4 DESCRIPTION & USE

    4.1 The description of the Goods shall be as set out in the order accepted by the Company.

    4.2 All drawings, descriptive matter, general specifications, performance figures, and advertising issued by the Company and any descriptions or illustrations contained in the Company’s catalogues or brochures are issued or published for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Goods described in them. They will not form part of the Contract.

    4.3 Any oral representations made by the Company’s employees in connection with the Goods or their performance are for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Goods, and shall not form part of the Contract.

    4.4 No representations made in connection with the Goods shall be binding on the company unless made in writing and signed by a Director of the Company.

    4.5 It is the Buyer’s responsibility to ensure that its own installation arrangements for the Goods are correct and appropriate and the Company shall not be liable for any advice given in connection with such fitting unless made in writing and signed by a Director of the Company.

    4.6 The Buyer shall not use the Goods for, or permit the Goods to be used for, any life dependant or medical application as they are not fault tolerant and are not designed, manufactured or intended for use as online control equipment in hazardous environments requiring fail-safe performance, including but not limited to the operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation or communication systems, air traffic control, direct life support machines or other medical equipment, or weapons systems, in which the failure of the Goods could directly lead to death, personal injury or severe physical or environmental damage.

    5 DELIVERY

    5.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company the Delivery Point shall be at the Company’s place of business.

    5.2 Delivery shall take place at the Delivery Point.

    5.3 The Buyer shall arrange its own freight or carriage and insurance during transit for the Goods from the Delivery Point to the Buyer’s premises.

    5.4 The Buyer shall provide at its own expense at the Delivery Point adequate and appropriate equipment and manual labour for the loading or unloading the Goods, and upon taking delivery of the Goods will load them onto or unload them from any transport which bears or is to bear the Goods without delay.

    5.5 Where the Buyer so requests, the Company may organise freight or carriage and insurance during transit for the Goods under condition 5.3 or equipment and labour for the unloading or loading of the Goods under condition 5.4 on the Buyer’s behalf, but shall do so at the Buyer’s cost and risk, and shall not be liable for any losses which arise from doing so.

    5.6 The Company’s written acknowledgement of the Buyer’s order, or in the absence of such acknowledgement, the Buyer’s written order will contain a target date for delivery during which the Company will use reasonable endeavours to deliver the Goods.

    5.7 Any dates for delivery of the Goods, specified in accordance with condition 5.6, are intended to be an estimate only and time for delivery is not of the essence and shall not be made of the essence by notice. However, wherever the Company cannot deliver the Goods by the target date, it shall do so within a reasonable time (where a reasonable time shall be determined by the Company’s normal lead time for the sourcing, manufacture and distribution of the Goods in question at that time).

    5.8 Subject to the other provisions of these Conditions the Company will not be liable for any loss (including loss of profit), costs, damages, charges or expenses caused directly or indirectly by any delay in the delivery of the Goods (even if caused by the Company’s negligence), nor will any delay entitle the Buyer to terminate or rescind the Contract unless such delay exceeds 20 Working Days.

    5.9 If for any reason the Buyer will not accept delivery of any of the Goods when they are ready for delivery, or the Company is unable to deliver the Goods on time because the Buyer has not provided appropriate instructions, documents, licences or authorisations:

    5.9.1 risk in the Goods will pass to the Buyer (including for loss or damage caused by the Company’s negligence);

    5.9.2 the Goods will be deemed for the purposes of the Contract to have been delivered; and

    5.9.3 the Company may store the Goods until delivery whereupon the Buyer will be liable for all related costs and expenses (including without limitation storage and insurance). If the Buyer does not take delivery of the Goods within 30 days of the date of deemed delivery, the Company may sell the Goods at the market rate and the Buyer shall pay any shortfall between the proceeds of such sale less all related costs and expenses made and the order price of the Goods.

    5.10 Where the Company is to deliver the Goods in instalments, each such instalment shall be deemed to be the subject of a separate Contract and no damage, non delivery, or shortage in relation to any such instalment shall entitle the Buyer to any remedies in relation to any other instalment or Contract.

