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Terminos Legales |
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Definitions And
Interpretation
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Variations |
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Term |
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Provision Of Services
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Double Booking/Property
Availability
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Obligations of the Property Owner
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Changes to the Services
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Prices and Payment |
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Cancellations |
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Disputes |
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Confidentiality and data protection
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Intellectual Property
Rights
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Termination |
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Force Majeure |
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Liability |
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Assignment and
Sub-contracting
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Third party rights |
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Service of notice |
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General |
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Governing law |
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This Agreement is made Between:
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Goletworld Limited a
company incorporated in Spain under
registration number 285377792, the
registered office of which is in Edinburgh, United Kingdom ("GLW") |
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The Property Owner
or their managing agent acting as
the Property Owner. |
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Background: |
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The Property Owner has
requested Goletworld to
provide certain services
comprising: |
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providing website
facilities to the Property
Owner; and |
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providing access to the
website to Customers; and |
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facilitating the booking
of holiday premises through
the website for a fee |
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Goletworld Limited
agrees to provide such
services all on the terms
and conditions of this Agreement. |
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It is agreed as follows:
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Definitions and
interpretation |
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In this Agreement,
unless the context otherwise
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Words in the singular
include the plural and vice
versa and words in one
gender include any other gender |
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A reference to any
regulations, guidelines or
the like issued by any
applicable
regulatory body shall be
deemed to include any
renewal, replacement or
amendment
of such regulations or
guidelines. |
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Reference to: |
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any party includes its
successors in title and
permitted assigns; |
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a "person" includes any
individual, firm, body
corporate, association or partnership, government
or state (whether or not
having a separate legal personality); |
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a Clause or schedule is
to a clause of or a schedule
to this Agreement; |
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the table of contents
and the headings of Clauses
are for convenience only and
shall not affect the
interpretation of this
Agreement. |
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any undertaking under
this Agreement not to do any
act or thing shall be deemed
to include an undertaking
not to permit or suffer the
doing of that act or thing |
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In these terms and conditions the following
words have the following meanings:
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"Agreement" the
agreement between the parties as set
out herein, including the schedules; |
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"Commencement
Date" the date of the acceptance
of this document by the Property
Owner; |
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"Commission"
Agreed percentage of the
total holiday cost excluding
the booking fee and any credit
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"Customer" the person
wishing to make a
booking (holidaymaker); |
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"Documentation"
means any
documentation
provided by GLW to
the Property Owner
in its
provision of the
Services; |
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"DPA" means the
Data Protection
Act 1998 and any
applicable EU
Directives or
Regulations
relating to
data
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"Written
confirmation"
Can be by
email, fax
or post |
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"Force
Measure"
has the
meaning
described
in
Clause
13.1; |
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"Holiday"
dates
that
the
Customer
wishes
to
reserve
the
property; |
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"Network" means the hardware, software and systems used by GLW to provide the Services; |
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"GLW" Goletworld Limited |
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"Services" those services set out in Background (Paragraph A) which will be provided by GLW; |
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"Properties" means the addresses being the locations from, to or in respect of which the Services are to be provided. |
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"Booking Fee" a fixed sum added to the holiday cost by GLW |
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Variations |
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No variation of these conditions shall be effective unless agreed in writing between an authorised representative of GLW and an authorised representative of the Property Owner. |
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Term |
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This agreement commences on the Commencement Date and continues in force unless terminated in accordance with Clause 12. |
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Provision of Services |
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GLW agrees to provide Services to the Property Owner after the Commencement Date on and from the approval of the entry of the Property on the website |
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GLW will not be in breach of its obligation under 4.1 to the extent that it is unable to meet its obligations due to the following: |
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the Property Owner's failure to comply with its obligations under this Agreement; |
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any act or omission of a third party providing products or services that are required |
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by the Property Owner to use their Services; |
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any fault in equipment or software not forming part of the Network; |
