STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE

1. Interpretation

1.1 The definitions and rules of interpretation in this condition apply in these conditions.

Customer: the person, firm or company who purchases the Goods from the Company.
Company: Laser Lines Limited.
Contract: any contract between the Company and the Customer for the sale and purchase of the Goods, incorporating these conditions.
Delivery Point: the place where delivery of the Goods is to take place under condition 4.
Goods: any goods agreed in the Contract to be supplied to the Customer by the Company (including any part or parts of them).

1.2 A reference to a particular law is a reference to it as it is in force for the time being taking account of any amendment, extension, application or re-enactment and includes any subordinate legislation for the time being in force made under it.

1.3 Words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular.

1.4 A reference to one gender includes a reference to the other gender.

1.5 Condition headings do not affect the interpretation of these conditions.

2. Application of Terms

2.1 Subject to any variation under condition 2.3 the Contract shall be on these conditions to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions (including any terms or conditions which the Customer purports to apply under any purchase order, confirmation of order, specification or other document).

2.2 No terms or conditions endorsed on, delivered with or contained in the Customer's purchase order, confirmation of order, specification or other document shall form part of the Contract simply as a result of such document being referred to in the Contract.

2.3 These conditions apply to all the Company's sales and any variation to these conditions and any representations about the Goods shall have no effect unless expressly agreed in writing and signed by a director of the Company. The Customer acknowledges that it has not relied on any statement, promise or representation made or given by or on behalf of the Company which is not set out in the Contract. Nothing in this condition shall exclude or limit the Company's liability for fraudulent misrepresentation.

2.4 Each order or acceptance of a quotation for Goods by the Customer from the Company shall be deemed to be an offer by the Customer to buy Goods subject to these conditions.

2.5 No order placed by the Customer shall be deemed to be accepted by the Company until a written acknowledgement of order is issued by the Company or (if earlier) the Company delivers the Goods to the Customer.

2.6 The Customer shall ensure that the terms of its order and any applicable specification are complete and accurate.

2.7 Any quotation is given on the basis that no Contract shall come into existence until the Company despatches an acknowledgement of order to the Customer. Any quotation is valid for a period of 30 days only from its date, provided that the Company has not previously withdrawn it.

3. Description

3.1 The quantity and description of the Goods shall be as set out in the Company's quotation or acknowledgement of order.

3.2 All samples, drawings, descriptive matter, specifications and advertising issued by the Company and any descriptions or illustrations contained in the Company's catalogues or brochures are issued or published for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Goods described in them. They shall not form part of the Contract and this is not a sale by sample.

4. Delivery

4.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company, the Goods shall be taken to the Customer’s place of business or to such other place of delivery as is agreed by the Company prior to delivery of the Goods. Provided the
Customer supplies suitable means of unloading and transporting the Goods to their operating location, the Company shall off-load the Goods as its own costs.

4.2 The Customer shall take delivery of the Goods within 14 days of the Company giving it notice that the Goods are ready for delivery.

4.3 Any dates specified by the Company for delivery of the Goods are intended to be an estimate and time for delivery shall not be made of the essence by notice. If no dates are so specified, delivery shall be within a reasonable time.

4.4 Subject to the other provisions of these conditions the Company shall not be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss (all three of which terms include, without limitation, pure economic loss, loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and similar loss), costs, damages, charges or expenses caused directly or indirectly by any delay in the delivery of the Goods (even if caused by the Company's negligence), nor shall any delay entitle the Customer to terminate or rescind the Contract unless such delay exceeds 180 days.

4.5 If for any reason the Customer fails to accept delivery of any of the Goods when they are ready for delivery, or the Company is unable to deliver the Goods on time because the Customer has not provided appropriate instructions, documents, licences or authorisations:

(a) risk in the Goods shall pass to the Customer (including for loss or damage caused by the Company's negligence);

(b) the Goods shall be deemed to have been delivered; and

(c) the Company may store the Goods until delivery, whereupon the Customer shall be liable for all related costs and expenses (including, without limitation, storage and insurance).

4.6 The Company may deliver the Goods by separate instalments. Each separate instalment shall be invoiced and paid for in accordance with the provisions of the Contract.

4.7 Each instalment shall be a separate Contract and no cancellation or termination of any one Contract relating to an instalment shall entitle the Customer to repudiate or cancel any other Contract or instalment.

