TERMS & CONDITIONS
OF SALE
1. GENERAL The terms and
Conditions of Sale outlined herein (hereinafter referred to as “the Contract”)
shall apply to the sale by Air Pumping Limited, trading as Air Pumping
Engineering Services Limited (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) to the
person, firm or company to whom the Company’s offer is made (hereinafter
referred to as “the Purchaser”) of products, equipment and parts relating
thereto (hereinafter referred to as “the Equipment”). Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the
Company, it shall be understood that the company proceeding with any work shall
be in accordance with the Terms and Conditions outlined herein. THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL PREVAIL OVER
ANY TERMS AND CONDITIONS PUT FORWARD BY THE PURCHASER, UNLESS THE COMPANY
AGREES TO THEM EXPRESSLY IN WRITING. NO
CONDUCT BY THE COMPANY SHALL BE DEEMED TO CONSTITUTE ACCEPTANCE OF ANY TERMS
PUT FORWARD BY THE PURCHASER. Unless
otherwise agreed between the parties, the Terms of Payment are net cash within
thirty days of invoice date. Unless
otherwise agreed, all prices shall be Ex Works prices
ruling at the date of dispatch. Nothing
in this contract shall affect the statutory rights of a consumer.
2. TITLE (a) Until payment in full has been
made of all sums due to the Company under the Contract (or in the case of the
Company accepting any cheque bill of exchange or promissory note, until the
same has been honoured) the property in the Equipment supplied by the Company,
even if affixed to other goods of the Purchaser or a third party, shall remain
in the Company. (b) The Purchaser shall be at liberty to sell the goods as
principal in the ordinary course of business, however the proceeds of any such
sale and the benefit of any such contract of sale shall be the property of the
Company and held in trust for the Company absolutely, provided always that the
Company may by written notice terminate the Purchaser’s power of sale at any
time if it appears to the Company that the Purchaser may go or threatens to go
into receivership or liquidation and at any time after the termination of the
power of sale, the Company may repossess the Equipment. If necessary the Company shall have the right
to enter onto the Purchaser’s premises to recover the Equipment or any part of
it.
3. RISK Notwithstanding that the property in the Equipment
may not have passed to the Purchaser as provided in Condition 2 hereof the risk
in the Equipment shall pass to the Purchaser at the time of first tender of
delivery to the Purchaser, his agent or carrier. In the event of any shortages, defects,
damage or other errors whatsoever in the Equipment existing at the time of
delivery, they shall be notified to the Company within two (2) days after delivery
of the Equipment in accordance with Condition 5. Strict compliance with this requirement is a
condition precedent to the Company being liable in accordance herewith.
4. ASSIGNMENT Neither party shall assign or transfer
this Contract without the prior written consent of the other party, except that
the Company may assign or transfer the Contract for the purposes of internal
reorganisation. The Company shall, in
addition however, be permitted to assign or transfer without the prior written
consent of the Purchaser the Company’s right to receive all or any portion of
the payment due from the Purchaser under the Contract.
5. DELIVERY & DELAYS Delivery dates shall be quoted by the
Company. Such dates shall be interpreted
as estimated only and in no event shall they be subject to strict compliance or
be construed as falling within the meaning of “time of the essence” or any
similar concept. Without prejudice, the
Company shall not be liable for loss, damage, detention or delay due to war,
riots, civil insurrection or acts of the common enemy, fire, flood, strikes or
other labour difficulties, including the Company’s own plants, acts or
omissions of the Purchaser, embargo, transport shortage, damage or delay in
transportation, inability to obtain necessary labour or materials from usual
sources, faulty forgings or castings or other causes whatsoever beyond the
reasonable control of the Company. In
the event of delay in performance due to any such cause the date of delivery or
time for completion will be adjusted to reflect the actual length of time lost
by reason of such delay to property. The
Purchaser’s acceptance of Equipment shall constitute a waiver of any claims for
delay.
6. TAXES All prices are exclusive of taxes
(including without any limitation any value added sales or similar tax), port
rates, transportation, insurance, custom duties, licence fees or other charges.
7. SET OFFS Neither the Purchaser nor any affiliated
company or assignee shall have the right to claim compensation or to set off
any claims against any amounts which become payable to the Company under the
Contract or otherwise.
8. PATENTS
The
Company shall defend any action or proceeding brought against the Purchaser and
shall pay any adverse judgement entered therein so far as such action or
proceeding is based upon a claim that the use of the Equipment thereof
manufactured or sold by the
Company and furnished under the Contract constitutes infringement of any patent
of a country where the Equipment is sold, or of a country where the Company is
aware at the date of the sale that the Equipment will be used, providing the
Company is promptly notified in writing and given authority, information and
assistance for defence of same, and the Company shall, at its option, procure
for the Purchaser the right to continue to use said Equipment, or modify it so
that it becomes non-infringing, or replace the same with non-infringing
Equipment, or remove said Equipment and refund the purchase price. The foregoing shall not be construed to include
any agreement by the Company to accept any liability whatsoever in respect of
patents for inventions including more than the Equipment furnished hereunder,
or in respect of patents for methods and processes to be carried out with the
aid of said Equipment. The foregoing
states the entire liability of the Company with regard to patent infringement
which is limited by Condition 10 hereof.
