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Conditions for Sale of Equipment and the Provision
of Services
1. DEFINITIONS
"these Conditions" means these terms and conditions.
"Visionary AV Solutions Ltd." to which these Conditions
are attached.
"Commissioning" means the delivery of the Equipment
and the completion of the Services.
"the "Purchaser" means the person or company
identified overleaf.
"the Equipment" means the equipment listed in
the Schedule and includes where the context so requires
all or any of the components and parts of that equipment
and any computer programs incorporated in that equipment
or delivered with it.
"the Schedule" means the Schedule to this Agreement.
"the Services" means the services in the Schedule.
"the Programs" means the computer programs referred
to in the definition of the Equipment.
"this Agreement" means the Agreement to which
these Conditions are attached, together with the Schedule
and these Conditions.
2. EFFECT OF CONDITIONS
These Conditions prevail over any conditions contained in
the Purchaser's order and over any other conditions that
the Purchaser seeks to impose. Together with the Schedule
and the Agreement signed by the parties, these Conditions
and any terms expressly incorporated in them form the entire
agreement between the parties relating to their subject
matter.
3. PRICE
A. The price for the Equipment and the Services is
as stated in the Schedule. It includes delivery of the Equipment
and the provision of the Services, and is subject to the
addition of VAT at the then prevailing rate. If any of the
Equipment or Services is to be exported outside the United
Kingdom the Purchaser shall pay the costs incurred by Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd. or on its behalf of obtaining all necessary
export authorisations and all import duties, sales taxes,
charges and assessments.
B. Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. reserves the right to increase
the price in the event of any increase in the costs incurred
by Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. or the work done by Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd. resulting from:
(i) any delay caused by the Purchaser, its agents or other
suppliers;
(ii) any change to any of the Equipment or the Services
or specifications or design of them which are requested
by the Purchaser;
(iii) incorrect or incomplete information furnished by the
Purchaser;
(iv) reasons beyond Visionary AV Solutions Ltd.'s control;
(v) unless the price in the Schedule is expressed to be
fixed, any increase in the British Electrical and Allied
Manufacturers Association Index between the date of this
Agreement and the date of delivery, in which case Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd. may increase the price by a percentage
equal to the percentage increase in that index.
4. PAYMENT
A. Unless otherwise specified in the Schedule, fifty
percent of the price shall be paid when the Purchaser places
its order. All equipment to be paid for by the time of delivery
to site. The remaining balance shall be paid within 15 days
after Commissioning.
B. If payment is not made in accordance with Clause 4(A)
above the Purchaser shall pay on demand, in addition to
any monies due hereunder, interest on the overdue amount
at 3% per annum above the base rate of Lloyds TSB Bank from
time to time in force in England calculated on a monthly
basis from the due date to the date of actual payment (both
dates inclusive), as well after as before judgement.
C. Payment by credit card will attract a surcharge of 2.5%,
payment by debit card attracts no surcharge.
5. DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION
A. Any date given to the Purchaser for delivery or Commissioning
is an estimate only and Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. will
not be liable if it fails to meet any such date.
B. The Purchaser shall make available to Visionary AV Solutions
Ltd. such access to the Purchaser's premises and facilities
as are necessary for Visionary AV Solutions Ltd.'s performance
of this Agreement and the Purchaser will ensure that those
premises and facilities are adequately prepared for and
ready for the commencement of the Services.
C. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, all Services will
be performed during Visionary AV Solutions Ltd.'s normal
working hours, and Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. shall not
be required to work outside those hours.
D. The Purchaser will be deemed to have accepted the Equipment
and the Services on Commissioning.
E. Cables first fixed by other are required to be clearly
marked and identified in accordance with the wiring diagrams.
Live Smarter reserves the rights to increase the price if
this clause is not adhered to.
F. If the cables are first fixed by others the resistance
and continuity tests are the responsibility of others.
G. Should any cables be missing since the date of the first
fix survey, this will be the responsibility of others, this
also applies to any cables or cores that maybe found to
be damaged
H. In the unlikely even any interference is found to be
disturbing or reducing the communications path would be
the responsibility of others.
6. FORCE MAJEURE
If Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. is prevented (directly or
indirectly) from performing or completing any of its obligations
under the Agreement by reason of Act of God, war, strike,
lockout, trade dispute, fire, breakdown, interruption in
transport, failure of or interruption in telecommunications
systems, government action, delay in delivery to Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd. of any Equipment and Services or parts
thereof or any cause whatsoever (whether or not of the like
nature to those already mentioned) outside its control,
Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. shall not be liable and may
extend the time for its performance of its obligations hereunder
by a period equivalent to that during which its performance
has been so delayed or prevented.
