Co Reg No 97/03825/07
Vat Reg No
4140166697
983 Enthoven, Unit 4, Meadowbrook Business
Estate
Jacaranda Avenue, Olivedale, Gauteng.
PO Box
71, Kya Sands, 2163
Tel : (011) 704-6054
Fax : (011)
462-2072
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SALE
1. Definitions
1.1 The
Supplier means GSG Mining Suppliers (Pty) Ltd.
1.2 The customer means the
person, firm, company, close corporation or other entity to
whom the supplier's invoice is to be addressed.
1.3 The equipment means the
goods, products and services to be supplied.
2. Contract
2.1 It is
recorded that the only basis upon which the supplier is
prepared to do business withthe customer is on the basis that
notwithstanding anything in the customer's
enquiry/specification, acceptance order or any other
documentation for discussion to the contrary, the terms and
conditions contained herein shall constitute the sole terms of
the agreement between the supplier and the customer, unless
agreed otherwise in writing by the supplier.
2.2 This agreement constitutes
the whole agreement between the customer and the supplier
relating to the subject matter thereof.
2.3 No amendment or consensual
cancellation of this agreement or any provision or term
thereof shall be binding unless recorded in writing signed by
an authorised representative of the supplier.
2.4 Any extension waiver or
relaxation or suspension which is given shall be strictly
construed as relating only to the subject matter in respect
whereof it has been given.
2.5 No extension waiver or
relaxation of any of the provisions or terms of this agreement
or other document issued pursuant to this agreement shall
operate as an estoppel against the supplier in respect of its
rights under this agreement.
2.6 The supplier shall not be
bound by any express or implied term, representation,
warranty, promise or the like not recorded herein.
2.7 No person other than the
general managers of the supplier has any authority to
represent the supplier for the purposes of delivering or
varying any of these conditions.
2.8 In the event of any part of
this agreement being found to be invalid by a competent court
of law, then that part of this agreement will be severable and
will not invalidate the remainder of this agreement.
3. Quotations
3.1 Any
quotation given is not an offer by the supplier to sell the
equipment but constitutes an invitation by the customer to do
business with the supplier.
3.2 A quotation may be revoked
at any time by the supplier.
3.3 The supplier may accept or
reject in whole or in part any order placed by the customer
pursuant to a quotation. A contract shall only come into force
between the supplier and the customer after receipt by the
supplier of the customer's order (or acceptance of the
quotation) and the supplier confirms in writing that a
contract has been concluded.
3.4 If telephone orders are
placed by the customer the supplier will require such order to
be confirmed in writing by the customer prior to acceptance
thereof by the supplier.
3.5 The quotation is based on
the designs, quantities, specifications and other information
supplied to the supplier by or on behalf of the customer. If
the customer requires any modification or addition to any of
the aforegoing at any time after the quotation is given the
supplier shall have the sole and absolute discretion to accept
or reject such proposed modification or addition. Any proposed
modification or addition by the customer must be furnished to
the supplier in writing.
4. Purchase price and payment
4.1
The supplier reserves the right to increase the prices
quoted without notice in the event of increases in any cost
prior to completion of the customer's order.
4.2 The prices charged shall be
those ruling at the date of invoice.
4.3 Unless otherwise expressly
stated prices are not inclusive of customs or other duties
payable in respect of goods imported into South Africa.
4.4 The price quoted does not
include cost of freight or insurance save where otherwise
stated but cost of packing is included unless stated to the
contrary by the supplier.
4.5 The price and all other
amounts payable by the customer shall be payable by the
customer to the supplier at the supplier's premises at Stand
174, Bushtelegraph Avenue, Northlands Business Park, Randburg,
Gauteng, South Afria or at such other place as the supplier
may in writing from time to time direct, in cash in a currency
specified as per the invoice, without deduction or set off and
free of any exchange.
4.6 The price does not include
charges for off loading of the goods at the customer's
premises. The customer shall provide at its cost the necessary
labour, equipment, facilities required for off loading of the
equipment sold.
4.7 Any expenses incurred by the
supplier at the instance of the customer in modifying or
otherwise altering the design, quantities or specification for
standard equipment and any expenses arising as a result of a
suspension of work by the supplier due to instructions given
or the lack of instruction or failure to supply specifications
or parts, shall be added to the contract prices.
