Version 12 – 23rd April 2024
Innovation Systems & Design Limited
The Customer’s attention is particularly drawn to the provisions of clause 14 (Limitation of liability).
The following definitions and rules of interpretation apply in this agreement.
Business Day: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in England, when banks in London are open for business.
Commencement Date: has the meaning given in clause 3.2.
Conditions: these terms and conditions as amended from time to time in accordance with clause 18.8.
Contract: the contract between the Supplier and the Customer for the supply of Goods and/or Services in accordance with these Conditions.
Customer: the person or firm who purchases the Goods and/or Services from the Supplier.
Deliverables: the training manuals, machinery safety information and usage guidelines produced by the Supplier for the Customer.
Delivery Location: has the meaning given in clause 5.2.
Deposit: the non-refundable deposit for the Goods and/or Services payable by the Customer to the Supplier as set out in the Order.
Force Majeure Event: has the meaning given to it in clause 17.
Goods: the goods (or any part of them) set out in the Order.
Goods Specification: any specification for the Goods, including any relevant plans or drawings, that is agreed in writing by the Customer and the Supplier.
Intellectual Property Rights: patents, utility models, rights to inventions, copyright and neighbouring and related rights, moral rights, trademarks and service marks, business names and domain names, rights in get-up and trade dress, goodwill and the right to sue for passing off or unfair competition, rights in designs, rights in computer software, database rights, rights to use, and protect the confidentiality of, confidential information (including know-how and trade secrets), and all other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications and rights to apply for and be granted, renewals or extensions of, and rights to claim priority from, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will subsist now or in the future, in any part of the world.
Order: the Customer’s order for the supply of Goods and/or Services, as set out in the Supplier’s purchase order form completed by the Customer or the Customer’s written acceptance of the Supplier’s quotation as the case may be.
Services: the services, including the Deliverables, supplied by the Supplier to the Customer as set out in the Service Specification.
Service Specification: the description or specification for the Services provided in writing by the Supplier to the Customer.
Supplier: Innovation Systems & Design Limited registered in England and Wales with company number 05088340.
Supplier Materials: has the meaning given in clause (h).
2.1 INTERPRETATION:
(a) A person includes a natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality).
(b) A reference to a party includes its personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
(c) A reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to it as amended or re-enacted. A reference to a statute or statutory provision includes all subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision.
(d) 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.
(e) A reference to writing or written includes fax and email.
3.2 The Order shall only be deemed to be accepted when the Supplier has received from the Customer the Deposit and the Supplier has issued written acceptance of the Order at which point and on which date the Contract shall come into existence (Commencement Date). The Supplier may (in its sole discretion) proceed to issue written acceptance of the Order without a Deposit where the Customer provides evidence that a finance arrangement is in place with a third-party funder. Any such funder is not connected to the Supplier.
4.1 The Goods are described in the Goods Specification.
5.1 The Supplier shall ensure that:
(a) conform with their description and any applicable Goods Specification;
(b) be free from material defects in design, material and workmanship; and
(c) be of satisfactory quality (within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act 1979); and
(d) be fit for any purpose held out by the Supplier.
6.2 Subject to clause 6.3, the Supplier shall, at its option, repair or replace the defective Goods, or refund the price of the defective Goods in full if:
(b) the Supplier is given a reasonable opportunity of examining such Goods.
6.3 The Supplier shall not be liable for the Goods’ failure to comply with the warranty in clause 6.1 if:
(b) the Customer makes any further use of such Goods after giving a notice in accordance with clause 6.2;
(c) the defect arises because the Customer failed to follow the Supplier’s oral or written instructions as to the storage, installation, commissioning, use or maintenance of the Goods or (if there are none) good trade practice; Installation and commission by the customer is not a standard offering and so would need to be agreed in writing before the machine is despatched