SKRAP TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SUPPLY OF SERVICES
The below sets out the terms and conditions on which we, Skrap Ltd ("we", "our" or "Skrap Ltd"), provide access to our website http://www.skrap.xyz and any Skrap mobile application through which you request either one of these services a Skip Hire, Waste Management, Plant Hire, Porta Loos, Ready Mix Concrete and Aggregates. Please read these Website Terms carefully in conjunction with the specific terms for the relevant services before ordering any services through the Website.
These Terms of Supply of Services (the “Terms”), together with any and all other documents referred to herein, set out the terms under which we provide our services. Please read these Terms carefully and ensure that you understand them before interacting with this website and its services. You will be required to accept these Terms when engaging with the Skrap platform.
By ordering services through the Website (whether now or in the future), you agree to be bound by these Terms. We reserve the right to change these Website Terms from time to time by changing them on this page.
By accessing any part of the Website, you indicate that you accept these Website Terms. If you do not accept these Terms, you should leave the Website immediately, and you will not be able to book any services through the Website.
This App for skrap.xyz is owned and operated by Skrap Ltd, a company incorporated and registered in England and Wales under company number 11035244, whose registered address is 562 North Circular Road, NW2 7QA.
To contact us with any queries about these Terms or our Services, please email info@skrap.xyz
App: refers to the Skrap mobile phone application on the ‘Apple app store’ & ‘Google Playstore’;
Cancellation Charge: means the charge for cancellation set out in the Services Charges
Confidential Information: refers to all sensitive documents and technical or commercial know-how, specifications, inventions, processes or initiatives which are of a confidential nature, as well as information concerning a User's business, its products and services.
Contract: the contractual obligations between us and you for the supply of Services in accordance with the agreed terms and conditions within this agreement and the sub terms and conditions relating to each individual service.
Customers: all users including individuals and business users engaging with the Skrap platform and using its Services ( e.g. builders, construction companies, homeowners, property developers).
Defective Additional Services: has the meaning given in Condition 6.2.
Defective Goods: has the meaning given in Condition 6.2.
Environmental Surcharge: means a surcharge to cover costs imposed by government and regulators relating to extraction of mineral reserves.
Order: your order relating to the Services as set out in your purchase order form, made verbally over the phone or via the App, or your written acceptance of our Contract (as the case may be).
Platform: Skrap is the platform through which Customers and Suppliers interact for the provision of the Services.
Services: on demand Skip & Grab hire and other waste management services;
Service Charges: the charges for the services of the Skip and Grab Hire and Waste Management, Plant Hire, Porta Loos, Ready Mix Concrete and Aggregates services as set out in any quotations, price list or confirmed in writing by the new enquiries team. (including any transportation charges, additional fees, delayed payment, wages and VAT). If the contract is cancelled the business is generally only to keep or receive an amount sufficient to cover their actual losses that directly result from your cancellation (e.g. costs already incurred or loss of profit).
Service Period: the length of time agreed by you and us in writing for the duration of services. The Service Period will be agreed in writing, which will commence from the date of delivery/collection.
Site: the place of delivery for the Services as agreed by you and provided in writing.
Suppliers: business and other legal entities that are specialised and are licensed to provide Skip & Grab hire services;
Sub-Contractual Terms: these are the specific terms which relate to each individual service which you have purchased and those terms should be read alongside these general terms.
Users: refers collectively to all parties including Customers and Suppliers engaging with the Skrap platform and using its Services ( “you/your”);
Website: refers to skrap.xyz.
Working Day: Monday to Friday between 7am and 6:00pm, Saturday 8am to 12pm (other than a Sunday and any Bank Holiday)
A reference to a statute or statutory provision includes all subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision.
Any words following the terms including, include, in particular, for example or any similar expression, shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words, description, definition, phrase or term preceding those terms.
- Any representations, advertising, marketing material or descriptive matter contained in our brochures or on our website are issued solely for giving an approximate idea of the Equipment and shall not be incorporated into the Contract and shall have no contractual force. In entering into the Contract, you acknowledge that you do not rely on and waive any claim for breach of such representations. Reference to writing or written includes email but not fax.
- These Terms apply to the Users using the Services and operating through the Skrap Platform for the provision of the listed Services.
- On occasion, we may subcontract our services to other vetted companies or suppliers. The legal contract for the supply and purchase of the service is between you and the supplier, and we will conclude the sale of the Order on behalf of the supplier.
- All transactions and payments are processed through the Skrap Platform and through software installed at Skrap’s offices, which are located in the United Kingdom.
- By signing up to the Platform as a User you must comply with and be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms you must not use the Platform, App, Website, Phone or place an order.
- We reserve the right to change these Terms at any time. We will take reasonable steps to make you aware of any changes to the Terms, for example by posting them on the Website or emailing you. You agree to be bound by the version of these Terms displayed on the Website at the time you use it.
- Your payment for the Services purchased shall be made solely through our Platform either using our Website or App portal. You may pay via credit or debit card or other secure online payment platforms used by us including but not limited to Stripe. We reserve the right to introduce other payment methods in the future at our discretion.
- Skrap reserves the right to charge your debit or credit card for any outstanding fee due to Skrap for services provided.
- Unless otherwise stated, all fees shall be exclusive of any applicable amounts in respect of value added tax (VAT) which will be added at the current rate to the total amount due from Customers.
- We reserve the right to change the fee structure as well as our commission fee from time to time subject to notifying Users within one (1) month of the change. Once your order has been confirmed your credit or debit card will have been authorised and the amount marked for payment Payment is made directly to Skrap acting as agent on behalf of the supplier. We are authorized by our supplier to accept payment on their behalf and payment of the price of any order to us will discharge your obligations to pay such a price to the Partner Supplier that offers Partner Delivery.
- Unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing the price for the Goods and/or Additional Services be the price set out in the Quotation and/or the Additional Services Price List and/or Sundries Price List and/or the Surcharge Price List as at the date of delivery.
- The Company reserves the right, by giving notice to the Customer at any time before delivery, to amend the Quotation and/or the Additional Services Price List and/or the Sundries Price List and/or the Surcharge to reflect any increase in the cost to the Company which is due to any factor beyond the control of the Company (including, without limitation, any increase in the costs of labour, fuel, materials, or other costs of manufacture or supply), any change in the quantities of the Goods and/or Additional Services requested by the Customer or any change in the delivery dates or location for the Goods and/or Additional Services requested by the Customer, or any delay caused by any instructions of the Customer or failure of the Customer to give the Company adequate information or instructions.
- Unless otherwise agreed in writing the prices for the Goods shall include costs or charges in relation to delivery but are not inclusive of the charges for Additional Services, Sundries Costs and Surcharges. For the avoidance of doubt, this does not affect the Company’s right to charge for delivery related charges as set out herein.
- The price for the Goods and/or Additional Services and/or the Sundries Costs and/or the Surcharge shall be exclusive of value added tax and any other taxes and duties or levies all of which amounts the Customer will pay in addition when it is due to pay for the Goods and/or Additional Services and/or the Sundries Costs and/or the Surcharge.
- The Company reserves the right to levy the Part Load Charge, where the Customer orders less than a full load. Details of load capacities can be obtained from the Company upon request.
- The Company reserves the right to make a charge for delivery of the Goods and/or the Additional Services on the request of the Customer at a specific time or outside normal working hours.
- Except where otherwise agreed by the Company or where the Customer is a credit account holder, payment of the price for the Goods (plus Sundries Costs and Surcharges that have been incurred or are anticipated by the Company to be incurred on or before delivery) is due before dispatch of the Goods and/or completion of Additional Services. Any other charges are due as they are incurred (unless agreed otherwise with the Customer). Time for payment of the Goods, Additional Services, Sundries Costs and Surcharges shall be of the essence.
- The Customer shall make all payments due under the Contract without any deduction whether by way of set-off, withholding, counterclaim, discount, abatement or otherwise.
- The Company shall be entitled to apply any amount due to the Customer under this or any other agreement in or towards payment of any sum owing by the Customer to the Company in relation to any matter whatsoever.
- If any sum due from the Customer to the Company under the Contract or any other contract is not paid on or before the due date for payment then all sums then owing by the Customer to the Company shall become due and payable immediately and the Company shall be entitled to:
- cancel or suspend its performance of the Contract or any order including suspending deliveries of the Goods and/or provision of the Additional Services; and/or
- require the Customer to pay for Goods prior to their despatch or collection from the Company’s place of business; and/or
- charge the Customer
- interest calculated on a daily basis on all overdue amounts (both before and after judgement) until actual payment at the statutory rate of interest for commercial debts prevailing from time to time until payment is made in full; and
- the cost of obtaining judgement or payment to include all reasonable professional costs (including legal fees) and other costs of issuing proceedings or otherwise pursuing a debt recovery procedure.
- Any credit facility given to the Customer by the Company may be altered or withdrawn by the Company at any time.
We reserve the right to charge you for any late payment of any outstanding invoices under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, or any subsequent legislation.
- Customers are bound by the quote and the specifications of the Service selected.
- Payment is due immediately upon completion of your order. If you do not make any payment due to us on time, we may suspend or cancel any Services which are currently in progress, suspend or terminate access to our Platform and charge interest on any unpaid sums on a daily basis at 8% above the base rate of the Bank of England until payment is made in full of any such outstanding sums.
