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The Agreement comprises the Quotation (if any), these Conditions, and the Schedule (which forms part of the Agreement for all purposes).

2.3 No contract shall have been formed until the offer constituted by Condition 2.1 has been accepted by Our representative counter signing the Schedule. You will receive from Us a welcome pack, containing confirmation of the Agreement and its details, together with an Agreement number, shortly thereafter. You must notify Us within 7 days of the date of the welcome pack if any of the details are incorrect, otherwise the details set out in the Schedule and confirmation in the welcome pack shall be deemed to be correct.

Only these Conditions apply to the Agreement, and shall override any other terms, conditions or warranties which You may seek to impose. Your acceptance of the provision of the Services by Us shall be conclusive evidence that these Conditions apply to the Agreement.

No variation of the Agreement shall apply unless agreed in writing by Us.

The Agreement comes into force on the Agreement Date, and continues in force (subject to Condition 9) until the last day of the Minimum Term (or any later date), when You or We may end it by giving the other a minimum of 60 days written notice. That notice must expire before the Agreement will end. Please note that for the Platinum level of Maintenance Service, the Minimum Term will be at least three Years.

As from the Connection Date, We will continuously Monitor signals We receive from Your System at the Communications Centre.

We will notify the Fire Authority of receipt of an alarm signal, if applicable, (unless it has not authorised Us to send alarm signals from Your Site direct from the Communications Centre to the Fire Authority control room, or it has withdrawn its authorisation for any reason).

We will carry out an initial Fire Risk Assessment on the Site to ensure it is compliant with the Legislation. The Payment for that initial Fire Risk Assessment is set out in Section 8 of the Schedule. Thereafter, We will conduct four Yearly Fire Risk Assessments to ensure that the Site continues to remain compliant with the Legislation. The Payment for each such review is set out in Section 8 of the Schedule under "Annual Review". We reserve the right to amend the Payment due in respect of each such annual review, in line with increases to Us in the cost of provision of that Service. We will give You reasonable notice of any such amendments to the Payments due in respect of an annual Fire Risk Assessment Review.

If the Site is altered substantially in any way (such that We deem that, for the purposes of complying with Legislation, it has different degrees of fire risk or it has different requirements from the Site when previously assessed), then We reserve the right to treat the subsequent annual Fire Risk Assessment as an initial Fire Risk Assessment, and charge accordingly.

If You can demonstrate to Our reasonable satisfaction that We have failed to maintain Your System and Equipment to the standards set out in Condition 4.1.2/3, then You will permit Us to reperform the Maintenance Service to the appropriate level, and We will do so within 15 days of Our agreeing that We were in default. If thereafter You can demonstrate to Our reasonable satisfaction that Our work has not complied with the requirements of Legislation, You may (subject to Condition 5.3) terminate the Agreement immediately by giving Us written notice of Our failure under this Condition.

If You are in breach of any of Your obligations under the Agreement, or We were prevented from carrying out any of the Services because of an event beyond Our reasonable control, We shall not have broken Our obligations to You, and You will not be entitled to terminate the Agreement pursuant to Condition 5.1 or 5.2.

You must tell Us about any changes at the Site which may affect Your Equipment or System (such as extensions, alterations in internal layout, or the layout of the System). You must ensure We have this information a minimum of 30 days prior to any Maintenance Visit

For Monitoring, You must complete Our Keyholder information form and send it to Us, and must notify Us promptly in writing of any change in this information. If Your System is connected to the Communications Centre, it must be installed, maintained and used in accordance with the current British Standard. If the Fire Authority asks You to complete their indemnity form in respect of false (or unwanted) alarm signals, You must return it to the Fire Authority and pay their charges resulting from such false or unwanted signals. You must indemnify Us against any loss, penalty, fine or other claim We may suffer if the Fire Authority enters Your Site as a result of any genuine, false or unwanted fire alarm signal.

Notwithstanding the provision of Condition 6.2 and 6.3, and section 49 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979, We may bring any action for the Price (and all other monies due to Us under the Contract) at any time after those monies have become due under these Conditions.

You will pay Our basic rate Callout Charge if We attend Your Site during normal working hours, and Our premium rate Callout Charge if We attend Your Site outside normal working hours. These charges exclude the provision of spares, which will be charged in addition.

The charges We will levy under this Agreement are those prevailing at the time when We provide the relevant Service. We will notify You of Our Minimum Charge, basic firecall charge, premium rate fire call charge, and other applicable charge rates as at the Agreement. These will remain valid for 12 months. Thereafter, We reserve the right to increase or alter any of Our charges by giving You reasonable written notice of such changes.

Our invoices are payable in full in cleared funds within 30 days of the date of issue. Time of payment is of the essence. If You fail to make any payment to Us on the due date, then (without prejudice to Our other rights and remedies), We can:-

If We notify You that any of Your Equipment is faulty and cannot be put into satisfactory condition as part of the Maintenance Service or by Extra Maintenance, We will tell You on the Certificate and give You a quotation for replacing it. Equipment which We state is faulty on the acceptance certificate or on the Certificate will not be covered by the Maintenance Service, and We may terminate the Contract by written notice if You do not accept Our quotation and let Us carry out the necessary work.

