EXCEL WATER LIMITED’S STANDARD TERMS & CONDITIONS FOR THE SUPPLY OF GOODS AND/OR SERVICES
1.1 Definitions. In these Conditions, the following definitions apply:
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 set out in clause 2.2.
Conditions: these terms and conditions as amended from time to time in accordance with clause 15.7. Contract: the contract between Excel Water 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 Excel Water.
Deliverables: the items set out in the Order.
Delivery Location: has the meaning set out in clause 4.2.
Excel Water Materials: has the meaning set out in clause 8.1(g).
Force Majeure Event: has the meaning given to it in clause 14.1.
Goods: the goods (or any part of them) set out in the Order and supplied by Excel Water.
Goods Specification: any specification for the Goods, including any relevant plans or drawings, that is agreed in writing by the Customer and Excel Water.
Intellectual Property Rights: 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, rights in designs, database rights, rights to use, and protect the confidentiality of, confidential information (including know-how), 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 Customer’s purchase order form or the
Customer’s written acceptance of Excel Water’s quotation as the case may be.
Services: the services, including the Deliverables, to be supplied by Excel Water to the Customer as set out in the Service Agreement.
Service Agreement: the description or specification for the Services provided in writing by Excel Water to the Customer.
Excel Water Limited registered in England and Wales with company number 04531230.
1.2 Construction. In these Conditions, the following rules apply:
(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 or permitted assigns;
(c) a reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to such statute or statutory provision as amended or re-enacted. A reference to a statute or statutory provision includes any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision, as amended or re-enacted;
(d) a reference to writing or written includes faxes and e-mails.
2.1 The Order constitutes an offer by the Customer to purchase Goods and/or Services in accordance with these Conditions.
2.2 The Order shall only be accepted when Excel Water issues written acceptance of the Order at which point and on which date the Contract shall come into existence (Commencement Date).
2.3 The Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the parties. The Customer acknowledges that it has not relied on any statement, promise, representation, assurance or warranty made or given by or on behalf of Excel Water which is not set out in the Contract.
2.4 Any samples, drawings, descriptive matter or advertising issued by Excel Water and any descriptions of the Goods or illustrations or descriptions of the Services contained in Excel Water’s website, catalogues or brochures are issued or published for the sole purpose of giving an approximate idea of the Services and/or Goods described in them. They shall not form part of the Contract or have any contractual force.
2.5 These Conditions apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms that the Customer seeks to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing.
2.6 Any quotation given by Excel Water shall not constitute an offer, and is only valid for a period of 30 Business Days from its date of issue.
2.7 All of these Conditions shall apply to the supply of both Goods and Services except where application to one or the other is specified.
3.1 The Goods are described in Excel Water’s quote and as modified by any applicable Goods Specification.
3.2 Excel Water reserves the right to amend the Goods Specification if required by any applicable statutory or regulatory requirements.
4.1 Excel Water shall ensure that each delivery of the Goods is accompanied by a delivery note which shows the date of the Order, all relevant Customer and Supplier reference numbers, the type and quantity of the Goods (including the code number of the Goods, where applicable), special storage instructions (if any) and, if the Order is being delivered by instalments, the outstanding balance of Goods remaining to be delivered.
4.2 Excel Water shall deliver the Goods to the location set out in the Order or such other location as the parties may agree (Delivery Location) at any time after Excel Water notifies the Customer that the Goods are ready.
4.3 Delivery of the Goods shall be completed on the Goods’ arrival at the Delivery Location.
4.4 Any dates quoted for delivery of the Goods are approximate only, and the time of delivery is not of the essence. Excel Water shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of the Goods that is caused by a Force Majeure Event or the Customer’s failure to provide Excel Water with adequate delivery instructions or any other instructions that are relevant to the supply of the Goods.
4.5 If Excel Water fails to deliver the Goods, its liability shall be limited to the costs and expenses incurred by the Customer in obtaining replacement goods of similar description and quality in the cheapest market available, less the price of the Goods. Excel Water shall have no liability for any failure to deliver the Goods to the extent that such failure is caused by a Force Majeure Event or the Customer’s failure to provide Excel Water with adequate delivery instructions for the Goods or any relevant instruction related to the supply of the Goods.