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maintenance of the Network; and |
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Force Mesure. |
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Double bookings/Property availability |
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In the unlikely event of two bookings arriving at the same time the booking that arrives first at GLW's office must take priority. |
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In the event of a Property not being available for any reason for forward bookings an already taken by GLW on the Property Owner's behalf, the Property Owner shall indemnify GLW for the full amount refunded to the Customers (including any compensation claimed) and furthermore be liable for the booking fee, the commission and extra administration charge of £100 per booking. |
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Double bookings/Property availability |
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In the unlikely event of two bookings arriving at the same time the booking that arrives first at GLW's office must take priority. |
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In the event of a Property not being available for any reason for forward bookings already taken by GLW on the Property Owner's behalf, the Property Owner shall indemnify GLW for the full amount refunded to the Customers (including any compensation claimed) and furthermore be liable for the booking fee, the commission and an extra administration charge of £100 per booking. |
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Obligations of the Property Owner |
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The Property Owner must ensure that it does not use the Services to transmit or |
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process any material that: |
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is defamatory, offensive or obscene; |
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infringes the rights of any person (including right of copyright or confidentiality); |
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or breaches applicable laws or regulations in all applicable jurisdictions. |
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The Property Owner must: |
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provide GLW with such access to its information, records and other material as GLW |
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may reasonably require to provide the Services; |
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make available appropriate personnel and other assistance as is reasonably required |
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by GLW in order to enable GLW to meet its obligations under this Agreement; |
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promptly inform GLW if it becomes aware of any suspected problems with the Services and provide all available details to enable GLW to investigate the suspected problem; |
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and inform GLW immediately upon receipt of any bookings received by the Property Owner for properties to which the Services apply. |
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The Property Owner is solely responsible for: |
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the content and accuracy of any data or information which the Property Owner sends or receives using the Services; |
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ensuring that any properties advertised on GLW's site comply with the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 and 1972 (or equivalent), the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (orequivalent) and any other applicable regulation covered by the applicable jurisdictions or equivalent legislation in force in the country that the Properties are situated in; |
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ensuring that information provided to GLW is accurate and that if any changes are made to the Properties this is reported to GLW immediately and also to any Customer who has already reserved the Properties; |
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insuring the Properties and contents to the full value and maintaining public liability insurance; ensuring that the Properties are entirely safe for use by holiday makers and that all appliances, furniture and equipment provided are in good and safe working order and that the water, gas and electrical supplies are adequate and safe and comply with any legislation in force in the country that the Properties are situated in; |
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ensuring that the Properties are continuously maintained and serviced with adequate provision for a cleaning service between lets and suitable key collection and reception arrangements must be made; |
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displaying a list of emergency services, information, operating instructions of equipment in their Properties together with a contact name and phone number; |
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using the Services in accordance with any instructions and procedure that GLW may reasonably provide the Property Owner from time to time. collecting a security deposit from the Customer which may be retained in the event that there is damage to the property caused by the Customer. |
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Changes to the Services |
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GLW has the right to make a change to the Services without the consent of the Property Owner, if GLW, acting reasonably, considers it necessary to do so. |
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Without limiting the operation of Clause 7.1, GLW may implement a change to the Services where it arises from: |
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an impairment of the integrity or availability of the Network |
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a substantial impairment of the Services; |
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necessary compliance with applicable law or regulations; or |
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breaches of the obligations of the Property Owner. |
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GLW reserves the right to change the wording, but not the essence of the content, |
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of any Property |
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o GLW reserves the right to remove any property from its site without notice, if |
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GLW, acting reasonably, considers it necessary to do so. |
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GLW will retain its commission, booking fee and any credit card charges from the booking deposit paid by the Customer and forward the balance to the Property Owner. |
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The remainder, (booking deposit less Commission, booking fee and any credit card charges), will be forwarded to the Property Owner at the end of the Calendar month in which it is received, subject to a cut off date 7 days prior to the end of the Calendar month. |
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Despite Clause 8.1 to 8.3, if at any time payment to the Property Owner is made in currency other than £ Sterling the charges incurred when exchanging the currency are the responsibility of the Property Owner and GLW reserve the right to deduct them from any any payments made. |
