Terms and Conditions

 

Terms and Conditions

1 Definitions

1.1 'Buyer' means the person who buys or agrees to buy the goods from the Seller.
1.2 'Conditions' means the terms and conditions of sale set out in this document and any special terms and conditions agreed in writing by the Seller.
1.3 'Delivery Date' means the date specified by the Seller when the goods are to be delivered.
1.4 'Goods' means the articles which the Buyer agrees to buy from the Seller.
1.5 'Price' means the price for the Goods excluding carriage, packing, insurance and VAT.
1.6 'Seller' means Ondrives Ltd.

2 Conditions applicable

2.1 These Conditions shall apply to all contracts for the sale of Goods by the Seller to the Buyer to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions including any terms or conditions which the Buyer may purport to apply under any purchase order confirmation of order or similar document.
2.2 All orders for Goods shall be deemed to be an offer by the Buyer to purchase Goods pursuant to these Conditions.
2.3 Acceptance of delivery of the Goods shall be deemed conclusive evidence of the Buyer's acceptance of these Conditions.
2.4 Any variation to these Conditions (including any special terms and conditions agreed between the parties) shall be inapplicable unless agreed in writing by the Seller.

3 The Price and Payment

3.1 The Price shall be the Seller's quoted price. The Price is exclusive of VAT which shall be due at the rate ruling on the date of the Seller's invoice.
3.2 Payment of the Price and VAT shall be due on the last working day of the month following the end of the month in which the Goods are delivered. Time for payment shall be of the essence.
3.3 Interest on overdue invoices shall accrue from the date when payment becomes due from day to day until the date of payment at a rate of 2% above National Westminster Bank plc's base rate from time to time in force and shall accrue at such a rate after as well as before any judgment.
3.4 If the Buyer fails to make any payment on the due date then without prejudice to any of the Seller's other rights the Seller may:
3.4.1 suspend or cancel deliveries of any articles due to the Buyer; and/or appropriate any payment made by the Buyer to such of the Goods (or Goods supplied under any other contract with the Buyer) as the Seller may in its sole discretion think fit.
3.5 Price are the Seller's ex works prices and where the Seller agrees to arrange for the Goods to be sent to the Buyer the Buyer shall be responsible for the costs of loading carriage and unloading.

4 The Goods

4.1 The Goods shall be manufactured and supplied in accordance with the description contained in the Seller's specification or in accordance with the specification provided by the Buyer in the form of drawings and/or patterns and in every case shall be manufactured in accordance with applicable standards which relate specifically to the Goods. The quantity and description of the Goods shall be as set out in the Seller's quotation.
4.2 The Seller may from time to time make changes in the specification of the Goods which are required to comply with any applicable safety or statutory requirements or which do not materially affect the quality or fitness for purpose of the Goods.
4.3 The specifications and designs of the Goods including the copyright, design right or other intellectual property in them shall as between the parties be the property of the Seller. Where any designs or specifications have been supplied by the Buyer for manufacture by or to the order of the Seller then the Buyer warrants that the use of those designs or specifications for the manufacture, processing, assembly or supply of the Goods shall not infringe the rights of any third party.
4.4 Where the Goods have been manufactured to the specification provided by the Buyer the Seller shall bear no responsibility for any defect in the design or dimension of such specification.

5 Warranties and Liability

The Seller warrants that the Goods will at the time of delivery correspond to the description given by the Seller. All other warranties conditions or terms relating to fitness for purpose, merchantability or condition of the Goods and whether implied by statute or common law or otherwise are excluded.

6 Delivery of the Goods

6.1 Delivery of the Goods shall be made to the Buyer's address on the Delivery Date. The Buyer shall make all arrangements necessary to take delivery of the Goods whenever they are tendered for delivery.
6.2 The Seller shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatever due to failure by the Seller to deliver the Goods (or any of them) promptly or at all.
6.3 Notwithstanding that the Seller may have delayed or failed to deliver the Goods (or any of them) promptly the Buyer shall be bound to accept delivery and to pay for the Goods in full provided that delivery shall be tendered at any time within 3 months of the Delivery Date.

7 Acceptance of the Goods

7.1 The Buyer shall be deemed to have accepted Goods 24 hours after delivery to the Buyer.
7.2 After acceptance the Buyer shall not be entitled to reject Goods which are not in accordance with the contract.

8 Title and Risk

8.1 The Goods shall be at the Buyer's risk as from delivery.
8.2 In spite of delivery having been made property in the Goods shall not pass from the Seller until:
8.2:1 the Buyer shall have paid the Price plus VAT in full; and
8.2:2 no other sums whatever shall be due from the Buyer to the Seller.
8.3 Until property in the Goods passes to the Buyer in accordance with clause 8.2 the Buyer shall hold the Goods and each of them on a fiduciary basis as bailee for the Seller. The Buyer shall store the Goods (at no cost to the Seller) separately from all other goods in its possession and marked in such a way that they are clearly identified as the Seller's property.
8.4 Notwithstanding that the Goods (or any of them) remain the property of the Seller the Buyer may sell or use the Goods in the ordinary course of the Buyer's business at full market value for the account of the Seller. Any such sale or dealing shall be a sale or use of the Seller's property by the Buyer on the Buyer's own behalf and the Buyer shall deal as principal when making such sales or dealings. Until property in the Goods passes from the Seller the entire proceeds of sale or otherwise of the Goods shall be held in trust for the Seller and shall not be mixed with other money or paid into any overdrawn bank account and shall be at all material times identified as the Seller's money.
8.5 The Seller shall be entitled to recover the Price (plus VAT) notwithstanding that property in any of the Goods has not passed from the Seller.
8.6 Until such time as property in the Goods passes from the Seller the Buyer shall upon request deliver up such of the Goods as have not ceased to be in existence or resold to the Seller. If the Buyer fails to do so the Seller may enter upon any premises owned occupied or controlled by the Buyer where the Goods are situated and repossess the Goods. On the making of such request the rights of the Buyer under clause 8.4 shall cease.

9 Remedies of Buyer

9.1 Where the Buyer rejects any Goods then the Buyer shall have no further rights whatever in respect of the supply to the Buyer of such Goods or the failure by the Seller to supply Goods which conform to the contract of sale.
9.2 Where the Buyer accepts or has been deemed to have accepted any Goods then the Seller shall have no liability whatever to the Buyer in respect of those Goods.
9.3 The Seller shall not be liable to the Buyer for late delivery or short delivery of the Goods.
9.4 The Seller shall be under no liability whatever to the Buyer for any indirect loss and/or expense (including loss of profit) suffered by the Buyer arising out of a breach by the Seller of this contract.
9.5 In the event of any breach of this contract by the Seller the remedies of the Buyer shall be limited to damages. Under no circumstances shall the liability of the Seller exceed the Price of the Goods.

10 Cancellation

Orders can only be cancelled, deferred or altered by the buyer, with our written consent for which we may charge for costs incurred.

11 Proper Law of Contract

This contract is subject to the law of England and Wales.