4.8 No cheques, cash, notices or
other documents sent to the supplier through the post shall be
deemed to have been received unless and until actually
received by the supplier.
5. Terms of payment and
discount
5.1 Payment shall be made within
30 (thirty) days of date of invoice unless stipulated
otherwise in writing by the supplier.
5.2 The customer shall pay
interest at the rate of 3% per annum above the publicly basic
rate per annum ruling from time to time at which ABSA Bank
Limited lends money on overdraft, compounded monthly in
arrear, on all amounts owing by the customer to the supplier
which have not been paid on the due date thereof, that is
within 30 (thirty) days of invoice, reckoned from the due date
thereof until date of payment.
5.3 Failure by the customer to
make punctual payment under any contract between the supplier
and the customer shall entitle the supplier to suspend any
outstanding deliveries or to cancel the contract at the
supplier's option and to demand immediate payment of all sums
owing by the customer without prejudice to the supplier's
right to claim damages.
5.4 In addition the supplier
shall be entitled to suspend work on any other contract or to
cancel such contract, at the supplier's option and to demand
immediate payment of all sums owing to the supplier
thereunder, without prejudice to the supplier's right to claim
damages.
6. Delivery
6.1 Delivery
dates indicated by the supplier are given in good faith and as
accurately as possible but shall not bind the supplier to
effect delivery on or near such date.
6.2 The customer shall accept
delivery whenever delivery is tendered and shall not be
entitled to resile from the contract nor to withold or defer
any payment nor to a reduction of price nor to any other right
or remedy of whatsoever nature against the supplier, its
servants, agents or any other person from who it is liable in
law (in whose favour this constitutes a stipulatio alteri) on
account of delays in affecting delivery, partial delivery or
non-delivery, whether occasioned by any negligence (including
grossly negligence act) or omission on the part of the
supplier, its servants, agents or any other person for whom it
is liable in law or not.
6.3 The supplier shall have the
right to deliver any portion of the equipment sold and to
invoice the customer therefor and the customer shall accept
such equipment when tendered.
6.4 Delivery shall take place
either ex works or on site as specified in clause 6.5
below.
6.5 Delivery shall be deemed to
take place 'ex works' at the moment of the loading of the
equipment onto the customer's carrier transport, or 'on site'
at the moment of unloading the equipment from the supplier's
carrier transport.
6.6 The customer shall be
obliged to inspect all equipment upon delivery and shall
endorse the delivery note as to any missing or damaged
equipment. No claim for missing or damaged equipment shall be
valid unless the delivery note has been endorsed as aforesaid
and unless, in addition, the customer notifies the supplier
within 3 (three) business days of delivery of the equipment of
the claim in question furnishing full details in regard
thereto.
6.7 For the purpose of the
delivery of any equipment by the supplier to the customer the
railway services shall be deemed to be the customer's agent
and carrier.
6.8 The customer shall be
responsible for the cost of the delivery of the equipment from
the supplier to the customer and the price quoted shall not be
inclusive of the cost of delivery unless so stipulated by the
supplier.
6.9 All goods returned by
customer will be subject to a ten percent handling charge
prior to V.A.T
7. Ownership
7.1 Ownership of
the equipment shall not pass to the customer until the
contract price (including interest) in respect of the
equipment in question has been paid. The provision thereof
shall apply notwithstanding the installation of such equipment
in the customer's premises or the accession thereof to any of
the customer's other goods.
7.2 The supplier reserves the
right to inform the landlord of the premises in which the
equipment is or may be at any time of the provisions of this
clause. The customer shall be obliged to advise the supplier
of the name and address of the landlord of any such premises
and shall promptly advise the supplier of any change of the
name and/or the address of any landlord or of any new
landlord.
7.3 The customer shall take all
steps necessary to notify interested third parties that
ownership of the equipment in question has not passed from the
supplier. The customer shall produce written prove of such
notices, to the supplier on demand.
7.4 If the supplier is unable to
deliver the goods to the customer due to any act or omission
on the part of the customer, the supplier shall be entitled to
charge the customer for the storage of the goods at a daily
cost to be determined by the supplier.
