Conditions of Business 

 

1. Definitions 

 

1.1 The “Buyer” shall mean the corporate entity firm or person seeking to purchase the services and materials from the company. 

 

1.2 The “Company” shall mean Safeheat (Torbay) Ltd 

 

1.3 The “Contract” shall mean any contract for Good and Services made between the Company and the Buyer 

 

1.4 The “Goods” shall mean the products articles or things used by the Company in the course of its services 

 

1.5 An “Insolvency Event” shall mean 

 

1.5.1 (where the Buyer is a company) the Buyer convenes a meeting of it creditors or a proposal is made for a voluntary arrangement within Part 1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a proposal is made for a composition, scheme or arrangement with ( or assignment for the benefit of) its creditors or if the Buyer is unable to pay it debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a trustee, receiver, administrative receiver or a similar officer is appointed in respect of all or a part of the business or assets of the Buyer or a petition is presented or a meeting is convened for the purpose of considering a resolution or other steps are taken for the winding up of the Buyer or for the making of an administration order; 

 

1.5.2 (where the Buyer is a individual or partnership) the Buyer (or in the case of a partnership any of the partners) dies or is made bankrupt or is unable to pay his or her debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or a proposal is made for a composition scheme or an arrangement is made with (or an assignment for the benefit of) his or her creditors 

 

1.6 The “Services” shall mean any services provided by the Company to the Buyer 

 

1.7 The headings to the clauses shall not affect the construction of these conditions; 

 

1.8 The use of the plural shall include the singular and the use of the singular shall include the plural; and 

 

1.9 References to the masculine, feminine or neuter genders shall include each and every gender. 

 

2. The Contract 

 

2.1 These conditions shall be incorporated into each and every contract made between the Company and the Buyer and 

 

2.1.1 shall apply to the exclusion of any terms and conditions put forward by or on behalf of the Buyer; and 

 

2.1.2 shall not create any agency or partnership between the Company and the Buyer or any third party 

 

2.2 No variation or waiver of or addition to these conditions, whether written or oral, shall have effect unless and until authorised in writing by a manager of the Company 

 

2.3 Quotations and Estimates, whether written or oral, submitted by the Company shall be deemed to be an invitation to treat and not an offer 

 

2.4 Any order given in respect of a quotation or estimate must state the date, the reference of that quotation or estimate and address for works. 

 

2.5 Where Goods and Services are provided by the Company in circumstances which would give rise to a Construction Contract within the meaning set out in Part II of the Housing Grants Construction Regeneration Act 1996 then in the event of a conflict of terms the provision of that act and the regulations made thereunder shall prevail over the conditions set out there in to the extent necessary to give effect to that Act but not further or otherwise. 

 

2.6 For the purpose of The Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, these conditions do not create any right or remedy enforceable by any person other than the Buyer and the Company. This condition does not affect any right or remedy of a third party that exists or is available from that Act. 

 

2.7 Any Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) part numbers provided by the Company are given as a reference only, and no inference or implication beyond that of a useful reference tool should be taken nor is intended  

 

3. Time Limits 

Any time or date quoted by the Company for the performance of any Services is an estimate only, and the Company shall not be liable for any failure to meet any such estimate nor for any loss, whether financial or otherwise resulting directly or indirectly therefrom. Time is not and shall not be of the essence in relation to this condition or the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Contract  

 

4. Price 

 

4.1 Any price quoted by the Company is based upon current price ruling as at the date appearing on the quotation, but the actual price to be charged to the Buyer under the Contract shall be based upon such ruling price (less any discount allowed by the Company) current as at the date of invoice. In accordance with the terms of this condition, the Company shall be entitled at any time up to the date of the invoice to vary the price quoted to the Buyer. 

 

4.2 Unless otherwise expressly stated in writing, all prices are exclusive of, and therefore subject to the addition of VAT.  

 

5. Date for Payment 

5.1 The Buyer shall make payment in full within seven days from the date of the invoice. The Company understands and will exercise is statutory rights to claim interest and compensation for debt recovery costs under the late payment legislation if we are not paid according to agreed credit limits. 

 

5.2 Any delay or default by the Buyer in making payment in accordance with condition 8.1 shall render al sums owing to the Company on any account whatsoever including the costs of recover of such sums, due and payable forthwith without requirement for any notice to be given to the Buyer, and interest will be charged in accordance with condition 8.1 with immediate effect until the date of actual payment. 

 

5.3 The Buyer shall not be entitled to withhold payment of any amount payable to the Company by reason of any dispute or claim by the Buyer (whether or not the Goods or Services are to be provided by instalments and in such case each instalment is deemed to constitute a separate and distinct contract).  

