From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
General conditions of sale document outlining terms for transactions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\2\ img282 | |
| Date | 8th November 1940 guessed | |
| GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SALE. CONFIRMATION. Quotations are given subject to confirmation in writing by us that the price still holds good at the time when the order is placed. CANCELLATION. Under no circumstances may an order be cancelled, altered or suspended by the purchaser without our consent. DISCOUNTS. In the absence of a specific statement to the contrary, quotations are strictly net and not subject to discount of any kind. TERMS OF PAYMENT. All charges for consular services, certificates of origin, revenue stamps and such like requirements necessary to complete invoices and documents in connection with goods for export markets irrespective of whether the material has been sold f.o.b. or c.i.f. are payable by the purchaser unless written agreement has been made to the contrary by the vendor. PACKING. When quotations for export are inclusive of any of the following items any increase in the rates of these various charges shall be for the account of the purchaser:— Freight, Insurance, Landing Charges, Customs Duties, or other charges at destination. Packing material is charged extra, and when returnable the value is credited in full after being received back at the works, carriage paid, in good condition. Any repairs which may be necessary are chargeable to the purchaser. Packing cases used for export orders are not returnable. DAMAGE IN TRANSIT. Within the limits of responsibility for carriage we will repair or replace, at our option, free of charge, goods damaged in transit providing the carriers and ourselves receive written notification of such damage within three days of delivery, but not otherwise. DELAYED DESPATCH. STORAGE. When goods are ready for despatch but owing to no fault of our own they cannot be sent forward then payment becomes due as if the goods had been despatched, the goods being made over to the purchaser. If we do not receive forwarding instructions when the materials are ready, a charge may be made for storage and fire insurance, and the goods shall be paid for as if they had been despatched. DELIVERY. Promises of despatch or delivery are given in good faith but no responsibility can be accepted for any delay unless we have agreed otherwise. The period for delivery shall be reckoned from the date of receipt by us of all information necessary for the completing of the order including any drawings which may be required. Should manufacture, despatch or delivery be delayed by war, fire, strikes, lockouts, combinations of workmen, accidents, holidays, defective material, mechanical breakdown, by difficulties or delays in transit, by any act or default on the part of the purchaser, by force majeure or any cause whatever beyond our reasonable control, a suitable extension of time shall be given. CONTRACTS INVOLVING DELIVERY TO OR ERECTION ON SITE. Adequate facilities shall be given by the purchaser for delivery of our materials on to the site for placing in position and for erecting on a cleared site without restrictions or hindrances. In the case of strong room erection these facilities shall be deemed to include a clear space without obstruction, such as a floor above the site of the strong room, unless an existing condition has been specifically accepted and the scheme submitted in accordance therewith. The cost of any shoring or strengthening floors in order to facilitate execution of the work is not to be borne by us. Suitable storage facilities shall be provided for us on site; space for concrete mixing, when required; protection from weather for workmen and materials and services such as water and light shall be available without cost to us. The work shall be executed in normal working hours and work outside such hours shall be subject to extra charge. Adequate and level foundations shall be provided for us and no responsibility shall be borne by us for the consequence of a foundation which may prove to be inadequate. Detailed drawings of the site, including structural steelwork in so far as our work is affected shall be supplied to us free of cost, or failing this we shall be reimbursed for expense to which we may be put in obtaining the necessary information. Unless specified in detail in our tender, builders, masons or other work in cutting away and making good, is excluded from our proposals. It is understood that the drying out of a strong room shall be by natural means, and if artificial drying by stoves or other means is required, then the cost shall constitute an extra to the contract. EXTRA COSTS. Any expense or extra cost due to abnormal or unusual circumstances affecting transport, access, delivery or erection not communicated to us before we tendered or not provided for in the tender shall be charged extra. Should we incur extra cost owing to suspension of the work by the purchaser's instructions or lack of instructions, variations, interruptions, delays, overtime, unusual hours, mistakes or work for which we are not responsible, such extra costs shall be added to the contract price and paid for accordingly. Additional drawings which may be necessitated by alterations required in design shall be charged for. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. The Workmen's Compensation Act defines our liability for men employed by us, but where any men may assist in any way whatsoever in the execution of a contract where the purchaser provides and pays for workmen, in the event of an accident, then the purchaser is liable to pay compensation to such workman. ERECTION PLANT. Such erection plant as we may provide will be for the use of our own workmen exclusively, and other persons using same will do so at purchasers risk, the purchaser indemnifying us against any claim in respect of such use. PURCHASER'S CONDITIONS. Conditions stipulated in purchaser's orders or specifications shall not amend, modify or annul the conditions of sale specified herein, unless by our agreement expressed in writing when confirming the order. CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGE. We accept no responsibility or consequential damages arising out of any contract executed by us. DRAWINGS. The drawings submitted with a tender represent the general arrangement and are not necessarily binding in detail. These drawings are the property of The Chatwood Safe Co. Ltd., and the right is reserved of requiring them to be returned. GUARANTEE. The Chatwood Safe Co. Ltd. give no guarantee either expressed or implied concerning their manufactures. LEGAL CONSTRUCTION. The titles of the clauses shall not affect their legal constructions and the contract shall in all respects be construed and operate as an English contract and in conformity with English Law. FORCE MAJEURE. In the event of a general advance in wages, materials or transport rates arising out of circumstances over which we have no control, the prices of materials still to be delivered against a contract and of work remaining to be done shall be revised to correspond with the increased cost. | ||