- You are responsible for being available for the provision of the Services as arranged with the Supplier. We are not liable in cases where you are not available at the time of the delivery of the Services.
- If you are not available at the time of delivery of the Services, we will make a good faith effort to rearrange delivery. However, we reserve the right to pass on to the Customer any additional fees charged to us by a Supplier for an additional delivery.
- Where we provide you with an estimated time of arrival for the Services this should not be construed as any form of guarantee. Estimated times are provided by the Supplier and are only estimates.
- Skrap gives no warranty that Goods and services will achieve a particular strength or will be fit for any particular purpose unless this has been expressly agreed in writing between the parties to the Contract.
- Subject to Conditions below (6a and b) if the Customer establishes to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that there is a defect in the Goods or there is some other failure in relation to the conformity of the Goods with the Contract and such non-conformity is the fault of the Company (such goods shall be referred to as the “Defective Goods”), or the Additional Services have not been performed with reasonable care and skill (the “Defective Additional Services”), then the Company shall at its option, at its sole discretion and within a reasonable time:
- subject to the reasonable cooperation of the Customer, break up and remove the Defective Goods free of charge to the Customer and replace such Defective Goods with Goods which are in all respects in accordance with the Contract (including the cost of transporting the Goods to and from the Customer for that purpose) or re-perform such Defective Additional Services; or
- issue a credit note to the Customer in respect of the whole or part of the Contract price of such Defective Goods and/or Defective Additional Services plus the reasonable costs of breaking up and removing the Defective Goods or re-performing such Defective Additional Services;
- and performance of any one of the above options shall constitute an entire discharge of the Company’s liability under this warranty and shall be the Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy.
- The Company shall be under no liability under the warranty at Condition 6.2 above:
- in respect of any defect arising from fair wear and tear, wilful damage, negligence, abnormal working conditions, failure to follow the Company’s instructions (whether given orally or in writing), misuse or alteration of the Goods without the Company’s approval; and/or
- if the total price for the Goods and/or the Additional Services and/or the Sundries Costs and/or the Surcharge has not been paid by the due date for payment; and/or
- for any Goods manufactured or appropriated to the Contract in accordance with any specification, instruction or recommendation made to the Company by the Customer; and/or
- for any Additional Services performed in accordance with the Customer’s instructions; and/or
- in respect of any type of defect, damage or wear specifically excluded by the Company by notice in writing; and/or
- An Event of Force Majeure.
- If the Customer believes that there is some defect or other non conformance of the Goods and/or the Additional Services with the Contract then the Customer shall give:
- written notification of such alleged defect to the Company which notice shall include details of such suspected non-conformance or defect and the precise location of where such concrete was placed as soon as such defect or non conformance is suspected or discovered or ought to have been discovered but in any event within 40 days after delivery of the Goods or within 48 hours if the volume of Goods delivered do not correspond to the volume shown on the delivery docket; and
- the Company a reasonable opportunity to inspect the relevant Goods or the location at which the Additional Services were performed and, if so requested by the Company and, promptly return to the Company or such other person nominated by the Company a sample of the Goods within 14 days, carriage paid by the Customer, for inspection, examination and testing and/or otherwise permit the Company to have access to the Goods at the Customer’s premises or other location where they may be for such purposes and/or permit the Company access to the site where the Additional Services were performed for such purposes.
- The warranties set out in the Contract are the only warranties which shall be given by the Company and all warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
You have a right to cancel the services at any time, however you must cancel the services with good time. Should you give less than 24 hours’ notice to cancel the service there will be a cancellation penalty of £80 plus VAT. Any Cancellation must be communicated to us within the relevant timescale. The easiest way to do this is to contact us directly via the app or by email at info@skrap.xyz.
Skrap is not a party to any contracts, transactions, or other relationships between Supplier and Customer, who hereby acknowledge and agree that Skrap is not party to any dispute between the Supplier and the Customer. Any claims must be made directly against the party concerned.
No party has any right to hold or attempt to hold Skrap liable for a Supplier’s or a Customer’s actions, errors, delays, failures or omissions in respect of the Services. Any failure or delay by Suppliers or Customers to comply with their obligations under these Terms shall not be Skrap’s responsibility and Skrap shall have no liability therefor.
- In the event that a Customer is not satisfied with the quality of a Supplier’s Services and has due cause for dissatisfaction, they must provide details of the measures within 1 day of the issue taking place and must permit a reasonable opportunity (1 day) for the Supplier to rectify the problem.
- if Skrap is not given enough notice of any of the issues related to the service and they do not have time to rectify the issue the Customer relinquishes any right in waiver of the cancellation fee and full refund.
- If the Service is not delivered according to the Supplier’s specification as agreed at the time of the order (through no fault of the Customer), the Customer may either request Skrap to source another Supplier to deliver the work subject to new payment or request a refund of any amounts paid for the Services and the Supplier will forfeit its fee.
- In such instances where the Customer is entitled to a refund under clause 9.1 above, Customers will be entitled to a refund less:
- £10 (inc VAT) cancellation fee, if Skrap is notified no less than one hour prior to the booking slot confirmation.
- £120 (inc VAT) cancellation fee, if Skrap is notified after one hour prior to the booking slot confirmation.
- If the cancellation occurs 1 hour before the booking slot then £120 (inclusive of VAT) will be charged as a cancellation fee.
- Refunds provided pursuant to clause 9.4.1 or 9.4.2 will be provided within five (5) to (10) working days of Skrap’s receipt of notification.
All personal information that we may collect from your account (including, but not limited to, your name, address and telephone number) will be collected, used and held in accordance with our Privacy Policy and the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
- Users must, at all times, respect the intellectual property rights of third parties. Under no circumstances may Suppliers or Customers use, upload or otherwise transmit to us or via our Platform, App or Website intellectual property belonging to another party without that party’s express permission.
- Users will keep in strict confidence all Confidential Information which has been disclosed in the course of their use of or interaction with the Platform by Skrap or by other Users or their employees, agents or subcontractors.
- A User who has received Confidential Information (“Receiving Party”) will only disclose such confidential information to those of its employees, agents and subcontractors who need to know it for the purpose of discharging the Receiving Party's obligations, and shall ensure that such employees, agents and subcontractors comply with the obligations set out in these Terms.
- This clause shall survive indefinitely, including beyond the completion of the provision of the Services.
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Skrap may immediately suspend performance of the Contract, cancel any outstanding delivery of the goods, cease the provision of any Services, stop any Goods in transit or by notice in writing to the Customer terminate the Contract without liability to the Skrap if:
- the Customer commits a material breach of any of its obligations under the Contract which is incapable of remedy or fails to remedy any breach of its obligations under the Contract which is capable of remedy, or persists in any breach of any of its obligations under the Contract after having been requested in writing by Skrap to remedy or desist from such breach within a period of 14 days; or
- fails to make a payment in accordance with these Terms; or
- is suspected of having committed any illegal or offensive behaviour.
- the Customer suspends, or threatens to suspend, payment of its debts (whether principal or interest) or is deemed to be unable to pay its debts within the meaning of Section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986; calls a meeting, gives a notice, passes a resolution or files a petition, or an order is made, in connection with the winding up of that party (save for the sole purpose of a solvent voluntary reconstruction or amalgamation); has an application to appoint an administrator made or a notice of intention to appoint an administrator filed or an administrator is appointed in respect of it or all or any part of its assets; has a receiver or administrative receiver appointed over all or any part of its assets or a person becomes entitled to appoint a receiver or administrative receiver over such assets; takes any steps in connection with proposing company voluntary arrangement or a co company voluntary arrangement is passed in relation to it, or it commences negotiations with all or any of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its debts; or has any steps taken by a secured lender to obtain possession of the property on which it has security or otherwise to enforce its security; or has any distress, execution or sequestration or other such process levied or enforced on any of its assets; has any proceeding taken, with respect to it in any jurisdiction to which it is subject, or any event happens in such jurisdiction that has an effect equivalent or similar to any of the events in this Condition :or
- We hereby exclude any and all liability arising out of any actions that we may take in response to breaches of these Terms. To the fullest extent permitted by law, all sums due will remain due and payable notwithstanding any suspension or termination for any reason.
- In the event that a Supplier no longer wishes to be considered and selected for the provision of the Services, the Supplier must notify us of this fact via email at info@skrap.xyz
- Notwithstanding any such termination or suspension in accordance with Condition 12.1 above the Customer shall pay Skrap for all Goods and/or Services delivered up to and including the date of suspension or termination.
- Termination of the Contract for any reason shall be without prejudice to the rights and remedies of either party which may have accrued up to termination.
- The Company’s total liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation or otherwise, arising in connection with these terms of the Contract shall be limited to the value of the services supplied under this Contract.
- As stated, we are not a party to any transactions, other relationships, or disputes between Customers and Suppliers. Insofar as is permitted by law, we make no representation, warranty, or guarantee that the Services are fit for a particular purpose, that any specific results may be obtained from use of the Platform, App, Website or Services, or that our Services will meet the Customer’s requirements or expectations.