4.8 If an order is cancelled by a Customer, we reserve the right to charge the Customer for any work that has been completed at that time up to the total value of the order. In addition if Goods have been shipped by the Company or it’s supplier, these will be payable by the Customer and may include the cost of returning the Goods to the supplier. Where Goods are ex-stock Banbury a re-stocking charge of 10% may be charged for cancelled orders.

4.9 If at the request of a Customer delivery of goods ordered is delayed for whatever reason, we reserve the right to invoice at or on the originally agreed or expected date of delivery. Where goods are held at the Company a stocking fee of 1½% per month or part of a month from the time delivery could have been made by the Company. Where prices are based on a variable exchange rate prices may be calculated at the exchange rate operating at time delivery should have been made if the Goods have been held by the company rather than the exchange rate operating at the time of the delayed delivery.

5. Shortages and Defects Apparent on Inspection

5.1 The Customer shall only be entitled to claim for shortages or defects in the Goods a supplied which are apparent on visual inspection if:

(a) the Customer inspects the goods within two working days following the date of their arrival at its premises or other agreed destination; and

(b) a written complaint specifying the shortage or defect is made to the Company (and, where the Company has arranged transport for the goods in accordance with a specific contractual obligation to do so, to the carrier) within two working days of delivery in the event of shortage, defect, or non-delivery of any part of an assignment, or (if applicable), within such shorter period as the carrier’s conditions require; and

(c) the Company is given an opportunity to inspect the goods and investigate any complaint before any use of or alteration to or interference with the Goods.

5.2 If a complaint is not made to the Company as provided in this Condition, the Goods shall be deemed to be in all respects in accordance with the Contract and the Customer shall be bound to pay for the same accordingly.

5.3 Any liability of the Company for non-delivery of the Goods shall be limited to replacing the Goods within a reasonable time or issuing a credit note at the pro rata Contract rate against any invoice raised for such Goods.

6. Goods Returned for Repair

6.1 Where Goods are returned to the Company for inspection or repair, the owner of the goods must make the necessary arrangements for insurance cover of the goods whilst in transit to or from the Company premises and during the period of time the goods are at the Company’s premises. Furthermore if it is necessary that such goods are required to be returned to the original supplier whether that be within the UK or overseas appropriate insurance cover must be the responsibility of the owner of the Goods.

7. Risk/Title

7.1 The Goods are at the risk of the Customer from the time of delivery.

7.2 Ownership of the Goods shall not pass to the Customer until the Company has received in full (in cash or cleared funds) all sums due to it in respect of:

(a) the Goods; and

(b) all other sums which are or which become due to the Company from the Customer on any account.

7.3 Until ownership of the Goods has passed to the Customer, the Customer shall:

(a) hold the Goods on a fiduciary basis as the Company's bailee;

(b) store the Goods (at no cost to the Company) separately from all other goods of the Customer or any third party in such a way that they remain readily identifiable as the Company's property;

(c) not destroy, deface or obscure any identifying mark or packaging on or relating to the Goods; and

(d) maintain the Goods in satisfactory condition and keep them insured on the Company's behalf for their full price against all risks to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company. On request the Customer shall produce the policy of insurance to the Company.

7.4 The Customer's right to possession of the Goods shall terminate immediately if:

(a) the Customer has a bankruptcy order made against him or makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors, or otherwise takes the benefit of any statutory provision for the time being in force for the relief of insolvent debtors, or (being a body corporate) convenes a meeting of creditors (whether formal or informal), or enters into liquidation (whether voluntary or compulsory) except a solvent voluntary liquidation for the purpose only of reconstruction or amalgamation, or has a receiver and/or manager, administrator or administrative receiver appointed of its undertaking or any part thereof, or documents are filed with the court for the appointment of an administrator of the Customer or notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given by the Customer or its directors or by a qualifying floating charge holder (as defined in paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986), or a resolution is passed or a petition presented to any court for the winding-up of the Customer or for the granting of an administration order in respect of the Customer, or any proceedings are commenced relating to the insolvency or possible insolvency of the Customer; or

(b) the Customer suffers or allows any execution, whether legal or equitable, to be levied on his/its property or obtained against him/it, or fails to observe or perform any of his/its obligations under the Contract or any other contract between the Company and the Customer, or is unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or the Customer ceases to trade; or

(c) the Customer encumbers or in any way charges any of the Goods.

