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Terms & Conditions of Sale
1. Definitions Used Within This Document
1.1. 'Customer' means the account applicant or person who buys or
agrees to buy goods from the Company.
1.2. 'Company' means
PaddiMac Rainwear Limited.
1.3. 'Goods' means any merchandise,
products, or replacement products supplied to the Customer from the Company in
accordance with these Terms and Conditions of Sale. This does not include
Samples supplied free-of-charge.
1.4. 'Writing' refers without
limitation to facsimile, email, telex, cable, letters and any other comparable
means of communication.
1.5. 'Contract' refers to the acceptance
of these Terms and Condition of Sale as defined within clause
2.2.
1.6. 'Conditions' refer to the Terms and Conditions of Sale
as stated within this document.
2.
Contract
2.1.
These Conditions shall apply to every contract entered into with the Company
except as varied by express agreement in writing by a Company Director or other
authorised person on behalf of the Company. Any Conditions proffered at any time
by the Customer and not accepted in writing by the aforementioned person(s) are
hereby excluded. Any typographical or other error or omission in any sales
literature, quotation or price list shall be subject to correction without
liability on the part of the Company.
2.2. The Customer's order to
the Company is an offer to enter into a Contract upon these Conditions.
Acceptance occurs and the Contract is formed solely upon the following
Conditions:
2.2.1. The Company despatching the Goods to the Customer;
or
2.2.2. The Customer notifying the Company in writing of its
acceptance of a quotation and the Company subsequently despatching to the
Customer its acknowledgement of the order; or
2.2.3. The Company
commencing work upon the order (whichever shall first occur).
2.3.
Contracts apply only to individual orders, useless otherwise stated or specified
in writing and authorised by a Company Director or other authorised person on
behalf of the Company.
2.4. The Customer shall provide to the
Company all information necessary to enable it to perform the Contract (as
advised by the Company); if it does not the Company shall use any additional
time required to fulfil the Contract as it sees necessary.
2.5.
The Contract cannot be cancelled by the Customer without the express written
consent by a Company Director or other authorised person working on the behalf
of the Company. If the Company agrees cancellation by the Customer, the Customer
with indemnify the Company in full against all expenses incurred up to the time
of cancellation together with a reasonable amount by way of liquidated damages
for breach of contract as specified by the Company.
2.6. These
Conditions are only applicable from the date of publication as given above. They
do not apply to any Contract made between a Customer and the Company before this
date. These Conditions will apply to all contracts made in accordance with
clause 2.2. by a Customer with the Company commencing from this date, with no
exceptions, bar any made in accordance with clause 2.1.
2.7.
Nothing in these Conditions will affect the statutory rights of any
consumer.
3. Prices and
Quotations
3.1. All quotations remain valid for 30 days
only, useless otherwise specified, and are subject to additional charges
mentioned in clauses 3.2. and 3.3.
3.2. Useless otherwise stated
all prices are exclusive of VAT and charges for printing, storage, packing,
carriage & freight, handling, and additional labour charges where deemed
appropriate. VAT will be charged at the prevailing rate at the time of
despatch.
3.3. The Company reserves the right to vary the price of
Goods without prior notice to take account of any variation in the cost of
materials, exchange rates, labour, duties and charges and taxes, transport
costs, insurance, printing and related printing costs, or any other related or
necessary costs between the date of the Contract and the date of delivery or
completion of payment.
3.4. The Company reserves the right to
revise and amend prices at any time prior to the despatch of Goods to reflect
any direct or indirect costs incurred by the Company in accordance with clauses
3.2. and 3.3. If the price has already been paid in full prior to despatch no
price revision may take place without the written agreement of the
Customer.
4. Payment
4.1. In
the case of consumer sales payment must be made in full before the despatch of
goods will take place.
4.2. In the case of other sales payment is
due in accordance with the terms of credit agreed upon entering the Contract.
Subject to satisfactory trade, banker's and other requisite references, and
where no other terms of payment have been specifically agreed in writing with a
Company Director, the Company's terms are cash payment in full to be made within
thirty (30) calendar days from the date of invoice. No discount or allowance
will be made unless specifically authorised by a Company Director or other
authorised person in writing.
4.3. Failure to make the full
payment shall entitle the Company at its option to treat the Contract as
repudiated by the buyer or to delay delivery until paid (in addition to any
other remedy). Interest will be charged on all outstanding invoices by way of
damages for breach of contract. This will accrue on a daily basis at the rate of
2% per month from the date at which payment of the invoice was due until
payment. The Customer will indemnify the Company in respect of all costs
incurred in the collection of overdue amounts.
4.4. Time for
making payment shall be the essence of the Contract.
4.5. The
Company reserves the right to demand security for payment at any time during the
course of a Contract.
4.6. The Company reserves the right to
postpone or cancel a Contract at any time until payment has been received in the
event that the Company has any reason to doubt the Customer's ability or
willingness to pay by the due date or the Customers credit rating with any other
party.
5. Samples
5.1.
Samples are used solely to allow the Customer to judge the quality of bulk
providing an indication only of type and quality of Goods and not so as to
constitute a sale by sample. The Customer shall take the Goods at their own risk
as to their corresponding with the said sample.
5.2. The Company
reserves the right to charge for samples. Samples are not for
re-sale.
6. Delivery
6.1.
Delivery times are estimates only and do not constitute the essence of the
Contract. The Company will use every reasonable endeavour to deliver the goods
by the stated delivery date, but may suspend or delay delivery and shall not be
liable for any loss whatsoever in the event of late delivery or non-delivery of
the Goods or any instalment owning to any occurrence beyond its control. The
Buyer shall not be entitled to refuse acceptance of late delivery or to treat
late delivery as breach of contract.