- We will not be liable to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, interruption to business, for any loss of business opportunity or for any indirect or consequential loss.
- krap shall not be liable to the Customer (whether in contract, tort negligence, breach of statutory duty or otherwise) however arising (whether relating to the Goods and/or Services or otherwise) for:
- any loss of profit or other economic loss (direct or indirect); and/or
- any loss or damage or liability which the Customer incurs due to delay in its works or project; and/or
- any indirect or consequential loss or damage, costs, expenses or other claims for consequential compensation whatsoever (howsoever caused).
- We will not be liable for any damage to property, fixtures or other physical objects and personal possessions that may occur in connection to the provision of the Services. We are not responsible for the cost of repairing any pre-existing faults or damage to your property that we discover while providing the Services.
- Nothing in these Terms seeks to limit or exclude our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other matter in respect of which liability cannot be excluded or restricted by law.
- We are not responsible for any environmental impact that may occur in connection to the provision of the Services affecting human or natural life including but not limited to pollution of the air, water, soil and nuisance.
- Our total liability for any loss or damage caused as a result of our negligence or breach of these Terms shall be limited to the fee paid for the Service to which the claim relates.
- Users shall indemnify us against any costs, liability, damages, loss, claims or proceedings incurred by us and arising as a result of any breach of these Terms, a breach of the relevant legislations or otherwise in connection with use of our Site or our Services.
- No party shall be liable or be deemed to be in breach of these Terms by reason of any delay in performing, or any failure to perform, any of that party’s obligations if the delay or failure is due to any cause beyond that party’s reasonable control.
- We will not be held liable for the Suppliers failure to comply with the relevant Regulations and Directives in the process of moving and disposing of the Users waste.
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The Customer irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to indemnify Skrap, its employees, sub-contractors and agents in full and on demand and keep them so indemnified against all claims, demands, actions, proceedings and all damages, losses, costs and expenses (including without limitation legal and other professional advisers’ fees and all consequential and economic loss (including without limitation loss of profit, future revenue, reputation or goodwill and anticipated savings)) whether direct or indirect made against or incurred or suffered by any of them directly or indirectly and whether wholly or in part resulting from the matters listed below whether or not such losses or the consequences of the matters listed below were foreseeable at the date of the Contract:
- the manufacture and sale of the Goods by the Skrap in accordance with the Customer’s specifications or other data or information furnished or instructions given by the Customer; and/or
- any breach by the Customer of its obligations under the Contract; and/or
- any breach by the Skrapof its obligations under the Contract or any other act or omission (including, without limitation, negligence) of the Company, its employees and agents in excess of the liability of the Skrapunder the Contract.
- We may transfer our obligations and rights under these Terms to a third party (this may happen, for example, if we sell our business). Your rights under these Terms will not be affected and our obligations under these Terms will be transferred to the third party who will remain bound by them.
- You may not transfer (assign) your obligations and rights under these Terms without our express written permission.
- These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us. You acknowledge that you have not relied upon any statement, representation, warranty, assurance, or promise made by or on behalf of us that is not set out in these Terms.
- If any of the provisions of these Terms are found to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by any court or other authority, that / those provision(s) shall be deemed severed from the remainder of these Terms, which shall be valid and enforceable.
- Nothing in these Terms is intended to, or shall be deemed to, establish any partnership or joint venture between the parties, nor constitute any party the agent of another for any purpose.
- No failure or delay by us in exercising any of our rights under these Terms means that we have waived that right, and no waiver by us of a breach of any provision of these Terms means that we will waive any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
- We may revise these Terms from time to time. If any changes to these Terms are to your material disadvantage, you may cancel any transaction entered into with respect to Project without liability.
- We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under these Website Terms that is caused by events outside our reasonable control
- The Skrap may record phone calls it makes to, or receives from, the Customer.
- The waiver by either party of any breach of the Contract shall not prevent the subsequent enforcement of that breach and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of that or any other provision.
- The Contract sets out the entire agreement and understanding between the Customer and Skrap in connection with the sale of the Goods and/or provision of Services, and shall supersede and replace all documentation previously issued by the Skrap purporting to set out its terms and conditions of sale of the Goods. The parties acknowledge that this agreement has not been entered into wholly or partly in reliance on, nor has either party been given any warranty, statement, promise or representation by the other or on its behalf other than as expressly set out in this agreement. Each party agrees that the only rights and remedies available to it arising out of or in connection with any warranties, statements, promises or representations will be for breach of contract and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to any claim, rights or remedies including any right to rescind this agreement which it might otherwise have had in relation to them.
- Any communication between the parties relating to the obligations of the Contract must be in writing and delivered by hand or by email at the Company Email (when delivery shall be deemed to be the day of delivery) or sent by pre-paid first class post (when delivery shall be deemed to be 48 hours after posting) to, in the case of the Company, the address set out above, and in the case of the Customer, to its registered address, or such change of address as shall be notified to either party by the other. Pre-contractual communications, including any orders or Quotations, may be sent by email to such email addresses as the parties agree.
- The Customer shall not be entitled to assign, charge, subcontract or transfer the Contract or any part of it without the prior written consent of Skrap.
- Skrap may assign, charge, subcontract or transfer the Contract or any part of it to any person or Group Company. The Customer irrevocably consents to novation of the Company’s rights and obligations pursuant to the Contract to any Group Company.
- Skrap may enforce any term of the Contract. Save for the Group Companies, no person who is not a party to the Contract (including any employee, officer, agent, representative or sub-contractor of either party) shall have the right (whether under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the “Act”) or otherwise) to enforce any term of the Contract which expressly or by implication confers a benefit on that person without the express prior agreement in writing of Skrap and the Customer which agreement must refer to this Condition
- Even if a person who is not a party to the Contract has a right to enforce any term of the Contract by virtue of Section 1 of the Act, the parties may, notwithstanding Section 2(1) of the Act, vary or cancel the Contract by agreement between them without requiring the consent of such third party.
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Without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to us, we shall be entitled to cancel the Contract or suspend any further performance under the Contract without any liability on our part to and if the services have been provided to you but not paid for then the Hire Charges and VAT shall become immediately due and payable notwithstanding any previous agreement or arrangement to the contrary in the event that:
- you make any voluntary arrangement with creditors or become subject to any administration order or (being a Consumer or a firm) become bankrupt or (being a company) go into liquidation (otherwise then for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction)
- an encumbrance takes possession or a receiver is appointed over any of your property or assets.
- you (not being a Consumer) cease or threaten to cease to carry on business
- you breach any of the Conditions; or
- we reasonably apprehend that any of the events mentioned above is about to occur in relation to you and notify you accordingly.
The Company reserves the right to suspend or cancel the Contract in whole or in part (without liability to the Customer) if it is prevented from or delayed in the carrying on of its business and its obligations under the Contract due to any circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Company including, without limitation, pandemic, disease, acts of God, flood, lightning, war, revolution, act of terrorism, riot or civil commotion, strikes, lock outs or other industrial action (whether of the Company’s own employees or others), failure of supplies of power, fuel, transport, equipment, raw materials or other goods or services (an “Event of Force Majeure”) provided that, if the Event of Force Majeure continues for a continuous period in excess of 90 days, the Customer shall be entitled to give notice in writing to the Company to terminate the Contract
If any of these clauses are held to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, then that clause will be deemed severable and will not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining clauses, to the extent permitted by law
- These Terms shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales and any disputes concerning these Terms, or any matters arising therefrom or associated therewith shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
- The parties will use their best efforts to negotiate in good faith and settle any dispute (other than that of debt recovery that shall be dealt with in the small claims court) that may arise out of or relate to these Terms or any breach of them.
- If any such dispute between the parties arising out of or in connection with these Terms cannot be settled amicably through ordinary negotiations or mediation between the parties, or either or both is or are unwilling to engage in this process, the dispute, difference or disagreement shall be referred to the arbitration in London of a single arbitrator appointed by agreement between the parties within 30 days after a request for a reference is made by either party, nominated on the application of either party by the President for the time being of the Law Society.
- Both parties to the Contract have a right to refer any difference or dispute arising under or in connection with the Contract to adjudication and the procedure set out in Part 1 of the Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (or any amendment or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force) will apply. The person (if any) specified in the Contract to act as adjudicator may be named in the Offer. The specified nominating body to select adjudicators shall be the Construction Plant-hire Association acting by its President or Chief Executive for the time being.
- The Supplier and you shall comply forthwith with any decision of the adjudicator; and shall submit to summary judgment and enforcement (and / or, under Scots law, shall consent to a motion for summary decree and submit to enforcement) in respect of all such decisions; in each case, without any defence, set-off, counterclaim, abatement or deduction. Where, under Scots law, the supplier, the Hirer, or the adjudicator, wishes to register a decision of the adjudicator for execution in the Books of Council and Session, any other party shall, on being requested to do so, forthwith consent to such registration by subscribing the decision before a witness.
Terms and Conditions
These Terms and Conditions are in relation to the relevant services “Plant Hire” and should be read alongside the General Terms and Conditions when using the Services.
Services
- Upon receipt of the Order, the Service will be provided in accordance with the agreed Order form, and the General Terms and Conditions will apply.
- Acceptance of the Plant on site implies acceptance of all terms and conditions herein unless otherwise previously agreed in writing.