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GLW reserves the right to increase its Charges. GLW will provide one month’s written notice of such an increase of costs to the Property Owner. |
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On cancellation of the Holiday by any party GLW will retain the Commission, booking fee and any credit card charges. |
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On cancellation of the reservation by the Customer any further monies that have been paid by the Customer to GLW over and above the amount of the Commission, booking fee and any credit card charges, will be forwarded to the Property Owner and/or returned to the Customer according to GLW’s cancellation terms. |
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GLW reserves the right to cancel a reservation if the total payment has not been received from the Customer 6 weeks prior to the Holiday or, in the case of Holidays reserved less than 2 months prior to the holiday, if the total payment has not been received 10 days from the Booking Confirmation. |
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GLW reserves the right to cancel a reservation under any circumstances. |
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GLW will endeavour to mediate in the event of a dispute between the Property Owner and the Customer but accept no liability either for any damage caused to the Property by the Customer or for any failure by the Property Owner to satisfy the Customer’s requirements |
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Confidentiality and data protection |
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GLW will maintain security safeguards against: unauthorised or unlawful processing of Data; |
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and the loss or destruction of the Data in accordance with the DPA. |
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Neither party shall use, copy, adapt, alter, disclose or part with possession of any business, employee or customer information or data of the other which is disclosed or otherwise comes into its possession directly or indirectly as a result of this Agreement and which is of a confidential nature ("Information") except as strictly necessary to perform its obligations or exercise its rights under this Agreement. |
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The obligations described in Clause 11.2 will not apply to Information which: |
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the receiving party can prove was in its possession or in the public domain at the date it was received or obtained; |
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or the receiving party lawfully or properly obtains without obligation of confidentiality; |
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or comes into the public domain otherwise than through the default or negligence of the receiving party; or was independently developed by the receiving party without reference to the Information of the other party; |
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or with the prior consent of the other party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) is disclosed to obtain or maintain any listing on any recognised stock exchange; |
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or is required to be disclosed to a court or a body having similar authority provided that the other party is given prompt notice and, at the other party’s request and expense, the receiving party uses reasonable endeavours to obtain a protective order and otherwise to protect the Information. |
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GLW reserves the right to use the data for distributing information about GLW services, but undertakes not to disclose the data to any third parties, without prior written permission |
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Intellectual Property Rights |
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The copyright in the material contained in the website, together with the website design, text and graphics, and their selection and arrangement, and all software compilations, underlying some code and software (including applets) belongs to GLW, its subsidiaries or the providers of such information. |
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All rights are reserved. None of this material may be reproduced or redistributed without written permission. |
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However a single copy may be downloaded or printed for non-commercial off-line viewing. |
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The Property Owner retains ownership of all copyright in data the Property Owner submits to the website. The Property Owner grants to GLW a worldwide, non-exclusive licence to use, copy, distribute, publish and transmit such data in any manner. |
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The Property Owner acknowledges that all proprietary and intellectual property rights in the Network and Documentation provided to the Property Owner by GLW remains with GLW. GLW grants to the Property Owner a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the GLW Software and Documentation for the sole purpose of receiving the benefit of the Services. The licence granted under Clause 11.2 terminates on the termination of this Agreement. |
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The Property Owner will be responsible for and shall indemnify GLW against all losses, damages, costs and expenses by reason or on account of any libel or any infringement of copyright due to copy and/or photographs supplied by the Property Owner to GLW. |
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Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately by providing written notice to the other party subject to any bookings already taken being honoured by both parties. |
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Either party may (without prejudice to its other rights) terminate this Agreement by notice in writing to the other if: |
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a voluntary agreement is approved, or an administration order is made, or a receiver or administrative receiver is appointed over any of the other's assets or an undertaking or a resolution or petition to wind up the other is passed or presented (other than for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction) or if any circumstances arise which entitle a court or a creditor to appoint a receiver, administrative receiver or administrator or to present a winding-up petition or make a winding-up order or a similar event occurs in respect of the other in any other jurisdiction; |
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or the other party breaches any material obligation under this Agreement and (in the case of a remediable breach) fails to remedy the breach within seven days of receipt of notice so to do; |
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and such termination shall take effect either immediately or at a date specified in such notice. |
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The termination of this Agreement for whatever cause shall not affect any provision of this Agreement which is expressed to survive or operate in the event of the termination of this Agreement and shall not prejudice or affect the rights of any party against the others in respect of any breach of this Agreement or in respect of any monies payable by any one party to another in respect of any period prior to termination. |