6.2. The Company will not
accept any liability for the late delivery or non-delivery of Goods from the
Customer to a third party, under circumstances aforementioned in clause 6.1.
This is considered to be the liability of the Customer.
6.3. The
Company may at its opinion deliver goods in instalments; each such instalment
will constitute a separate Contract under these Conditions and will be treated
by the Company to be so.
6.4. All prices for delivery given by the
Company are given on an ex works basis. Where delivery is arranged by the
Company to a location of the Customers discretion the Company reserves the right
to make reasonable charges for transport, packaging and insurance. The Company
shall use reasonable endeavour to provide the Customer with prior notice of any
such charges.
6.5. Delivery shall take place and risk shall pass
upon the earliest of the following:
6.5.1. The Company handing the
Goods to the Buyer or its agents at the Company premises; or
6.5.2.
The Goods leaving the Company premises for delivery to the Customer;
or
6.5.3. In the case of Goods supplied by at the time of a service
visit by the Company, upon the Company handing the Goods to the Buyer or its
agent at the Buyer's premises.
6.6. The Company shall be deemed to
have performed the Contract by the delivery of a quantity of Goods within 10%
above or below the quantity ordered and the Customer shall pay at the price per
unit quoted for the quantity of Goods actually delivered.
6.7.
Failure by the Customer to pay for any instalment or delivery when due shall
entitle the Company to withhold further deliveries and the Customer shall be
liable for any costs incurred by the Company relating to such Goods which the
Company is then entitled to withhold.
6.8. The Customer shall
notify the Company of incomplete delivery in writing 3 (3) working days of such
delivery or in the case of non-delivery within five (5) working days of the date
of the relevant invoice.
7.
Warranty
7.1. Subject to these Conditions the Company warrants
that the Goods shall be free from defects in workmanship and materials at the
time of delivery. Goods that do not conform to this warranty will, at the
Company's option, either be replaced or steps taken as the Company deems
necessary to render the Goods free from defects or take back the Goods and
refund or issue a credit note for the appropriate part of the purchase price
provided that the liability of the Company shall not exceed the purchase price
of the Goods.
7.2. This warranty is subject to the following
conditions:
7.2.1. The Customer provides written notification of
any defects in the Goods, and received by the Company, within five (5) working
days of any discovery of defect, and within ten (10) working days of
delivery;
7.2.2. The Customer affording the Company reasonable
opportunity to inspect the Goods and if so requested by the Company to return
(at the Customer's risk) the allegedly defective Goods to a specified address,
suitably packaged within 20 (twenty) working days from delivery of the
Goods;
7.2.3. The Customer making no further use of the allegedly
defective Goods after the time at which the Customer discovers that they are
defective;
7.2.4. The Customer has performed its obligations
hereunder including full payment of the Goods.
8. Customer Supplied Items
8.1. The Customer
shall be liable for all artwork, specifications and instructions issued to the
Company with orders or pursuant to the contract. The Customer will indemnify and
keep indemnified the Company against all loss directly or indirectly arising out
of error in or omission from such artwork, specifications and instructions, and
against all claims, demands and expenses whatsoever in respect of any
infringement or potential infringement of any patents, copyrights, registered
designs or third party rights and interests arising out of the Company's use of
said material.
9.
Liability
9.1. The Customer recognises and acknowledges that
all specifications and details in any sales literature, quotations issued, or
similar literature and documentation or by wont of word of mouth and all
forecast of performances, howsoever given, are approximate only and do not form
part of the contract.
9.2. The Customer recognises and
acknowledges that all Conditions and warranties expressed or implied by statute
and common law are hereby expressly excluded to the fullest extent permitted by
law and, except in respect of death or personal injury caused by the Company's
negligence, the Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage, costs,
expenses, or additional claims whatsoever resulting from, or in connection with,
the supply of Goods or their use or re-sale by the Customer.
10. Ownership of Title
10.1.
Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the Goods, or any other
provision mentioned within these Conditions, legal and beneficial title to the
property in the Goods shall not pass to the Customer until the Company has
received payment in full of all sums outstanding or owing from the
Customer.
10.2. Until such time as the Company has received
payment in full and the property of the Goods passes over to the Customer, the
Customer shall hold the Goods as the Company's fiduciary agent. The Customer
shall keep the Goods separate from all others, properly sealed, stored,
protected, insured and identified as property of the Company's. Until that time
the Customer shall be entitled to resell or use the Goods in the ordinary course
of its business, but shall account for the proceeds of sale or otherwise of the
Goods, whether tangible or intangible, and shall keep all such proceeds separate
from all other monies or property until such time as the Company has received
payment in full.
11. Force
Majeure
11.1. The Company shall not be liable to the Customer
whatsoever in the event that the Company is unable to carry out any provision of
the contract for any reason or cause beyond the Company's
control.
11.2. The Company shall notify the Customer as soon as
reasonably practicable after circumstances preventing performance arise. During
the continuance of such a contingency the company may, within is absolute
discretion withhold, reduce or suspend performance of its contractual
obligations without liability to the Customer for any loss or damage whatsoever
suffered directly or indirectly by any such withholding, reduction or
suspension.
12. General
Notices
12.1. All contracts in the end depend on the
willingness of the Customer and the Company to achieve mutual satisfaction.
Should any action arise from conflicting conditions not resolved amicably then
the Law of England shall be used as the interpreting Law.
12.2.
Each of these Conditions and each paragraph hereof shall be construed as a
separate condition. Should any condition(s) hereof be found invalid or
unenforceable or an unreasonable restriction of the Company's liability then
such provision shall apply to modify and amend these Conditions as may be
nece
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