- You acknowledge that it is not intended that the Contract will be subject to the Consumer Credit Act 1974. If you are a Consumer the Hire Period shall not in any event exceed 3 months, after which time the Contract shall be deemed to have automatically terminated. Accordingly, the hire of any Hire Goods is not covered by the Consumer Credit Act 1974. In such circumstances, the Customer shall return the Hire Goods to the Supplier on the final day of the 3 month Hire Period. If the Customer fails to do this then it shall be liable for any financial loss which this causes the Supplier.
- We reserve the right to make changes in the specification of the Plant Equipment or to supply suitable alternatives, of which we shall provide such information in writing.
- The Plant Equipment shall not be moved to another location or site.
You shall be responsible for providing access in order to deliver the Plant Equipment and, unless otherwise agreed in writing, for unloading and loading of the Plant at the site; and any employees supplied by the supplier for such unloading and / or loading shall be deemed to be under your direction and control. Any such employees shall for all purposes in connection with their employment in the unloading and / or loading of the Plant be regarded as your agents who shall be solely responsible for all claims arising in connection with unloading and / or loading of the Plant by, or with the assistance of, such employees.
INSPECTION REPORTS
- It shall be deemed that upon delivery and acceptance, the Plant Equipment will be in good working order, save for either an inherent fault or a fault not ascertainable by reasonable examination.
- Upon delivery you will be required to inspect the Plant Equipment to ensure that it is not damaged and in good working order before the acceptance of delivery, if the Plant Equipment is accepted and signed by you, should any fault arise after acceptance, it will be deemed a fault after the delivery and therefore replacement charges would apply.
- If upon inspection you find that it is faulty or damaged, you must complete the form and inform us immediately.
- You shall be responsible for the safekeeping of the Plant, its use in a workmanlike manner within the manufacturer’s rated capacity and in accordance with the manufacturer’s and / or the Supplier’s recommendations, and its return on the completion of the Hire Period in equal good order (fair wear and tear excepted).
- You shall always when hiring Plant Equipment without the supplier’s operator or driver take all reasonable steps to keep himself acquainted with the state and condition of the Plant. If such Plant is continued at work or in use in an unsafe and unsatisfactory state or environment, you shall be solely responsible for any damage, loss, cost, expense, or accidents whether directly or indirectly arising therefrom.
- Any inspection report required under the relevant legislation, or a copy thereof, shall be supplied by the supplier, if requested by you, and returned on completion of the Hire Period.
If any Services are delayed, postponed and/or are cancelled due to the Customer failing to comply with its obligations the Customer will be liable to pay the Supplier’s additional standard charges from time to time for such delay, postponement and/or cancellation except where the Customer is acting as a Consumer and the delay is due to a Force Majeure event.
You shall at all reasonable times allow the supplier, his agents, or his insurers to have access to the Plant to inspect, test, adjust, repair or replace the same. So far as reasonably practicable the Hirer shall allow such access during the Working Day.
- You are deemed to have knowledge of the site or the property or land where the Plant Equipment is to be delivered and you warrant that the condition of the site or place of delivery of the Plant is suitable for the use of such Plant.
- If, in your opinion, the ground (including any private access road or track) is soft or unsuitable for the Plant Equipment to work on, travel over, be transported over, be erected or dismantled on without timbers or equivalent support, the Hirer shall supply and lay suitable timbers or equivalent support in a suitable position for the Plant to travel over, work on, be transported over, be erected or dismantled on, including for the purpose of delivery and collection.
- Any timber or other material supplied by the supplier is provided solely to assist you under their duties and expressly not to relieve him of his legal, regulatory, or contractual obligations to ensure adequate stability of the Plant.
- You are responsible for the protection of, and liable for any damage to, any underground, surface or above ground services and utilities including, but not limited to cables, ducts, water pipes and gas lines, and any pavements, bridges, tunnels and roadways on or adjacent to the site and the Hirer shall liaise as necessary and comply with all requirements of the relevant statutory authority or similar body.
When a driver or operator or any person is supplied by the supplier with the Plant Equipment, the supplier shall supply a person competent in operating the Plant or for such purpose for which the person is supplied and such person shall be under the direction and control of you. Such drivers or operators or persons shall for all purposes in connection with their employment in the working of the Plant be regarded as your employees and you shall be solely responsible for all claims arising in connection with the operation of the Plant by the said drivers / operators / persons.
you shall not allow any other person to operate such Plant without the supplier’s prior written consent.
Such drivers or operators or persons shall not operate any other plant or machinery or undertake work other than that for which they are supplied by the supplier unless previously agreed in writing between the supplier and the Hirer.
- The Customer shall not remove any labels from and/or interfere with the Hire Goods, their working mechanisms or any other parts of them and shall take reasonable care of the Hire Goods and only use them for their proper purpose in a safe and correct manner in accordance with any operating and/or safety instructions provided or supplied to the Customer;
- take adequate and proper measures to protect the Hire Goods from theft, damage and/or other risks.
- keep the Hire Goods at all times in its possession and control and not to remove the Hire Goods from the country where the Customer is located and/or the country where the Supplier is located without the prior written consent of the Supplier.
- Any breakdown or the unsatisfactory working of or damage to any part of the Plant must be notified immediately to Skrap and confirmed in writing. Any claim for breakdown time will only be considered from the time and date at which written notification is received and acknowledged by Skrap.
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Any discounts for the loss of time due to a breakdown will be assessed as to when the initial notification was provided to us.
- Any discounts for the loss of time due to a breakdown will be assessed as to when the initial notification was provided to us.
- The Customer must not repair or attempt to repair the Hire Goods unless authorised to do so in writing by the Supplier. You shall be responsible for all expenses involved arising from any breakdown, unsatisfactory working of or damage to any part of the Plant due to your or your employees, or agents negligence, misdirection or misuse of the Plant Equipment (this is not relevant should the operator be provided by us).
No claims will be admitted (other than those allowed for under “Breakdown” (clause 28) for stoppages through causes outside the supplier’s control, including but not limited to bad weather and / or ground conditions nor shall the supplier be responsible for the cost or expense of recovering any Plant from soft or unsuitable ground, or a hazardous environment. For the avoidance of doubt, you shall be responsible for the cost and expense of recovering any Plant from soft or unsuitable ground or a hazardous environment
Each item of Plant Equipment specified in the Contract is hired as a separate unit and the breakdown or stoppage of one or more units or vehicles (whether the property of the supplier or otherwise) through any cause whatsoever, shall not entitle you to compensation or allowance for the loss of working time by any other unit or units of Plant working in conjunction therewith, provided that where two or more items of Plant are expressly hired together as a unit, such items shall be deemed to be one unit for the purpose of breakdown.
- If the Hire Goods are returned in damaged, unclean and/or defective state except where due to fair wear and tear and/or an inherent fault in the Hire Goods, the Customer shall be liable to pay the Supplier for the cost of any repair and/or cleaning required to return the Hire Goods to a condition fit for rehire and to pay the Rental, until such repairs and/or cleaning have been completed.
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In respect of any Hire Goods which are lost, stolen or damaged beyond economic repair during the Hire Period the Customer will: -
- pay to the Supplier the new replacement cost for any Hire Goods less than twelve (12) months old from first registration; and/or
- reimburse the Supplier for any loss or costs suffered or incurred by the Supplier for any Hire Goods more than twelve (12) months old from first registration, less the amount paid to the Supplier under any policy of insurance and/or Deposit in respect of the Hire Goods.
- The Customer shall remain liable to pay the Rental for the Hire Goods up to and including the date it notifies the Supplier that the Hire Goods have been lost, stolen and/or damaged beyond economic repair.
- In addition to the obligation in clause 30.1 to pay the Rental, from the date the Customer notifies the Supplier that the Hire Goods have been lost, stolen and/or damaged beyond economic repair until the date the Customer makes a payment to the Supplier for the replacement of the Hire Goods in accordance with clause 30.1 (“Lost Rental Period”), the Customer shall pay, as a genuine pre-estimate of lost rental profit, a sum as liquidated damages being equal to two thirds of the Rental that would have applied for such Hire Goods during the Lost Rental Period. The Supplier shall use its reasonable commercial endeavours to purchase replacements for such Hire Goods as quickly as possible once it has received payment from the Customer under clause 30.1 above.
Except for liability on the part of the supplier which is expressly provided for in the Contract (including these clauses):
- the supplier shall have no liability or responsibility for any loss, or damage of whatever nature due to or arising through any cause beyond his reasonable control.
- the supplier shall have no liability or responsibility, whether by way of indemnity or by reason of any breach of the Contract, breach of statutory duty or misrepresentation or by reason of the commission of any tort (including but not limited to negligence) in connection with the hire, for any of the your loss of profit, loss of use of the Plant or any other asset or facility, loss of production or productivity, loss of contracts with any third party, liabilities of whatever nature to any third party, and / or any other financial or economic loss or indirect or consequential loss or damage of whatever nature; and
- whenever the Contract (including these clauses) provides that any allowance is to be made against hire charges, such allowance shall be the sole and exclusive remedy in respect of the circumstances giving rise to the allowance, and such remedy shall be limited to the amount of hire charges which would otherwise be or become due if the allowance in question had not been made.
