NOUVEAU HEALTH LTD
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE
These conditions are the only contractual terms upon which NOUVEAU HEALTH LTD whose registered office is at Unit 10s, 42 Bayton Road, Exhall, Coventry, CV7 9EJ (registered number 08217992) and will be referred to in this contract as “we” / “us” / “our” is prepared to deal with its customers and will govern all contracts for the supply of Products formed by our acceptance of a customer order or a customer’s acceptance of our quotation to the exclusion of any other contractual terms including any which a customer attempts to introduce.
1 GENERAL
1.1 In these conditions: -
1.1.1 “you” means the person/company submitting an order for Products;
1.1.2 “Force Majeure” means any delay or failure due to any cause beyond the our reasonable control including (without limitation) strikes, lock outs, labour disputes, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction;
1.1.3 “Products” means those products to be supplied under these conditions as stated on our quotation, or customer’s order, as appropriate.
1.2 The contract for supply of Products (“Contract”) will be formed upon your acceptance of our quotation or our acceptance of your order. However, we only agree to sell Products to you subject to their availability and accordingly the contract may be cancelled by us in writing without liability to you if Products cannot within a reasonable period be acquired by us for resale. Acceptance of an order by us can only be made in writing whether in hard form or electronically.
1.3 We may prior to accepting any order carry out a credit check and then will only accept your order if we are satisfied with the results of such check. You confirm that you are happy for us to carry out such check.
1.4 These conditions may only be modified by a written variation signed by one of our directors. No other action by us (including delivery of Products) is to be construed as our acceptance of any other conditions.
1.5 These conditions together with any matters referred to on our quotation or order acknowledgement (as appropriate) embody the entire understanding of the parties and supersede any prior promises, representations, undertakings or implications.
1.6 Any omission or error in any sales literature, web page or site, order form, quotation, price list, order acknowledgement, despatch note, invoice or other document (whether written, oral or in electronic form) issued by us may be corrected by us without liability.
1.7 The provisions of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 and all non-mandatory provisions of the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 are expressly excluded from the Contract.
1.8 Clause headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of these conditions. Reference in these conditions to a statutory provision will be construed as a reference to that provision as amended, re-enacted or extended at the relevant time. Words in the singular include the plural and vice versa.
1.9 The carrying out by us of any support and maintenance of Products will be governed by our standard support terms to the exclusion of any other terms.
1.10 Your attention is in particular drawn to conditions 2, 3, 8 and 9.
2 WARRANTY
2.1 We warrant that Products will at the time of delivery be free from defects in workmanship and materials and correspond in all material respects with the relevant product specification. If any Products do not conform to this warranty then we will at our option either remedy the defect in question, replace the defective Products or refund the price of the defective Products. This remedy is the only remedy available to you for a breach of this warranty and is only available on condition that:
2.1.1 you notify us in writing of the defect within 7 days of delivery or, in the case of defects not apparent on reasonable inspection, within 3 months of delivery; and
2.1.2 defective Products are returned to us within 7 days of written notification referred to in condition 2.1.1 or, in the case of defects not apparent on reasonable inspection, within 3 months of delivery;
2.1.3 Products must bear a Returned Goods Article (RGA) number clearly visible on the exterior. This number will be issued to you when you notify us of the defect. Products returned by you to us for any reason must be returned in their original packaging in substantially the same condition as they were delivered to you; and,
2.1.4 our examination of defective Products at our premises discloses to our satisfaction that the defect has not been caused by (a) your mis-use, neglect, failure or inadequate maintenance, accident, improper storage, installation or handling, or (b) repair or alteration by a third party.
2.2 You will refund to us the cost of any such examination where the remedy referred to under this condition is not available.
2.3 We will so far as we are reasonably able pass on to you the benefit of all warranties received by us from the manufacturer of the products.
2.4 Where Products are returned under condition 2.1 we will bear the cost of delivering any repaired or replacement Products to you and will, where you have returned Products to us within 14 days of delivery, reimburse your reasonable postage costs in returning the Products. We will not be liable for any delivery costs where no remedy is available under condition 2.1.
3 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
3.1 Nothing in these conditions affects the statutory rights of a consumer as defined under the unfair contract terms act 1977. All conditions, warranties or representations not contained in these conditions and implied by statute or law are excluded or restricted to the fullest extent permitted.
