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Interpretation
1.1 In this Agreement:
'Buyer'/'the School' means the
school/college whose order for the Goods is accepted
by the Seller.
'Goods' means the booklets (including any instalment
of the booklets) which the Seller is to supply
in accordance with these Conditions and which
are set out in the Order Form.
'Conditions' means the terms and conditions of
sale set out in this document and (unless the
context otherwise requires) includes any special
terms and conditions agreed in writing between
the Buyer and the Seller.
'Order Form' means the order form for the purchase
and sale of the Goods.
'Copyright' means all copyright and rights in
the nature of copyright to which the Seller may
now or may subsequently become entitled to in
or in respect of (without limitation) the Goods,
all drawings and other documents or recordings
in any form.
'Seller' means J Gardner trading as "french4schools".
'Writing' includes electronic mail, facsimile
transmission and comparable means of communication.
1.2 The headings in these Conditions
are for convenience only and shall not affect
their interpretation.
2 Basis of the sale
2.1 The Seller shall sell and the Buyer shall
purchase the Goods in accordance with any Order
Form completed by the Buyer which is accepted
by the Seller, subject to these Conditions, which
shall govern the Order Form to the exclusion of
any other terms and conditions subject to which
any such order is made or purported to be made,
by the Buyer.
2.2 No variation to these Conditions shall be
binding unless agreed in Writing between the authorised
representatives of the Buyer and the Seller.
2.3 Any representations concerning the Goods made
by the Seller must be confirmed by the Seller
in Writing in order that they bind the Seller.
In completing the Order Form the Buyer acknowledges
that it does not rely on any such representations
which are not so confirmed.
2.4 Any advice or recommendation given by the
Seller to the Buyer or its employees or agents
as to the application or use of the Goods which
is not confirmed in Writing by the Seller is followed
or acted upon entirely at the Buyer's own risk,
and accordingly the Seller shall not be liable
for any such advice or recommendation which is
not so confirmed.
2.5 Any typographical, clerical or other error
or omission in any literature, Order Form, invoice
or other document or information issued by the
Seller shall be subject to correction without
any liability on the part of the Seller.
3 Orders and specifications
3.1 No Order Form submitted by the Buyer shall
be deemed to be accepted by the Seller unless
and until confirmed in Writing by the Seller.
3.2 The Buyer shall be responsible to the Seller
for ensuring the accuracy of the terms of any
Order Form submitted by the Buyer, and for giving
the Seller any necessary information relating
to the Goods within a sufficient time to enable
the Seller to provide the Goods in accordance
with the terms of the Order Form.
3.3 The quantity, quality and description of any
specification for the Goods shall be those set
out in the Buyer's Order Form (if accepted by
the Seller).
3.4 No Order Form which has been accepted by the
Seller may be cancelled by the Buyer except with
the agreement in Writing of the Seller and on
terms that the Buyer shall indemnify the Seller
in full against all loss (including loss of profit),
costs (including the cost of all labour and materials
used), damages, charges and expenses incurred
by the Seller as a result of cancellation.
4 Price of Goods
4.1 The price of the Goods shall be that stated
in the Order Form.
4.2 The price is exclusive of any applicable value
added tax, which the Buyer may be additionally
liable to pay to the Seller.
5 Terms of Payment
5.1 Subject to any special terms agreed in Writing
between the Buyer and the Seller, the Seller shall
be entitled to invoice the Buyer for the price
of the Goods on or at any time after delivery
of the Goods to the Buyer.
5.2 The Buyer shall pay the price of the Goods
within 30 days of the date of the Seller's invoice,
and the Seller shall be entitled to recover the
price. Receipts for payment will be issued upon
request.
5.3 Subject to clause 9.3 no Goods may be returned,
and no refunds will be given once the Buyer has
received the Goods.
5.4 If the Buyer fails to make any payment on
the due date then, without prejudice to any other
right or remedy available to the Seller, the Seller
shall be entitled to:
5.4.1 cancel the contract or suspend any further
deliveries to the Buyer;
5.4.2 appropriate any payment made by the Buyer
to such of the Goods (or the goods supplied under
any other contract between the Buyer and the Seller)
as the Seller may think fit (notwithstanding any
purported appropriation by the Buyer); and
5.4.3 charge the Buyer interest (both before and
after any judgement) on the amount unpaid, at
the rate of 4 per cent per annum above HSBC Bank
plc's base rate from time to time, until payment
in full is made (a part of a month being treated
as a full month for the purpose of calculating
interest).
6 Delivery
6.1 Delivery of the Goods shall be made by the
Seller delivering the Goods to the Buyer by first
class recorded delivery or, if some other place
for delivery is agreed, by the Seller delivering
the Goods to that place by first class recorded
delivery.
6.2 Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods
are approximate only and the Seller shall not
be liable for any delay in delivery of the Goods
however caused.
6.3 If the Seller fails to deliver the Goods (or
any instalment) for any reason other than any
cause beyond the Seller's reasonable control or
the Buyer's fault, and the Seller is accordingly
liable to the Buyer, the Seller's liability shall
be limited to the excess (if any) of the cost
to the Buyer (in the cheapest available market)
of similar goods to replace those not delivered
over the price of the Goods.
7 Risk and Property
7.1 Risk of damage to or loss of the Goods shall
pass to the Buyer at the time of delivery or,
if the Buyer wrongfully fails to take delivery
of the Goods, the time when the Seller has tendered
delivery of the Goods.
7.2 Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of
risk in the Goods, or any other provision of these
Conditions, the property in the Goods shall not
pass to the Buyer until the Seller has received
in cash or cleared funds payment in full of the
price of the Goods agreed to be sold by the Seller
to the Buyer for which payment is then due.
7.3 Until such time as the property in the Goods
passes to the Buyer, the Buyer shall hold the
Goods as the Seller's fiduciary agent and bailee,
and shall keep the Goods separate from those of
the Buyer and third parties and properly stored,
protected and insured and identified as the Seller's
property, but shall be entitled to use the Goods
in the ordinary course of providing French lessons.
7 4 Until such time as the property in the Goods
passes to the Buyer the Seller shall be entitled
at any time to require the Buyer to deliver up
the Goods to the Seller and, if the Buyer fails
to do so forthwith, to enter upon any premises
of the Buyer or any third party where the Goods
are stored and repossess the Goods.
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