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1, Interpretation
1.1 In these Conditions:
‘Buyer' - Means the person, firm or company
who purchases Goods from the Company;
'Company' - Means Searchlight Electric Limited
of Sidney House, 900 Oldham Road, Manchester, M40 2BS;
'Contract' - Means the contract between the Buyer
and the Company far the sale and purchase of the Goods;
'Goods' - Means the goods (Including any installment
of the goods or any parts for them) which the company is to supply
in accordance
with these Conditions.
1.2
Any reference in these Conditions to any provision of a statute
shall be construed as a reference to that provision as amended,
re-enacted or extended at the relevant time.
1.3
The headings in these Conditions are for convenience only and shall
not affect their interpretation,

2, Basis of Sate
2.1
The Company shall sell and the Buyer shall purchase the Goods in
accordance with these Conditions, which shall govern the Contract
to the exclusion of any other terms and conditions which the Buyer
purports to apply under any purchase order, confirmation of order,
specification or other document.
2.2
No variation to these Conditions shall be binding unless agreed
in writing by a director of the Company.
2.3
The Company's employees or agents are not authorised to make any
representations concerning the Goods unless confirmed in writing
by a director of the Company. In entering into the Contract the
Buyer acknowledges that it does not rely on any representations
which are not so confirmed.
2.4
Any typographical, clerical or other error or comission in any sales
literature, quotation, price list, acceptance of offer, invoice
or other document or information issued by the Company shall be
subject to correction without any liability or, than part of the
Company.
2.5
Goods supplied may vary in detail from the illustrations, drawings,
measurements and descriptions set out in the Company's sales literature,
which are approximate and for guidance only and will not form part
of this Contract, Colour finishes will be maintained as accurately
as possible but matching cannot be guaranteed. All terminology used
in the Company's sales literature is, subject to these Conditions,
that as understood by general usage in the trade.

3, Orders
3.1
No order submitted by the Buyer shall be deemed to be accepted by
the Company unless and until confirmed in writing by the Company's
authorised representative or (if earlier) the Company delivers the
Goods to the Buyer.
3.2
The Buyer shall be responsible to the Company for ensuring the accuracy
of the terms of any order submitted by the Buyer, and for giving
the Company any necessary information relating to the Goods within
a sufficient time to enable the Company to perform the Contract
in accordance with its terms.
3.3
No order which has been accepted by the Company may be cancelled
by the Buyer except with the agreement in writing of the Company
and on terms that the Buyer shall indemnify the Company in full
against all loss (including, without limitation, loss of profit),
costs (including the cost of all labour and materials used), damages,
charges and expenses incurred by the Company as a result of such
cancellation.
3.4
No Goods may be returned to the Company without the Company's prior
written consent and must be returned in their original packaging
to ensure no damage is sustained during transit. The Buyer shall
be liable for the cost of returning the Goods and for any damage
to the Goods prior to receipt by the Company of such returned goods.

4, Price of the Goods
4.1
Unless otherwise agreed by the Company, the price of the Goods shall
be the price listed in the company's published price list current
at the date of dispatch of the Goods. All prices quoted by the company's
sales representatives shall be subject to verification by the Company's
Head Office.
4.2
Unless otherwise agreed in writing between the Buyer and the Company,
all prices are given by the Company on an ex-works basis, and where
the Company agrees to deliver the Goods otherwise than at the Company's
premises, the Buyer shall be liable to pay the Company's charges
for transport and packaging.
4.3
Carriage and packing shall be free for delivery within the UK mainland
on orders over £250 net. Where the order is
Under £250 net of VAT, carriage and packing will be payable
in full by the Buyer,
4.4
The price of the Goods is exclusive of any applicable value added
tax, which the Buyer shall be additionally liable to pay to
the Company.

5, Terms of Payment
5.1
The Buyer shall pay the price of me Goods before the end of the
month following the date of the Company's invoice, and the Company
shall be entitled to recover the price, notwithstanding that delivery
may not have taken place and the property in the Goods has not passed
to the Buyer.
5.2
The time of payment of the price of the Goods shall be of the essence
of the Contract,
5.3
No payment shall be deemed to have been received until the Company
has received cleared funds,
5.4
All payments payable to the Company under the Contract (whether
or not then due and payable) shall become due immediately upon termination
of the Contract notwithstanding any other provision,
5.5
The Buyer shall make all payments due under the Contract without
any deduction, whether by way of set-off, counterclaim, discount,
abatement or otherwise, unless the Buyer has a valid court order
requiring; an amount equal to such deduction to be paid by the Company
to the Buyer.
5.8
If the Buyer fails to make any payment on the due date then. Without
prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Company,
the Company shall be entitled to:
5.6.1
Cancel the Contract or suspend any further deliveries to the Buyer;
5.6.2
Appropriate any payment made by the Buyer to such of the Goods (or
the goods supplied under any other contract between the Buyer and
the Company), as the Company may think fit (notwithstanding any
purported appropriation by She Buyer);
5.6.3
charge the Buyer interest (both before and after any judgment) on
the amount unpaid, at the rate of 1.5 per cent per annum above the
base lending rate from time to time of Barclays Bank PLC accruing
on a daily basis from the due date for payment until payment in
full is made or claim interns! From the Buyer under the late Payment
of Commercial Debts (interest) Act 1988; and
5-8.4
Recover from the Buyer the price of any goods delivered to the Buyer
notwithstanding that the payment for such goods has not yet become
due.
5.7
All costs, charges and expenses incurred by the Company in recovering
any debt due by the buyer shall he paid by the Buyer on a full indemnity
basis.

