Hire Terms and Conditions
Hire Terms and Conditions
- Interpretation
- In these conditions the following words have the following meaning:
“Contract” means a contract which incorporates these conditions and made between the customer and the supplier for the hire of Hire Goods and/or the sale of Products;
“Deposit” means any advance payment required by the supplier in relation to the Hire Goods which is to be held as security by the Supplier;
“Hire Goods” means nay machine, article, tool, and/or device together with any accessories specified in a contract which are hired to the customer.
“Hire Period” means the period commencing when the customer holds the hire goods on hire (including Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays) and ending upon the happening of any of the following events;
(i)the physical return of the Hire Goods by the customer into the Suppliers possession; or (ii) the physical repossession or collection of Hire Goods by the Supplier.
“Products” mean the products sold to the customer by the Supplier
“Rental” means the Suppliers charging Rate for the hire of the hire goods which is current from time to time during Hire Period.
“Supplier” means (Name of Hae Member) and will include its employees, servants, agents and/or duty authorised representatives;
“Services” means the services and/or work (if any) to be performed by the Supplier for the Customer in conjunction with the Hire Goods including Delivery and/or collection services for the Hire Goods.
2 Basis of Contract
2.1 Hire Goods are hired subject to them being available for hire to the customer at the time required by the customer. The Supplier will not be liable for any loss suffered by the customer as a result of the hire goods being unavailable for hire where the Hire Goods are unavailable due to circumstances beyond the Suppliers control that are unknown to the Supplier at the time of entering the contract.
2.2 The duration of the Hire Period shall not exceed 3 and accordingly the of any Hire Goods is not covered by the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
2.3 Nothing in this contract shall exclude or limit any statutory rights of the customer which may not exclude or limited due to the customer acting as a consumer. For further information about your statutory rights contact your local authority Trading Standards Department or Citizens Advice Bureau or if based in the Republic of Ireland your Local office of the Director of Consumer Affairs or Citizens Information Centre.
3 Payment
3.1 The amount of any deposit, Rental and/or charges for any Services shall be as quoted to the Customer or otherwise as shown in the Suppliers current price list from time to time. Where a deposit is required for the Hire Goods it must be paid in advance of the Customer Hiring the Hire Goods. The supplier may also require an initial payment on account of the rental in advance of the customer hiring the Hire Goods.
3.2 The Customer shall pay the Rental, charges for any services, monies for any product and/or any other sums payable under the contract to the Supplier at the time and in the manner agreed. The Suppliers prices are, unless otherwise stated, Exclusive of any applicable VAT for which the Customer shall be additionally liable.
3.3 Payment shall not be deemed to be made until Supplier has received either cash or cleared funds in respect of the fill amount outstanding.
3.4 If the customer fails to make any payment in full on the date the supplier may charge the Customer Interest (both before and after judgment/decree) on the amount unpaid
at the rate if (4)% above the base rate from time to time of the Suppliers bank.
3.5The supplier may set a reasonable credit limit for the Customer. The supplier reserves the right to terminate or suspend the contract for hire of the hire goods and/or the provision of services if allowing it to continue would result in the customer exceeding its credit limit or the credit limit is already exceeded.
4 Risk Ownership and Insurance
4.1 Risk in the hire Goods and any products will pass immediately to the Customer when they leave the physical possession or control of the Supplier.
4.2 Risk in the Hire Goods will not pass back to the Supplier from the Customer until the Hire Goods are back in the physical possession of the Supplier, this shall apply even if the Supplier has agreed to cease charging the Rental.
4.3 Ownership if the hire goods remain at all times with the supplier. The customer has no right, title or interest in the hire goods except that they are hired to the customer. Ownership of any products remains with the Supplier until all monies payable to the supplier by the customer for the products have been paid in full.
4.4 The customer must not deal with the ownership or any interest in the hire goods. This includes but is not limited to selling, assigning, mortgaging, pledging, charging, securing, hiring, withholding, exerting any right to withhold, disposing of and/or lending.
4.5 The supplier may provide reasonably priced insurance in respect of the hire goods at an additional cost of the rental. Alternatively, the supplier may require the customer to insure the hire goods on such reasonable terms and for such reasonable risks as the supplier may specify. The proceeds of any such insurance that relate directly to the hire goods shall be held by the customer in trust for the supplier and be paid to the supplier on demand. The customer must not compromise any claim in respect of the hire goods and/or any associated insurance without the Suppliers consent.
5 Delivery, collection and services
5.1 It is the responsibility if the customer to collect the hire goods from the supplier and then return them to the supplier at the end of the hire period. If the supplier agrees to deliver or collect the hire goods to and/or from the customer, it will do so at its standard delivery cost and such delivery and/or collection will form part of the services.
