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CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT
- 1. MONTHLY ACCOUNTS
The minimum charges exclusive of V.A.T. on single orders and monthly
invoices are £1.OO. and £5.00. respectively.
All monthly invoices are strictly nett with settlements twenty eight days
following date of account. unless otherwise stated.
A surcharge of 21/2% may be levied against accounts that are consistently
overdue for periods longer than two months.
- 2. PRICES
Prices shown are based upon the size of finished work, intermediate sizes
will be charged at the next higher size rate.
- 3. SURCHARGES
We reserve the right to levy surcharges on our list prices with or without
prior warning to customers for work that entails overtime working, special
deadlines, and work that involves our staff in special handling or
attention. It may not be possible to warn customers of the necessity to levy
a surcharge or to quantify the charges prior to execution of work.
- 4. COPYRIGHT
It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that in reproducing any
material (including any part or whole of any document) there will be no
infringement of any copyright. Ordnance Survey maps are Crown Copyright and
the reproduction of such maps (or any part thereof) is subject to royalty,
payable to the Director General of Ordnance Survey. irrespective of whether
or not the customer holds a license from the Ordnance Survey Office to
reproduce by any means on his own premises. We reserve the right to add to
our account the amount of any royalties payable to any third party. The
customer shall indemnify us against all costs, claims or demands or expenses
arising out of any infringement of any copyright.
- 5. COSTS VARIATIONS
Quotations are based on the current costs of production and are subject to
adjustment by us on or at any time after acceptance to meet any rise or fall
in such costs, or any of the same.
- 6. VALUE ADDED TAX
We shall be entitled to charge the amount of any V.A.T. (where applicable)
whether or not included in the.quotation.
- 7. PRELIMINARY WORK
Work carried out, whether experimentally or otherwise, at customer's request
will be charged for.
- 8. PROOFS
Author's corrections, including alterations in style, and the cost of
additional proofs necessitated by such corrections will be charged as
extras. Proofs of all work may in our absolute discretion be submitted for
customer's approval and in that event no responsibility will be accepted by
us for any errors in them not corrected by him. We do not carry out proof
reading of material and cannot be responsible for any loss whatsoever
arising out of any difference between anything submitted to us for
reproduction and the appropriate reproduction and in the event of it
becoming necessary for us to reprint any material as a result of any
incorrectness in any proof any reprinting will be charged at cost, except
where the proofs have been sent to the customer and approved. in which case
any reprinting will be carried out at normal rates then current for the
relevant kind of work.
- 9. DELIVERY AND PAYMENT
(a) Delivery of goods and/or work shall be accepted when tendered and
thereupon or on notification that the work has been completed the ownership
shall pass and
payment shall become due.
(b) Should work be suspended at the request or delayed through any default
of the
customer for a period of 30 days or more we shall then be entitled to
payment for work already carried out materials used and materials specially
ordered, whether or not any such materials have in face been used in the
carrying out of such work.
(c) If payment of the price or any parts or installments thereof is not made
on the due date we shall be entitled to charge interest on the outstanding
amount at the rate of 2.50per cent per calendar month and in addition any
costs (on a solicitor and own client basis) incurred in relation to the
recovery of any sums outstanding shall be for the
customer's account.
- 10. LIABILITY
(a) We shall not be liable for any loss to the customer or for any third
party claim in either case whether any claim is for consequential loss or
any other kind of loss occasioned by delay in completing the work or in
transit.
(b) Where work is defective for any reason, including negligence, our
liability (if any) shall be limited to rectifying such defect and for the
avoidance of doubt it is expressly stated that we shall not (save for
rectifying any such defect) be liable to make good any loss whether
consequential or otherwise.
(c) Without prejudice to the generality of
(a) and (b) of this condition we
shall not be liable for any loss consequential or otherwise caused to the
customer or any third party as a result of any damage caused to any property
of the customer or any such third party and the customer shall indemnify us
against any costs, claims, demands, or expenses as a result of any claim by
any third party.
- 11. SUB-CONTRACTING
We reserve the right to sub-contract any work whether or not there has been
any
consultation in respect of sub-contracting with the customer.
- 12. RISKS
(a) Every effort will be made to carry out the contract but due performance
is subject to cancellation by us or to such variation as we may find
necessary as a result of inability to secure labour, materials or supplies
or as a result of any act of God. War, Strike. Lockout or other labour
dispute. Fire, Flood, Storm. Tempest, Earthquake. Drought, Legislation or
other cause (whether of the foregoing class or not) beyond our control. In
the event of cancellation or variation we shall be entitled to charge a
reasonable amount for the work carried out to date (in the former case) or
the cost to us of such variation (in the latter case).
- 13. FURNITURE AND DRAWING OFFICE EQUIPMENT
At the request of the customer we will at the customer's expense assign to
the customer any rights which we may have against any manufacturer in
respect of any liability relating to any such whether by way of guarantee,
warranty or howsoever. Subject there to we do not accept any liability in
respect of any such furniture or drawing equipment except insofar as we may
at the date of notification to us of any claim be insured in respect of the
relevant liability and except insofar as in any such case (in respect of
which we are so insured) we would be liable in accordance with the general
law.