 

6. Disputes and Set-Off 

Any liability of the Company under the Contract shall be subject to and conditional upon the due performance and observance by the Buyer of all its obligations under these conditions, and subject to these conditions, the Buyer shall not be entitled to withhold or delay payment or exercise any right of set off whatsoever and howsoever arising or arisen which might otherwise be available to it.  

 

7. Title 

7.1 Until payment shall have been made to the Company of all sums due to it under the Contract and/or under any other Contract between the Buyer and the Company on any account whatsoever, property in and beneficial title to the Goods shall remain in the Company; and 

 

7.2 The Buyer shall store the Goods separately from all other goods and products and in such a way that they can be readily identified as being the property of the Company and 

 

7.3 The Company shall at any time be entitled to appropriate any payment made by the Buyer in respect of any Goods and Services in settlement of such invoices or accounts in respect of such goods as the Company may in its absolute discretion think fit notwithstanding any purported appropriation to the contrary by the Buyer 

 

8. Termination and Suspension Without prejudice to any rights and remedies available to it, whether under the Contract or otherwise, the Company shall be entitled in its absolute discretion and upon giving to the Buyer written notice of its intention to do so, wither to terminate wholly or in part the Contract and/or any other contract with the Buyer or to withhold, vary or suspend performance of all or any of its obligations under the Contract or any other Contract in any one or more of the following events:- 

 

8.1 If any sum owing to the Company from the Buyer on any account whatsoever shall be unpaid after the due date for payment 

 

8.2 If an insolvency Event Occurs 

 

8.3 If the Buyer shall commit any breach of any Contract with the Company 

 

8.4 If the Company in good faith shall have doubts as to the solvency of the Buyer 

 

8.5 If the Buyer shall exceed the credit limit agreed between it and the Company from time to time on any account. The Company shall be entitled to require as a condition of resuming performance under the Contract in such circumstances, the payment of such proportion of the sums or sum outstanding on any such account by the Buyer or such further sums as the company sees fit in its absolute discretion to bring the Buyer back within its agreed credit limit 

 

8.6 If the Buyer refuses to permit or hinders performance of Services The Company shall be entitled to exercise its rights of termination or suspension hereunder at anytime during which the event giving rise thereto shall not have ceased or been remedied, and in the circumstances of any such suspension, the Company shall be entitled to require as a condition of resuming performance under the Contract, pre-payment of or such security as it may stipulate for the payment of any sum or sums die or to become due to it. Upon any such event happening the Company shall also have a general lien over all monies and property of the Buyer in its possession for any sums due to the Company. 

 

9. Warranty and Liability 

The liability of the Company is subject to compliance by the Buyer with all terms contained in this clause 9 

 

9.1 The Company shall make good by reimbursement of the whole or part of the price (and, where relevant, as a deduction from any part of the price remaining unpaid) or at its option by repair or by replacement any defect developing under normal use in the Goods and due solely to faulty design (except where the design is supplied by or on behalf of the Buyer), faulty materials or faulty workmanship provided that:- 

 

9.2 the Buyer shall be responsible for ensuring that Goods are fit for the purpose for which it wishes o use them and the Company gives no warranty (and none shall be implied) that the Goods are fit for any particular purpose; and 

 

9.3 the defect in question shall have appeared within 12 months (or such longer time period (if any) as may be provided for in any guarantee given by or on behalf of the manufacturer of the goods) after the buyer shall have taken possession of the Goods or performance or Services has been completed and shall have been thereupon promptly notified in writing to the Company; and 

 

9.3.1 any goods alleged to be defective shall be stored in a safe place by the Buyer until such time as the Company authorises their disposal in writing and 

 

9.3.2 any Goods alleged to be defective shall, if so required by the Company, be promptly returned at the Buyer’s risk and expense to the Company’s works for inspection, and the company shall in its reasonable opinion consider them to be defective solely by reason of faulty design materials or workmanship; and 

 

9.3.3 no attempt shall have been made by the Buyer or by any third party to remedy any defect before, if so required by the Company, the Goods in question shall have been returned to the Company for inspection; and 

 

9.3.4 the Goods in question shall have been serviced and maintained properly and in accordance with the Company’s recommendations and shall not have been fitted with any parts, components or accessories other than those manufactured or recommended by the Company 

 

9.4 Apart from such reimbursement repair or replacement the Company, its employees and agents shall be under no liability to the Buyer or to any third party for any injury, loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, howsoever and wheresoever arising or arisen, and whether direct or indirect, including without limitation any injury, loss or damage arising out of or incidental to:  