4.6 If the Customer fails to accept or take delivery of the Goods within 5 Business Days of Excel Water notifying the Customer that the Goods are ready, then except where such failure or delay is caused by a Force Majeure Event or by Excel Water’s failure to comply with its obligations under the Contract in respect of the Goods:
(a) delivery of the Goods shall be deemed to have been completed at 9.00 am on the sixth Business Day following the day on which Excel Water notified the Customer that the Goods were ready; and
(b) Excel Water shall store the Goods until delivery takes place, and charge the Customer for all related costs and expenses (including insurance).
4.7 If 7 Business Days after Excel Water notified the Customer that the Goods were ready for delivery the Customer has not taken delivery of them, Excel Water may resell or otherwise dispose of part or all of the Goods and, after deducting reasonable storage and selling costs, account to the Customer for any excess over the price of the Goods or charge the Customer for any shortfall below the price of the Goods.
4.8 Excel Water may deliver the Goods by instalments, which shall be invoiced and paid for separately. Each instalment shall constitute a separate contract. Any delay in delivery or defect in an instalment shall not entitle the Customer to cancel any other instalment.
5.1 Excel Water is not the manufacturer of all the Goods. Therefore while Excel Water warrants that on delivery, and for a period of 12 months from the date of delivery (warranty period), the Goods manufactured by Excel Water shall:
(a) conform in all material respects with any applicable Goods Specification; and
(b) be free from defects in material and workmanship
for Goods not manufactured by Excel Water this warranty may be varied if the manufacturer does not supply such a warranty and such variation will be specified in the quote or Goods Specification.
5.2 Subject to clause 5.3, if:
(a) the Customer gives notice in writing during the warranty period that some or all of the Goods do not comply with the warranty set out in clause 5.1;
(b) Excel Water is given a reasonable opportunity of examining such Goods; and
(c) the Customer (if asked to do so by Excel Water) returns such Goods to Excel Water’s place of business at the Customer’s cost,
Excel Water shall, at its discretion, repair or replace any defective Goods, or refund the price of the defective Goods in full together with the cost of carriage incurred in returning the defective Goods.
5.3 Excel Water shall not be liable for the Goods’ failure to comply with the warranty in clause 5.1 if: (a) the Customer makes any further use of such Goods after giving a notice in accordance with clause 5.2;
(b) the defect arises because the Customer failed to follow Excel Water’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;
(c) the defect arises as a result of Excel Water following any drawing, design or Goods Specification supplied by the Customer;
(d) the Customer alters or repairs such Goods without the written consent of Excel Water;
(e) the defect arises as a result of fair wear and tear, willful damage, negligence, or abnormal working conditions; the Goods differ from their description or any Goods Specification as a result of changes made to ensure they comply with applicable statutory or regulatory standards.
5.4 Except as provided in this clause 5, Excel Water shall have no liability to the Customer in respect of the Goods’ failure to comply with the warranty set out in clause 5.1.
5.5 The terms of these Conditions shall apply to any repaired or replacement Goods supplied by Excel Water under clause 5.2.
6.1 The risk in the Goods shall pass to the Customer on completion of delivery.
6.2 Title to the Goods shall not pass to the Customer until the earlier of:
(a) Excel Water receives payment in full (in cash or cleared funds) for the Goods and any other goods that Excel Water has supplied to the Customer in respect of which payment has become due, in which case title to the Goods shall pass at the time of payment of all such sums; and
(b) the Customer resells the Goods, in which case title to the Goods shall pass to the Customer at the time specified in clause 6.4.
6.3 Until title to the Goods has passed to the Customer, the Customer shall:
(a) store the Goods separately from all other goods held by the Customer so that they remain readily identifiable as Excel Water’s property;
(b) not remove, deface or obscure any identifying mark or packaging on or relating to the Goods;
(c) maintain the Goods in satisfactory condition and keep them insured against all risks for their full price on Excel Water’s behalf from the date of delivery;
(d) notify Excel Water immediately if it becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause 13.3(b) to clause 13.3(l); and
(e) give Excel Water such information relating to the Goods as Excel Water may require from time to time.
6.4 Subject to clause 6.5, the Customer may resell or use the Goods in the ordinary course of its business (but not otherwise) before Excel Water receives payment for the Goods. However, if the Customer resells the Goods before that time:
(a) it does so as principal and not as Excel Water’s agent; and
(b) title to the Goods shall pass from Excel Water to the Customer immediately before the time at which resale by the Customer occurs.