    5.11 The quantity of any consignment of Goods as recorded by the Company upon despatch from the Company’s place of business shall be conclusive evidence of the quantity received by the Buyer on delivery unless the Buyer can provide conclusive evidence proving the contrary.

    5.12 Any liability of the Company for delivery of the wrong quantity of Goods shall be limited to replacing the Goods within a reasonable time or issuing a credit note at the pro rata Contract rate against any invoice raised for such Goods.

    6 RISK/TITLE

    6.1 The Goods are at the risk of the Buyer from the time of delivery.

    6.2 Ownership of the Goods shall not pass to the Buyer until the Company has received in full (in cash or cleared funds) all sums due to it in respect of:

    6.2.1 the Goods; and

    6.2.2 all other sums which are or which become due to the Company from the Buyer on any account

    6.3 Until ownership of the Goods has passed to the Buyer, the Buyer must:

    6.3.1 hold the Goods on a fiduciary basis as the Company’s bailee;

    6.3.2 prior to fitting, store the Goods (at no cost to the Company) separately from all other goods of the Buyer or any third party in such a way that they remain readily identifiable as the Company’s property;

    6.3.3 not destroy, deface or obscure any identifying mark or packaging on or relating to the Goods;

    6.3.4 maintain the Goods in good condition insured on the Company’s behalf for their full price against all risks to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company. On request the Buyer shall produce the policy of insurance to the Company; and

    6.3.5 hold the proceeds of the insurance referred to in condition 6.3.4 on trust for the Company and not mix them with any other money, nor pay the proceeds into an overdrawn bank account.

    6.4 The Buyer may resell the Goods before ownership has passed to it solely on the following conditions:

    6.4.1 any sale shall be effected in the ordinary course of the Buyer’s business at full market value; and the Buyer shall hold such part of the proceeds of sale as represent the amount owed by the Buyer to the Company on behalf of the Company and the Buyer shall account to the Company accordingly;

    6.4.2 any such sale shall be a sale of the Company’s property on the Buyer’s own behalf and the Buyer shall deal as principal when making such a sale.

    6.4.3 The Buyer shall hold the proceeds of sale referred to in condition 6.4.1 on trust for the Company and shall not mix them with any other money, nor pay the proceeds into an overdrawn bank account.

    6.5 The Buyer’s right to possession of the Goods shall terminate immediately if:

    6.5.1 the Buyer has a bankruptcy order made against him or makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors, or otherwise takes the benefit of any Act for the time being in force for the relief of insolvent debtors, or (being a body corporate) convenes a meeting of creditors (whether formal or informal), or enters into liquidation (whether voluntary or compulsory) except a solvent voluntary liquidation for the purpose only of reconstruction or amalgamation, or has a receiver and/or manager, administrator or administrative receiver appointed of its undertaking or any part thereof, or a resolution is passed or a petition presented to any court for the winding up of the Buyer, or any proceedings are commenced relating to the insolvency or possible insolvency of the Buyer; or

    6.5.2 the Buyer suffers or allows any execution, whether legal or equitable, to be levied on its property or obtained against it, or fails to observe/perform any of its obligations under the contract or any other contract between the Company and the Buyer, or is unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or the Buyer ceases to trade; or

    6.5.3 the Buyer encumbers or in any way charges any of the Goods.

    6.6 The Company shall be entitled to recover payment for the Goods notwithstanding that ownership of any of the Goods has not passed from the Company.

    6.7 The Buyer grants the Company, its agents and employees an irrevocable licence at any time to enter any premises where the Goods are or may be stored in order to inspect them, or, where the Buyer’s right to possession has terminated, to recover them.

    7 PRICE

    7.1 Unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing the price of the Goods shall be the price in the Company’s acknowledgement of order, or in the absence of such written acknowledgement of order, the prevailing price shown on the Company’s standard price list on the date of order.

    7.2 The price for the Goods shall be exclusive of all taxes (including any value added tax) which the Buyer will pay in addition to the price when it is due to pay for the Goods.