7. DELIVERY BY INSTALMENTS
Where delivery of Equipment and provision of the Services
is made in instalments these Conditions shall (with any
necessary alterations) apply to each instalment of such
Equipment. In particular, payment of the remaining 50% of
the price shall be made within 15 days after the Commissioning
of each instalment.
8. PASSING OF PROPERTY AND RISK
A. Except for any loss or damage caused by or attributable
to Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. prior to Commissioning, risk
in the Equipment and in each part of them shall pass to
the Purchaser at the time of delivery to the Purchaser.
B. Until the Purchaser has paid Visionary AV Solutions Ltd.
in full for the Equipment:-
(i) all rights, title and property in equity and law in
the Equipment shall remain vested in Visionary AV Solutions
Ltd. (or its suppliers) and shall not pass to the Purchaser;
(ii) the Purchaser shall not sell, assign, mortgage, pledge,
lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of any interest in
or create any charge or lien over or otherwise encumber
the Equipment or do any act or thing or permit any act or
thing to be done which may in any way prejudice Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd.'s rights to and title to the Equipment;
(iii) the Purchaser shall hold the Equipment in such a way
as to indicate clearly that it is the property of Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd.;
(iv) the Purchaser shall keep the Equipment in its own physical
possession and control at the address to which the Equipment
is delivered;
(v) the Purchaser shall keep the Equipment in good and substantial
repair and operating condition;
(vi) the Purchaser shall keep the Equipment fully insured;
and
(vii) if the Purchaser sells any of the Equipment, the Purchaser
shall receive the proceeds of sale as agent for Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd., shall keep those proceeds separate from
the Purchaser's funds, and account for them to Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd..
C. Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. may maintain an action for
the price notwithstanding that property in the Equipment
may not have passed to the Purchaser.
D. The Purchaser hereby acknowledges that until the Purchaser
acquires title to the Equipment, the relationship between
Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. and the Purchaser in relation
to the Equipment shall be a fiduciary one and the Purchaser
shall hold the equipment as bailee for Visionary AV Solutions
Ltd. and shall deliver them up to Visionary AV Solutions
Ltd. immediately on Visionary AV Solutions Ltd.'s request.
Any such request shall terminate this Agreement
E. Each of the paragraphs and sub-paragraphs of the Clause
8 shall be construed as a severable contract term not affected
by any invalidity or unenforceability of any other term
of this Agreement and shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
F. Title to the Programs shall not pass to the Purchaser
who shall have a limited licence to use them
9. EXCLUSIONS, LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY
AND WARRANTY
A. The Purchaser hereby acknowledges that the Equipment
and the Programs are such that breakdowns, errors, interruptions
in use or malfunctions may occur and that Visionary AV Solutions
Ltd. gives no warranty of uninterrupted or fault or error
free use.
B. At the request of the Purchaser made within 30 days after
Commissioning, Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. will enter into
an agreement (hereinafter referred to as "the Maintenance
Agreement") with the Purchaser for the provision by
Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. of a maintenance, repair and
parts replacement service on the terms and conditions for
maintenance attached to this Agreement.
If the Purchaser and Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. shall not
enter into the Maintenance Agreement then but not otherwise
Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. will provide the following limited
service:-
(i) if before the expiration of one year after Commissioning
("the Warranty Period")and if the Purchaser has
complied with its obligations under this Agreement any stand-alone
part of the Equipment is defective and is returned to Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd. at the cost of the Purchaser, and if upon
inspection Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. agrees that the part
is defective, Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. will repair or
replace the same (as Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. thinks
fit) and will return the same to the Purchaser. If during
the Warranty Period the Purchaser notifies Visionary AV
Solutions Ltd. that any part of the Equipment (other than
stand-alone Equipment) is defective, Visionary AV Solutions
Ltd. will repair or replace that part free of all charges
other than standard labour charges then in effect. Touch
screens shall be excluded from this "warranty period"
and be covered for a total of 60 days from the date of commissioning.
(ii) Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. shall not be required
to provide the limited service referred to in sub-paragraph
(i) above if any maintenance, repair or replacement is necessary
because of:
a) accident, neglect, misuse;
b) Failure of electrical power;
c) Failure to maintain the recommended environmental conditions;
d) Use which is other than the ordinary and proper use of
the Equipment;
e) Anything connected to the Equipment being unsuitable
for such connection or interfering with the proper functioning
of the Equipment;
(iii) Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. shall not be obliged to
carry out any repair or replacement for anyone other than
the Purchaser, or in respect of any magnetic disk or other
consumable item.