9. WARRANTY Unless a longer warranty period is agreed
to in writing by the Company, the Company warrants the Equipment sold by it to
the Purchaser to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of
three (3) months from the date of placing the Equipment in operation or six (6)
months from the date of shipment, whichever first occurs. The Company will provide a new part or
repaired part, at its election, in place of any part which is found upon its
inspection to be defective in material or workmanship during the period
described above. Such part will be
repaired or replaced without charge to the Purchaser during normal working
hours at the place of business of a Distributor of the Company authorised to
sell the type of Equipment involved or other establishment authorised by the
Company. Purchaser must present proof of
purchase (and purchase date) at the time of making a claim under this warranty. This warranty does not apply to failures
occurring as a result of abuse, misuse, negligent repairs, corrosion erosion,
normal wear and tear alterations and modifications made to the Equipment
without express written consent of the Company, or failure to follow the
recommended operating practices, services and maintenance procedures as
provided in the Equipment’s operating and maintenance publications. All maintenance, service and repair work must
be completed by an authorised Company Distributor or establishment and only
genuine Company parts shall be used in such work. Failure to comply strictly with these
requirements shall invalidate this warranty.
THE COMPANY EXCLUDES OTHER CONDITIONS, WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF
ALL KINDS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE (EXCEPT THAT OF TITLE)
INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO MERCHANTABILITY,
SATISFACTORY QUALITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Corrections by the Company of
non-conformities whether patent or latent, in the manner and for the period of
time provided above shall constitute fulfilment of all liabilities of the
Company for such non-conformities, whether based on contract, warranty, tort,
negligence, indemnity, strict liability or otherwise with respect to or arising
out of such Equipment.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THE REMEDIES OF THE PURCHASER SET FORTH HEREIN ARE
EXCLUSIVE AND THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY WITH RESPECT TO THIS CONTRACT
OR THE EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FURNISHED HEREUNDER, IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PERFORMANCE OR BREACH THEREOF OR FROM THE MANUFACTURE, SALE, DELIVERY,
INSTALLATION, REPAIR OR TECHNICAL DIRECTION COVERED BY OR FURNISHED UNDER THIS
CONTRACT WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT WARRANTY, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, INDEMNITY,
STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE UNIT
OF EQUIPMENT UPON WHICH SUCH LIABILITY IS BASED. THE COMPANY AND ITS SUPPLIERS SHALL IN NO
EVENT BE LIABLE TO THE PURCHASER, ANY SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OR ANY BENEFICIARY
OR ASIGNEE OF THIS CONTRACT FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL
OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS CONTRACT, OR ANY BREACH HEREOF OR ANY
DEFECT IN, OR FAILURE OF, OR MALFUNCTION OF THE EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED HEREUNDER
WHETHER BASED UPON LOSS OF USE, LOST PROFITS, REVENUE OR INTEREST, LOST
GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, IMPAIRMENT OF OTHER GOODS, LOSS BY REASON OF SHUTDOWN
OR NON-OPERATION, INCREASED EXPENSES OF OPERATION, COST OF PURCHASE OF
REPLACEMENT, POWER OR CLAIMS OF THE PURCHASER OR CUSTOMERS OF THE PURCHASER FOR
SERVICE INTERRUPTION WHETHER OR NOT SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE IS BASED ON CONTRACT,
WARRANTY, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, INDEMNITY, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE.
11. VIOLATIONS OF LAW The Company shall not be bound by or required to adhere to
any term or provision of a purchase order, quotation, bid, letter of credit or
like document or any provision of law regulation or custom, which would cause
the Company, its parent or any of its affiliates to be in violation of or fail
to comply with the export laws, taxing statutes or regulations of the country
wherein the goods are manufactured or from which they are exported or are
otherwise subject to jurisdiction.
12. NUCLEAR LIABILITY In the event that the Equipment sold
hereunder is to be used in a nuclear facility, the Purchaser and / or Owner of
the facility hereby releases and agrees to indemnify the Company and its
suppliers for any nuclear damage, occurring on-site or off-site, including loss
of use, in any manner arising out of a nuclear incident, whether alleged to be
due in whole or in part to the negligence or otherwise of the Company or its
suppliers.
13. GOVERNING LAW The rights and obligations of the
Purchaser and the Company shall be governed and construed in accordance with
the Laws of England and the Purchaser submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the English Courts.
14. EXECUTION The Company shall not be bound by any
contract or any modification thereto until approved in writing by an officer of
the Company. The Contract when so approved, shall supersede all previous communications,
either oral or written.
AIR PUMPING LIMITED t/a AIR PUMPING ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD (05/1999).