ACCEPTANCE
OF ORDER
No
Contract shall exist until
the Company
has despatched its Acceptance
of order to the Customer.
PRICES
AND CHARGES
All
prices and charges are
based on the Company's
current costs of production,
including materials and
overheads, and are (except
where expressly agreed)
subject to increase or
decrease by the Printer
from time to time to take
into account any rise
or fall in such costs
and overheads.
All charges authorised
by this contract and not
specifically stated shall
be at the Company's standard
rates from time to time.
OVERTIME
If as a result of any
default by the Customer
or of any delay in the
supply to the Company
of any copy or materials
it shall in the opinion
of the Company become
necessary in order to
meet delivery dates to
employ some or all of
the Company's employees
at overtime rates or incur
other additional costs,
or if expedited delivery
shall be agreed with the
like results, thereupon
the Company shall be entitled
to charge all overtime
and other additional costs
so incurred.
TAX
All quotations and invoices
shall be net of tax (unless
otherwise expressly set
out) and the Printer shall
be entitled to add to
any quotation and invoice
the amount of any purchase,
sales, value added or
similar tax payable.
PRELIMINARY
WORK
All preliminary work executed
at the Customer's request
(whether or not experimental)
will be charged to the
Customer.
PROOFS
AND COPY
All corrections (including
alterations in style,
type or design) and additional
proofs made necessary
thereby, and all additional
costs incurred because
copy supplied is not reasonably
clear and legible shall
be charged to the Customer.
The Company shall not
be responsible for the
failure to rectify errors
in proofs submitted to
the Customer unless the
same have been clearly
corrected and notified
to the company.
DELIVERY
AND PAYMENTS
Delivery shall be made
at the address agreed
in writing by the parties
or (if none) at the Company's
works. Work shall be accepted
when so delivered and
if not so accepted the
Company may charge all
subsequent transport and
storage and all costs
incurred.
The Customer shall inspect
all work immediately on
delivery and shall give
notice in writing to the
Company and to the carrier
within 24 hours of delivery
as to any alleged defect;
failing such notice the
work shall be deemed to
be in accordance with
the Contract and the Customer
shall be deemed to have
accepted the work and
to be liable to pay therefore.
(c)
The time for delivery
shall be the time agreed
in writing by the parties
or (if none) a reasonable
time after the date of
the order provided that
the Customer shall not
be entitled to reject
any work delivered after
the time for delivery
unless he has given to
the Company twenty-one
days written notice of
his intention so to do.
(d)
The Company may charge
or give credit pro rata
for work delivered in
excess of or less than
the quantity ordered up
to a maximum of ten per
cent over or under. Unless
the Customer promptly
rejects any excess over
ten per cent the same
shall be treated as delivered
under an independent contract
on like terms and conditions
and the Customer shall
pay for the same pro rata.
(e)
Each instalment or part
delivery delivered or
to be delivered shall
be deemed to be an independent
contract.
(f)
The property and the risk
in the work shall pass
to the Customer and payment
shall become due upon
the Company either tendering
the same for delivery
at the address agreed
therefor or (if none)
giving notice to the Customer
that the work is ready
for collection.
(g)
Upon any suspension of
work at the request of
the Customer or delay
through any default of
the Customer exceeding
thirty days in either
case the Company shall
be entitled to payment
in respect of all work
then carried out (whether
or not delivered) and
all materials ordered.
(h)
Payment of invoices shall
be made without any deduction
or set off in cash so
as to be received by the
Company not later than
the last day of the month
following the month of
delivery of the Goods,
unless otherwise agreed
in writing. Interest shall
be payable on overdue
accounts at the rate of
two per cent (2%) per
month to run from the
due date for payment thereof
until receipt by the Company
of the full amount whether
or not after judgement.
If in the case of the
Contract or any order
involving more than one
delivery default is made
in payment on the due
date the Company shall
have the right to suspend
all or any further deliveries
pending payment or to
terminate the Contract
in its entirety by notice
in writing to the Purchaser.
(i) A 50% deposit
is required before any
work is undertaken. The
remaining balance is require
on delivery.
LIEN
The Company shall have
a general lien on all
property of the Customer
in the Company's possession
(whether or not paid for)
for any sums owed and,
after fourteen days notice
in writing to the Customer,
the Company may dispose
of such property as it
sees fit and apply the
proceeds (if any) towards
payment of any sums owed.
FULL
COLOUR PRINTING
Every effort will be made
to obtain the best possible
colour reproduction on
customer's work but because
of the nature of the processes
involved, we shall not
be required to guarantee
an exact match in colour
or texture between the
customer's photograph
or transparency, monitor
display - local or over
the internet, colour proof
and the printed article.