    8 PAYMENT

    8.1 Following delivery of the Goods, the Company shall issue an invoice for the price of the Goods, and for any costs incurred under condition 5.5 in respect of such Goods.

    8.2 Payment of the price for the Goods is due within 30 days of the date of invoice in immediately available cleared funds.

    8.3 Time for payment shall be of the essence.

    8.4 No payment shall be deemed to have been received until the Company has received cleared funds.

    8.5 All payments payable to the Company under the Contract shall become due immediately upon termination of the Contract despite any other provision.

    8.6 The Buyer shall make all payments due under the Contract without any deduction whether by way of set-off, counterclaim, retention, discount, abatement or otherwise unless the Buyer has a valid court order requiring an amount equal to such deduction to be paid by the Company to the Buyer.

    8.7 If the Buyer fails to pay the Company any sum due pursuant to the Contract the Buyer will be liable to pay interest to the Company on such sum from the due date for payment at the annual rate of 5% above the base lending rate from time to time of the Royal Bank of Scotland, accruing on a daily basis until payment is made, whether before or after any judgement.

    9 WARRANTY

    9.1 Where the Company is not the manufacturer of the Goods, the Company will use its reasonable endeavours to transfer to the Buyer the benefit of any warranty or guarantee given to the Company.

    9.2 Where the Company is the manufacturer of the Goods, the Company warrants that (subject to the other provisions of these Conditions) upon delivery, and for a period of 12 months from the date of delivery, the Goods will be of satisfactory quality within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act 1994.

    9.3 As the Buyer is an expert in the particular field of technology in which it wants to use the Goods, because of the wide range of possible applications of the Goods by the Buyer which are not known to the Company on sale, or where the Buyer uses the Goods in a high risk application which breaches condition 4.6, the Company excludes to the fullest extent permitted by statute any warranty in respect of the fitness for purpose of the Goods. It is the Buyer’s responsibility to ensure that the Goods are suitable for the Buyer’s intended use and the Company shall not be liable for any advice given in connection with such suitability unless made in writing and signed by a Director of the Company.

    9.4 The Company shall not be liable for a breach of any of the warranties in condition 9.2 unless:

    9.4.1 the Buyer gives written notice of the defect to the Company, within 30 days of the time when the Buyer discovers or ought to have discovered the defect; and

    9.4.2 the Company is given a reasonable opportunity after receiving the notice of examining such Goods and the Buyer (if asked to do so by the Company) returns such Goods to the company’s place of business at the Buyer’s cost for the examination to take place there.

    9.5 The Company shall not be liable for a breach of any of the warranties in condition 9.2 if:

    9.5.1 the Buyer makes any further use of such Goods after giving such notice; or

    9.5.2 the defect arises because the Buyer failed to follow the Company’s oral or written instructions as to the storage, installation, commissioning, use or maintenance of the Goods or (if there are none) good trade practice; or

    9.5.3 the Buyer alters or repairs such Goods in any way without the prior written consent of the Company.

    9.6 Subject to conditions 9.4, 9.5, and 9.8 if any of the Goods do not conform with any of the warranties in condition 9.2 the Company shall at its option repair or replace such Goods (or the defective part) or refund the price of such Goods at the pro rata Contract rate provided that, if the Company so requests, the Buyer shall, at the Buyer’s expense, return the Goods or the part of such Goods which is defective to the Company. Where such Goods are in actual fact defective, the company shall refund the Customer’s reasonable carriage costs under this condition 9.6.

    9.7 If the company complies with condition 9.6 it shall have no further liability for a breach of any of the warranties in condition 9.2 in respect of such Goods.

    9.8 The Buyer shall obtain a return material authorisation number (“RMA Number”) from the Company (which shall not be unreasonably delayed or witheld) before returning any Goods under condition 9.6, and shall quote the RMA Number in all correspondence sent with and relating to such Goods.

    9.9 Any Goods replaced will belong to the Company and any repaired or replacement Goods will be guaranteed on these terms for the unexpired portion of the 12 month period.

