WEBSITE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
1.
INTERPRETATION
“we”, “us”, “our” means Arval UK
Limited, Company Number: 1073098, whose registered office is at Whitehill House, Windmill Hill, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 6PE
acting via our agent, BCA Remarketing Solutions Limited.
“Conditions” means the terms and
conditions set out in this document.
“Contract” means the legally-binding
agreement between us and you for the sale and purchase of the Vehicle which
incorporates these Conditions.
“Privacy Policy” means our statement
about the use of your customer information and our contact details for the
purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic
Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (as these may be amended or
re-enacted from time to time)
2.
CONDITIONS OF SALE
These Conditions (together with the
documents referred to in it) tells you the terms and conditions on which we
supply a vehicle (“Vehicle”) whether through our website which is provided in
conjunction with BCA Remarketing Solutions Limited (“our site”) or otherwise to
you. Please read these Conditions carefully. You should understand that if you
purchase a Vehicle the purchase will be subject to these Conditions and you
agree to be bound by these Conditions.
3.
AVAILABILITY
When you use our site, you acknowledge
that our site is only intended for use by people resident in the United
Kingdom.
By submitting a request for formal
quote (“Request for Formal Quote”) through our site, you warrant that:
(a) You
are legally capable of entering into binding contracts; and
(b) You
are at least 18 years old; and
(c) You
hold a full UK driving licence, and
(d) You
are resident in the United Kingdom, and
(e) You
are accessing our site from the United Kingdom, and.
(f) That the Vehicle’s stated mileage on the
Request for Formal Quote is accurate.
4.
HOW THE CONTRACT IS FORMED BETWEEN
YOU AND US
After submitting the Request for
Formal Quote for a Vehicle whether via our site, email, fax or phone, you will
receive an e-mail or telephone call or letter from us acknowledging that we
have received your request. We will then send you a letter explaining the
actions you need to take, a Vehicle Purchase Order and a summary of the
Mechanical Guarantee and Roadside Recovery package that may be included with
the vehicle sales. Your signature on the Vehicle Purchase Order constitutes an
offer by you to us to buy the Vehicle in accordance with these Conditions. This
offer is subject to acceptance by us, and we will confirm such acceptance to
you by sending you an e-mail. We reserve the right at all times to reject any
Vehicle Purchase Order, in whole or in part, at our sole discretion. The contract between us which incorporates
these Conditions (“Contract”) will only be formed when we receive the signed
Vehicle Purchase Order completed in full and payment in cleared funds. The
Contract will relate only to the Vehicle the details of which we have confirmed
in the Vehicle Purchase Order. We will
not accept any variation to these Conditions, the Vehicle Purchase Order or
quotation from us unless the variation is expressly agreed by us in writing and
signed by a duly authorised signatory on our behalf.
5. SETTLEMENT
OF EXISTING VEHICLE CONTRACTS
Please be aware that it is your
responsibility to check that any outstanding monies due under any lease
agreement to which this vehicle is subject is also settled in full. The Vehicle
Purchase Order does not, in any circumstance, settle any outstanding elements
of your/any leasing agreement including without limitation any:
·
Early
Termination Settlement Charges
·
Excess
Mileage Charges
·
Outstanding
monthly rentals
Please check with your Arval Customer
Service representative and ask for a settlement figure in respect of any
leasing agreement prior to purchasing the Vehicle.
6.
AVAILABILITY AND DELIVERY
6.1 If a delivery date is not specified,
unless the Vehicle is already in your possession under the agreement we have
with your company/employer, then within a reasonable time of the date of the
Contract, we will notify you of the address from which you will be able to take
delivery of the Vehicle, unless there are exceptional circumstances which
prevent us doing so.
6.2 We will not arrange for either a safety
check of the Vehicle or for cleaning of the Vehicle.
7.
RISK AND TITLE
7.1 The Vehicle will be at your risk from the
time of delivery, or, if already in your possession, from the date the Contract
is formed. We will not be liable for any
loss or destruction of the Vehicle occurring after the time of delivery, or
where the Vehicle is in your possession, from the date the Contract is
formed.
7.2 Ownership of the Vehicle will only pass to
you when we receive the signed Vehicle Purchase Order and full payment in
cleared funds of all sums due in respect of the Vehicle.
8.
PRICE AND PAYMENT
8.1 The price will be the amount stated on the
Vehicle Purchase Order and is valid for 14 days from the date the quote was
provided. After this time a new quotation will be required. The price is exclusive of any applicable VAT.