You should be aware that You may be in breach of fire regulations for Your Site if We have marked any Equipment as faulty on the Certificate, or (for fire extinguishers only) marked these as unfit for service, condemned or not maintained, and You do not allow Us to replace those faulty or unfit items.

You may terminate the Agreement immediately pursuant to Condition 5.1 or 5.2.

Either You or We can end the Agreement by giving the other written notice under Condition 3.

You agree and accept that with regard to the limitations of liability set out in Conditions 9.1 to 9.3 (inclusive) that such limitations are perfectly fair and reasonable having regard (amongst other things) to the following circumstances:

If You try to end the Agreement before the expiry of the Minimum Term, or without giving sufficient notice pursuant to Condition 3, and We accept such termination, or We end the Agreement for a reason set out in Condition 9.1, then You must pay Us the amounts shown in Condition 10.2 and 10.3 to compensate Us for Our loss. These payments are not a fine or penalty but are genuine pre-estimate of Our likely loss of income.

For Maintenance and Monitoring Services: The Yearly Payments You would have had to pay Us if the Agreement had not ended ahead of time, discounted by 50%, or (if it applies and if more) the minimum charge You could have had to pay Us if the Agreement had ended on the last day of the Minimum Term, discounted by 50%.

On termination (howsoever arising) You will, in addition to the sums referred to in Conditions 10.2 and 10.3, have to pay all arrears of sums due for Services performed, and with the charges for Equipment, spares or refills supplied to You by Us, together with interest on outstanding sums due under Condition 7.6.2.

The sums due under this Condition are separate and severable, and if it is found that any sum stipulated in any of Condition 10 is invalid, unenforceable or unlawful, then its invalidity, unenforceability or illegality shall not prejudice or affect the remaining provisions of Condition 10, which shall continue in full force and effect.

You can ask Us not to enforce any of the limitations in Condition 11.4 to 11.9, but We will only do this if We can make a suitable change to the charges in the Contract.

We accept liability for death or personal injury which is caused by Our negligence, or breaking Our legal duties whilst working at the Site in the course of Our work.

We will not provide any guarantees or warranties relating to the quality of materials, parts of workmanship, or whether the parts or materials are fit for their particular purpose, unless You are a private individual (not a business) or We have agreed to meet any quality standards in this Agreement. If You are a private individual, then You have legal rights, and We agree to keep to them.

We will not be liable for loss of profit or for any indirect loss or damage, such as loss of data, contracts or business interruption, or loss of savings which you may suffer (unless You can claim for this type of damage under Condition 11.3).

If you have any claim against Us under this Agreement, You must give written notice to Us as soon as reasonable possible, and in as much detail as is reasonably possible. However, if Your claim is based only on quality of Service, You must provide Us with written details of Your complaint within 30 days of the date the work was carried out (and time of notification is of the essence).

If We are liable for any claim under the Contract, unless You can claim more under Condition 11.2, 11.5 or 11.6, then We will not pay more than £10,000 for each claim, or £10,000 in total for all claims.

For Monitoring Services, the Communications Line between Your System and the Communications Centre is provided by BT. The Communications Centre and BT are not under Our supervision or control. Under the terms of the Agreement, starting on the Connection Date, We must tell the Fire Authority of the chosen Keyholder when We receive a signal at the Communications Centre that shows Your System has gone into an alarm condition. There is a risk that alarm signals from Your System at the site might not reach Us at the Communications Centre because of failure or other problems with the Communications Link, so We strongly advise You to insure against damage or destruction of property or valuables.

Save as set out above, all conditions and warranties (whether express or implied) concerning the Services, or any equipment or goods supplied by Us, are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

You confirm that You have read and fully understand the terms of this Conditions 11, and accept the limitation of liability contained in it. The limitations of liability in Condition 11 continue to apply if You make any claim against Us after the end of the Agreement.

We make all reasonable efforts to keep to Our obligations to You. However, if We are unable to do so because of events or circumstances beyond Our reasonable control, We will give You written notice of those circumstances within a reasonable time of their occurrence. If We are still unable to keep to Our obligations for six months from the date of Our first notice to You, You or We can end the Agreement by giving 7 days written notice to the other. If this happens, You will only have to pay any outstanding charges for Services actually performed.

You cannot transfer Your rights or obligations under this Agreement without Our written permission.

The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 does not apply to this Agreement. That means no-one except You or Us can take action to enforce its terms but that does not affect the rights that any third party might have apart from that Act.

If We decide not to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, or We delay in so doing, that will not prevent Us from enforcing that, or any other provision, at a later date.

All notices given under this Agreement will be treated as delivered if they are properly addressed and sent by post to, in Our case, Our address shown in the Schedule, and in Your case, Your postal address, as also shown in the Schedule.

The documents that make up the Agreement are set out in Condition 2.2. However, if You seek to rely on something which You can reasonably assume from the facts, You must give Us written details and We reserve the right to accept or reject such an addition to the Agreement.

The Agreement is governed by English law, and the English Courts will deal with any dispute arising under it.

If You comprise more than one legal person, then Your liability is joint and several.

If any of the provisions of this Agreement are held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the validity and enforceability of the other provisions shall not be affected thereby.