Conditions of Sale.
1. ACCEPTANCE:- Although the buyer's acceptance of any quotation shall
be binding on him the Company reserves the right to rescind the Contract
at any time without giving any reason there for and the Company will
give written notice of such rescission to the buyer and shall refund any payment already taken but shall not be
liable to make any payment by way of compensation or damages.
2. PRELIMINARY WORK:- Work carried out whether experimentally or otherwise at buyer's request will be charged.
3. PROOFS :- Alterations including alterations in style and cost of
additional proofs necessitated by such alterations will be charged
extra. Proofs of all work can be viewed and downloaded from the website for the buyer's approval and no responsibility will be accepted for any errors not corrected by the buyer. The ownership of the proofs shall remain in the Company.
4. STANDING MATTER:-
a) The buyer's property and all property supplied to the Company by or
on behalf of the buyer shall be held worked on and carried at buyer's
risk.
b) Metal, film, glass and other materials used by the Company in the
production of type, plates, moulds, stereotypes, electrotypes,
film-setting, negatives, positives and the like shall remain the
exclusive property of the Company.
c) Type may be distributed and lithographic photogravure or other work
effaced immediately after the order is executed unless written
arrangements are made to the contrary. In the later event rent may be
charged.
5. ILLEGAL MATTER:-
a) The Company shall not be required to print any matter which in the Company's opinion is of an illegal or libelous nature.
b) The Company shall be indemnified by the buyer in respect of any
claims, costs and expenses arising out of any libelous matter printed
for the buyer or any infringement of copyright patent or design.
6. MACHINE-READABLE CODES:-
a) In the case of machine readable codes or symbols the Company shall
print the same as specified or approved by the buyer in accordance with
generally accepted standards and procedures.
b) The buyer shall be responsible for satisfying himself that the code
or symbol will read correctly on the equipment likely to be used by
those for whom the code or symbol is intended.
c) The buyer shall indemnify the Company against any claims by any party
resulting from the code or symbol not reading or not reading correctly
for any reason, except to the extent that such claim arises from any
failure of the Company to comply with paragraph (a) above which is not
attributable to error or failing within the tolerances generally
accepted in the trade in relation to printing of this nature.
7. PRICE:- Quotations are based and orders are accepted on current
prices prevailing at the date of the quotation or acceptance of the
order and are subject to amendment by the Company on or at any time
after acceptance to meet any rise or fall in costs, wages, carriage, raw
materials, variation in suppliers prices, foreign exchange rates or
import or other duty or tax between the date of the quotation/order and
date of delivery.
8. DELIVERY:-
a) Deliveries may, at the Company's option, be suspended, restricted or
delayed without the Company giving any reason there for and the Company
shall not be responsible for any loss due to such delay.
b) Should expedited delivery be agreed and necessitate overtime or other
additional cost or should work be suspended at the request of or
delayed through any default of the buyer an extra charge may be raised
and it shall be payable by the buyer immediately on notification.
c) The buyer shall inspect the goods immediately on receipt thereof and
shall within 10 days from receipt give notice in writing to the Company
of any matter or thing by reason whereof he shall allege that the goods
are not in accordance with the contract. If the buyer shall fail to give
such notice the goods shall be deemed to be in all respects in
accordance with the contract and the buyer shall be bound to accept and
pay for the goods accordingly.
d) The goods shall be delivered by the Company to the buyer in
accordance with these conditions and the buyer's written instructions
provided the latter do not conflict with these conditions provided
nevertheless that from the time of despatch thereof from the Company's
premises and until such delivery the risk of any loss or damage to or
deterioration of the goods from whatever cause arising shall be borne by
the buyer.
