1. GENERAL
All orders are accepted and goods supplied subject to the following
express terms and conditions (the Company's standard conditions of sale)
and, save to the extent that the exclusion or restriction of liability
may be prohibited by statute, all other conditions, warranties and representations,
expressed or implied and statutory or otherwise, except as to title,
are hereby excluded. Any order placed by a customer shall constitute
an offer to contract upon these express terms and conditions, and no
addition thereto or variation there from, whether contained in the customer's
order or otherwise shall apply unless expressly agreed in writing by
the Company's authorised representative.
2. DEFINITIONS
"The Company" means Procyon Limited. "The customer" means
the person or company to whom the Company may agree to sell goods and
in accordance with the Company's standard conditions of sale. "The
Goods" means the articles or things or any of them or any part of
them to be provided by the Company in accordance with the Company's standard
conditions of sale.
3. ORDERS
All orders are subject to availability of the goods and to written acceptance
by the Company's authorised representative. Any prior confirmation by
the Company by telex or telephone or other means shall be deemed to be
provisional only.
4. PRICES
(a) Catalogues, price lists and other advertising literature or material
as used by the Company are intended only as an indication to price and
range of goods offered and no prices, descriptions or other particulars
contained therein shall be binding on the Company.
(b) All quoted or listed prices are based on the cost to the Company of supplying
the Goods to the customer and if before delivery of Goods there occurs any
increase in any way of such costs in respect of Goods which have not yet been
delivered the price payable shall be subject to amendment without notice at
the Company's discretion.
5. MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATION
The Company will not be liable in respect of any loss or damage caused
by or resulting from any variation for whatever reason in the Manufacturer's
specifications or technical data and will not be responsible for any
loss or damage resulting from curtailment or cessation of supply following
such variation. The Company will endeavour to advise the customer of
any such impending variation as soon as it receives notice thereof from
the Manufacturer.
6. CARRIAGE AND DELIVERY
Unless otherwise specifically agreed prices do not include delivery
charges to the customer, and the Company reserves the right to levy a
charge for delivery to any destination advised by the customer.
7. PASSING OF RISK AND PROPERTY
(a) Risk in the Goods shall pass to the customer on delivery.
(b) Property in the Goods shall remain in the Company until payment in full
therefore has been made by the customer.
(c) If payment in full is not made in accordance with the Company's standard
conditions of sale the Company may require the customer to return the Goods
forthwith at the customers own expense and if the requirement is not immediately
complied with the Company shall be entitled at any time and without notice
to retake possession of the whole or any part of the Goods (and for that purpose
to enter the premises occupied by the customer and sever the Goods from anything
they are attached to without being responsible for any damage thereby caused)
without prejudice to any other remedy that may be available to the Company.
8. DEFECTS AND USE
Save as herein expressly provided and save to the extent that the exclusion
or restriction of liability may be prohibited by statute, the Company
shall not be liable for any loss of whatsoever nature or to whomsoever
or whatsoever caused arising out of the use of the Goods. The customer
shall indemnify the Company against all claims made against the company
by any third party in respect, thereof. Unless otherwise agreed.
(a) Where the Goods are rejected by the customer as not being in accordance
with the customer's order, the Company will only accept the return of such
Goods provided that it receives written notice thereof, giving detailed reasons
for rejection, within 14 days of receipt of the Goods by the customer, and
if such notice is not received by the Company within the said period of 14
days the Goods shall be deemed to have been accepted by the customer. The Company
will not consider any claim for compensation, indemnity, or refund until liability
if any has been established or agreed with the Manufacturer and where applicable
the Insurance Company and under no circumstances shall be invoiced costs of
the goods be deducted or set off by the customer until the Company has passed
a corresponding credit note and
(b) In the case of defects or faulty workmanship in the Goods or any part thereof
the customer shall not be entitled to receive any compensation, credit or refund
in excess of that received by the Company under any guarantee or warranty given
to it by the Manufacturer or the supplier thereof.
9. PAYMENT
Save as herein expressly provided, unless otherwise specifically negotiated
and agreed, all accounts are payable within 30 days of invoice date.
INTEREST ON LATE PAYMENT:
(a) If the Customer shall fail to make payment when due the Customer shall
additionally pay compound interest on all sums owing by it to the Company in
respect of the Goods at the rate of four per cent above Lloyds Bank Base Rate
from the date that payment of those sums was due under these Conditions until
payment thereof in full.
(b) This provision shall be without prejudice to any other legal rights or
remedies available to the Company if the Customer shall fail to make payment
when due.
10. DESPATCH
Any times quoted for despatch are to be treated as estimates only and
without prejudice, although every endeavour will be made by the Company
to adhere to them. Quotations or offers of goods ex-stock are subject
to the goods being unsold at the time of receipt of the customer's written
order. All despatch dates are calculated from the date of acceptance
of the customer's written order or from the date when all outstanding
technical details have been resolved which ever is the later.