- For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in these conditions limits or seeks to exclude the supplier’s liability for claims of death or personal injury caused by the supplier’s negligence, fraud or for any other liability for which it is not permitted to seek to limit or exclude by operation of law.
- For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared and agreed that nothing in this clause affects the operation of clauses above.
- For the duration of the Hire Period (which for the avoidance of doubt includes the time Plant is left on site during a Holiday Period) you shall, subject to the provisions referred to in sub paragraph
- make good to the supplier all loss of or damage to the Plant from whatever cause the same may arise, fair wear and tear excepted, and shall also fully and completely indemnify the supplier and any personnel supplied by the supplier in respect of all claims by any person whatsoever for injury to person or property caused by or in connection with or arising out of the storage, transit, transport, unloading, loading or use of the Plant during the continuance of the Hire Period, and in connection therewith, whether arising under statute or common law. In the event of loss of or damage to the Plant Equipment.
- Any compensation for damage or loss of the Plant Equipment by you needs to be made within 21 days, failing of which, interest will be charged at 4% above the Bank of England Base rate, thereafter and we shall seek recovery in the courts should payment not be received in a reasonable time.
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Notwithstanding the above the you shall not be responsible for damage, loss
or injury:
- prior to delivery of any Plant to the site (or, where the site is not immediately adjacent to a highway maintainable at the public expense, prior to its leaving such highway) where the Plant is in transit by transport of the supplier or as otherwise arranged by the supplier,
- during the erection and / or dismantling of any Plant where such Plant requires to be completely erected / dismantled on site, provided always that such erection / dismantling is under the exclusive control of the supplier or his agent,
- after the Plant has been removed from the site and is in transit on a highway maintainable at the public expense (or where the site is not immediately adjacent to a highway maintainable at the public expense after it has joined such highway) to the supplier by transport of the supplier or as otherwise arranged by the supplier,
- where the Plant is travelling to or from a site on a highway maintainable at the public expense (or, where the site is not immediately adjacent to a highway maintainable at the public expense, prior to its leaving or after it is joining such highway) under its own power with a driver supplied by the supplier.
If the Plant Equipment is involved in any accident resulting in injury to persons or damage to property, immediate notification must be given by you to Skrap by telephone and confirmed in writing to Skrap no later than 24 hours after such telephone notification. In relation to any claim in respect of which you are not bound to fully indemnify the supplier, no admission of liability, offer, promise of payment or indemnity shall be made by the Hirer without the supplier’s prior written permission.
If during the Hire Period, the supplier decides that urgent repairs to the Plant Equipment are necessary then he may arrange for such repairs to be carried out on site or at any location of his nomination. In the event that urgent repairs to the Plant Equipment are necessary the supplier shall be obliged to replace the Plant Equipment with similar Plant if available, the supplier paying all transport charges involved. In the event of the supplier being unable to replace the Plant he shall be entitled to terminate the Contract forthwith by giving written notice to the Hirer. If such termination occurs:
- within three months from the commencement of the Hire Period, the supplier shall pay all transport charges involved, or,
- more than three months from the commencement of the Hire Period, the supplier shall be liable only for the cost of reloading and return transport.
All chargeable items shall be paid by the Hirer at the rates set out in the Contract save that any subsequent increases before and / or during the Hire Period arising from awards under any wage agreements and / or from increases in the supplier’s statutory contribution shall be charged as additions at cost by the supplier and shall be admitted and paid by the Hirer.
Travelling time, fares and similar expenses for drivers, operators and any person supplied by the supplier, incurred at the beginning and end of the Hire Period and where appropriate return fare of the driver, operator and any person supplied by the supplier to his home will be chargeable at cost. No charge shall be made by the supplier for any such expenses incurred by other employees of the supplier for the purpose of servicing, repair or maintenance of Plant, unless necessitated by the Hirer’s negligence, misdirection or misuse of the Plant.
Fuel, oil and grease shall, when supplied by the supplier, be charged at net cost or an agreed estimate of net cost, and when supplied by the Hirer, shall be of a grade or type specified by the supplier. The Hirer shall be solely responsible for all damages, losses, costs and expenses incurred by the supplier if the Hirer uses the wrong fuel, oil or grease.
The cost of re-sharpening or replacement of drill bits, blades and other ancillary items shall be borne by you
The Hirer shall not remove, deface, or cover up the supplier’s name plate or mark on the Plant indicating that it is his property, without the prior written permission of the supplier.
The Hirer shall pay the cost of and if required by the supplier, arrange transport of, the Plant from the supplier’s depot or other agreed location to the site and return to the supplier’s named depot or other agreed location on completion of the Hire Period.
- You will be responsible for compliance with relevant regulations issued by the Government or Local Authorities, including regulations under the Environmental Acts, Factories Acts, Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act and observance of the Road Traffic Acts should they apply, including the cost of road fund licences and any insurances made necessary thereby, save that if and during such time as the Plant is travelling, whether for full or part journey from supplier to site and site to supplier under its own power with a driver supplied by the supplier, the supplier and not the Hirer shall be responsible as aforesaid.
- You shall indemnify the supplier against any charges or fines that the supplier may become liable for because of the operation of the Plant during the Hire Period.
- You shall not rehire, sell, mortgage, charge, pledge, part with possession and shall protect the same against distress, execution or seizure and shall indemnify Skrap against all losses, damage, costs, charges and expenses arising as a direct result of any failure to observe and perform this condition except in the event of Government requisition.
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Skrap may terminate the Contract forthwith by written notice to the you if one or more of the following events occur:
- You default in punctual payment of any sum due to Skrap for hire of Plant or other charges payable pursuant to these conditions.
- You fail to observe and perform the terms and conditions of the Contract.
- You suffer, or Skrap reasonably believes that the Hirer shall suffer, any distress or execution to be levied against him;
- You make or proposes to make any arrangement with his creditors or becomes insolvent within the meaning of Section 113 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 or any amendment or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force; or
- You do or cause to be done or permit or suffer any act or thing whereby Skrap’s rights in the Plant may be prejudiced or put into jeopardy.
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The rights under subparagraph (b) and (c) above:
- May be exercised notwithstanding that Skrap may have waived some previous default or matter of the same or a like nature.
- Shall not affect Skrap’s right to claim damages for breach of Contract or recover any sums due under the Contract as a debt.
- if You do not make payment of a sum by the final date on which payment is due to be made, Skrap has the right to suspend performance of its obligations under the Contract. The right to suspend may not be exercised without first giving you at least 7 days’ notice in writing of Skrap’s intention to suspend performance, stating the ground or grounds on which Skrap intends to suspend performance. The right to suspend performance will cease when the Hirer makes payment in full of the amount due.
Agreed Terms:
- In consideration of Skrap entering into this deed, the Guarantor at the request of the customer hereby unconditionally guarantees to Skrap’s due and punctual performance and observance by the customer of its own obligations to Skrap under the terms of supply agreed between Skrap and the customer.
- If the customer shall make default in the payment when due of the amount payable to Skrap referred to in paragraph A above the guarantor shall forthwith in demand by Skrap unconditionally to pay to Skrap an amount equal to all of the amounts payable by the customer to Skrap.
- As an independent and primary obligations without above, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to indemnify and keep indemnified the expenses suffered or incurred by Skrap arising from the failure of the Customer to comply with its obligation incurred in connection with it trading with Skrap or by reason of the Customer not being at any time, or ceasing to be, liable in respect of the obligations and liabilities purported to be assumed by it in accordance with the express terms of this Deed.
- This Deed shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the death, bankruptcy or incapacity of the Guarantor or the death, bankruptcy, liquidation, incapacity or any change in the constitution or in the name or style of the Customer (or any retirement or death of any partner of in the introduction of any further partner.) This Deed shall be additional to any other guarantee or security now or later held from the Guarantor or any person in respect of the debts or liabilities of the Customer and shall not merge with or prejudice any other security or right remedy and maybe be enforced notwithstanding the same.
- The Guarantor hereby acknowledges that no security has been taken or shall be taken from the Customer for entering this Deed, and no steps will be taken to recover from the Customer, or to prove in any liquidation of the Customer in respect of any sum paid by the Guarantor hereunder until all sums due from the Customer to Skrap have been paid in full.
- The Guarantor shall not be exonerated or discharged nor shall his liability he affected by any forbearance, whether as to payment, time, performance or otherwise howsoever, or by any indulgence by being given to the Customer or by any variation of the terms of this Deed of by any act, thing, omission or means whatever which, but for this provision, might operate to exonerate or discharge the Guarantor from its obligation under this Deed.
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Terms and Conditions
These Terms and Conditions are in relation to the relevant services “Aggregates” and should be read alongside the General Terms and Conditions when using the Services
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Services
- Upon receipt of the Order, the Service will be provided in accordance with the agreed Order form, and the General Terms and Conditions will apply.
- Acceptance of the Aggregates is an acceptance of all terms and conditions herein unless otherwise previously agreed in writing.
- You acknowledge that it is not intended that the Contract will be subject to the Consumer Credit Act 1974. If you are a Consumer the Hire Period shall not in any event exceed 3 months. The Services provided will be to you, and you will not be permitted to sub-let the Aggregates unless we have provided consent. Where we have provided such consent, any sub-letting shall be subject to the provisions contained herein and subject to you fully indemnifying us against any loss and damages, you will also still be liable for payment of our invoices for the Service.