8.2 Our site contains a large number of
Vehicles and it is always possible that, despite our best efforts, some of the
Vehicles listed on our site may be incorrectly priced. We will verify the price
as part of the Request for Formal Quote process. We are under no obligation to
provide the Vehicle to you at the incorrect (lower) price, even after we have
sent you a Vehicle Purchase Order, if the pricing error is obvious and
unmistakeable and could have reasonably been recognised by you as a
miss-pricing.
8.3 Payment for a Vehicle must be by
electronic transfer to the bank details set out on the sales invoice.
9.
DATA PROTECTION
We will comply with the requirements
of the Data Protection Act 1998 in respect of the personal data you provide to
us in order that we can respond to a Request for Formal Quote and Vehicle
Purchase Orders. Your information will
be processed in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy.
10.
COMPLAINTS
Should you have any complaints that
you wish to raise with us regarding this transaction or any other matter please
put them in writing and address them to: Driver Sales Manager, c/o BCA
Remarketing Solutions, Suite F, Pentland House, Village Way, Wilmslow, SK9 2GH.
11.
CANCELLATION RIGHTS
11.1 By law you have the right to cancel this
Contract at any time from the date the Contract is formed up to the end of the
seventh business day after the date the Contract is formed.
11.2 Notice of cancellation in accordance with
clause 11.1, must be sent to us in writing via our partners BCA Remarketing
Solutions. Suite F, Pentland House, Village Way,
Wilmslow, SK9 2GH and be sent by recorded delivery mail.
11.3 On receipt of this notice of cancellation
our partners, BCA Remarketing Solutions will contact
you to confirm arrangements for the return of the Vehicle. The cost of collection will be at your
expense and will be limited to a flat fee of £49 plus VAT for collections within
125 miles of the address in clause 11.2 and thereafter are charged an
additional 6 pence per mile. You are
required to make the Vehicle available for collection at a pre-determined date
and time.
11.4 On collection of the Vehicle, the Vehicle
must not have travelled more than 200 miles since formation of the Contract and
you must have taken reasonable care of the Vehicle prior to its delivery back
to us. Any deterioration recorded at
the time of collection will be valued when the Vehicle is delivered back to us
and details of these costs will be notified to you.
11.3 A refund will be processed and executed in
the same way that payment was made originally by you and will be made within 30
days following formation of the Contract.
Should any of the conditions set out in this clause 11 fail to be met
then the deductions as specified will be made from the refund accordingly. Any
direct costs of collection will also be deducted.
12.
WARRANTY AND LIABILITY
12.1 You acknowledge that the Vehicle is not new
and that it has been used by you, the hirer or another person for business or
other commercial purposes. Unless you
advise us to the contrary when you make the offer to purchase the Vehicle by
signing the Vehicle Purchase Order we will assume that the Vehicle is in an
acceptable and roadworthy condition, inside and out, commensurate with age and
mileage, at the date of your acceptance.
You have had an opportunity to inspect the goods before agreeing to
purchase them. Accordingly the Vehicle
is sold as seen and no warranty or representation is given as to its quality,
state, condition, safety or fitness for any purpose and any condition, warranty
or representation which may be implied is hereby expressly excluded to the
maximum extent permitted by law.
12.2 A minimum of 12 months guarantee will be
supplied with the Vehicle including breakdown cover provided that the Vehicle
is under 5 years old and has travelled less than
100,000 miles. The guarantee and
breakdown cover are subject to the terms and conditions of the cover, copies of
which are available on request. The
guarantee and breakdown cover can be extended for a further period of 12 months
again subject to the Vehicle being under 5 years old and has travelled less
than 100,000 miles and subject to the terms and conditions of the cover upon
payment by you of an additional fee for this extension.
12.3 Nothing in these Conditions is intended to
exclude our liability where consumer protection legislation or contract law
prevents us from doing so, including:
12.3.1 for death or personal
injury caused by our negligence; or
12.3.2 for breach of the terms implied by section 12
of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and by section 2 of the Supply of Goods and
Services Act 1982; or
12.3.3 for defective
products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987; or
12.3.4 for fraud or
fraudulent misrepresentation.
12.4 We will be liable to you for the reasonable
and foreseeable losses you may suffer or incur as a result of our breach of
these Conditions. These losses to be limited to the price for
the Vehicle per incident or series of related incidents caused by the failure
of the Vehicle.
13.
RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES
The Contract is not enforceable by any
third party under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or
otherwise.
14.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
The Contract including the documents
referred to in these Conditions constitutes the entire agreement between you
and us in relation to its subject matter.
No other terms and conditions apply.
15.
SUCCESSION
This Contract will bind and benefit
each of your and our successors and personal representatives.
16.
GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
16.1 This
Contact will be governed by the laws of England and Wales.
16.2 Disputes will be submitted to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.