 

9.4.1 any negligence of the Company or of any of its employees or agents (except insofar as such negligence may result in death or personal injury);or  

 

9.4.2 the Company’s performance of or failure to perform or breach of any of its obligations, whether express or implied under the Contract or otherwise; or 

 

9.4.3 the supply, installation, repair or maintenance of any of the Goods; or 

 

9.4.4 any defect in any of the Goods; 

 

9.4.5 any advice given or representation made by the Company or on its behalf; 

 

9.5.6 any performance of any Services 

 

9.5 Save as set out in Clause 9.1 the liability of the Company arising from all and any claims relating to any single Contract shall be limited to a maximum sum of £50 in total or such amount (less the costs of recovery incurred by the Company) as the Company receives from the manufacturer of the Goods giving rise to the claim from the Buyer 

 

9.6 The Company shall not be liable for any claim relating to any breach of warranty, express or implied, brought after the expiry of the period of twelve months from the date on which the Contract was made (or, in the case of Goods, after the expiry of such longer period (if any) as may be provided for by or on behalf of the manufacturer of those Goods). 

 

9.7 The Company shall in no circumstances be liable to the Buyer for any economic loss, loss of profit, loss of business or like loss. 

 

9.8 The terms of this condition replace all conditions, warranty, representations, statements, liabilities and other terms whatsoever implied by common law, statute or otherwise, all of which shall accordingly be excluded to the extent allowed by law, and the Company shall in relation to the Goods and Services have no obligation to the Buyer, either arising by statute or in a tort or in Contract and whether arising our of any negligence of the company or any of its employees or agents (and whether under the Contract or under any other Contract), other than the express obligations contained in the conditions or in any other document expressly incorporated in wiring into the Contract. Accordingly it shall be for the Buyer to insure against any liability arising from the performance of the Service and from its use of the Goods. 

 

9.9 The Company shall use its reasonable endeavours to transfer to the Buyer the benefit of any guarantee in respect of the Goods available fro the manufacturer provided that the Company may in its discretion, elect to do so only at the cost of the Buyer 

 

9.10 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained the Company’s liability to the Buyer for:- 

 

9.10.1 Death or personal injury resulting from the negligence of the Company, its employees or agents 

 

9.10.2 Damage suffered by the Buyer as a result of a breach by the Company of the condition as to title or the warranty as to quiet possession implied by Section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1982; and 

 

9.10.3 Damage for which the Company is liable to the Buyer under Part 1 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987; shall not be limited save that nothing in this clause 13 shall confer a right or remedy upon the Buyer to which the Buyer would not otherwise be entitled 

 

9.11 The provisions of this clause 9 shall survive any termination of the Contract 

 

9.12 The exclusions from and limitations of liability set out in this clause 9 shall be considered severably. The validity or unenforceability of any one clause, paragraph or sub-paragraph of this clause 9 shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other part of this clause 9 

 

10. Indemnity 

10.1 If any process is to be applied to the Goods or the Services by the Company in accordance with a specification or direction (as the case may be) submitted by the Buyer, the Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against all loss, damages, costs and expenses awarded against or incurred by the Company in connection with or paid or agreed to be paid by the Company in settlement of any claim for infringement or alleged infringement of any intellectual property rights of any other person which results from the Company’s use of the Buyer’s specification or from the Company complying with the Buyer’s direction as the case may be. 

 

10.2 Where the Buyer uses the Goods or Services:- 

 

10.2.1 in the manufacture, supply or distribution of any other goods; 

 

10.2.2 in the provision of a service;then the Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against all loss, damages, costs and expenses awarded against or incurred by the Company in respect of such use by the Buyer arising out of a manufacture, supply or distribution of those other goods or the provision of that service. 

 

10.3 The Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless the company from and against all loss, damages, costs and expenses awarded against or incurred by the Company in respect of:- 

 

10.3.1 any liability which the Company may incur as a result of a claim against the Company by a third party under Part 1 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1987; 

 

10.3.2 any warranty howsoever given by the Buyer to a third party 

 

10.3.3 any loss caused by the Goods during transit 

 

11. Force Majeure 

The Company shall have no liability whatsoever for any failure to perform, or for any delay in the performance of any of its obligations under the Contract arising wholly or in part by reason of any factor beyond its direct control. 

 

12. Notices 

Any notice required to be given in writing under the Contract shall be given either by telex or facsimile or by first class post addressed to the registered office of the party for which it is intended