1. Interpretation
1.1 In these Conditions:
Business Day means 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 2.2.
Conditions means these terms and conditions as amended from time to time in accordance with clause 24.7.
Contract means the contract between the Customer and the Supplier for the supply of Goods and/or Services in accordance with these Conditions.
Control has the meaning given in section 1124 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010, and the expression change of control shall be construed accordingly.
Customer means Allen & Heath Limited registered in England and Wales with company number 4163451.
Customer Equipment has the meaning set out in clause 11.3.
Customer Materials has the meaning set out in clause 11.1.
Deliverables means all documents, products and materials developed by the Supplier or its agents, contractors and employees as part of or in relation to the Services in any form or media, including drawings, maps, plans, diagrams, designs, pictures, computer programs, data, specifications and reports (including drafts).
Goods means the goods (or any part of them) set out in the Order.
Goods Specification means any specification for the Goods, including any related samples and drawings, that is agreed in writing by the Customer and the Supplier.
Intellectual Property Rights means patents, rights to inventions, copyright and related rights, trade marks, business names and domain names, rights in get-up, 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.
Mandatory Policies means the Customer’s business policies listed in the legal section of the website at www.allen-heath.com/legal , as updated from time to time.
Order means the Customer’s order (which must be signed by an authorised signatory of the Customer) for the supply of Goods and/or Services, as set out in the Customer’s purchase order form, or in the Customer’s written acceptance of the Supplier’s quotation, or overleaf, as the case may be.
Services mean the services, including any Deliverables, to be provided by the Supplier under the Contract as set out in the Service Specification.
Service Specification means the description or specification for Services agreed in writing by the Customer and the Supplier.
Supplier means the person or firm from whom the Customer purchases the Goods and/or Services.
1.2 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 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.
2. Basis of contract
2.1 The Order constitutes an offer by the Customer to purchase Goods and/or Services from the Supplier in accordance with these Conditions, and shall be valid for a period of 10 Business Days from its date.
2.2 The Order shall be deemed to be accepted on the earlier of:
(a) the Supplier issuing written acceptance of the Order; or
(b) any act by the Supplier consistent with fulfilling the Order,
at which point and on which date the Contract shall come into existence (Commencement Date).
2.3 These Conditions apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms that the Supplier seeks to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing.
2.4 All of these Conditions shall apply to the supply of both Goods and Services except where the application to one or the other is specified.