8. Risk
8.1 Notwithstanding
that the ownership in the equipment shall pass to the customer
until payment of the entire contract price in respect of the
equipment in question has been effected, the goods shall be at
the risk of the customer upon delivery thereof to the customer
as stipulated for in clause 6.5 above.
8.2 Should the supplier be
unable to obtain access to the customer's premises or any
other address stipulated for delivery of the equipment in
order to deliver and/or install the equipment or should the
customer fail to take delivery of the equipment or fail to
furnish the information necessary to enable delivery thereof
to be affected, the risk in such equipment shall pass to the
customer, upon notification by the supplier that the equipment
is ready for delivery.
8.3 If the equipment is damaged
or destroyed in transit by the supplier's carrier then the
supplier's sole obligation will be to replace, free of charge
such equipment, provided that written notice of such damage or
destruction is received by the supplier within 24
(twenty-four) hours of delivery.
8.4 If the customer fails or
refuses to furnish the information necessary to enable
delivery to be effected, or if it fails or refuses to take
delivery the equipment shall be deemed to have been delivered
to the customer upon notification by the supplier to the
customer to that effect.
9. Imported Equipment
9.1
Where the equipment or any part thereof is to be imported this
agreement is subject to the condition that the supplier's
order is accepted and confirmed by the supplier's own supplier
and that delivery is made thereunder in due course.
10. Special Orders
10.1 Where
the equipment to be supplied is non standard to the supplier
and in accordance with specifications stipulated for by the
customer, the supplier reserves the right to supply the
equipment in a 10% excess over, or a 10% shortfall under the
amount actually ordered, without liability to the
customer.
10.2 The customer shall pay the
price of the equipment supplied, whether in excess of the
order or not.
10.3 Where the equipment
supplied is non standard to the supplier the supplier shall be
entitled to require the customer to reimburse it with the cost
with any tooling required in order to fulfil the order.
11. Warranty
11.1 The
supplier warrants only that the equipment manufactured by the
supplier will be free from defects in workmanship which
manifest themselves within a period of 24 (twenty-four) hours
from the time when use of the equipment by the customer first
commenced, and where the equipment has been proved by
technical assessment to the supplier's satisfaction to have
been maintained in accordance with the supplier's instruction
and properly operated under normal use.
11.2 The supplier's liability
shall be limited, upon return to the supplier's works
(carriage to be paid by the customer) of the equipment or
parts thereof to the replacement or repair of the equipment to
eliminate any defect in workmanship or materials which are
found to the supplier's satisfaction to have been due
exclusively to any act or omission on the part of the supplier
or its agent. The supplier is to be notified of the alleged
defect within 48 (forty eight) hours after the alleged defect
arises.
11.3 The warranties provided
herein and the obligations of the supplier hereunder are in
lieu of, and the customer waives, or other warranties,
guaranties, conditions or liabilities, express or implied,
arising by law or otherwise, including without limitation, any
obligation of the supplier in respect of any injury, loss or
damage (direct or consequential) arising out of the use of or
inability to use, the equipment whether or not occasioned by
the supplier's negligence (gross or otherwise) or any act or
omission on its part. Without limiting the aforegoing the
supplier does not warrant that the equipment will be fit for
the purpose for which it is to be used by the customer
(notwithstanding that the use to which the customer intends to
put the equipment may be known to the supplier). For the
purpose thereof any reference to the supplier shall include
its servants, agents or contractors or any other person for
whose acts or omissions the supplier may be liable in law. (In
whose favour this constitutes a stipulatio alteri).
11.4 The supplier shall be
relieved of all obligations under any warranties in terms
hereof, if:
11.4.1 repairs or modifications
have been made by persons other that the supplier or without
the prior written consent of the supplier;
11.4.2 any equipment is operated
with any accessory or equipment not specifically supplied or
approved in writing by the supplier;
11.4.3 the equipment has not
been operated or maintained in accordance with the suppliers
instruction or under normal use;
11.4.4 the equipment has not
been properly installed.
11.5 Any warranties given do not
cover any portion of equipment sold which was not manufactured
by the supplier.
12. Exemption and indemnity
12.1
The customer shall have no claim of whatsoever nature
whether for damages, a remission of the purchase price,
cancellation or otherwise against the supplier, its agents or
servants or others on whose behalf the supplier would be
liable, in respect of any loss or damage sustained by the
customer of any nature whatsoever, howsoever caused, including
the negligent (including grossly negligent) acts or omissions
of the supplier, it servants, agents or others for whom it may
be in law. (In whose favour this constitutes a stipulatio
alteri).