9. RESERVATION OF TITLE:-
a) The ownership of the goods shall remain in the Company until payment
by the buyer of all monies owed to the Company by the buyer (whether or
not having fallen due for payment), but the buyer shall be responsible
for any damage sustained to the goods whilst in his possession or care.
b) The buyer shall permit the Company, its servants or agents to enter
upon the buyer's premises to repossess the goods at any time prior to
the payment of all monies owed to the Company by the buyer (whether or
not having fallen due for payment).
c) The buyer shall have the right to dispose of the goods in the
ordinary course of business for the account of the Company and to pass
good title to the goods to his customer being a bona fide purchaser for
value without notice of the Company's rights provided however that the
buyer will stand possessed of the proceeds sale in trust for the Company
to whom the buyer will account but the buyer may retain there from any
excess of such proceeds over the amount outstanding under this or any
other sale contract between them, and the Company has the additional
right to recover the buyer's price directly from the buyer's customer to
the extent unpaid. If the Company avails itself of such right the buyer
agrees to be joined as a party to any proceedings and the Company shall
account to the buyer for any such excess as aforesaid less any expense
incurred by the Company in respect of such recovery.
d) The buyer's power of sale shall automatically cease if a Receiver or
Administrator is appointed over any of the assets or the undertaking of
the buyer or a winding-up order is made against the buyer or the buyer
goes into voluntary liquidation (otherwise than for the purpose of
reconstruction or amalgamation) or convenes a meeting of or make any
arrangement or composition with creditors or commits any act of
bankruptcy or allows execution to be levied against its or his goods.
e) For the purpose of this clause, the buyer hereby agrees to waive any counterclaim or off-set claim against the Company.
10. VARIATIONS OF CONTRACT:- Every endeavour will be made by the Company
to deliver the correct quantity ordered but quotations are conditional
upon margins of 10% being allowed for overs or shortage and the same may
be charged or deducted.
11. PAYMENT:-
a) Payment shall be taken at the time of order.
b) The Company shall be entitled to recover from the buyer any cost incurred in the course of collecting an overdue account.
12. CLAIMS:-
a) The Company cannot accept any liability for claims arising from
damage delay or partial loss of goods in transit: such claims must be
made by the buyer on the carrier direct.
b) The Company shall not be liable for indirect loss or third party
claims occasioned by delay in completing any work or for any loss to the
buyer arising from delay in delivery or transport nor shall the Company
be liable for defective work for any reason including negligence and
the Company's liability if any shall be limited to rectify any such
defect.
c) Any claims against the Company must be made within 10 days of delivery.
13. WARRANTIES:- All warranties and conditions expressed or implied
statutory or otherwise as to quality or fitness of any of the Company's
products or goods supplied by the Company for any particular purposes
are hereby excluded.
14. CARRIAGE:- All goods are sent carriage paid within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Eire (where orders are
over the required minimum levels) but if the Company is instructed by
the buyer to send goods by any other than its normal method of carriage
the difference in cost between such mode of delivery and the Company's
usual mode of delivery may be charged to the buyer's account.
15. GENERAL:-
a) These conditions may only be varied by agreement in writing signed by
an authorised executive of the Company and shall override any Terms and
Conditions stated by the buyer.
b) Goods are supplied subject to such additional Terms and Conditions as
are set out in the Company's price lists and/or invoices furnished at
or about the time of order or delivery of the goods and such terms shall
be deemed to be part of these conditions and, if there is a conflict,
to override these conditions, as if included herein.
16. FORBEARANCE BY THE COMPANY:- No forbearance or indulgence by the
Company shown or granted to the buyer whether in respect of these
conditions or otherwise shall in any way affect or prejudice the rights
of the Company against the buyer or be regarded as a waiver of any of
these general conditions.
17. FORCE MAJEURE:- The Company shall not be liable for failing to
perform the contract whether in whole or in part if the failure is
caused by inability to secure labour, materials or supplies, act of God,
riot or civil commotion, strike, lockout, fire, flood, drought, act of
Government or any other cause (whether or not similar in kind to all or
any of the foregoing) outside the Company's control and shall have the
right by notice in writing to the buyer to rescind the contract or to
elect or impose such variation in the contract as may in its opinion be
necessary.
18. LAW:- These conditions and all other expressed terms of the contract
shall be governed and construed in accordance with the Laws of Northern
Ireland.
19. THE COMPANY:-
a) All rights of the Company may be assigned by the Company without the further consent of the buyer.
b) All or any obligations of the Company may be assigned without further consent of the buyer.
c) The Company shall mean Victor Stationery (UK) Ltd.