    9.10 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this condition 9 the Company, whilst it shall take reasonable steps to check the Goods are free from viruses or similar man-made or introduced programs or bugs (together ‘Viruses’), does not warrant the Goods shall be free from Viruses and the Buyer shall be solely responsible for performing Virus checks of the Goods.

    10 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

    10.1 The following provisions set out the entire financial liability of the Company (including any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, agents and sub-contractors) to the Buyer in respect of:

    10.1.1 any breach of these Conditions; and

    10.1.2 any representation, statement or tortious act or omission including negligence arising under or in connection with the Contract.

    10.2 Neither party excludes or limits liability to the other party for death or personal injury caused by negligence or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation nor where liability cannot be excluded or limited as a matter of law (e.g. breach of any obligations implied by Section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (as amended) or Section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982).

    10.3 Subject to the provisions of conditions 4.4, 4.6, 9 and 10.2 above, all representations, warranties, and conditions whether implied by statute or otherwise are excluded from the Contract. In the case of representations, warranties, conditions implied by statute these are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

    THE BUYER’S ATTENTION IS IN PARTICULAR DRAWN TO THE PROVISIONS OF CONDITION

    10.4 Subject to conditions

    10.2 and

    10.3 above;

    10.4.1 the Company’s total liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation or otherwise, arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of the Contract shall be limited to the greater of the price of the Goods under the order which has given rise to the claim or the amount that the Company may reasonably recover from its insurers under any policy of insurance; and

    10.4.2 the Company shall not be liable to the Buyer for:

    (a) any indirect or consequential loss or damage

    (b) any loss of profit, loss of business, depletion of good-will or otherwise,

    (c) any costs, expenses or other claims for consequential compensation whatsoever and howsoever caused which arises out of or in connection with the Contract; and

    10.4.3 the Company shall not be liable for any losses of whatsoever nature which result from the Buyer breaching condition 4.6.

    11 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

    11.1 The Buyer acknowledges that to the extent that the Company has rights to the Intellectual Property used on or in relation to the Goods, such rights and the Company’s business and the goodwill connected with them are the Company’s property.

    11.2 For the avoidance of doubt, the Company does not assign any Intellectual Property in the Goods to the Buyer under the Contract.

    11.3 The Company, in so far as it is the owner of or is permitted to sub-licence the Intellectual Property, grants the Buyer a non-exclusive licence to use the Intellectual Property subject to the provisions of the Contract.

    11.4 The Buyer:

    11.4.1 is only permitted to use the Intellectual Property for the purposes of the Contract and only as authorised by the Company in advance in writing;

    11.4.2 other than to the extent referred to in condition 11.4.1 above, it has and will have no right to use or to allow others to use the Intellectual Property or any part of it. The Buyer shall not seek to register any Intellectual Property on behalf of the Company, or use the Intellectual property for any illegal purpose;

    11.4.3 will not use any trade mark or trade names or get-up which resemble the Company’s trade marks or trade names or get-up and which would therefore be likely to confuse or to mislead the public or any section of the public;

    11.4.4 will not remove, alter or otherwise tamper with any trade marks, trade names, logos, numbers or other means of identification on the Goods or the packaging therefor which come into the Buyer’s possession custody or control from the Company or a Distributor of the Company, whether any such trade marks, trade names, logos, numbers or other means of identification are the property of the Company or a third party, and will not place any trade mark or trade name of its own upon the Goods or upon any packaging or other materials used in connection with the Goods without obtaining prior consent in writing from the Company;

    11.4.5 will not do or omit to do or authorise any third party to do or to omit to do anything which could diminish, invalidate or be inconsistent with the Intellectual Property.

    11.5 The Buyer shall be liable for and shall indemnify the Company in full against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs (including any legal, professional and any other costs of whatever nature), and expenses suffered by the Company, whether direct or consequential (including but without limitation any economic loss and loss of profits, business or goodwill) arising out of any breach by the Buyer of any of the provisions of this condition 11, or arising as a result of actions or omissions of any of its officers, employees, agents or other parties acting on its behalf or in concert with it.