6.5 If before title to the Goods passes to the Customer the Customer becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause 13.3(b) to clause 13.3(l), then, without limiting any other right or remedy Excel Water may have:
(a) the Customer’s right to resell Goods or use them in the ordinary course of its business ceases immediately; and
(b) Excel Water may at any time:
(i) require the Customer to deliver up all Goods in its possession which have not been resold, or irrevocably incorporated into another product; and
(ii) if the Customer fails to do so promptly, enter any premises of the Customer or of any third party where the Goods are stored in order to recover them.
7.1 Excel Water shall provide the Services to the Customer in accordance with the Services Agreement in all material respects.
7.2 Excel Water shall use all reasonable endeavors to meet any performance dates for the Services specified in the Services Agreement, but any such dates shall be estimates only and time shall not be of the essence for the performance of the Services.
7.3 Excel Water shall have the right to make any changes to the Services which are necessary to comply with any applicable law or safety requirement, or which do not materially affect the nature or quality of the Services, and Excel Water shall notify the Customer in any such event.
7.4 Excel Water warrants to the Customer that the Services will be provided using reasonable care and skill.
7.5 Excel Water reserves the right not to provide the Services where the access to the site or the site itself does not meet Health & Safety Regulations or the provision of Services would contravene the terms of Excel Water’s insurance policy. (Excel Water has full insurance cover in the sum of £5 million for Public Liability insurance and £10 million Employers Liability insurance.)
7.6 For the avoidance of doubt the Services do not include site visits caused by the following events and such visits will incur an additional charge:
(a) Damage or failure caused by accident and/or negligence of the Customer or any third party;
(b) External factors such as frost, fire and impact;
(c) Ageing;
(d) Failure by the Customer or any third party (not instructed by Excel Water) to operate the plant or equipment in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions;
(e) Damage caused to Customer’s equipment which has occurred prior to Excel Water providing the Services or which has occurred further to the Customer failing to implement Excel Water’s recommendations;
(f) Customer’s failure to fit any ancillary equipment and/or carry out additional works which have been recommended by Excel Water.
8.1 The Customer shall:
(a) ensure that the terms of the Order and (if submitted by the Customer) the Goods Specification are complete and accurate;
(b) co-operate with Excel Water in all matters relating to the Services;
(c) provide Excel Water, its employees, agents, consultants and subcontractors, with access to the Customer’s premises, office accommodation and other facilities as reasonably required by Excel Water to provide the Services;
(d) provide Excel Water with such information and materials as Excel Water may reasonably require to supply the Services, and ensure that such information is accurate in all material respects;
(e) prepare the Customer’s premises for the supply of the Services including by ensuring that the environment in which the Excel Water personnel are to work meet the relevant Health & Safety Regulations;
(f) obtain and maintain all necessary licenses, permissions and consents which may be required for the Services before the date on which the Services are to start; and
(g) keep and maintain all materials, equipment, documents and other property of Excel Water (Excel Water Materials) at the Customer’s premises in safe custody at its own risk, maintain Excel Water Materials in good condition until returned to Excel Water, and not dispose of or use Excel Water Materials other than in accordance with Excel Water’s written instructions or authorization.
8.2 If Excel Water’s performance of any of its obligations in respect of the Services is prevented or delayed by any act or omission by the Customer or failure by the Customer to perform any relevant obligation (Customer Default):
(a) Excel Water shall without limiting its other rights or remedies have the right to suspend performance of the Services until the Customer remedies the Customer Default, and to rely on the Customer Default to relieve it from the performance of any of its obligations to the extent the Customer Default prevents or delays Excel Water’s performance of any of its obligations;
(b) Excel Water shall not be liable for any costs or losses sustained or incurred by the Customer arising directly or indirectly from Excel Water’s failure or delay to perform any of its obligations as set out in this clause 8.2; and
(c) the Customer shall reimburse Excel Water on written demand for any costs or losses sustained or incurred by Excel Water arising directly or indirectly from the Customer Default.
9.1 The price for Goods shall be the price set out in the quote or, if no price is quoted, the price set out in Excel Water’s published price list as at the date of delivery. The price of the Goods is exclusive of all costs and charges of packaging, insurance, transport of the Goods, which shall be paid by the Customer when it pays for the Goods.