C. Subject to Conditions D, K and L below, Visionary AV
Solutions Ltd. will in no circumstances have any liability
for loss of profit, loss of business, loss of revenue, loss
of savings, loss or corruption of data, loss of goodwill
or for any liability of the Purchaser to any other person
(save only as set out in Condition 11), or for any other
indirect or consequential loss howsoever arising.
D. Nothing in this Agreement limits or excludes Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd.'s liability for death or personal injury
caused by its negligence of for and fraudulent misrepresentation
or other fraudulent act committed by it.
E. Except where the negligence or default of Visionary AV
Solutions Ltd. results in death or personal injury and except
for fraud, the aggregate liability of Visionary AV Solutions
Ltd. under or in connection with this Agreement, the Equipment
and the Services or any part of them (no matter how many
claims are made or whatever the basis of those claims) shall
be limited in total to the price paid for the Equipment
and Services.
F. The Purchaser agrees that it is in a better position
to foresee and evaluate an indirect or consequential loss
he may suffer in connection with the Equipment and Services
and that the price therefore has been calculated on the
basis that Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. will exclude and
limit liability as set out in this Condition 9. The Purchaser
agrees that it is better placed than is Visionary AV Solutions
Ltd. to insure against such loss.
G. Insofar as it limits or excludes liability, this Condition
9 shall override any other provision in these Conditions,
and each of the paragraphs of this Condition 9 shall be
a severable term not affected by any invalidity or unenforceability
of any other paragraph or term, and shall survive the termination
of this Agreement and the performance of Visionary AV Solutions
Ltd.'s obligations under it..
H. Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. will not, unless specified
in writing, be responsible for ensuring equipment and services
that form or modify a system are in accordance with the
EMC Directive 89/336 EEC and amendments and statutes pertaining
to it.
I Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. will not, unless specified
in writing, be responsible for ensuring equipment and services
that form or modify a system will not create excessive traffic
conditions. Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. will therefore not
be responsible for any re-imbursement of carrier or telecommunications
charges even where these formed part of the Services.
J. All conditions, warranties and other terms (express or
implied, statutory or otherwise) are excluded from this
Agreement to the extent permitted by law.
K. Except where this Agreement is an international supply
contract as specified in section 26 of the Unfair Contract
Terms Act 1977, nothing in these Conditions shall exclude
or restrict:
(i) any liability of Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. for breach
of its implied undertakings as to title;
(ii) where the Purchaser deals as consumer within the meaning
of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, Visionary AV Solutions
Ltd.'s liability for breach of its implied undertakings
as to conformity of the goods with description or sample,
or as
to their quality or fitness for purpose.
L. Nothing in these Conditions affects the statutory rights
of the Purchaser as defined in the Consumer Transactions
(Restrictions on Statements) Order 1973 (as amended).
10. TERMINATION
A. Without prejudice to any other rights of Visionary AV
Solutions Ltd., Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. shall have the
right to terminate this Agreement (including the licence
in Condition) forthwith by notice in writing to the Purchaser
in the following circumstances.
(i) if the Purchaser breaches any of any of its material
obligations under this Agreement and either that breach
is incapable of remedy or the Purchaser does not remedy
that breach within thirty days after receipt of notice requiring
it to remedy the same;
(ii) if any distress or execution is levied on the property
of the Purchaser, or if the Purchaser makes any arrangement
or composition with its creditors generally or commits an
act of bankruptcy or if any receiving order is presented
or made against it, or if the Purchaser (being a Company)
has any petition presented or resolution passed for its
winding up (otherwise than for the purposes of and followed
by a solvent amalgamation or reconstruction) or dissolution,
or an encumbrancer takes possession, or a receiver or administrator
is appointed over the whole or any material part of the
assets of the Purchaser.
B. In the event of termination for any reason, Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd. shall be entitled to retain (to the extent
it shall prove necessary) and set off against any liability
of the Purchaser to Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. any monies
already paid by the Purchaser.
C. If Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. is prevented or delayed
in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement
by any of the events specified in Condition 6 for a continuous
period of 6 months or more either Visionary AV Solutions
Ltd. or the Purchaser may terminate this Agreement by giving
notice in writing to the other. If this Agreement is frustrated
or so terminated Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. shall be entitled
to remuneration or re-imbursement on a quantum meruit basis.
D. If this Agreement is terminated for any reason) and any
monies due and payable have not been paid to Visionary AV
Solutions Ltd. in full, the Purchaser shall promptly return
the Equipment to Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. and if the
Purchaser does not do so, Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. shall
have the right, without prejudice to any other rights or
remedies, to send its employees or agents onto the Purchaser's
premises at any time to take possession of the Equipment.