6, Delivery
6.1
Delivery of the Goods shall be made, either by the Buyer collecting
the Goods at the Company's premises at any time after the Company
has notified the Buyer that the Goods are ready for collection or.
If some other place for delivery is agreed by the Company, by the
Company delivering the Goods to that place,
6.2
Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods are approximate only.
Time for delivery shall not be of the essence of the Contract.
6.3
Where the Goods are to be delivered in installments, each delivery
shall constitute a separate contract and failure by the Company
to deliver any one or more of the installments in accordance with
these Conditions or any claim by the Buyer in respect of any one
or more installments shall not entitle the Buyer to treat the Contract
as a whole as repudiated.
6.4
If the Buyer falls to take delivery of the Goods or fails to give
the Company adequate delivery instructions at the time stated for
delivery then, without prejudice to any other right are remedy available
to the Company, the Company may:
6.4.1
Store the Goods until actual deliver and charge the Buyer for all
related costs and expenses (including, without limitation. storage
and insurance); or
6.4.2
Sell the Goods at the best price readily obtainable and charge the
Buyer for any shortfall below the price under the Contract.
6.5
If the Goods are not checked by the Buyer on receipt, they must
be signed for "Unexamined".

7, Risk and Property
7.1
Risk of damage to or loss of the Goods shall pass to the Buyer:
7,1.2
In the case of Goods to be delivered otherwise than at the Company's
premises, at the time of delivery or, if the* Buyer wrongfully fails
to take delivery of the Goods, the time when the Company tenders
delivery of the Goods.
7.2
Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the Goods, or
any other provision of these Conditions, the property in the Goods
shall not pass to the Buyer until the Company has received in cash
or cleared funds all sums due to it in respect of;
The Goods, and
All other goods agreed to be sold by the Company to the Buyer for
which payment is then due.
Until such times as the property in the Goods passes to the Buyer,
the Buyer shall:
Hold the Goods as the Company’s fudiciary agent and bailee;
Keep the Goods separate from those of the Buyer and third parties;
Keep the Goods properly stored, protected and insured and identified
as the Company's property.
7.4
Until such time as the property in the Goods passes to the Buyer
(and provided the Goods are still in existence and have hot been
resold), the Company shall be entitled at any time to require the
Buyer to deliver up the Goods to the Company and, if the Buyer fails
to do so forthwith, to enter upon any premises of the Buyer or any
third party where the Goods are stored and repossess the Goods.