5.2 The customer will allow and /or procure sufficient access to and from the relevant site and procure sufficient unloading space, facilities, equipment and access to utilities for the supplier’s employees, sub-contractors and/or agents to allow them to carry out the services, The customer will ensure that the site where the services are to be performed is where necessary, cleared and prepared before the services are due to commence.
6 Care of Hire Goods
6.1 The Customer shall:
6.1.1 not remove any labels from and/or interfere with the hire Goods, their working mechanisms or any other parts of them and shall take reasonable care of the hire goods and only use them for their proper purpose in a safe and correct manner in accordance with any operating and/or safety instructions provided or supplied to the customer.
6.1.2 Notify the Supplier immediately after any breakdown, loss and/or damage to the hire goods.
6.1.3 take adequate and proper measures to protect the hire goods from theft, damage and/or other risks.
6.1.4 notify the supplier of any change of its address and upon the suppliers request provide details of the location of the hire Goods.
Conditions for hire and sale of products to consumers
6.1.5 permit the supplier at all reasonable times and upon reasonable notice to inspect the hire goods including procuring access to any property where the hire goods are situated;
6.1.6 keep the hire goods at all times in its possession and control and not to remove the hire goods from the country where they customer is located and/or the country where the supplier is located without prior written consent of the supplier;
6.1.7 not do or omit to do anything which the customer has been notified will or may be deemed to invalidate any policy of insurance related to hire goods.
6.1.8 not continue to use hire goods where they have been damaged and will notify the supplier immediately if the hire goods are involved in an accident resulting in damage to the hire goods, other property and /or injury to any person and
6.1.9 where the hire goods require fuel, oil and/or electricity ensure that the proper type and/or voltage is used and that, where appropriate, the hire goods are properly installed by a qualified or competent person.
6.2 The hire goods must be returned by the customer to the supplier in good working order and condition (fair wear and tear excepted) and in a clean condition together with all insurance policies, licenses, registration and other documents relating to the hire Goods.
7 Breakdown
7.1 Allowance will be made in relation to the Rental to the customer for any non-use of the hire goods due to breakdown caused by the development of an inherent fault and/or fair wear and tear on condition that the customer informs the supplier as soon as practicable of the breakdown.
7.2the customer shall be responsible for all expenses, loss (including loss of rental) and/or damage suffered by the supplier arising from any breakdown of the hire goods due to the customers negligence, misdirection and/or misuse of the hire goods.
7.3 The Supplier will at its own cost carry out all routine maintenance and repairs to the hire goods during the hire period and all repairs which are required due to fair wear and tear and/or an inherent fault in the hire goods. The customer will be responsible for the cost of all repairs necessary to the hire goods during the hire period which arise otherwise than as a result of fair wear and tear, a manufacturing or design fault and/or the negligence of the supplier.
7.4 The customer must not repair or attempt to repair the hire goods unless authorised to do so in writing by the supplier.
8 Loss or Damage to the Hire Goods
8.1 If the hire goods are returned in damaged, unclean and/or defective state (except where caused by the supplier and/or due to fair wear and tear and/or a manufacturing or design fault in the hire goods)the customer shall be liable to pay the supplier for the cost of any repair and/or cleaning required to return the hire goods to a condition fit for re-hire and to pay rental, in accordance with the provisions of clause 8.3, until such repairs and/or cleaning have been completed. The supplier shall be under a duty to mitigate its loss.
8.2 The customer will pay the rental for the hire goods up to and including the date it notifies the supplier that the hire goods have been lost, stolen and/or damaged beyond economic repair. From that date until the supplier has replaced such hire goods the customer shall pay, as a genuine pre-estimate of loss rental profit, a sum as liquidated damage being equal to two thirds of the rental that would have applied for such a hire goods for that period. The supplier shall see its reasonable commercial endeavours to purchase replacements for such hire goods as quickly as possible using the monies paid under clause 8.2 above.
9 Termination by Notice
9.1 The hire period has a fixed duration, subject to the provisions of section 10 neither the customer not the supplier shall be entitled to terminate the contract before the expiry of that fixed period unless agreed with the other party.
9.2 If the hire period does not have a fixed duration either of the customer or the supplier is entitled to terminate the contract upon giving to the other party not less than [ ] days’ notice.
9.3 If no period of notice has been agreed or specified the customer may terminate the hire period by the physical return of the hire goods to the supplier.
9.4 The3 supplier shall be entitled terminate the hire of the hire goods by giving not less than 14days notice to the customer.
10 Default
10.1 If the Supplier:
10.1.1 breached the terms of the contract (and where the breach is capable of remedy, had not remedied the breech within 14 days of receiving notice requiring the breech to be remedied) and/or persistently breaches the term of contract. Then the customer shall have the right to immediately terminate the contract upon written notice to Supplier.
10.2 If the Customer:
10.2.1 Fails to make a payment to the supplier when sue without just cause
10.2.2 Breached the terms of the contract (where the breach is capable of remedy, has not remedied the breach within 14 days of receiving notice requiring the breach to be remedied)
10.2.3 persistently breached the terms of contract.