Upon termination of the Contract for whatever cause the
Programs and all copies of them (including flow charts,
logic diagrams, source codes, user manuals and modified
programs) shall be returned by the Purchaser to Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd. within 15 days after termination.
E. Condition 10D and Condition 9 shall survive the termination
of this Agreement and continue indefinitely.
11. PROGRAMS
In consideration of the payment by the Purchaser to Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd. of the full purchase price of the Equipment
and the performance of the other obligations of the Purchaser,
Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. hereby grants to the Purchaser
a non-exclusive non-transferable licence to use the Programs
and any user documentation incorporated in or delivered
with the Equipment upon the following terms:
A. The Programs will be supplied on such media as Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd. thinks fit;
B. The Purchaser shall use the Programs only with the Equipment
(or other Equipment from time to time supplied by Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd.) and only for the Purchaser's internal
business purposes and shall not market or commercialise
or sub-license or share the use of the Programs in any way;
C. The Purchaser may not make any copies of the Programs
except for back up purposes;
D. The Purchaser will not remove any copyright notice or
other notice supplied by Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. with
the Programs;
E. The Purchaser shall bring to the attention of Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd. any infringement of suspected infringement
by any third party of any of the property rights referred
to in Condition 13 and shall at the request and expense
of Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. take or join Visionary AV
Solutions Ltd. in taking all such action as Visionary AV
Solutions Ltd. may at its sole discretion decide and require
for the purpose of protecting all such rights;
F. The Purchaser will not alter, modify or update the Programs
nor merge them with other computer programs without the
prior written consent of Visionary AV Solutions Ltd.;
G. The Purchaser will ensure that the Programs as used only
in accordance with this Agreement and the Purchaser will
permit Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. to inspect the Equipment
and the Programs and to satisfy itself at all reasonable
times that the Programs are so used;
H. The Purchaser will not (save so far as necessary in the
case of any employee of the Purchaser who uses the Equipment
and then only in confidence);
(i) Disclose any details of the method of operation of the
Programs
to any third party; or
(ii) Give or lend to any third party any of the Programs
in whatever form (or any copy of the user manual or other
documentation relating thereto); or
(iii) Suffer or permit any unauthorised person to copy,
take or remove from the premises on which the Programs are
used by the Purchaser any of the Programs or the user manual;
and the Purchaser shall ensure that those persons who with
the Purchaser's consent have access to the Programs (and
user manual) are aware of and comply with the provisions
of this Condition.
I. The Purchaser may not sub-license or assign or otherwise
transfer this licence; and
J. Upon the Purchaser disposing of the Equipment to any
third party Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. may (but will not
be obliged to) at the request of the Purchaser (and if the
Purchaser shall have complied with all its obligations hereunder)
grant to that third party a licence to use the Programs
upon the same terms as are contained in this Agreement or
as near thereto as the circumstances shall then permit.
12. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT INFRINGEMENT
A. Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. will indemnify the Purchaser
in respect of any costs and damages awarded against the
Purchaser in any proceedings brought against the Purchaser
based on an allegation that the Purchaser's use of the Equipment
in the United Kingdom infringes any patent or copyright
provided that;
(i) this indemnity shall not apply to any infringement which
is due to Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. having followed designs
or instructions furnished by the Purchaser or to the use
of the Equipment in any manner or for a purpose not specified
or agreed to in writing by Visionary AV Solutions Ltd.,
or to any infringement which is due to the use of the Equipment
in association or combination with any other equipment or
software not supplied by Visionary AV Solutions Ltd.;
(ii) in the event of such proceedings Visionary AV Solutions
Ltd. shall have the right at its discretion either to procure
for the Purchaser at Visionary AV Solutions Ltd.'s expense
the right to continue the use of the Equipment to which
such proceedings relate or to modify or replace such Equipment
or, if in the opinion of Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. no
other reasonable alternative is available, to terminate
this Agreement and re-purchase the Equipment at the purchase
price less depreciation to be established by Visionary AV
Solutions Ltd. taking into account the expected useful life
of the Equipment, the duration of the Purchaser's use thereof
and then current accounting practice;
(iii) Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. is promptly notified in
writing by the Purchaser of any claim being made or action
threatened or brought against the Purchaser and Visionary
AV Solutions Ltd. is given the sole right to defend and
settle the proceedings and sole control of any negotiations
for settlement or compromise; and
(iv) the Purchaser gives at its own expense all reasonable
assistance and does not by any act or omission do anything
which may directly or indirectly prejudice Visionary AV
Solutions Ltd. in this connection.
