TERMS & CONDITIONS OF SALE

 

GENERAL

The Company means SCOTT TOTAL SECURITY LTD. The Buyer means the person, firm, or Company ordering from the Company. The Goods means the goods or Services the subject matter of the relevant order or contract for sale.

 

No Contract in respect of the goods between the Company and the buyer shall exist until the Buyer’s order has been accepted by the Company. In the event that the Buyer’s order seeks to make the sale subject to terms different from these Conditions, acceptance of the Buyers order by the Company (whether or not such acceptance is affected by formal order acknowledgement) shall be deemed to be a fresh offer by the Company on the basis of these Conditions. In which event (unless these Conditions are accepted by the Buyer prior to delivery) acceptance of delivery of the Goods by the Buyer shall constitute acceptance of the Companies and the Contract of sale shall be formed that moment. No Conditions or terms stipulated in any other communication or document shall vary or annual any of those Conditions except insofar as the same are expressly consented to in writing by the Company.

 

PRICE

Quoted prices include the cost of normal packaging but exclude delivery, transit insurance (which are charge extra at cost) VAT. on installation charges (where applicable).

 

The prices for the goods shall be those ruling at the date of dispatch and the Company reserves the right to amend its quoted prices at any time prior to the date of dispatch.

 

DISPATCH AND PAYMENT

  1. An extra charge will be levied to cover delivery and insurance costs. A charge may be made to cover any costs involved for delivery address.
  2. Should work be suspended at the request of or be delayed through any default of the buyer for a period of 7 days the Company shall then be installed to payment for any work already carried out, materials specially ordered and other additional costs including storage.
  3. Unless otherwise stated, invoices must be paid within 30-calendar days net monthly. If you have not paid in full by that date then we will add a late payment charge of 5% of the account up to the amount of £30.00.
  4. We will be entitled to sue you for the money and our cost incurred wither or not property in the goods has passed to you.
    If you have any dispute or counterclaim against us, you will not be entitled to make any reduction in, or deferment of payment because of that dispute or counterclaim.

 

PRELIMINARY WORKS

All work carried out additional to that specified in the relevant quotation or order, whether experimentally or otherwise, shall be charged.

 

RETENTION OF TITLE

The Company and the Buyer expressly agree that until the Company has been paid in full for the goods comprised in this or any other sales contract between them and all outstanding amounts due to the Company from the Buyer or any associated or subsidiary or holding company of the Buyer or from any Director or Shareholder of the Buyer or any other such company.

 

  1. All Goods shall remain the property of the Company until paid for in full and the Buyer, as bailees of them for the Company, will store the same for the Company in as proper manner without charge and in such a way that the goods are clearly identified as being the property of the said Company, notwithstanding that the risk therein shall pass to the Buyer as provided herein.
  2. At any time the Company may recover from the Buyer the Goods remaining in the Buyers possession and for the purposes thereof may enter upon any premises of or occupied by the Buyer or any third party (within the consent of the third party).
  3. The Buyer may at any time recover all goods that remain the property of the Company.

 

DATA PROTECTION

In the course of dealings with us you will supply to us data, which we will collect and retain. Some or all of that data may be personal data, which is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998. The data you supply to us will be processed by us to execute your order, to monitor your account, to select and send to you marketing material and periodically to conduct trade and bank reference enquiries and other credit checks. This will involve the disclosure of your data to and from third parties. You consent to the processing of your data for those purposes. No information about your company will be disclosed to a third party for marketing purposes.

 

RISK

Notwithstanding the proceeding condition, the Buyer upon delivery of shall assume all risk in respect of the Goods.

 

LOSS OR DAMAGES

The Buyer shall examine the goods immediately they are delivered to him; the Company reserves the right to reject claims in respect of shortages or damage in transit or non-delivery if not informed by the Buyer within 24 hours.

 

DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS

The Company’s liability (both in contract and in tort) in respect of any defects in the Goods shall be limited to the replacement of faulty items or materials, or the issue of credit in respect thereof, or the granting of a refund or such other compensatory measure as the Company at its discretion considers appropriate in the circumstances. Such measures shall relate only to the actual faulty items or value, and the Company shall not in any circumstances be under any liability to the Buyer in respect of indirect or consequential loss or damage. Or loss of profits, sustained by the Buyer PROVIDED always that these conditions do no exclude or restrict the Company’s liability for death or personal injury arising from its Negligence.

 

  1. A copy of original invoice relating to purchase and authorisation must accompany returned goods from the Company.
  2. Goods returned must be in the Original Packaging and in clean resalable condition, goods returned otherwise will at our discretion either be refused or a further additional restocking fee charged to cover additional costs involved.
  3. We reserve the right to vary the specification of any item, withdraw or modify, or amended any item without prior notice, rice of imported goods are subject to variances in the exchange rate, please telephone if you wish to confirm current price.

 

FORCE MAJEURE

The Company reserve the right to cancel, carry or suspend the operation of sale if events occur which is in the nature of force majeure including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) fire, flood, storm, strikes, riot, hostilities, non-availability of materials or supplies or any other event outside the control of the Company shall not be held liable for any breach of contract from such events.

 

CANCELLATION

The Company may withhold or cancel further or any deliveries under the contract of sale and may recover all loses resulting therefore if the Buyer.

 

  1. Fails to make payment on the due date under any contract with the Company or;
  2. Enters into a composition with its creditors, or (being a Company) has a receiver appointed or passes a resolution for winding up or if a Court shall order it to be wound up, or commits an available act of bankruptcy or;
  3. Is in breach of any of the items and conditions contained herein (not withstanding that on former occasions it has waived its rights).
    The exercise of rights under condition 12 shall be without prejudice to the Companies rights of remedies.
    These conditions of sale shall be construed in accordance with English Law.

 

INTERPRETATIONS AND VALIDITY

Only English law will govern the construction, validity and performance of this contract, and the English Court will have exclusive jurisdiction. The interpretation of any clause or sub clause above will not in any way be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from any other clause or sub-clause and is unenforceable according to its terms, then the others will remain in full force and effect.

 

Company Registration No: 5293089

Company Director: Christopher Scott

© Scott Total Security Ltd 2022