7.5 The Company shall be entitled to recover payment for the Goods notwithstanding that ownership of any of the Goods has not passed from the Company.

7.6 The Customer grants the Company, its agents and employees an irrevocable licence at any time to enter any premises where the Goods are or may be stored in order to inspect them, or, where the Customer's right to possession
has terminated, to recover them.

7.7 Where the Company is unable to determine whether any Goods are the goods in respect of which the Customer's right to possession has terminated, the Customer shall be deemed to have sold all goods of the kind sold by the Company to the Customer in the order in which they were invoiced to the Customer.

7.8 On termination of the Contract, howsoever caused, the Company's (but not the Customer's) rights contained in this condition 7 shall remain in effect.

8. Price

8.1 Unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, the price for the Goods shall be exclusive of any value added tax and all costs or charges in relation to packaging, loading, unloading, carriage and insurance, all of which amounts the Customer shall pay in addition when it is due to pay for the Goods.

8.2 Quoted prices are subject to the fluctuations and may be increased in the event of any increase in the cost of materials or overheads in supplying the Goods (including fluctuations in exchange rates).

9. Payment

9.1 Unless otherwise agreed at or before the time of ordering and before the order is accepted, payment terms for orders in excess of £10,000 (before VAT) are: 100% prior to delivery.

9.2 All accounts other than those described in condition 9.1 of this clause are payable not later than 30 days after the date of despatch of the goods, and this condition remains binding even if the goods are damaged in transit. Time for payment shall be of the essence.

9.3 The Company reserves the right to suspend deliveries where payment is not received in accordance with condition 9.1 or 9.2 of this clause, or in accordance with any alternative arrangements which shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the Customer. In the event of such non-payment any penalty clauses in any contract between the Company and the Customer shall cease to have effect.

9.4 The Customer shall make all payments due under the Contract in full without any deduction whether by way of set-off, counterclaim, discount, abatement or otherwise unless the Customer has a valid court order requiring an amount equal to such deduction to be paid by the Company to the Customer.

9.5 All payments payable to the Company under the Contract shall become due immediately on its termination despite any other provision.

9.6 If the Customer fails to pay the Company any sum due pursuant to the Contract, the Customer shall be liable to pay interest to the Company on such sum from the due date for payment at the annual rate of 2% above the base lending rate from time to time of NatWest Bank, accruing on a daily basis until payment is made, whether before or after any judgment. The Company reserves the right to claim interest under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.

10. Warranty

10.1 Where the Company is not the manufacturer of the Goods, the Company shall endeavour to transfer to the Customer the benefit of any warranty or guarantee given to the Company.

10.2 Unless otherwise stated by the Company, the Company warrants that (subject to the other provisions of these conditions) on delivery, and for a period of 12 months from the date of delivery, the Goods shall be of satisfactory quality within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act 1979.

10.3 The Company shall not be liable for a breach of the warranty in condition 10.2 unless:

(a) the Customer gives written notice of the defect to the Company, and, if the defect is as a result of damage in transit to the carrier, within 2 days of the time when the Customer discovers or ought to have discovered the defect; and

(b) the Company is given a reasonable opportunity after receiving the notice of examining such Goods and the Customer (if asked to do so by the Company) returns such Goods to the Company's place of business at the Company's cost for the examination to take place there.

10.4 The Company shall not be liable for a breach of the warranty in condition 10.2 if:

(a) the Customer makes any further use of such Goods after giving such notice; or

(b) the defect arises because the Customer failed to follow the Company's oral or written instructions as to the storage, installation, commissioning, use or maintenance of the Goods or (if there are none) good trade practice; or

(c) the Customer alters or repairs such Goods without the written consent of the Company.

10.5 Subject to condition 10.3 and condition10.4, if any of the Goods do not conform with the warranty in condition 10.2 the Company shall at its option repair or replace such Goods (or the defective part) or refund the price of such Goods at the pro rata Contract rate provided that, if the Company so requests, the Customer shall, at the Company's expense, return the Goods or the part of such Goods which is defective to the Company.

10.6 If the Company complies with condition 10.5 it shall have no further liability for a breach of the warranty in condition 10.2 in respect of such Goods.

10.7 Any Goods replaced shall belong to the Company and any repaired or replacement Goods shall be guaranteed on these terms for the unexpired portion of the 12 month period.