B. Except, as aforesaid Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. shall
not be under any liability to the Purchaser where the Equipment
infringes a patent or other intellectual property right.
13. PROPERTY RIGHTS
All copyright, patent, trade secrets, know-how, rights of
confidence and other property rights in the Programs and
the Equipment, and all parts thereof and anything supplied
in connection therewith or to facilitate the use thereof,
are the property of Visionary AV Solutions Ltd. (or its
licensors or suppliers) and no rights in or under such property
pass to the Purchaser save for those expressly granted under
these Conditions.
14. NOTICES
Any notice to be given under these Conditions shall be given
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
sent or delivered to the party concerned at its address
at the date of this Agreement or such other address as that
party may from time to time notify in writing to the other
in accordance with this Condition and shall be deemed to
have been served if sent by post to and from an address
within the United Kingdom three working days after posting.
15. ASSIGNMENT
The Purchaser may not assign or transfer or purport to assign
or transfer this Agreement or any obligation or any benefit
under it to any other person without the prior written consent
of Visionary AV Solutions Ltd..
16. DISPUTES
This Agreement is governed by and is to be construed in
accordance with the laws of England.
Subject to the remainder of this Condition 16, the English
Courts will have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any
dispute that arises out of or in connection with this Agreement.
In the event of any dispute or difference arising in connection
with this Agreement, the parties' respective senior representatives
will, within 10 days after receipt of a written request
from either party to the other, meet in a good faith effort
to resolve the dispute without recourse to legal proceedings.
If the dispute or difference is not resolved as a result
of that meeting, either party may (at that meeting or within
14 days after its conclusion) propose to the other in writing
that structured negotiations be entered into with the assistance
of a neutral advisor or mediator ("Neutral Advisor").
If the parties are unable to agree on a Neutral Advisor
or if the Neutral Advisor agreed upon is unable or unwilling
to act, either party shall, within 14 days after the date
of the proposal to appoint a Neutral Advisor or within 14
days after receipt of notice to either party that he or
she is unable or unwilling to act, apply to the Centre for
Dispute Resolution ("CEDR") to appoint a Neutral
Advisor.
The parties shall within 14 days after the appointment of
the Neutral Advisor meet with him or her in order to agree
a programme for the exchange of any relevant information
and the structure to be adopted for the negotiations to
be held in London, England. If considered appropriate, either
of the parties may, at any stage, seek assistance from CEDR
to provide guidance on a suitable procedure.
Unless concluded with a written legally binding agreement,
all negotiations connected with the dispute shall be conducted
in confidence and without prejudice to our respective rights
in any future proceedings.
If the parties accept the Neutral Advisor's recommendations,
or otherwise reach agreement on the resolution of the dispute,
that agreement shall be recorded in writing and, once it
has been signed by the parties' respective duly authorised
representatives, will be binding on the parties.
That agreement will be implemented in full within the period
of time agreed by the Neutral Advisor, failing which it
will be rendered null and void (and may not be referred
to any subsequent legal proceedings) unless legal proceedings
have been initiated to enforce it by either you or us within
a further 28 days.
Failing agreement, either party may invite the Neutral Advisor
to provide a non-binding but informative opinion in writing.
That opinion will be provided on a without prejudice basis
and will not be used in evidence in any proceedings begun
in relation to this Agreement without the prior written
consent of both parties.
If the parties fail to reach agreement in the structured
negotiations within 60 days after the Neutral Advisor being
appointed, any dispute or difference between them may be
referred to the Courts unless, within that period, the parties
agree to refer the matter to arbitration before an arbitrator
whose method of appointment is agreed between them.
17. GENERAL
A. No alteration or modification of these Conditions or
any other part of this Agreement shall have effect unless
made in writing and signed by or on behalf of the Purchaser
and by a Director of Visionary AV Solutions Ltd..
B. Any forbearance or delay on the part of either party
in enforcing any provision of these Conditions or any of
its rights under this Agreement shall not be construed as
a waiver of such provision or of any right thereafter to
enforce the same.
C. If any of these Conditions is, for any reason, held in
a final decision to be unenforceable, illegal or otherwise
invalid in any way, that unenforceability, illegality or
invalidity will not affect any other provisions, which will
continue in full force and effect. These Conditions are
then to be construed as if that unenforceable, illegal or
invalid provision had never been contained in these Conditions.
The parties shall use reasonable endeavours to agree valid
and enforceable terms to replace those unenforceable, illegal
or invalid provisions in order to meet, so far as is possible,
their original intentions.