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GLW shall not be liable for failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement to the extent that such failure is caused by any cause beyond its reasonable control. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, and without limitation, the following shall be regarded as causes beyond GLW's reasonable control |
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Acts of God, explosions, flood, tempest, lightning or fire, act or accident; |
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Acts of terrorism; omission of Government, highways authorities, war or the threat of war, military operations, sabotage, riot, insurrection, civil disturbance or requisition; |
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Strikes, lock-outs or other industrial actions or trade disputes (whether involving employees of GLW or third parties); |
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Import or export restrictions or embargos; |
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Difficulties in obtaining raw materials, labour, fuel, parts or machinery; |
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Power failure or breakdown of machinery or the Network. |
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If an event of force measure described in Clause 13.1 continues for a period of 3 notice months or more, the Property Owner shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by in writing to GLW at any time after the expiry of that 3-month period while that force measure event is continuing. |
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Liability |
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If an event of force measure described in Clause 13.1 continues for a period of 3 months or more, the Property Owner shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by notice in writing to GLW at any time after the expiry of that 3-month period while that force measure event is continuing. |
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This Clause sets out the entire liability of each party (including any liability for the acts and omissions of its employees, agents and subcontractors) to the other party in respect of: |
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any breach of its contractual obligations arising under this Agreement; and |
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b. any representation (but not a fraudulent misrepresentation), statement or tortious |
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act or omission including negligence or any other legal liability in connection with the |
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subject matter of this Agreement. |
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Except as expressly provided in this Agreement GLW excludes all representations (but not fraudulent misrepresentations), terms and warranties, express or implied, or any duty at common law regarding the Services contemplated by this Agreement, including but not limited to the implied terms of satisfactory quality or fitness for a particular purpose and the implied term of reasonable skill and care. |
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The Property Owner shall indemnify GLW in the event of any proceedings and/or complaint made by a customer relating to any of the Property Owner’s properties and permit GLW to deduct monies held on their behalf (if the complaint is, in the opinion of GLW, justified and the customer and owner cannot come to a mutual agreement) to cover the cost of any damages or compensation paid by GLW to the complainant together with any legal costs which may be reasonably incurred. |
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Assignment and sub-contracting |
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GLW shall be entitled to assign and GLW may subcontract any of its obligations under this Agreement to a third party without notice to the Property |
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Owner and without the Property Owner’s consent |
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The Property Owner may not assign any of its rights or obligations to another person without the prior written consent of GLW. |
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Third party rights |
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A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Agreement but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act. |
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Service of notice |
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Any notice, invoice or other document which may be given by either party under this Agreement shall be deemed to have been duly given if left at or sent by pre-paid recorded delivery post, email or facsimile transmission (confirmed by letter sent by pre-paid recorded delivery post) to each party's principal or registered office or any other address notified to each other in writing in accordance with this Clause as an address to which notices, invoices and other documents may be sent. |
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Any such communication shall be deemed to have been made to the other party 4 days from the date of posting (if by letter) and if by email or facsimile transmission on the day of such transmission. |
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General |
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Failure by either party to exercise or enforce any right conferred by this Agreement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any such right nor operate so as to bar the exercise or enforcement thereof or of any other right on any other occasion. |
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If any part, term or provision of this Agreement not being of a fundamental nature be held illegal or unenforceable the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected. |
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This Agreement may only be modified if such modification is in writing and duly authorised by a representative of each party. |
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This Agreement represents the entire understanding between the parties in relation to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all agreements made by either party, whether oral or written. The parties agree that, save as expressly set out herein, neither party will have any liability for any untrue statement or representation made by it (whether innocently or negligently) upon which the other party relied in entering into this Agreement, unless such untrue statement or representation was made fraudulently. This Agreement shall prevail over any inconsistent terms and conditions in any other agreement between the parties or referred to in correspondence or elsewhere and any conditions or stipulations to the contrary are hereby excluded and extinguished |
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The parties shall, and shall use all reasonable endeavours respectively to procure that any necessary third party shall, do execute and perform all such further deeds, documents, assurances, acts and things as any of the parties hereto may reasonably require by notice in writing to any other party to carry the provision of this Agreement into full force and effect. |
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Governing Law |
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These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the law of United Kingdom. |
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Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of Scottish courts, to which both parties submit |
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