12.2 In all cases where the
equipment is supplied to a specification design or description
of the customer the customer indemnifies the supplier, its
agents, servants or any other person for whom it may be liable
in law against any loss, damage or expense which may be
remanded from or sustained by one or more of the supplier, its
servants, agents or person for whom it is liable in law by
reason of any claim brought by any third party arising out of
the implementation of this agreement or any act of omission on
the part of the customer, its servants, agents or person for
whom it is in law liable.
12.3 All drawings, photographs,
illustrations, specifications, performance dates, dimensions,
weight and the like whether contained in this contract or made
by way of representation or provided by the supplier in the
belief that they are as accurate as reasonably possible, but
they do not constitute a description of the equipment and
shall not be taken to be such by the customer and are not
warranted to be accurate.
12.4 The customer hereby
indemnifies the supplier against all claims, demands, damages,
penalties, costs, expenses or liabilities in respect of the
infringement of any patent registered design, copyright or
other industrial property supplied by the customer or any
breach of confidentiality committed by the customer.
13. Consequential loss
13.1
Under no circumstances whatsoever including grossly negligent
acts or omissions of the supplier or those of its servants,
agents or contractors or any other person for whom in law it
may be liable, shall the supplier be liable for any
consequential loss sustained by the customer. This provision
constitutes a stipulatio alteri in favour of such persons the
benefits of which may be accepted by them at any time.
14. Service and Maintenance
14.1 Where the contract includes
commissioning or service and maintenance of the equipment the
following terms shall apply:
14.1.1 save where otherwise
agreed to in writing, commissioning does not include
erection;
14.1.2 the date of commencement
of commissioning is to be by mutual agreement and the customer
shall make available at the site all electricity, water and
other services and/or facilities as the supplier may
require;
14.1.3 the time for completion
of the commissioning is not guaranteed by the supplier and the
supplier cannot be held bound thereby;
14.1.4 the supplier will use its
best endeavour to comply with the customer's requirements;
14.1.5 the customer hereby
indemnifies the supplier in respect of all claims of
whatsoever nature which may be brought by third parties as a
result of service commissioning or maintenance work carried
out by the supplier and agrees to hold the supplier harmless
in respect thereof save only in the case of the supplier's own
gross negligence;
14.1.6 under no circumstances
whatsoever including as a result of its negligence (including
grossly negligent acts or omissions) or those of its servants,
agents or contractors or other persons for whom in law it may
be liable (in whose favour this constitutes a stipulatio
alteri), shall the supplier be liable for any consequential
loss sustained by the customer.
15. Material
15.1 The
supplier does not accept any responsibility for the material
supplied. The supplier will, if so required by the customer,
cede to the customer all claims which it may have against its
own suppliers in respect of the materials as the customer's
sole remedy.
16. Breach
16.1 If the
customer breaches any of the terms and conditions hereof or of
any other agreement with the suppler or fails to pay any
amount on due date or commits any act of insolvency or
endeavours to compromise generally with its creditors or does
or causes to be done anything which may prejudice the
supplier's rights hereunder or allows any judgment against it
to remain unsatisfied for 7 (seven) days or is placed in
provisional final liquidation or judicial management or under
provisional final sequestration or if its estate is
voluntarily surrendered, the suppler shall have the right
without prejudice to any other right which it may have against
the customer.
16.1.1 to treat as immediately
due and payable all outstanding amounts and claim such amounts
and to cease performance to its obligations hereunder as well
as under any other contract with the customer until the
customer has remedied the breach
16.1.2 to cancel the contract
and re-take possession of any of the equipment sold, at the
customer's cost.
16.2 The customer shall be
liable for all costs incurred by the supplier in the recovery
of any amounts or the enforcement of any rights which the
supplier has hereunder, including collection charges and costs
on an attorney and client scale whether incurred prior to or
during the institution of legal proceedings or in connection
with the satisfaction or enforcement of any judgment.
17. Governing Law 17.1 This contract shall be governed and
construed in accordance with the laws of the republic of South
Africa and the customer agrees to submit to the jurisdiction
of the South African Courts.