    12 ASSIGNMENT

    The Buyer shall not be entitled to assign, novate or otherwise transfer the Contract or any part of it without the prior written consent of the Company.

    13 FORCE MAJEURE

    13.1 The Company reserves the right to defer the date of delivery or to cancel the Contract or reduce the volume of the Goods ordered by the Buyer (without liability to the Buyer) if it is prevented from or delayed in the carrying on of its business due to circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Company (an Event of Force Majeure) including not limited to, for the avoidance of doubt:

    13.1.1 acts of God, fire, explosion, flood, epidemic;

    13.1.2 governmental actions, war or national emergency, terrorism, riot, civil commotion;

    13.1.3 lock-outs, strikes or other labour disputes (whether or not relating to either party’s workforce);

    13.1.4 restraints or delays affecting carriers or inability or delay in obtaining supplies of adequate or suitable materials; Provided that, if the event in question continues for a continuous period in excess of 90 days, the Buyer shall be entitled to give notice in writing to the Company to terminate the Contract.

    13.2 During an Event of Force Majeure, the Company may perform its obligations through a subcontractor, however if after 20 Working Days performance can still not be made, the Buyer shall be entitled to the extent necessary given the nature of the Event of Force Majeure, to obtain such of the Goods as it requires during the Event of Force Majeure from any third party during such period that the Event of Force Majeure continues. As soon as the Event of Force Majeure has ceased, the Buyer shall purchase from the Company the balance of the Goods under the Contract that have not been sourced from a third party under this condition 12.2.

    14 TERMINATION

    14.1 The Company may, without prejudice to any of its other rights, stop any Goods in transit and/or suspend further deliveries of Goods or by notice in writing to the Buyer, and determine any Order or Contract if:

    14.1.1 the Buyer has a bankruptcy order made against him or makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors, or otherwise takes the benefit of any Act for the time being in force for the relief of insolvent debtors, or (being a body corporate) convenes a meeting of creditors (whether formal or informal), or enters into liquidation (whether voluntary or compulsory) except a solvent voluntary liquidation for the purpose only of reconstruction or amalgamation, or has a receiver and/or manager, administrator or administrative receiver appointed of its undertaking or any part thereof, or a resolution is passed or a petition presented to any court for the winding up of the Buyer, or any proceedings are commenced relating to the insolvency or possible insolvency of the Buyer; or

    14.1.2 the Buyer suffers or allows any execution, whether legal or equitable, to be levied on its property or obtained against him/it, or fails to observe/perform any of its obligations under the contract or any other contract between the Company and the Buyer, or is unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or the Buyer ceases to trade; or

    14.1.3 the Buyer encumbers or in any way charges any of the Goods; or

    14.1.4 the Buyer takes or suffers analogous action or proceedings or becomes insolvent under foreign law; or

    14.1.5 the Buyer commits any material breach of Contract between the Company and the Buyer; or

    14.1.6 the Buyer fails to pay any sum due on the due date or in any other manner.

    14.2 Conditions 4.5, 4.6, 9, 10 and 11 shall survive termination of the Contract.

    15 GENERAL

    15.1 Each right or remedy of the Company under the Contract is without prejudice to any other right or remedy of the Company whether under the Contract or not.

    15.2 If any provision of the Contract is found by any court, tribunal or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be wholly or partly illegal, invalid, void, voidable, unenforceable or unreasonable it shall to the extent of such illegality, invalidity, voidness, voidability, unenforceability or unreasonableness be deemed severable and the remaining provisions of the Contract and the remainder of such provision shall continue in full force and effect.

    15.3 Failure or delay by the Company in enforcing or partially enforcing any provision of the Contract will not be construed as a waiver of any of its rights under the Contract.

    15.4 Any waiver by the Company of any breach of, or any default under, any provision of the Contract by the Buyer will not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default and will in no way affect the other terms of the Contract.

    15.5 The formation, existence, construction, performance, validity and all aspects of the Contract shall be governed by English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

    16 THIRD PARTY RIGHTS

    16.1 A person who is not a party to the Contract has no right under the Contracts (Right of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the Contract but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.