11. CUSTOMER'S DEFAULT AND
CANCELLATIONS AND RE-SCHEDULING OF DELIVERIES
(a) If the customer shall make default in or commit any
breach of any of its obligations to the Company or if the
customer being an individual (or when the customer is a
firm, any partner in that firm) shall at any time become
bankrupt or shall have a receiving order or administration
order made against him or shall make any composition or
arrangement with or for the benefit of his creditors or
shall purport to do so if in Scotland he shall be made
insolvent or bankrupt or any application shall be made
under any Bankruptcy Act for the time being in force for
sequestration of his estate or a Trust Deed shall be granted
by him on behalf of his creditors or the customer being
an incorporated body any resolution or petition to wind
up its business shall be passed or presented otherwise
than for reconstruction or amalgamation or if a liquidator
or receiver or manager of such corporate body or its undertaking
property or assets or any part thereof shall be appointed
or if the customer shall be insolvent voluntary or involuntary
or shall be unable or shall admit its inability to meet
its commitments promptly as and when due the Company shall
have the right (without prejudice to any further or other
claims or right which the Company might have) forthwith
to cancel any uncomplicated order or to cancel or suspend
delivery and, notwithstanding any other provisions of the
Company's standard conditions of sale,. payments for any
delivery already made shall immediately become due.
(b) Requests by a customer for cancellation of any order or for re-scheduling
of deliveries will only be considered by the Company if made in writing, and
shall be subject to the written acceptance of the Company in accordance with
sub-clause 11(a) as aforesaid, or if cancelled or re-scheduled at the request
of a customer as aforesaid then the customer shall indemnify the Company against
all loss, costs (including the cost of labour and materials used and overheads
incurred), damages, charges and expenses arising out of the order and the cancellation
or re-scheduling thereof. In relation to orders for audio visual equipment,
which includes but is not limited to projectors, plasma screens and videoconferencing
equipment, the minimum restocking fee is 25% of order value due immediately
an order is cancelled in writing by the customer.
12. FORCE
MAJEURE
The Company shall not be liable for the cancellation by
it of any order or any unfulfilled part thereof or for
effecting partial delivery or performance if performance
by the Company is prevented or delayed whether directly
or indirectly by any cause whatsoever beyond the reasonable
control of the Company whether such cause existed or was
foreseeable at the date of acceptance of the customer's
order by the Company or not and without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing any cause shall be deemed to
prevent, hinder or delay the Company if the Company is
thereby prevented, hindered or delayed from fulfilling
other similar commitments whether to the customer or to
third parties.
13. NON STANDARD
GOODS
Unless otherwise agreed the Goods are supplied in accordance
with the Manufacturer's standard specifications. The Company
reserves the right to increase its quoted or listed price
or to charge accordingly in respect of any orders accepted
for products of non-standard specification and in no circumstances
will it consider cancellation of such orders or the return
of the Goods.
14. SEVERABILITY
If and to the extent that any provision or any part of
a provision of the Company's standard conditions of sale
is illegal, void or unenforceable for any reason, then
such provision or part thereof (as the case may be) shall
be deemed to be severable from the remaining provisions
or parts of the relevant provision (as the case may be)
all of which remaining provisions shall remain in full
force and effect.
15. WAIVER
The waiver by the Company of any breach of any term hereunder
shall not prevent the subsequent enforcement of that term,
and shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach.
16. SOFTWARE
(a) All software, including related documentation, is
supplied under license of the applicable proprietary owner.
TITLE OR OWNERSHIP TO SOFTWARE DOES NOT TRANSFER TO THE
CUSTOMER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
(b) It is the sole responsibility of the customer to comply with any terms
and conditions of license attaching to software supplied and delivered by the
Company and the customer is hereby notified that failure to comply with such
terms and conditions could result in the customer being refused a software
license or having the same revoked by the proprietary owner.
(c) All software delivered hereunder is supplied "as is" and the
sole obligation of the Company in connection with the supply of software is
to obtain and supply a corrected version from the manufacturer concerned in
the event such software fails to conform to its product description or proves
in any other way to be defective PROVIDED ALWAYS that the customer notifies
the Company of any defect or non-conformance to product description within
thirty days of the date of delivery of the applicable software.
17. INDEMNITY
(a) The Company will indemnify customer for direct physical
injury or death caused by defects in the equipment sold
to the customer or by the negligence of its employees in
connection of the performance of their duties under the
Agreement.
(b) The Company will indemnify customer for direct damage
to property caused by defects in the equipment sold to
customer or by the negligence of its employees
in connections of the performance of their duties under this Agreement. The
total liability of the Company under this sub-clause shall be limited to £100,000
for any one event or connected events.
(c) In no event shall the Company be liable for indirect or consequential damages
including but not limited to damages caused by loss of data and except as stated
in (a) and (b) above the Company disclaims all liability to customer for any
losses incurred by customer as a result of any negligence or other tortuous
act by the Company, its employees or agents.
18. ASSIGNMENT
Customer agrees not to assign or transfer the Agreement
or any of its rights herein without the prior written consent
of the Company. |