3.2 This condition and condition 3 states our only liability to you under or in connection with the contract.
3.3 Without prejudice to condition 3.4, we will not be liable to you by way of representation (unless fraudulent), common law duty or under any express or implied term of the contract for:
3.3.1 any loss of profits or any indirect, special or consequential loss or damage (including, without limitation, any loss of business, loss of reputation and loss of goodwill) (whether caused by our negligence or that of our employees agents or otherwise) arising in connection with the supply of Products or their use or resale by you.
3.4 Our entire liability in connection with the contract will not exceed [one and a half times] the purchase price of the Products in question.
3.5 Notwithstanding any other term of these conditions our liability to you for:
3.5.1 death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or that of our employees, agents or subcontractors; and
3.5.2 fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; and
3.5.3 any other matter which we cannot by law restrict or exclude
is not limited save that this condition 3 shall not confer a right or remedy on you to which you would not otherwise be entitled.
3.6 We shall not be deemed to be in breach of this Agreement, or be otherwise liable under this Agreement, by reason only of any delay in performance, or the non-performance of any of our obligations, to the extent that the delay or non-performance is due to any Force Majeure event.
4 PRICE
4.1 The price for Products will be that stated on our quotation or order acknowledgement or order acceptance (as appropriate) or, if no price is stated, our list price last published on the date upon which Products are dispatched to you. We may vary the price to the extent that the cost to us of acquiring or supplying Products is increased between the date of quotation or order acknowledgement (as appropriate) and delivery including, without limitation, increases in the costs of carriage packaging or insurance or arising from a change in exchange rate, a change in delivery dates quantities or specifications for Products requested by you or delay caused by your instructions.
4.2 Prices quoted by us are unless otherwise stated exclusive of (a) value added tax or any similar taxes, levies or duties, (b) the costs of carriage, delivery, packaging and insurance, and (c) our handling charges, all of which will be added to or charged on invoices at the appropriate rates and paid by you.
5 PAYMENT
5.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing, you must pay for Products prior to the despatch of the Products to you by such means as we may notify you of. Where the Products are supplied on credit terms granted at our discretion, payment will be made by you by the end of the month (or whatever other terms have been agreed between us in writing) of our invoice date. Payment by cheque is deemed to have been made only upon such cheque being met on first presentation.
5.2 Where any payment to be made by you under the Contract is not made by its due date then, without prejudice to our other rights and remedies, we may:
5.2.1 charge interest on the outstanding amount (as well after as before judgement) on a day to day basis at the statutory rate from time to time applicable until the sum due is paid.
5.2.2 withhold further deliveries, suspend performance of the Contract and/or withhold guarantees on previously supplied Products until arrangements as to payment or credit have been established on terms which are satisfactory to us.
5.3 Where Products are to be delivered in instalments, each delivery constitutes a separate contract and failure by us to deliver any one or more of the instalments in accordance with these conditions or any claim by you in respect of any one or more instalments will not entitle you to treat the Contract as a whole as repudiated.
6 DELIVERY
6.1 Delivery of Products shall be made by us to the place designated by you in the accepted order or quotation, as appropriate. Delivery will be made during normal business hours.
6.2 Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, any delivery date or time specified by us in any quotation, despatch note or otherwise is a best estimate only and we will not be liable to you for any loss or damage sustained by you as a result of our failure to comply with such time scale.
6.3 If you pass or have a resolution passed for your winding-up, a receiver is appointed over the whole or any part of your undertaking, an administration order is made against you, you enter into or propose to enter into any arrangement with your creditors, become unable to pay your debts (or have no reasonable prospect of so doing), suffer a bankruptcy order or commit a material breach of the Contract, then we may without prejudice to any other right immediately terminate the Contract, suspend or cancel further delivery and/or recover Products from you for which payment in full has not been received.
7 RISK AND TITLE
7.1 Risk in Products shall pass to you upon delivery.
7.2 Title to Products shall not pass to you until their full price and the price of any other goods which are the subject of any other contract between you and us has been paid. Until title passes, Products shall be:-
7.2.1 stored by you at your premises in such a manner that they are clearly identifiable as being our property and be kept separate from any other goods whether or not supplied by us;
7.2.2 handed over to us on demand. We may re-take possession of such Products and may enter onto your premises for such purpose.