- The Contract will be subject to this agreement and the General Terms and 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 whatsoever and whenever).
- Each order for Goods and/or Services by the Customer from Skrap shall be deemed to be an offer by the Customer to purchase Goods and/or Services subject to these Conditions. It is the Customer’s obligation to ensure that the terms of its order and any applicable specification are complete and accurate.
- No order placed by the Customer shall be deemed to be accepted by Skrap until payment is received as per the Quotation order issued by the Company. Any order shall be accepted entirely at the discretion of the Company. Any order not paid in accordance with the invoices or the agreed payment method by Skrap will be deem the order invalid and it will not be performed Any Quotation or estimate made by Skrap is given subject to these Conditions. Without prejudice to the Company’s right not to accept an order.
- All Goods are sold and/or Services provided by reference to the Company’s specification for those Goods and/or Services in force at the date of the Company’s acknowledgement of order made by you and available to the Customer on request. Should any cancellation take place due to you the Customer failing to give reasonable notice of the cancellation or amendment in order you will be subject to a penalty of the following.
- the Cancellation Charge; and
- the Returned Materials Charge.
- Any advice or recommendation given by Skrap or its employees or agents to the Customer or its employees or agents as to the use of the Goods by Skrap is followed or acted upon entirely at the Customer’s own risk, such advice and/or recommendation should not be relied upon.
- Skrap shall endeavour to ensure any sales literature, quotation, price list, acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or information issued by Skrap will be up to date however, of there was to be any typographical, clerical or other error or omission in such documentation any these will be be subject to correction without any liability on the part of the Company.
- The description of the Goods and/or Services shall be set out in Skraps acknowledgement of order and/or the Quotation.
- Please note that any Specifications and advertising provided in any of the Company’s brochures are issued or published for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Goods and/or Services described in them and they will not form part of the Contract unless otherwise agreed in writing by Skrap.
- Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Skrap delivery of the Goods shall take place at a discharge point agreed between the Customer and the Skrap in normal working hours between 8:30 to 4:30pm Monday to Saturday (excluding Public and Bank Holidays)
- The Customer shall provide and clearly indicate to the Skrap team a safe and proper route from a metalled highway to the agreed discharge point.
- Any dates or time of day specified by the Skrap team for delivery of the Goods are intended to be an estimate only and time for delivery shall not be of the essence. If no dates or times are so specified, delivery will be within a reasonable time (within 8:30am- 4:30 pm Monday to Saturday excluding Public Bank Holidays)
- The Customer has 1 hour to accept delivery of the Goods when the Goods arrive and are available for discharge at the agreed discharge point, the Skrap team reserves the right to charge the Customer the Waiting Time Charge, if the Customer fails to accept delivery of the Goods within the 1 hour delivery slot.
- The Customer shall provide:
- an authorised representative to accept the Goods.
- all appropriate instructions concerning the delivery of the Goods.
- an appropriate access to the discharge point.
- all applicable documents; and
- a discharge point which is compliant with health and safety legislation and regulations, licences or authorisations.
- The quantity of any consignment of Goods as recorded by Skrap upon dispatch from the Company’s place of business shall be conclusive evidence of the quantity received by the Customer on delivery unless the Customer can provide conclusive evidence proving the contrary.
- Given the nature of the Goods, the Customer will be deemed to have accepted the Goods as being in accordance with the Contract on signature of the delivery docket or on delivery, whichever is the earlier and the Customer shall be bound to pay the price as if the Goods had been delivered in accordance with the Contract.
- At the anticipated time of delivery the Customer shall ensure that an authorised person is present at the agreed discharge point to accept the Goods and to sign the delivery docket. Any signature will be legible and accompanied with a legible printed name.
- The Customer shall ensure that an authorised person shall sign a delivery docket on delivery. By signing the delivery docket the Customer:
- acknowledges that the product description set out on such delivery docket describes the Goods required by the Customer.
- confirms the times of arrival of the truck at the agreed point of discharge and of completion of discharge; and
- acknowledges receipt of delivery.
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Full legal, beneficial and equitable title to and property in the Goods shall remain vested in Skrap(even though they have been delivered and risk has passed to the Customer) until:
- payment in full, in cash or cleared funds, for all the Goods has been received by the Company; and
- all other money payable by the Customer to Skrap on any other account or under the Contract or any other contract has been received by the Company.
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Until full legal, beneficial and equitable title to and property in the Goods passes to the Customer:
- the Customer shall hold the Goods on a fiduciary basis as the Company’s bailee.
- the Customer shall store the Goods and shall insure them, without any charge to the Company, and not tamper with any identification upon the Goods and the Skrap Shall be entitled to examine any such Goods in storage at any time during normal business hours upon giving the Customer reasonable notice of its intention to do so.
- Skrap may at any time, on demand and without prior notice, require the Customer to deliver the Goods to Skrap and Skrap may repossess and resell the Goods if any of the events specified occurs or if any sum due to Skrap from the Customer under the Contract or on any other account or under any other contract is not paid when due.
- for the purposes the Company, its employees, agents and subcontractors will be entitled to free and unrestricted access to any premises owned, occupied or controlled by the Customer and/or any other location where any of the Goods are situated at any time without prior notice.
- Skrap shall be entitled to maintain an action against the Customer for the price of the Goods notwithstanding that legal, equitable and beneficial title to and property in the Goods has not passed to the Customer; and .
- Skrap hereby authorises the Customer to use the Goods in the normal course of the Customer’s business. This right shall automatically cease on the occurrence of any event mentioned above and/or if any sum owed to the Skrap by the Customer is not paid when due.
Skrap Shall be entitled at its discretion to make delivery of the Goods by instalments and to invoice the Customer for each instalment individually. Where the Goods are to be delivered in instalments, each delivery shall constitute a separate contract and failure by Skrap to deliver any one or more of the instalments in accordance with these Conditions or any claim by the Customer in respect of any one or more instalments shall not entitle the Customer to treat the Contract as a whole as repudiated or to refuse to accept subsequent instalments.
- Skrap gives no warranty that Goods will be fit for any particular purpose unless this has been expressly agreed in writing between the parties to the Contract.
- Furthermore, Skrap gives no warranty that Goods will be free from lignite or pyrites.
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Subject to Conditions the Customer establishes to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that there is a defect in the Goods or there is some other failure in relation to the conformity of the Goods with the Contract, and such non-conformity is the fault of Skrap then Skrap shall at its option, at its sole discretion and within a reasonable time of the Customer finding that the Goods were not satisfactory and defective:
- subject to the reasonable cooperation of the Customer, remove the defective Goods free of charge to the Customer and replace such Goods with Goods which are in all respects in accordance with the Contract (including the cost of transporting the Goods to and from the Customer for that purpose); or
- issue a credit note to the Customer in respect of the whole or part of the Contract price of such Goods and/or Services plus the reasonable costs of removing the defective Goods; and performance of any one of the above options shall constitute an entire discharge of the Company’s liability under this warranty and shall be the Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy.
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Skrap shall be under no liability:
- in respect of any defect arising from fair wear and tear, wilful damage, negligence, abnormal working conditions, failure to follow the Company’s instructions (whether given orally or in writing), misuse or alteration of the Goods without the Company’s approval; and/or
- if the total price for the Goods and/or the Services and Surcharges has not been paid by the due date for payment; and/or
- for any Goods manufactured or appropriated to the Contract in accordance with any specification, instruction or recommendation made to Skrap by the Customer.
- in respect of any type of defect, damage or wear specifically excluded by Skrap by notice in writing; or
- an Event of Force Majeure.
- If the Customer believes that there is some defect or other non-conformance of the Goods with the Contract then the Customer shall give:
- written notification of such alleged defect to the Skrap team which notice shall include details of such suspected non-conformance or defect and the precise location of where such material was placed as soon as such defect or non-conformance is suspected or discovered or ought to have been discovered but in any event within 40 days after delivery of the Goods or within 48 hours if the volume of Goods delivered do not correspond to the volume shown on the delivery docket; and
- The Customer must give Skrap a reasonable opportunity to inspect the relevant Goods and, if so requested by Skrap and, the Customer must promptly return a sample of the Goods within 14 days, carriage paid by the Customer, for inspection, examination and testing and/or otherwise permit Skrap to have access to the Goods at the Customer’s premises or other location where they may be for such purposes.
- The warranties set out in the Contract are the only warranties which shall be given by Skrap and all warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
Terms and Conditions
These Terms and Conditions are in relation to the relevant services “Ready Mix” and should be read alongside the General Terms and Conditions when using the Services.
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Services
- Upon receipt of the Order, the Service will be provided in accordance with the agreed Order form, and the General Terms and Conditions will apply.
- Acceptance of the Plant on site implies acceptance of all terms and conditions herein unless otherwise previously agreed in writing.
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Terms
- Upon receipt of the Order, the Service will be provided in accordance with the agreed Order form, and the General Terms and Conditions will apply.
- Acceptance of the Plant on site implies acceptance of all terms and conditions herein unless otherwise previously agreed in writing.
