All orders must be in writing.
Charges run from date of despatch to date of return whether the goods are in use or not.
Hire commences upon delivery to the Customer and ceases upon delivery to the Company. Equipment is not regarded as delivered to the Company until it is checked and inspected by an authorised member of the Company's staff and a formal receipt issued on behalf of the Company.
Equipment hired will be entirely at the Customer's risk during the Hire Period and the Customer will be responsible for any loss or damage thereto howsoever arising. The Customer undertakes responsibility for insuring all equipment against 'all risks' to full replacement value. Any loss or damage to the equipment to be reimbursed to the Company by the Customer to the full reinstatement value thereof.
If agreed hire charges are not paid on the due date then the Company will reserve the right to repossess the hired items and will not be liable for any damages or loss which may be suffered by the Customer as a consequence of such repossession.
Customers will be responsible for ensuring that any relevant Regulations, Rules or Statutory Provisions governing or related to the use of the hired equipment are complied with during the period of hire and the Company in no way assumes liability for the consequences of any noncompliance with any such Regulations, Rules or Statutory Provisions.
Equipment will be supplied to the Customer in normal working order. The Company's liability for any defect or failure of the equipment hired is limited to the rectification of any defect arising from normal wear and tear.
The Company will not be liable for any loss or damage sustained by the Customer consequential to any failure or defect of the equipment hired and gives no warranty that the equipment is fit for the purpose for which it is hired.
The Company cannot be responsible for any injuries to personnel or damage to property sustained as the result of use of hired equipment.
Equipment hired must not be modified or altered by the Customer in any way and in particular cables must not be cut and the wiring of plugs and sockets must be returned as delivered. Any equipment found to be modified or altered, any missing or mechanically damaged items or components and any cables found to be cut or modified on return to the Company will be charged for at full replacement value. The Customer will be charged for the recoiling and taping of hired cables if such recoiling and taping is found to be necessary on return of such cables to the Company.
Any damage to or failure of or defect in the hired equipment must be notified to the Company within 24 hours of its occurrence, and confirmed in writing. In default the Customer will be charged with the cost of the repair or replacement.
The Customer will be responsible for advising the Company as to the location of the equipment hired during the period of hire and any change therein.
No equipment is to be taken outside the Mainland Great Britain and hire for use outside the Mainland Great Britain shall be the subject of a specific Contract for that purpose. Similar further conditions may apply to hire of equipment for use within the United Kingdom when it is considered by the Company to be justified.
It is an absolute condition of hire that the Customer will not themselves hire out any of the Company's equipment to any person, Partnership, Company or other entity without the written permission of the Company.
The Company reserves the right to substitute other designs than the equipment ordered.
All equipment hired remains the property of the Company.
None of the information or data in Brochures supplied by the Company shall constitute part of a Contract, such information being for the purpose of a general description only.
Prices quoted may be subject to amendment.
In these conditions 'The Company' means Drinkle & Mann Ltd.