9.2 The charges for Services shall be on a time and materials basis and;
(a) the charges shall be calculated in accordance with Excel Water’s standard daily fee rates, as set out in the Services Agreement, other than breakdown charges which are set out at clause 9.2(f) below;
(b) Excel Water’s standard daily fee rates for each individual person are calculated on the basis of an eight- hour day from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm worked on Business Days;
(c) Excel Water reserves the right to charge an overtime rate for any time worked by individuals whom it engages on the Services outside the hours referred to in clause 9.2(b); and
(d) Excel Water shall be entitled to charge the Customer for any expenses reasonably incurred by the individuals whom Excel Water engages in connection with the Services including, but not limited to, travelling expenses, hotel costs, subsistence and any associated expenses, access costs (such as tower scaffolding or other access equipment in order to comply with Health & Safety Regulations) and for the cost of services provided by third parties and required by Excel Water for the performance of the Services, and for the cost of any materials. Wherever possible Excel Water will provide the Customer with details of such costs in advance;
(e) Excel Water shall be entitled to charge for additional time on site and/or abortive visits caused by the Customer’s failure to provide sufficient access and time to complete the Services without interruption or limitation;
(f) breakdown charges are incurred when Goods and/or Services are required within 48 hours of an order and no pre booked appointment has been arranged. Breakdown services are supplied on the following basis:
£200 plus VAT for the 1st hour then standard rate thereafter (if in normal working hours) (as set out in the Services Agreement) plus travelling time;
(g) travel time is charged at the stated pence per mile on the quote and will be charged for both travel to and from the Customer’s site;
(h) for the avoidance of doubt the fees for the Services do not include the following items:
(i) supply of Goods;
(ii) replacement of worn or defective parts identified during the provision of the Services;
(iii) chemical cleaning or sterilization of any equipment or membranes;
(iv) any items not included in the equipment specification as set out in the quote; and
(v) breakdown situations; and
(i) Excel Water will agree any change in price prior to entering into an agreement for the supply of Services to the Customer.
9.3 Excel Water reserves the right to:
(a) increase the price of the Goods, by giving 3 months notice to the Customer at any time before delivery, to reflect any increase in the cost of the Goods to Excel Water that is due to:
(i) any factor beyond the control of Excel Water (including foreign exchange fluctuations, increases in taxes and duties, and increases in labor, materials and other manufacturing costs);
(ii) any request by the Customer to change the delivery date(s), quantities or types of Goods ordered, or the Goods Specification; or
(iii) any delay caused by any instructions of the Customer in respect of the Goods or failure of the Customer to give Excel Water adequate or accurate information or instructions in respect of the Goods.
9.4 In respect of Services, Excel Water shall always invoice the Customer for all fees and costs on completion of the Services. In respect of Goods, Excel Water shall invoice the Customer on or at any time after acceptance of an Order unless:
(a) you are a new customer, in which case Excel Water shall invoice in full in advance;
(b) you are an existing customer and the value of the Goods to be supplied is £10,000 or more in which case we shall invoice fifty percent in advance and fifty percent on completion of the supply of the Goods.
9.5 The Customer shall pay each invoice submitted by Excel Water:
(a) within 30 days of the date of the invoice; and
(b) in full and in cleared funds to a bank account nominated in writing by Excel Water, and time for payment shall be of the essence of the Contract.
9.6 All amounts payable by the Customer under the Contract are exclusive of amounts in respect of value added tax chargeable from time to time (VAT). Where any taxable supply for VAT purposes is made under the Contract by Excel Water to the Customer, the Customer shall, on receipt of a valid VAT invoice from Excel Water, pay to Excel Water such additional amounts in respect of VAT as are chargeable on the supply of the Services or Goods at the same time as payment is due for the supply of the Services or Goods.
9.7 If the Customer fails to make any payment due to Excel Water under the Contract by the due date for payment, then the Customer shall pay interest on the overdue amount at the rate of 4% per annum above the Bank of England base rate from time to time. Such interest shall accrue on a daily basis from the due date until actual payment of the overdue amount, whether before or after judgment. The Customer shall pay the interest together with the overdue amount.
9.8 The Customer shall pay all amounts due under the Contract in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding except as required by law. Excel Water may, without limiting its other rights or remedies, set off any amount owing to it by the Customer against any amount payable by Excel Water to the Customer.
9.9 In the event that the Customer damages, loses or causes Excel Water’s Materials to be unavailable at the time of supply of the Services Excel Water shall charge the Customer for replacing such Materials and any additional delivery and labor costs incurred as a result.
10.1 All Intellectual Property Rights in or arising out of or in connection with the Services shall be owned by Excel Water.
