1. Terms and Conditions
(a) In these conditions:-

“The buyer” shall mean any person, firm, company or other legal person who shall place an order for the goods or services with the seller or any agent of the seller referred to below.
“These Conditions” shall mean the conditions contained on this page.

“Confidential Information” shall include, but will not be limited to, all information which may be imparted in confidence or be of a confidential nature relating to:
all quotations, tenders and order forms relating to any contract and any illustrations, drawings or other illustrative material accompanying any quotation of the seller or contained in the seller's catalogues, price lists or advertisments, which the buyer receives.

“The Contract(s)” shall mean an order for the supply or purchase of any goods or service/s either carried out/ made by the buyer and accepted by the seller in accordance with these conditions in either paper or electronic format.

" The Defaulting Party” shall mean whichever of the buyer or seller that either commits a material breach of these conditions or any contract, or is subject to an insolvency event as detailed in sub paragraphs 8(a) and (b).

1. (b) Terms of Payment.
(i) New contracts/ agreements in these terms are deemed as "a new premises/ site or location in which any of our services have been provided and therefore shall be applicable to sub section(ii) of these terms of payment. Thereafter sub section (iii) of these terms of payment shall be applicable.
(ii) Payment shall be 7 days from the invoice date as indicated on the invoice supplied by Beta Fire & Safety to the buyer either in electronic or paper format applicable to all services provided to cover all 'new' agreements whether contractual or not.
(iii) Thereafter, payment shall mean the last business day of the calender month immediately following the calender month in which the goods and/or services (either supplied or provided) are invoiced on, Unless any changes to this payment date in these terms and conditions have been specifically agreed upon in writing by the seller and buyer.
This may be stated within the invoice or other documented transaction. e.g. service certificate or email, which shall be signed by both the seller and the buyer.
Email receipts for orders, quotations or services provided from Beta Fire & Safety, will be accepted/deemed as electronic signatures by both the buyer & seller for the purpose of these terms and conditions.
(iv) Payment is deemed received in full in either BACS cleared funds or cheque cleared funds. In accordance with clause 9(a) and 9(b).
(v) Failure by the Client/ Customer to make any payment in the due time as aforesaid shall entitle Beta Fire & Safety & his/ her officers/ engineers to suspend work or remove equipment that works have been carried out on and charge interest on the amount outstanding at 5% of the total invoice on a daily basis and charge for administration in follow up calls, emails etc @ £25.00 per follow up.

2. Delivery of Equipment: Due date of payment details apply. Beta Fire & Safety delivery promise: All standard products available and ordered before 11.00am will be delivered within 48-72 hours from order date request. Carriage is free on all orders with a goods value over £200.00 (UK Mainland). Minimum Order Value of £20.00 applies.
On-line orders for equipment only:
UK Mainland: Order Value - Under £50.00 - Delivery Charge (D.C.) = £25.00.
From £50.00 - £99.00 - D.C = £16.00. From £100.00 - £199.00 - D.C = £16.00.
From £200.00 or more - D.C = FREE.

3. Service Charges: All prices within Beta Fire & Safety website pages indicated are the total prices payable for the service carried out - e.g. Fire Risk Assessment - Small Premises @ £150.00 is charged @ £150.00 - in accordance with clauses;
3(a), 3(b) & 3(c).
Terms of agreement will apply to either contract or non-contractual arrangements, as specified by customer approval and
Beta Fire & Safety agreement.

3. (a) Service attendance charge = National @ £37.00.
3. (b) Service attendance charge = London @ £55.00 [Congestion Zones & Parking].
3. (c) Service attendance charge = Local @ £17.00 [5 mile radius].

4. Back Orders, Discounts and Quoted Prices: If your equipment item is not in stock we will "Back Order" for you. We will always email you with the option to cancel your equipment order if you would prefer not to wait. Discounts and quoted prices will remain the same as quoted for up to 30 days from quotation date.

5. V.A.T. : Our services and equipment prices indicated within these web pages & brochures are the total amounts payable.