- You acknowledge that it is not intended that the Contract will be subject to the Consumer Credit Act 1974. If you are a Consumer the Hire Period shall not in any event exceed 3 months.
- We reserve the right to make changes in the specification of the ReadyMix or to supply suitable alternatives, of which we shall provide such information in writing or invoice for the change in quantity.
- The Services provided will be to you, and you will not be permitted to sub-let any of the Equipment unless we have provided consent. Where we have provided such consent, any sub-letting shall be subject to the provisions contained herein and subject to you fully indemnifying us against any loss and damages, you will also still be liable for payment of our invoices for the Service.
- The Ready Mix Equipment shall not be moved to another location or site.
- the Contract will be subject to this agreement and the General Term and 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 whatsoever and whenever.
- Each order for Goods and/or Services by the Customer from the Skrap shall be deemed to be an offer by the Customer to purchase Goods and/or Services subject to these Conditions. It is the Customer’s obligation to ensure that the terms of its order and any applicable specification are complete and accurate.
- No order placed by the Customer shall be deemed to be accepted by Skrap until payment is received as per the Quotation order issued by the Company. Any order shall be accepted entirely at the discretion of the Company. Any order not paid in accordance with the invoices or the agreed payment method by the Skrap will be deem the order invalid and it will not be performed
- Any Quotation or estimate made by Skrap is given subject to these Conditions. Without prejudice to the Company’s right not to accept an order.
- All Goods are sold and/or Services provided by reference to the Company’s specification for those Goods and/or Services in force at the date of the Company’s acknowledgement of order made by you and available to the Customer on request.
- should any cancellation take place due to you the Customer failing to give reasonable notice of the cancellation or amendment in order you will be subject to a penalty of the following;
- the Cancellation Charge; and
- the Returned Materials Charge.
- Any advice or recommendation given by Skrap or its employees or agents to the Customer or its employees or agents as to the use of the Goods by Skrap is followed or acted upon entirely at the Customer’s own risk, such advice and/or recommendation should not be relied upon.
- Skrap shall endeavour to ensure any sales literature, quotation, price list, acceptance of offer, invoice or other document or information issued by Skrap will be up to date however, of there was to be any typographical, clerical or other error or omission in such documentation any these will be be subject to correction without any liability on the part of the Company.
- The description of the Goods and/or Services shall be set out in the Skraps acknowledgement of order and/or the Quotation.
- Please note that any Specifications and advertising provided in any of the Company’s brochures are issued or published for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Goods and/or Services described in them and they will not form part of the Contract unless otherwise agreed in writing by Skrap.
- Where the Quotation makes a reference to strength it is (unless otherwise agreed in writing) a reference to compressive strength assessed by:
- making and curing (in accordance with BS EN 12390) cubes from composite samples (sampling in accordance with BS EN 12350-1) taken from a delivery at the time of discharge either from the truck making the delivery or (where collected by the Customer) from the Company’s plant or from the Customer's vehicle.
- carrying out (also in accordance with BS EN 12390) compressive strength tests on such cubes; and
- interpreting (in accordance with BS EN 12390, BS8500 and BS EN 206
- the result of such tests.
- A reference to any other property and/or to the constituents of a delivery of Goods is (unless otherwise agreed in writing) a reference to such property and/or constituents as assessed by carrying out a test (or tests) in accordance with any appropriate BS (each test on fresh concrete to be carried out on samples of it taken in accordance with (a) of this Condition 2.6) and by interpreting the result (or results) on a basis agreed in writing.
- Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Skrap delivery of the Goods shall take place at a discharge point agreed between the Customer and the Skrap in normal working hours between 8:30 to 4:30pm Monday to Saturday (excluding Public and Bank Holidays
- The Customer shall provide and clearly indicate to the Skrap team a safe and proper route from a metalled highway to the agreed discharge point.
- Any dates or time of day specified by the Skrap team for delivery of the Goods are intended to be an estimate only and time for delivery shall not be of the essence. If no dates or times are so specified, delivery will be within a reasonable time (within 8:30am- 4:30 pm Monday to Saturday excluding Public Bank Holidays.
- The Customer has 1 hour to accept delivery of the Goods when the Goods arrive and are available for discharge at the agreed discharge point, the Skrap team reserves the right to charge the Customer the Waiting Time Charge, if the Customer fails to accept delivery of the Goods within the 1 hour delivery slot.
- The Customer shall provide:
- an authorised representative to accept the Goods;
- all appropriate instructions concerning the delivery of the Goods;
- an appropriate access to the discharge point;
- all applicable documents; and
- a discharge point which is compliant with health and safety legislation and regulations, licences or authorisations.
- The quantity of any consignment of Goods as recorded by the Skrap upon despatch from the Company’s place of business shall be conclusive evidence of the quantity received by the Customer on delivery unless the Customer can provide conclusive evidence proving the contrary.
- Given the nature of the Goods, the Customer will be deemed to have accepted the Goods as being in accordance with the Contract on signature of the delivery docket or on delivery, whichever is the earlier and the Customer shall be bound to pay the price as if the Goods had been delivered in accordance with the Contract.
- At the anticipated time of delivery the Customer shall ensure that an authorised person is present at the agreed discharge point to accept the Goods and to sign the delivery docket. Any signature will be legible and accompanied with a legible printed name.
- The Customer shall ensure that an authorised person shall sign a delivery docket on delivery. By signing the delivery docket the Customer:
- acknowledges that the product description set out on such delivery docket describes the Goods required by the Customer;
- confirms the times of arrival of the truck at the agreed point of discharge and of completion of discharge; and
- acknowledges receipt of delivery.
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Full legal, beneficial and equitable title to and property in the Goods shall remain vested in Skrap (even though they have been delivered and risk has passed to the Customer) until:
- payment in full, in cash or cleared funds, for all the Goods has been received by the Company; and
- all other money payable by the Customer to Skrap on any other account or under the Contract or any other contract has been received by the Company.
- Risk in the Goods shall pass on delivery.
- Until full legal, beneficial and equitable title to and property in the Goods passes to the Customer:
- the Customer shall hold the Goods on a fiduciary basis as the Company’s bailee;
- the Customer shall store the Goods and shall insure them, without any charge to the Company, and not tamper with any identification upon the Goods and Skrap shall be entitled to examine any such Goods in storage at any time during normal business hours upon giving the Customer reasonable notice of its intention to do so;
- Skrap may at any time, on demand and without prior notice, require the Customer to deliver the Goods up to Skrap and the Skrap may repossess and resell the Goods if any of the events specified in Condition 12 of the General Terms and conditions occurs or if any sum due to Skrap from the Customer under the Contract or on any other account or under any other contract is not paid when due
- for the purposes of this Condition the Company, its employees, agents and subcontractors will be entitled to free and unrestricted access to any premises owned, occupied or controlled by the Customer and/or any other location where any of the Goods are situated at any time without prior notice;
- Skrap shall be entitled to maintain an action against the Customer for the price of the Goods notwithstanding that legal, equitable and beneficial title to and property in the Goods has not passed to the Customer; and
- Skrap hereby authorises the Customer to use the Goods in the normal course of the Customer’s business. This right shall automatically cease on the occurrence of any event set out in Condition and/or if any sum owed to Skrap by the Customer is not paid when due.
- Skrap shall be entitled at its discretion to make delivery of the Goods by instalments and to invoice the Customer for each instalment individually. Where the Goods are to be delivered in instalments, each delivery shall constitute a separate contract and failure by the Skrap to deliver any one or more of the instalments in accordance with these Conditions or any claim by the Customer in respect of any one or more instalments shall not entitle the Customer to treat the Contract as a whole as repudiated or to refuse to accept subsequent instalments.
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Terms and Conditions
These Terms and Conditions are in relation to the relevant services “Portable Loo Hire” and should be read alongside the General Terms and Conditions when using the Services.
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Services
- Upon receipt of the Order, the Service will be provided in accordance with the agreed Order form, and the General Terms and Conditions will apply.
- You acknowledge that it is not intended that the Contract will be subject to the Consumer Credit Act 1974. If you are a Consumer the Hire Period shall not in any event exceed 3 months.
- We reserve the right to make changes in the specification of the Portable Toilets or to supply suitable alternatives, of which we shall provide such information in writing.
- The Services provided will be to you, and you will not be permitted to sub-let the Portable Toilets unless we have provided consent. Where we have provided such consent, any sub-letting shall be subject to the provisions contained herein and subject to you fully indemnifying us against any loss and damages, you will also still be liable for payment of our invoices for the Service.
- The Portable Toilets shall not be moved to another location or site.
- Upon Delivery of the Service you are expected to inspect the Portable Toilets , you must record any damage to or defect upon delivery of the Portable Toilets on the delivery note. Within 1 Working Day of delivery you shall notify us of any defect or damage. If you fail to comply with the provisions of this clause the Portable Toilets shall be deemed to have been delivered free from any defect or damage which would be apparent on a reasonable examination of the Equipment.
- Any typographical clerical or other error or omission in any sales literature, quotation, price list, Hire Contract, invoice or other documentation or information issued by us shall be subject to correction without any liability on our part.
