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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 and shall in any event within 28 days of receipt by the Seller of cleared funds in respect of the Price. |
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 and packing but includes carriage insurance and VAT. |
1.6 |
'Seller'
means the company Cascade Water Gardens Ltd. |
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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. |
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The Price and payment |
3.1 |
The Price shall be the price set out on the order confirmation. The Price is inclusive 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 date of the invoice unless agreed otherwise in writing. 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 Natwest Bank plc's base rate from time to time in force and shall accrue at such a rate after as well as before any judgement. |
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 suspend or cancel deliveries of any articles due to the Buyer; |
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Delivery costs are £5 to the UK for all orders up to a value of £50, and FREE for all orders above £50. |
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Online credit/debit card payment is through Secpay, one of the largest online payment providers in the UK. You will be transferred over to Secpay's secure servers to make payment, and none of your card details are held by us. |
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The Goods |
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The quantity and description of the Goods shall be as set out in the Seller's quotation sheet or order confirmation. |
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Warranties and liability |
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The Seller warrants that the Goods will at any time of delivery correspond to the description given by the Seller. Except where the Buyer is dealing as a consumer (as defined in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 Section 12) 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. The Seller will not be liable for any consequential loss suffered by the Buyer whether this loss arises from a breach of duty in contract or in tort or in any other way including loss arising from the Sellers negligence. The Seller's liability under these conditions will not exceed the price paid by the Buyer for the Goods. |
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Delivery of the Goods |
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Delivery of the Goods shall be made to the Buyer's address on the delivery date. The Seller shall be under no obligation to deliver the Goods until payment is made in full to the Seller. The Buyer shall make all arrangements necessary to take delivery of the Goods whenever they are tendered for delivery. 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. Notwithstanding that the Seller may have delayed failed to deliver the Goods (or any of them) promptly the Buyer shall delayed or failed 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. |
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Acceptance of the Goods |
7.1 |
The Buyer shall be deemed to have accepted the 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. |
7.3 |
If the Buyer properly rejects any of the Goods which are not in accordance with the contract the Buyer shall nonetheless pay the full Price for such Goods unless the Buyer promptly gives notice of rejection to the Seller and at the Buyer's cost returns such Goods to the Seller before the date when payment of the Price is due. |
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No Goods delivered to the Buyer, which are in accordance with the contract, will be accepted for return without the prior written approval of the Seller on terms to be determined at the absolute discretion of the Seller. If the Seller agrees to accept any such Goods for return the Buyer shall be liable to pay a handling charge of 10% of the invoice price. Such Goods must be returned by the Buyer carriage-paid to the Seller in their original shipping carton. Goods returned without the prior written approval of the Seller may at the Seller's absolute discretion be returned to the Buyer or stored at the Buyer's cost without prejudice to any rights or remedies the Seller may have. |
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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 should 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 8.2 the Buyer shall hold the Goods and each of them on a fiduciary basis as the 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. |
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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. |
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The Buyer shall not pledge or in any way charge by way of security for any indebtedness any of the Goods, which are the property of the Seller. Without prejudice to the other rights of the Seller, if the Buyer does so all sums whatever owing by the Buyer to the Seller shall forthwith become due and payable. |
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The Buyer shall insure and keep insured the Goods to the full Price against 'all risks' to the reasonable satisfaction of the Seller until the date that property in the Goods passes from the Seller, and shall whenever requested by the Seller produce a copy of the policy of insurance. Without prejudice to the other rights of the Seller, if the Buyer fails to do all sums whatever owing by the Buyer to the Seller shall forthwith become due and payable. |
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The Buyer shall promptly deliver the prescribed particulars of this contract to the Registrar in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 Part XII as amended. Without prejudice to the other rights of the Seller, if the Buyer fails to do all sums whatever owing by the Buyer to the Seller shall forthwith become due and payable. |
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Remedies of the 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. |
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Proper law of contract |
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This contract in subject to the law of England and Wales |