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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.
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