LIABILITY
The Company's liability
to the Customer for injury,
loss, damage or expense
(whether to persons or
property and whether third
party, consequential or
not )caused by any failure,
delay or defect in the
work or otherwise arising
out of this Contract shall
be limited to a sum equal
to the Company's charges
for the work or that part
of it so affected provided
that where the Customer
shows the same to have
resulted from negligence
(as defined in The Unfair
Contract Terms Act 1977)
of the Company the Company's
liability for death or
personal injury shall
be unlimited and all other
liability shall be limited
to the sum of £1
million.
(b)
Notwithstanding the above
the Company shall be under
no liability for negligence
(other than in respect
of death or personal injury)
or otherwise in respect
of any advice given.
(c)
The Company shall not
be liable howsoever in
respect of any failure,
delay or defect in the
work or default caused
by supply or specification
of unsuitable material
by the Customer.
STANDING
MATTER
Metal, film, glass and
other material used by
the Company in production
shall remain its exclusive
property. Type may be
taken down and lithographic,
photogravure and other
work destroyed immediately
on completion of the work
unless instructions to
the contrary in writing
are given by the Customer
and accepted by the Company
in which case rent shall
be charged by the Company.
The customer hereby warrants
that it has copyright
in all material and files
supplied and that any
file supplied has itself
been prepared by the customer
with the aid of software
in which the customer
has copyright or licence
to use.
LIBEL
AND OBSCENITY
The Company may refuse
to print any work if in
its opinion it contains
matter likely to result
in civil or criminal proceedings.
Any work seized or ordered
to be destroyed or made
the subject of any injunction
shall thereupon be deemed
to have been delivered
to the Customer, and the
Company shall be paid
for the same and for all
other work carried out
on or before the date
of such seizure order
or injunction as if so
delivered.
INDEMNITY
The Customer hereby undertakes
fully and effectually
to indemnity and to keep
the Company from and against
all costs, expenses, damages
and losses in connection
with any third party claims
or proceedings whatsoever
(including claims or proceedings
settled by the Company
in its discretion)in respect
of goods made or worked
on or work carried out
by the Company pursuant
to this contract. The
foregoing includes (but
not by way of limitation)
claims or proceedings
relating to copyright,
trade marks, patents or
other industrial property.
FORCE
MAJEURE
Neither party shall have
any liability to the other
in the event of that party's
failure delay or default
in carrying out all or
any of its obligations
hereunder due in whole
or in part to:
(I)
any circumstance or cause
beyond its control, or
fire, flood, power failure,
reduction of power supplies,
mechanical failure of
lack or shortage of materials
(not being due to the
wilful act or wilful default
of the party), or any
of the following causes
(whether or not within
the party's control) namely:
strike, lockout, industrial
dispute or action taken
by the party or any other
person firm or company
in connection therewith
or in consequence or furtherance
thereof.
CUSTOMER'S
DEFAULT
If the Customer shall
be in default under this
or any other contract
between the Customer and
Swoop Media, or any other
subsidiary thereof or
if the Company has reason
to believe that the Customer
will be unable or unwilling
to discharge its obligations
to the Company as they
arise then the company
may: Cease work without
any liability for any
default thereby caused
and Give notice thereof
to the Customer whereupon
the Customer shall pay
forthwith for all goods
and services supplied
by the Company under this
or any other contract
with the Customer (whether
or not payment would otherwise
be due) and a proper charge
for all goods used or
provided and work carried
out prior to cessation
of work as aforesaid.
TERMINATION
Both the Company and the
Customer shall have the
right at any time by giving
notice in writing to the
other to terminate this
contract forthwith upon
the happening of one or
more of the following
events:
If the other shall fail
to make any payment within
three days of the due
date or to remedy any
other breach forthwith
upon being so required
in writing.
If the other shall enter
into liquidation, whether
compulsory or voluntary
(other than for the purposes
of amalgamation or reconstruction)
or compounds with or enters
into a scheme of arrangement
for the benefit of its
creditors or has a receiver
appointed of all or any
part of its assets or
takes or suffers any similar
action in consequence
of debt.
A contract for the printing
of a periodical publication
which is not expressed
to be for a fixed period
may be terminated by either
party by notice in writing
as follows: thirteen weeks
(publication at monthly
intervals or less) twenty-six
weeks (publication at
more than monthly intervals).
REMEDIES
Termination of this contract
for whatever causes shall
not affect the rights
or remedies of either
party in respect of any
antecedent breach or in
respect of any sum of
money owing by the other.
SUB-CONTRACTORS
The Company may sub-contract
any or all of its obligations,
but shall remain liable
to the Customer therefore.
NOTICES
Notices shall be deemed
to be served when delivered
or posted to the last-known
address of the party to
be served.
LAW
This contract shall be
governed by and construed
in accordance with the
laws of England.
HEADINGS
The headings shall not
affect the meaning or
interpretation of this
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