abcfunctionhire

CONDITIONS OF HIRE

GENERAL CONDITIONS OF HIRE  

1. Hire of equipment  ABC Function Hire ["the owner"] hires to the customer the equipment described overleaf ("the equipment")   in terms of these General Conditions of Hire. The parties elect their respective domicile for the purposes of notice and service of process and proceeding at the addresses stated overleaf. 

2. Deposit and hire charges  

2.1 The hire charges at the rates and the deposit stated overleaf are payable in cash on delivery unless otherwise agreed. The deposit less deduction of amount  due shall be refunded to the customer  within a reasonable period of return or collection of the equipment.  

2.2 Any deposits paid in advance to secure bookings will be forfeited if the booking is cancelled less than 30 days prior to the reserved date.  2.3 Refunds will be done once a month, effective from the 5th-15th day of the new month. This includes deposit refunds. Please email refunds@abcfunctionhire.co.za with reference of "Name and Date of event" (as per booking).

2.4 Any refunds requested more than 30 days prior to the reserve date will attract a 20% handling fee.

3. Period  3.1 The hire period commences when the equipment is delivered or collected as the case may be, and subject to 9, ends when the owner accepts return of the equipment.  

3.2 The owner shall use reasonable endeavors to ensure that equipment is delivered or available for collection at the agreed time, but shall not be liable should the   equipment not be delivered or be available at such time.  

3.3 (i) In the event of the customer failing to return any item of the equipment to the owner on the return date stated overleaf, he should pay the owner liquidated  damages per day in respect of that item., calculated in accordance with the following formula. Price of item times Quantity of that schedule X No. of Days of the Hire Period 

4. Equipment  

4.1 The equipment shall be deemed to be in the quantity and suitable of the description stated overleaf and in good order and repair, and for the purpose for  which it is intended when delivered to the customer, unless the customer notifies the owner or its authorised representative forthwith on delivery of the deficiency  in quantity, defective or incorrectly delivered equipment. 

4.2 The owner shall, in its sole discretion, be entitled either to terminate this agreement and refund the deposit and any hire charges paid, or to replace the defective  or incorrectly delivered equipment  or remedy any defects in the delivered equipment.  

5. Maintenance and return of equipment  

5.1 The customer shall:  

5.1.1 Immediately notify the owner should any of the equipment malfunctions. The owner shall repair or replace the equipment at its costs at the owner's principal  place of business, unless the owner in its sole discretion determines that the malfunction is due to improper use of the equipment.  

5.1.2 Return the equipment in a clean state and in good order and repair, in particular, but without limitation.  

5.1.3 All equipment, (with the exception of tablecloths, furniture and marquees) must be washed and dried. Any equipment returned unwashed will be charged  for a rate determined by the owner.  

5.2 In the event that any of the equipment is lost, destroyed or damaged as a result of any cause whatsoever prior to the return thereof, the customer shall be  liable to make good the full replacement costs thereof (as per the replacement value stated on the price list). 

5.3 The customer shall not be entitled to substitute any other equipment for the owner's equipment.  

5.3.1 Notwithstanding 2.2, unless the equipment is checked and accounted on return or collection in the presence of a representative of the owner, who accepts  the correctness of a statement as to the quantity and condition of the equipment, the owners statement regarding the quantity and condition of the equipment collected shall be final and binding on the customer. 

6. Use of equipment  The customer 

6.1 Acknowledges that it is aware of the purpose for which the equipment is intended, and shall only use the equipment for such purpose.  6.2 Shall use the equipment at his own risk, and indemnifies the owner against any claim of any nature brought against it by the customer's employees, agents,  representative, guests or any other third parties arising out of the use of the equipment by the customer or while in the possession of the customer or any other  cause including a claim for consequential damages and loss of profit, and all costs and expenses incurred by the owner on an attorney and own client scale in   defending or setting such proceedings. 

6.3 Shall have no claim of any nature against the owner for any loss suffered or damages sustained by the customer arising from any cause, including without  limitation, the installation, use or malfunction of the equipment or the provisions of these General Conditions, other that the specific remedies provided for.  

7. No Warranties  The owner furnishes no warranties and makes no representations other than those contained herein. The provisions of these General Conditions shall govern  the relationship of the parties to the exclusion of all other conditions, whether implied by law or stipulated by the customer, unless accepted by the owner in writing.  

8. Access  The owner shall at all reasonable times be entitled to access any premises of the customer for the purposes of inspecting or repairing the equipment.  

9. Breach  

9.1 Should the customer Fail to comply with any obligations imposed on the customer in terms hereof, all of which are deemed to be material, on due date, and persists in such failure for 3 days after having been given written notice remedy such defaults.  

9.1.1 Commit any act of insolvency, or be placed in liquidation or sequestration, whether provisional or final, or be placed under judicial management. The owner shall be entitled to terminate this agreement forthwith and enter any premises of the customer and retake possession of the equipment.  

9.2 The Specific remedies which the owner has against the customer in terms of these General Conditions are without prejudice to any other remedies  which the owner may have including the right to claim all such consequential damages from the customer as the owner may have suffered as a result of the  breach by the customer of any of his obligations.  

9.3 The owner's liability to the customer and all persons claiming under him arising from any cause whatsoever including the willful default or negligence  of the owner, its employees or agents, shall be limited to the specific remedies provided for herein.  

10. Miscellaneous  

10.1 The customer consents to the jurisdiction of the Magistrates Court of the district in which the customer's domicilium is situated in respect of this agreement.  

10.2 The customer will be liable for the owner's legal costs on an attorney and own client scale incurred by the owner in any legal proceedings  arising out of the provisions of these conditions, or arising out of the customer's use or possession of the equipment.  

10.3 The owner shall be entitled to apply any amount received from the customer to the liquidation in whole or part, of any obligation whether  rising out of this hire or otherwise owed by the customer.