11. Limitation of Liability

11.1 Subject to condition 4, condition 5 and condition 10 the following provisions set out the entire financial liability of the Company (including any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, agents and sub-contractors) to the Customer in respect of:

(a) any breach of these conditions;

(b) any use made or resale by the Customer of any of the Goods, or of any product incorporating any of the Goods; and

(c) any representation, statement or tortious act or omission including negligence arising under or in connection with the Contract.

11.2 All warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law (save for the conditions implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979) are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.

11.3 Nothing in these conditions excludes or limits the liability of the Company:

(a) for death or personal injury caused by the Company's negligence; or

(b) under section 2(3), Consumer Protection Act 1987; or

(c) for any matter which it would be illegal for the Company to exclude or attempt to exclude its liability; or

(d) for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

11.4 Subject to condition 11.2 and condition 11.3:

(a) the Company's total liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise, arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of the Contract shall be limited to the Contract price; and

(b) the Company shall not be liable to the Customer for loss of profit, loss of business, or depletion of goodwill in each case whether direct, indirect or consequential, or any claims for consequential compensation whatsoever (howsoever caused) which arise out of or in connection with the Contract.

12. Assignment

12.1 The Company may assign the Contract or any part of it to any person, firm or company.

12.2 The Customer shall not be entitled to assign the Contract or any part of it without the prior written consent of the Company.

13. Force Majeure

The Company reserves the right to defer the date of delivery or to cancel the Contract or reduce the volume of the Goods ordered by the Customer (without liability to the Customer) if it is prevented from or delayed in the carrying on of its business due to circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Company including, without limitation, acts of God, governmental actions, war or national emergency, acts of terrorism, protests, riot, civil commotion, fire, explosion, flood, epidemic, lock-outs, strikes or other labour disputes (whether or not relating to either party's workforce), or restraints or delays affecting carriers or inability or delay in obtaining supplies of adequate or suitable materials, provided that, if the event in question continues for a continuous period in excess of 180 days, the Customer shall be entitled to give notice in writing to the Company to terminate the Contract.

14. General

14.1 Each right or remedy of the Company under the Contract is without prejudice to any other right or remedy of the Company whether under the Contract or not.

14.2 If any provision of the Contract is found by any court, tribunal or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be wholly or partly illegal, invalid, void, voidable, unenforceable or unreasonable it shall to the extent of such illegality, invalidity, voidness, voidability, unenforceability or unreasonableness be deemed severable and the remaining provisions of the Contract and the remainder of such provision shall continue in full force and effect.

14.3 Failure or delay by the Company in enforcing or partially enforcing any provision of the Contract shall not be construed as a waiver of any of its rights under the Contract.

14.4 Any waiver by the Company of any breach of, or any default under, any provision of the Contract by the Customer shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default and shall in no way affect the other terms of the Contract.

14.5 The parties to the Contract do not intend that any term of the Contract shall be enforceable by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by any person that is not a party to it.

14.6 The formation, existence, construction, performance, validity and all aspects of the Contract shall be governed by English law and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

15. Communications

15.1 All communications between the parties about the Contract shall be in writing and delivered by hand or sent by pre-paid first class post or sent by fax:

(a) (in case of communications to the Company) to its registered office or such changed address as shall be notified to the Customer by the Company; or

(b) (in the case of the communications to the Customer) to the registered office of the addressee (if it is a company) or (in any other case) to any address of the Customer set out in any document which forms part of the Contract or such other address as shall be notified to the Company by the Customer.

15.2 Communications shall be deemed to have been received:

(a) if sent by pre-paid first class post, two days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and bank and public holidays) after posting (exclusive of the day of posting); or

(b) if delivered by hand, on the day of delivery; or

(c) if sent by fax on a working day prior to 4.00 pm, at the time of transmission and otherwise on the next working day.

16. Default by Customer

16.1 The Customer shall make default in or commit any breach of its obligation to the Company if the Customer shall commit any act of bankruptcy or shall have any execution or distress levied upon any of its goods or property, or if the Customer being a limited company has any resolution or petition to wind up such company’s business past or present or if a receiver of such company’s undertaking, property or assets or any part thereof shall be appointed whether by the court or out of court the Company shall have the right forthwith to determine any contract then subsisting without prejudice to any claim or right the company might otherwise make or exercise.