10.2 The Customer acknowledges that, in respect of any third party Intellectual Property Rights in the Services, the Customer’s use of any such Intellectual Property Rights is conditional on Excel Water obtaining a written license from the relevant licensor on such terms as will entitle Excel Water to license such rights to the Customer.
10.3 All Supplier Materials are the exclusive property of Excel Water.
A party (receiving party) shall keep in strict confidence all technical or commercial know-how, specifications, inventions, processes or initiatives which are of a confidential nature and have been disclosed to the receiving party by the other party (disclosing party), its employees, agents or subcontractors, and any other confidential information concerning the disclosing party’s business, its products and services which the receiving party may obtain. The receiving party shall only disclose such confidential information to those of its employees, agents and subcontractors who need to know it for the purpose of discharging the receiving party’s obligations under the Contract, and shall ensure that such employees, agents and subcontractors comply with the obligations set out in this clause as though they were a party to the Contract. The receiving party may also disclose such of the disclosing party’s confidential information as is required to be disclosed by law, any governmental or regulatory authority or by a court of competent jurisdiction. This clause 11 shall survive termination of the Contract.
12.1 Nothing in these Conditions shall limit or exclude Excel Water’s liability for:
(a) death or personal injury caused by its negligence, or the negligence of its employees, agents or subcontractors;
(b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
(c) breach of the terms implied by section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (title and quiet possession);
(d) breach of the terms implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (title and quiet possession); or
(e) defective products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987.
12.2 Subject to clause 12.1:
(a) Excel Water shall under no circumstances whatever be liable to the Customer, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any loss of profit, or any indirect or consequential loss arising under or in connection with the Contract; and
(b) Excel Water’s total liability to the Customer in respect of all other losses arising under or in connection with the Contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, shall in no circumstances exceed the value of fees paid to Excel Water in the previous 12 months.
12.3 The terms implied by sections 13 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the terms implied by sections 3 to 5 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
12.4 This clause 12 shall survive termination of the Contract.
13.1 Without limiting its other rights or remedies either party may terminate the Contract for the supply of Goods and/or Services by giving the other party not less than 3 months’ written notice.
13.2 Any contract for the provision of Services will automatically be cancelled without notice if the Customer’s water treatment equipment has been damaged or destroyed (through no fault of Excel Water) and the provision of Services is no longer realistically possible. In such an event neither party can claim payment for damages and/or inconvenience.
13.3 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, each party may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if:
(a) the other party commits a material breach of its obligations under this Contract and (if such breach is remediable) fails to remedy that breach within 30 days after receipt of notice in writing to do so;
(b) the other party suspends, or threatens to suspend, payment of its debts or is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or admits inability to pay its debts or (being a company or limited liability partnership) is deemed unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or (being an individual) is deemed either unable to pay its debts or as having no reasonable prospect of so doing, in either case, within the meaning of section 268 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or (being a partnership) has any partner to whom any of the foregoing apply;
(c) the other party commences negotiations with all or any class of its creditors with a view to rescheduling any of its debts, or makes a proposal for or enters into any compromise or arrangement with its creditors other than (where a company) for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of that other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
(d) a petition is filed, a notice is given, a resolution is passed, or an order is made, for or in connection with the winding up of the other party (being a company) other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of the other party with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of that other party;
(e) the other party (being an individual) is the subject of a bankruptcy petition or order;
(f) a creditor or encumbrancer of the other party attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other such process is levied or enforced on or sued against, the whole or any part of its assets and such attachment or process is not discharged within 14 days;
(g) an application is made to court, or an order is made, for the appointment of an administrator or if a notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given or if an administrator is appointed over the other party (being a company);
(h) the holder of a qualifying charge over the assets of the other party (being a company) has become entitled to appoint or has appointed an administrative receiver;
(i) a person becomes entitled to appoint a receiver over the assets of the other party or a receiver is appointed over the assets of the other party;
(j) any event occurs, or proceeding is taken, with respect to the other party in any jurisdiction to which it is subject that has an effect equivalent or similar to any of the events mentioned in clause 13.3(b) to clause 13.3(i) (inclusive);
(k) the other party suspends, threatens to suspend, ceases or threatens to cease to carry on, all or substantially the whole of its business; or
(l) the other party (being an individual) dies or, by reason of illness or incapacity (whether mental or physical), is incapable of managing his own affairs or becomes a patient under any mental health legislation.