- Any representations, advertising, marketing material or descriptive matter contained in our brochures or on our website are issued solely for giving an approximate idea of the Equipment and shall not be incorporated into the Contract and shall have no contractual force. In entering into the Contract you acknowledge that you do not rely on and waive any claim for breach of such representations
- The Order constitutes an offer by you to hire the use of the Portable Toilets in accordance with the General Terms and Conditions.
- No Order shall be deemed to be accepted by us until we provide a written acceptance of the order at which point the Contract between you and us shall come into existence.
- the Cancellation process will be in accordance with the General Terms and Conditions, which should be read alongside this document.
- YOUR OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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ou shall ensure that the conditions at the Site are suitable for the Service and by entering into this contract you are agreeing to the following:
- the location at the Site where the Portable Toilets are to be situated shall be level, and will be able to sustain the weight of any motor vehicles delivering the Portable Toilets .
- the site has suitable access for the delivery vehicle and the site will be open between the hours of 08.30-16.30 for the delivery, and that the vehicle is able to park at least 10 metres from where the Portable Toilets require to be delivered, serviced or collected.
- you must ensure that the Portable Toilets are free from obstruction (including, but not limited to, overhead trees or hedges, fences, walls materials or equipment) at all times in order to enable us servicing and collection, failing of which, any delay in access or rebooking’s will be charged as a penalty fee.
- you must ensure that the delivery, service and collection of the Portable Toilets takes place on street level. If you move the Portable Toilets , you must ensure that you return them to street level for collection and servicing. Should damage be caused by you during the move you shall be held responsible and charged accordingly for any repairs or a replacement.
- You must ensure that you have made suitable arrangements(such arrangements will be made at your expense) at the Site to ensure that any buried pipes or other concealed services do not sustain damage as a result of the transport, use, erection, installation, servicing, dismantling, and/or removal of the Portable Toilets , we or our third party supplier shall not be held liable should damage occur.
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If you fail to adhere to 57.3.1 to 57.3.5 above and the site is unsuitable for the Portable Toilets and/or we are unable to perform delivery or any other obligation under this agreement as a result of your failure to comply, then without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to us under this agreement or any relevant legislation, we will:
- provide times and a new date for re-delivery, collection or servicing of the Portable Toilets and charge you the reasonable costs incurred by us as a result of our failed attempt to deliver, collect or service them;
- if we are required to store the Portable Toilets until you have made alternative arrangements we will charge you the reasonable costs (including transportation and insurance) of storage; or
- we shall rescind the contract, suspend any pending contracts for that site and charge you for any additional costs incurred by us insofar as such costs are not met by any cancellation fees payable hereunder.
- You, your employees or third parties using the Portable Toilets are not permitted to smoke inside or use them for storage purposes, the Portable Toilets should not be used for other than the provision of toilet facilities.
- Should 57.5 be breached in any way, you shall be held liable for any damage done to the Portable Toilets and will be required to indemnify us for such loss and damage. We will not be required to service any Portable Toilets which have been damaged by a breach of 57.5 until it is safely accessible by one of our engineers.
- During possession of the Portable Toilets you must ensure that during their use and during out of hours they are adequately protected from damage resulting from cold weather (including, but not limited to, frost damage) and you shall indemnify us for any loss or damage caused to them as a result your failure to comply with this clause.
- You acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible or nor will we be required to indemnify you for making good or repairing any damage to the site however caused.
- Upon delivery of the Portable Toilets , you shall be provided with instructions in respect of the use. You must ensure that you, your employees and third parties comply with our instructions at all times. By accepting these terms and the General Term and Conditions you agree that you, your employees shall not (nor permit others) to reposition, dismantle, adjust, modify or attempt to repair the Equipment without our prior written approval. You shall indemnify us for any loss or damage which we suffer as a result of your breach of this clause
- You agree that during your contract with us, you will be responsible and will obtain, maintain and make all necessary payments for, all permissions, consents, and licences required for the Portable Toilets under any statute regulation or bye-law and comply with any relevant conditions and/or payment terms imposed.
- On the date of collection, you shall be responsible for ensuring that the Portable Toilets are ready for collection in accordance with our collection instructions which were provided to you upon delivery. Failure to do so and any delay on the collection date because of your failure to prepare for collection may result in additional charges being incurred.
- You acknowledge that; our company representatives including drivers and delivery team will be treated with respect at all times. If our drivers receive abuse from you, your employees or agents, or anybody on the Site (whether in person or over the phone), we reserve the right to refuse delivery / service / collection (as the case may be) and levy a charge equal to the costs of such failed delivery, service or collection.
- You agree that you shall be responsible for and hereby indemnify us against any damage sustained to the Portable Toilets during the Service Period (and any extension thereof) and such period until collection has taken place.
- You will indemnify us against any and every expense, liability, financial loss, claim or proceedings whatsoever and in respect of any death or personal injury whatsoever or damage to or loss of property whatsoever arising out of the delivery, use, non-use, repossession, servicing, collection or return of the Equipment or any part of it. This indemnity will be reduced in proportion to the extent that such expense, liability, financial loss, claim, proceedings, death, personal injury, damage to or loss of property is due to our negligence.
- You accept that it is your responsibility to safely secure the Equipment at the Site to prevent it from falling over or otherwise causing damage (including to third party property). We will not be liable for any damage caused by the Equipment to any property (whether such property belongs to a third party or otherwise) whilst it is at the Site.
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- not make any admission of liability;
- notify us as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 24 hours of the occurrence of the accident; and
- supply such information and assistance in connection with the accidents as we may require.
- You will hold onto trust for us on demand for all money you receive from any insurance company or from any other source in settlement of any claim relating to the loss, theft or damage of any of the Equipment.
- You will pay us all costs we incur and rectify any Equipment returned damaged or unclean. Additionally, you will pay for our financial loss until such rectification is complete.
- In consideration of us providing the Equipment to you, you shall pay the Hire Charges for the Hire Period, as agreed by both parties in the contract.
- In the event that the Hire Period is terminated in accordance with the termination period as per the General Terms, cancellation charges will be applied.
- Subject to any special terms agreed in writing between us and you, or where you pay the Hire Charges plus VAT in advance of the Hire Period, we will be entitled to invoice you for the Hire Charges and VAT at the rate prevailing on the date of our invoice before on or at any time after the commencement of the Hire Period.
- If the Hire Contract (or any other document provided in writing by us) specifies that any proportion of the Hire Charges is to be paid prior to the delivery of the Equipment, we shall not be obliged to deliver the Equipment until such payment has been received by us in full, cleared and immediately available funds.
- In the event that you do not allow us to collect, or otherwise prevent us from collecting the Portable Toilets, we shall be entitled under these terms and the General Terms to charge for the period of time where we were unable to collect and unable to re-hire. If we are unable to collect the Equipment within a reasonable period of time, we shall be permitted to invoice for the cost of obtaining replacement Equipment.
- If you fail to make payment in accordance with our terms, we will be entitled to;
- cancel the Contract and/or suspend the provision of any further servicing of the Equipment on hire to you and/or collect the Equipment (at our sole discretion); and
- charge interest on the overdue sum from the Due Date until payment of the overdue sum, whether before or after judgment, such interest to accrue each day at 4% a year above the Bank of England’s base rate from time to time, but at 4% a year for any period when that base rate is below 0%; and
- demand immediate payment of all sums due or to fall due to us from you whether under this Contract or otherwise.
- seek recovery of the debt by way of legal means via the small claims courts.
- We warrant that the Equipment shall be delivered to you in good condition.
- We shall be under no liability under any warranty condition or guarantee if the Hire Charges and VAT have not been paid by the Due Date.
- Nothing in the Contract shall limit or exclude our liability for:
- death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or the negligence of our employees, subcontractors or agents;
- fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
- any other liability which cannot be lawfully be limited or excluded.
- Limitation of liability – Consumers
- If you are a Consumer, we are responsible to you for foreseeable loss and damage caused by us. If we fail to comply with these Conditions, we are responsible for loss or damage you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breach or our failing to use reasonable care and skill, but we are not responsible for any loss or damage that is not foreseeable. Loss or damage is foreseeable if either it is obvious that it will happen or if, on the Commencement Date, both we and you knew it might happen, for example, if you discussed it with us during the sales process.
- We are not liable for business losses. We will only hire the Equipment to end users. If you use the Equipment for any commercial, business or resale purpose we will have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.
- Limitation of liability – non-Consumers
- If you are not a Consumer, subject to clause 7.3, we shall not be liable to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with the Contract for:
- loss of profits;
- loss of sales or business;
- loss of agreements or contracts;
- loss of anticipated savings;
- loss of use or corruption of software, data or information;
- loss of or damage to goodwill; and
- any indirect or consequential loss.
- Subject to clause 13, our total liability to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with the Contract shall be limited to the Hire Charges paid by you to us under this Contract.
- This clause shall survive termination of the Contract.
- Please review the termination clause in the General Terms and conditions.
- If you have any general queries about the Contract or the Equipment you can contact us at any time during standard office hours using our office number 0330 133 1561 or via email info@skrap.xyz. Please be aware that all calls made or received to or by us to our office number are recorded for training & administrative purposes.
- Where these Conditions specify that you must contact us in writing you must write to us at our registered office address, which is set out above