8, Warranties and Liability
8.1
Subject to the other provisions of these Conditions, the Company
warrants that the Goods will upon delivery be of
Satisfactory quality within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act
1994.
8.2
The above warranty does not extend to Goods or parts or materials
not manufactured by the Company, in respect of
Which the Company shall endeavour to transfer to the Buyer the benefit
of any warranty or guarantee given by the
Manufacturer to the Company.
8.2.1
The Company will not assume responsibility for corrosion or any
other resulting damage to the Goods where they are
installed in areas in which fertilizers or salt are present, either
in the air or in the soil, or where the Goods are
Installed near to chemical plants, etc. with emissions of heavily
polluted air.
8.3
Any claim by the Buyer which is based on any defect in the quality
or condition of the Goods or a shortage of Goods
shall (whether or not delivery is refused by the Buyer) be notified
to the Company and (if the defect is as a result of
damage or loss in transit) the carrier of the Goods within three
days from the date of delivery or (where the defect or
failure was not apparent on reasonable inspection) within areasonable
time after discovery of the defect or failure, if
delivery is not refused, and the Buyer does not notify the Company
accordingly, the Buyer shall not be entitled to
reject the Goods and the Company shall have no liability for such
defect or failure, and the Buyer shall be bound to pay
the price as if the Goods had been delivered in accordance with
the Contract.
8.4
The Company shall not be liable for a breach of the warranty in
clause 8.1 if the defect arises because the Buyer failed to
follow the Company's oral or written instructions as to the storaga,
installation, use or maintenance of the Goods or (if
there are none) good trade practice or if the Buyer alters or repairs
the Goods or makes any further use of the Goods
without the written consent of the Company,
8.5
Where any valid claim In respect of any of the Goods which is based
on any defect in the quality or condition of the
Goods is notified to the Company in accordance with these Conditions,
the Company shall be entitled to replace the
Goods (or the part in question) free of charge or refund to the
Buyer the price of the Goods (or a proportionate part of
the price), but the Company shall have no further liability to the
Buyer.
8.6
The Company shall not be liable for non-delivery of Goods unless
written notice is given to the Company within ten days
of the date of the Company's invoice. Any liability of the Company
for non-delivery of Goods shall be limited to
replacing the Goods within a reasonable time or issuing a Credit
note at the pro rate Contract rate against any invoice
raised for such Goods,
8.7
All warranties, conditions or other terms implied by statute or
common law (save for the conditions implied by Section 12
or the State of Goods Act 1979) are excluded to the fullest extent
permitted by law.
8.8
Nothing in these Conditions excludes or limits the liability of
the Company for death or personal injury caused by the
Company's negligence or fraudulent representation.
8.9
Subject to conditions 8.7 and 8,8;
8.9.1
The Company's total liability in contract, tort (Including negligence
or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation,
restitution or otherwise, arising in connection with performance
or contemplated performance of the Contract
shall be limited to the price of the Goods; and
8.9.2
The Company shall not be liable to the Buyer for any indirect or
consequential loss or damage (whether for loss of profit, loss of
business, depreciation of goodwill or otherwise), costs, expenses
or other claims for consequential compensation whatsoever {howsoever
caused) which arise out of or in connection with the Contract,
8.10
The Company shall! not be liable to the Buyer or be deemed to be
in breach of the Contract by reason of any delay in performing,
or any failure to perform, any of the Company's obligations in relation
to the Goods, if the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond
the Company's reasonable control including, but without prejudice
to the generality of the foregoing, acts of God, govsmmentai actions,
war or national emergency, acts of terrorism, protests, riot, civil
commotion, fire, explosion, floor, epidemic, strikes, lock-outs
or other industrial actions or trade disputes (whether involving
employees of the Company or of a third party), difficulties in obtaining
raw materials, labour, fuel, parts or machinery, power failure or
breakdown in machinery,
8,10.1
The Buyer makes any voluntary arrangement with its creditors or
(being an Individual or firm) becomes bankrupt or (being a company)
becomes subject to an administration order or goes into liquidation
(otherwise than for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction);
or
8.10.2
An encumbrancer takes possession, or a receiver is appointed, of
any of the property or assets of the Buyer; or
8.10.3
the Buyer ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business; or
8.10.4
The Company reasonably apprehends that any of the events mentioned
above is about to occur in relation to the Buyer and notifies the
Buyer accordingly,
8.10,11
If this clause applies then, without prejudice to arty other right
or remedy available to the Company, the Company shall be entitled
to cancel the Contract without any liability to the Buyer, and if
the Goods have been delivered but not paid for the price shall become
immediately due and payable notwithstanding any previous agreement
or arrangement to the contrary.

9, Insolvency of Buyer
9,1
This clause applies If:
9.1.1
The Buyer makes any voluntary arrangement with its creditors or
(being an individual or firm) becomes Bankrupt or (being a company)
becomes subject to an administration order or goes into liquidation
(otherwise than for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction);
or
9.1.2
An encumbrancer takes possession, or a receiver is appointed. of
any of the property or assets of the Buyer; or
9.1.3
The Buyer ceases, or threatens to cease, to carry on business; or
9.1.4
The Company reasonably apprehends that any of the events mentioned
above is about to occur in relation to the Buyer and notifies the
Buyer accordingly.
9.2
If this clause applies then, without prejudice to any other right
or remedy available to the Company, the Company shall be entitled
to cancel the Contract or suspend any further deliveries under the
Contract without any liability to the Buyer, and it the Goods have
been delivered but not paid for the price shall become immediately
due and payable notwithstanding any previous agreement or arrangement
to the contrary.

10, Export Terms
10.1
Where the Goods are supplied for export from the United Kingdom,
the conditions of this clause 10 shall (subject to any special terms
agreed in writing between the Buyer and the Company) apply notwithstanding
any other provisions of these Conditions,
10.2
The Buyer shall be responsible for complying with any legislation
or regulations governing the importation of the Goods into the country
of destination and for the payment of any duties there on. Payment
of all amounts due to the Company shall be made as agreed in writing
by the Buyer and She Company before delivery and in the absence
of such agreement payment shall be made pro forma.

11, General
11.1
Any notice required or permitted to be given by either party to
the other under these Conditions shall be in writing addressed to
that other party at its registered office or principal place or
business or such other address as may at the relevant time have
been notified pursuant to this provision to the party giving the
notice.
11.2
No waiver by the Company of any breach of the Contract by the Buyer
shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the
same or any other provision.
11.3
If any provision of these Conditions is held by any competent authority
to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part the validity
of the other provisions of these conditions and the remainder of
the provision in question shall not be affected.
11.4
A person who is not a party to the Contract shall have no right
to enforce any term of the Contract by virtue of the Contract (Rights
of third Parties) Act 1999.
11.5
The Contract shall be governed by the laws of England, and the Buyer
agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
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