13.4 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, Excel Water may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to the Customer if:
(a) the Customer fails to pay any amount due under this Contract on the due date for payment; or
(b) the Customer’s financial position deteriorates to such an extent that in Excel Water’s opinion the Customer’s capability to adequately fulfil its obligations under the Contract has been placed in jeopardy.
13.5 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, Excel Water may suspend the supply of Services or all further deliveries of Goods under the Contract or any other contract between the Customer and Excel Water if the Customer fails to pay any amount due under this Contract on the due date for payment, the Customer becomes subject to any of the events listed in clause 13.3(b) to clause 13.3(l), or Excel Water reasonably believes that the Customer is about to become subject to any of them.
13.6 On termination of the Contract for any reason:
(a) the Customer shall immediately pay to Excel Water all of Excel Water’s outstanding unpaid invoices and interest and, in respect of Services supplied but for which no invoice has yet been submitted, Excel Water shall submit an invoice, which shall be payable by the Customer immediately on receipt;
(b) the Customer shall return all of Excel Water Materials and any Deliverables which have not been fully paid for. If the Customer fails to do so, then Excel Water may enter the Customer’s premises and take possession of them. Until they have been returned, the Customer shall be solely responsible for their safe keeping and will not use them for any purpose not connected with this Contract;
(c) the accrued rights and remedies of the parties as at termination shall not be affected, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the Contract which existed at or before the date of termination or expiry; and
(d) clauses which expressly or by implication have effect after termination shall continue in full force and effect.
14.1 For the purposes of this Contract, Force Majeure Event means an event beyond the reasonable control of Excel Water including but not limited to strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving the workforce of Excel Water or any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, equipment malfunction, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors.
14.2 Excel Water shall not be liable to the Customer as a result of any delay or failure to perform its obligations under this Contract as a result of a Force Majeure Event.
14.3 If the Force Majeure Event prevents Excel Water from providing any of the Services and/or Goods for more than 4 weeks, Excel Water shall, without limiting its other rights or remedies, have the right to terminate this Contract immediately by giving written notice to the Customer.
15.1 Assignment and other dealings.
(a) Excel Water may at any time assign, transfer, mortgage, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights under the Contract and may subcontract or delegate in any manner any or all of its obligations under the Contract to any third party.
(b) The Customer shall not, without the prior written consent of Excel Water, assign, transfer, charge, subcontract, declare a trust over or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under the Contract.
15.2 Notices.
(a) Any notice or other communication given to a party under or in connection with this Contract shall be in writing, addressed to that party at its registered office (if it is a company) or its principal place of business (in any other case) or such other address as that party may have specified to the other party in writing in accordance with this clause, and shall be delivered personally or sent by prepaid first-class post or other next working day delivery service, or by commercial courier, fax or e-mail.
(b) A notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been received: if delivered personally, when left at the address referred to in clause 12.2(a); if sent by pre-paid first class post or other next working day delivery service, at 9.00 am on the second Business Day after posting; if delivered by commercial courier, on the date and at the time that the courier’s delivery receipt is signed; or, if sent by fax or e-mail, one Business Day after transmission where a successful transmission receipt is obtained.
(c) The provisions of this clause shall not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action
15.3 Severance.
(a) If any provision or part-provision of the Contract is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable, it shall be deemed modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid, legal and enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the relevant provision or part-provision shall be deemed deleted. Any modification to or deletion of a provision or part-provision under this clause shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the rest of the Contract.
(b) If one party gives notice to the other of the possibility that any provision or part-provision of this Contract is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to amend such provision so that, as amended, it is legal, valid and enforceable, and, to the greatest extent possible, achieves the intended commercial result of the original provision.
15.4 Waiver. A waiver of any right under the Contract or law is only effective if it is in writing and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach or default. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right or remedy under the Contract or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor prevent or restrict its further exercise of that or any other right or remedy. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall prevent or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.
15.5 No partnership or agency. Nothing in the Contract is intended to, or shall be deemed to, establish any partnership or joint venture between any of the parties, nor constitute either party the agent of another party for any purpose. Neither party shall have authority to act as agent for, or to bind, the other party in any way.
15.6 Third parties. A person who is not a party to the Contract shall not have any rights to enforce its terms.
15.7 Variation. Except as set out in these Conditions, no variation of the Contract, including the introduction of any additional terms and conditions shall be effective unless it is agreed in writing and signed by Excel Water and the customer.
15.8 Governing law. This agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.
15.9 Jurisdiction Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Contract or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims.