1 (a). These Terms and Conditions supersede all Terms and Conditions and apply to the sale and supply of goods by OS Print and Web, a trading style of OS Print and Publishing Limited, Suite 225, 13 Woodland Way, Baldock, Herts, England SG7 6LR , which is registered in England, company number 05461475, referred to as our (company), to the customer named in the New Account Application and no other terms shall apply. The Company reserves the right at its sole discretion to amend these Terms and Conditions at any time. The Company Secretary will provide the customer with written notice of any such amendment and any future dealings thereafter will be subject to those amended conditions.
(b) For avoidance of doubt, no member of staff at the Company is authorised to vary these Terms and Conditions either orally or in writing.
2 CREDIT ACCOUNTS (a) The Company reserves at all times the right to refuse to supply goods on credit or otherwise to any person, limited Company, firm, partnership, unincorporated association or other body and shall not be required to provide any reason for the refusal to supply such goods.
(b) Credit accounts will be opened, subject to such references as the Company in its absolute discretion shall require and the Company will notify the customer of the credit terms granted to the customer. The Company reserves the right to withdraw credit facilities at any time without giving a reason. The Company may in its absolute discretion require guarantees or other security before supplying goods or services on credit. Payment will be as notified by the company as of time to time, but at present by cheque made out to the (name of our company), BACS or CHAPS to our company account as notified by us to you or by credit or debit card (MasterCard or Visa).
(c) In ‘Pro-Forma Accounts’, all orders must accompany payments.
3. PRICES A 'price package' will be offered to the customer as the Company deems appropriate to the customers business and the placing of an order by the customer implies agreement to the price package and credit terms. All prices, discounts and rates of VAT are subject to alteration without notice and in the event of such alteration the price charged will be that applicable at the date of delivery. All prices are quoted in, and payments must be made in, pounds sterling.
4. ORDERS The Company shall be free to accept or reject each order placed by the customer (minimum quantities are specified in offers) unless at the discretion of the Company and will indicate its acceptance either expressly or by its conduct in delivering the goods offered.
5. DELIVERY Delivery times, where agreed, are approximate only and there shall be no liability on the Company for late delivery. At the time of delivery a copy invoice/delivery note shall be signed by the customer or by such other person appearing to have authority to sign on behalf of the customer and the copy invoice/delivery note shall be conclusive evidence of the number of cartons/outers delivered
6. CLAIMS For shortages, damaged or incorrect goods must be notified to the Company in writing within 3 working days of delivery.
7. RETURNS No goods may be returned for credit or replacement without the prior written consent of the Company.
8. RESERVATION OF TITLE (a) Notwithstanding delivery the property in the goods shall not pass to the customer until the customer has paid in full the price of the goods. For avoidance of doubt the price shall include the amount of interest or other sum payable under this and all other contracts between the Company and the customer under which the goods were delivered.
(b) Furthermore the property in the goods shall not pass to the customer unless and until the full price of any other delivered goods the subject of any other business transaction between the customer and the Company has been paid. Such price and the price of the goods shall hereinafter together be called "the value" and shall where the context so permits include in addition thereto any costs of repossession incurred pursuant to paragraph (iv) of clause (c) hereof.
(c) Until the value has been received by the Company, the customer will hold the goods as bailee on behalf of the Company and the customer hereby acknowledges that there shall accordingly subsist a fiduciary relationship in respect of the goods between the customer and the Company. Subject thereto:
(1) The customer will store the goods on its premises separately as of its own goods or those of any other person in such a way that can be readily identified as the goods of the Company.
(2) Until payment as aforesaid, the customer will take all necessary measures for the protection of the goods including the insurance thereof against all usual risks for the full replacement value of the goods and will procure that the interest of the Company is noted upon any policy of insurance effected pursuant hereto.
(3) In the event of the sale of the goods by the customer he shall hold the proceeds of sale in trust for the Company. The Company may trace all proceeds of sale of the goods received by the customer through any bank or other account maintained by the customer.
(4) The Company may at any time if payment is overdue in whole or in part without prejudice to any other right pursuant to or consequent upon This Agreement, for the purpose of recovery of the goods, enter upon any premises where the goods are stored or where they are reasonably thought to be stored and may repossess the same. The customer shall pay all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with such recovery.
(5) It is declared for the avoidance of doubt without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing that the Company may recover the goods and payment shall become due if:-
(a) The customer does or fails to do anything which would entitle an Administrator, or an Administrative Receiver to take possession of any of its assets or which would entitle any person to present a petition to wind up the customer, and/or
(b) The customer passes any resolution to wind itself up or publishes a notice convening a meeting of its creditors pursuant to section 98 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or any statutory modification or replacement thereof, and/or
(c) The customer if any individual has a bankruptcy Order made against it or enters into any arrangement for the benefit of his creditors generally.
(d) Each of the preceding Clauses and sub-paragraphs shall be construed and shall take effect separately and in the event of one or more such Clauses or sub-paragraphs being held ineffective this shall not affect the validity of the remaining Clauses or sub-paragraphs.
9. PAYMENT The customer shall make payment to the Company in accordance with the credit terms granted in default of which:
(1) Payments for Pro-Forma Accounts must be as per Clause 2(c) above, by cheque with guarantee card sufficient to cover the value of the cheque, or by valid credit or debit card (MasterCard or Visa)
(2) All discounts on overdue invoices shall be disallowed
(3) The price of all goods supplied by the Company to the customer and all distribution and administration costs incurred shall become immediately due and payable
(4) Interest shall be payable on all accounts due and unpaid at the rate of 4% per annum above Barclays Bank PLC Base Lending Rate
(5) The Company may make an Administration Charge each time a credit or debit card payment  is unpaid by the customers bank or a cheque is dishonoured. The Administration Charge is £30.00 and may be increased as of time to time at the Company's sole discretion.
10. The customer will notify the Company in writing of any change of its status as disclosed in the New Account Application, for example the addition or retirement of a partner, a change of name or marital status, the incorporation of a limited Company, or any other change as may limit or modify the liability of the person or persons named on the New Account Application, in default of which that person or persons shall remain liable to the Company for the price of all goods supplied.
11. APPLICABLE LAW These Terms shall be construed in accordance with English Law and the Courts of England shall have sole jurisdiction on all matters pertaining thereto
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