7.3 If you fail to pay for any Products in accordance with these conditions we may bring action against you for the price of the Products at any time notwithstanding that title in Products has not passed to you.
8 DAMAGE OR LOSS IN TRANSIT
We shall repair or replace, free of charge any Products damaged or lost in transit where delivery has been made by our carrier, provided that you give us written notification of such damage or loss within 3 days of the date of our invoice (so that we may comply with our carrier’s conditions of carriage).
9 APPARENT DEFECTS
9.1 If the quantity of Products delivered does not correspond with the quantity required to be delivered in that consignment you may not reject that consignment and may only:-
9.1.1 (if the quantity delivered exceeds the contract quantity) return the excess or retain the whole, in which latter case the price shall be adjusted at the contract rate then prevailing;
9.1.2 (if the quantity delivered is less than the contract quantity) require a further delivery of Products to make up the deficiency or (at our option) a refund of the appropriate part of the purchase price.
9.2 These rights are only available however where condition 2.1 is also satisfied.
9.3 You shall have no claim for the fact that Products delivered are of the wrong description unless condition 2.1 is also satisfied.
10 SPECIFICATION
10.1 All illustrations, specifications, performance data, and the like used by us in sales literature, on web pages or other documentation have been provided by us in the belief that they accurate. However, they do not constitute a description of the Products, shall not be taken to be representations made by us and are not warranted to be accurate.
10.2 The specification for Products may be changed by the manufacturer at any time up to delivery and provided such change does not materially alter the functionality of Products you may not cancel your order. We will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered in connection with any change. We will use our reasonable endeavours to advise you of any such impending variation as soon as we are able or upon our receiving notice of the same (as appropriate). You must check specifications for products prior to making an order.
11 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
No right of intellectual property in any Product is granted to or vested in you other than the right to use the same. You will fully indemnify us against all liabilities, costs and expenses resulting from any claim that our use of any specification provided by you in connection with the Contract infringes the rights of any third party.
12 CANCELLATION
You may not cancel the Contract without our prior written consent and then only on condition that you forfeit any deposit for the Products and reimburse any losses we may suffer in connection with the cancellation.
13 FORCE MAJEURE
We will not have any liability under the Contract and may cancel or reduce the volume of Products to be delivered under it if we are prevented from or delayed in delivering or performing by any circumstances beyond our reasonable control including but not limited to industrial action, war, fire, prohibition or enactment of any kind, or failures or acts on the part of our suppliers or sub-contractors or any other third parties (including your bank).
14 ASSIGNMENT
We may freely assign, sub-contract or otherwise transfer in whole or in part the Contract. You may not however do so without our written agreement.
15 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
15.1 To the extent permitted by English law, we may conduct transactions for the supply of Products using an electronic commerce approach under which we will both electronically transmit and receive electronic communications. Where so conducted, this condition 15 will additionally apply.
15.2 For the purposes of condition 15, an “e-communication” means any communication electronically transmitted by you to us through our website, or e-mail address or by us to your internet address in connection with the ordering, payment for and/or supply of Products and including without limitation any order, order acknowledgement and electronic credit entries and requests; “originating party” means the party transmitting an e-communication; and “receiving party” means the party receiving such a communication.
15.3 You will provide and maintain the equipment, software, services and testing facilities necessary for you to effectively and reliably transmit and receive e-communications.
15.4 Any e-communication will be deemed received, where you are the receiving party, upon arrival at your mailbox at the Internet address apparent from your order or, where we are the receiving party, when the e-communication is accessed by us in intelligible form. The receiving party will promptly notify the originating party if an e-communication is received in unintelligible form provided that the originating party can be identified. In the absence of such notice, our record of the contents of any such e-communication will prevail.
15.5 Any Contract formed through the transmission of e-communications will be deemed to have been formed in England.
16 GOVERNING LAW
16.1 The Contract is governed by the laws of England and the English courts shall have the non-exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any disputes arising out of or under it.
16.2 Notices required or permitted to be given under these conditions must be in writing (including without limitation by electronic mail) addressed to the relevant party at its registered office or principal place of business.
16.3 No waiver by us of any breach of the Contract by you is considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision. If any provision of these Conditions is held by a competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part the validity of the other provisions of these Conditions and the remainder of the provision in question is not affected.