10.2.4 provides incomplete. Materially inaccurate or misleading facts and/or information in connection with the Contract.
10.2.5 pledged, charges or creates any form of security over any hire goods, has a bankruptcy petition/ petition for sequestration presented against it or the customer takes or suffers any similar action in any jurisdiction.
10.2.6 appears reasonably to the supplier due to the customers credit rating to be financially inadequate to meet obligations under the contract and /or
10.2.7 appears reasonably to the supplier to be about to suffer any f the above events; then the supplier shall have the right, without prejudice to any other remedies to exercise any/or all of the rights set out in 10.3 below.
10.3 If any of the evens set out in clause 10.2 above occurs in relation to the customer then,
10.3.1 the customer will allow the supplier to enter the premises of the customer (or premises of third parties with their consent) where hire goods and/or products owned by the supplier may be and repossess any hire good and/or products.
10.3.2 the supplier may withhold the performance of any services and cease any services in progress under this contract and/or
10.3.3 the supplier may immediately cancel, terminate and/or suspend without liability to the customer the contract and/or any other contract with the customer.
10.3.4 Any repossession of the hire goods and/or products shall not affect the suppliers right to recover from the customer any monies due under the contract and/or nay damages in respect of any breach which occurred prior to repossession of the hire goods and/or products.
10.5 Upon termination the customer shall immediately:
10.5.1 Return the hire goods to the supplier or make the hire goods available for collection by the supplier as requested by the supplier and
10.5.2 pay the supplier all arrears for rentals, charges for any services, monies for any products and/or any other sums payable under the contract.
11 Limitations of liability
11.1 Defective hire goods must be returned to the supplier for inspection if requested by the supplier before the supplier will have any liability for the defective hire goods.
11.2 the supplier shall have no liability for additional damage, loss, liability, claims, costs or expenses cause or contributed to by the customers continued use of defective hire goods and/or services after a defect has become apparent or suspected or should reasonably have become apparent to the customer.
11.3 The customer shall give the supplier a reasonable opportunity to remedy any matter for which the supplier is liable before the customer incurs any costs and/or expenses in remedying the matter itself. If the customer does not do so the supplier shall have no liability to the customer.
11.4 The supplier shall have no liability to the customer for any indirect losses and loss of profits, loss of opportunity and/or loss of use.
11.5 Nothing in this contract shall exclude or limit the liability of the supplier for death or personal injury due to the supplier’s breach of duty of care nor exclude or limit any other type of liability which is not permitted to exclude or limit as a matter of law.
12 General
12.1 Upon termination of the contract the provisions of clauses 3.2,3.4,8.1,8.2,8.3 and section 6 shall continue in full force and effect.
12.2 Each Hire item of hire goods shall form a distinct contract which shall be separate to any other contract relating to other hire goods.
12.3 No waiver by the supplier of any breach of this contract shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same provision r any other provision. If any provision is held by any competent authority to be unenforceable in whole or in part the validity of the other provision of this contract and the remainder of the affected provision shall be unaffected and shall remain in full force and effect.
12.4 the supplier will do all that it reasonable can to meet the date given for the delivery for the hire goods and/or performance of the contract. The supplier is not responsible for any inconvenience or noncompliance arising as a result of unforeseen circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the supplier such as adverse weather conditions, unpredictable delays caused by traffic congestion , road works, diversions or mechanical breakdowns which are unexpected and could not have been reasonably prevented.
12.5 All third-party rights are excluded and no third parties shall have any rights to enforce the contract. This shall not apply to any finance company with whom the supplier has an outstanding finance agreement relating to the hire goods. Such finance company shall, subject to the supplier’s consent have the right to enforce this contract as if they were the supplier.
12.6 This contract is governed by and interpreted in accordance with the law od the country where the supplier is located, and that country will have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to this contract.
Copyright Hire Association Europe 1 April 2004
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Rent For 5 Days & Only Pay for 3 Days / 5 Day Midweek Offer is an offer available on selected hire items that are marked on the product page as been available for the 5 for 3 offers.
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Prepayment Payment required to avail of this offer. The item can be collected any time on a Monday must be returned by 5pm Friday.
Extra charge on Late returns will be charged.
Deliveries and Collections of any products must be arranged with the hire staff in advance but are not guaranteed to be delivered or collected by a set time. Charges for delivery & Collection are Separate.
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Hire Saturday to Monday Pay Only for 1 Day / weekend hire offer must be selected at the point of order of the item and con not be added on after.
The item can be collected before 12:30pm on a Saturday must be returned by 9am Monday.
Extra charge on Late returns will be charged.
Deliveries and Collections of any products must be arranged with the hire staff in advance but are not garneted to be delivered or collected by a set time. Charges for delivery & Collection are Separate.
Long weekends are not included in this offer.
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