5. (a) Your invoice will indicate all applicable company details with services, codes and costs paid.

6. Beta Fire & Safety Guarantee: All of our fire protection equipment is Kitemarked and conforms to British Standards Equipment Regulations.

6. (a) Fire extinguishers come with a five year manufacturers guarantee.

6. (b) All of our services are carried out by qualified & experienced fire safety professionals and have been trained by the appropriate governing/ examining bodies of certification within the specific fire & safety field.

7. Website Downloads: We have made several documents available to you free of charge that may be of use to you in complying with certain regulations. While every effort has been made to ensure the data contained within is up-to-date we must advise that legislation can vary from time to time, therefore we recommend that if you are utilising our free downloads you periodically check the confirmed legislation.

7. (a) Website Links to, the health and safety executive and the communities and local govt. websites will be able to confirm any updated requirements you may seek. Alternatively you can contact us for further information.

7. (b) Computer Virus: Whilst every effort has been made to ensure our documents are virus free, we cannot accept any responsibility for any viruses, malfunctions or other isssues that could be experienced in using any of our documentation. The downloads are free and for your guidance purposes and assistance. It is the responsibility of the party utilising them to ensure information is kept up-to-date and that suitable virus checkers are installed on the individual PC used to download the documents.

8. Delivery and cancellation
(a) If no time for delivery is specified in the contract the buyer shall be bound to accept the goods when they are ready for delivery by the seller to the buyer at the buyers premises.
(b) If a time for delivery is specified, the goods may be delivered in advance of the quoted delivery date provided the seller gives reasonable notice to the buyer.
(c) Delivery shall be deemed to have taken place and the risk in the goods shall pass to the buyer when the goods (or any part thereof, when there is more than one delivery under the contract) are delivered to the buyer or its nominee in accordance with its instruction.
(d) Where the contract involves more than one delivery, each delivery will constitute a separate contract and any failuire or defect in any one delivery which entitles the buyer to treat that contract as repudiated shall not entitle the buyer to treat any other contract as repudiated.
(e) Any contractual times or dates for delivery are estimates only and accordingly time of delivery shall not be of the essence of any contract.
(f) All costs of storage, insurance, and other expenses incurred as a result of the buyer’s failure to accept delivery or give the seller adequate delivery instructions (otherwise than by reason of the seller’s default) will be for the buyer’s account.
(g) No order which has been accepted by the seller may be cancelled by the buyer except with the agreement in writing of the seller and on terms that the buyer shall indemnify the seller in full for costs incurred prior to such cancellation.

9. Title
(a) Property and title in and to the goods and services shall remain with the seller as legal (and where applicable equitable) owner as the seller’s sole and absolute property until such time as the buyer shall have paid to the seller. (i) the price for the goods and/or services (in cash or cleared funds) in full and any interest and charges relating thereto, and (ii) paid all other sums due to the seller from the buyer (whether under any contract or otherwise).
(b) The buyer shall hold the goods or safety service documents and each of them on a fiduciary basis as bailee for the seller until all sums are paid in accordance with clause 9(a) and property in the goods has passed to the buyer.

10. Images
(a) Pictures of products detailed within our website are advertised as products you can receive, should the particular product image not be available at time of order then we will provide a suitable replacement product of the same type e.g. foam extinguisher for foam extinguisher. Should the product replacement be of higher cost to Beta Fire & Safety then we ensure you will not be charged any extra cost. ALL products supplied shall comply to British Standards requirements.
(b) Images/ Pictures taken on-location at your premises with regards to fire risk assessments may from time to time appear on our website as fire safety examples. However, no details will be attached to the image or provided by Beta Fire & Safety with regards to where the image was taken.
(c) If for any reason, you prefer Beta Fire & Safety not to publish images taken through our assessments onto our website, please notify us in writing, via email or letter and we will immediately remove the image/s.
(d) We do not disclose any information/ personal details of customers whatsoever.
Compliant to the Data Protection Act 1998: Chapter 29: Parts 1 - 6. Your protection is our highest priority.

 

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