STANDARD TERMS & CONDITIONS
SUPPLY OF BOOKS

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE TERMS ARE USED WITH TRADERS AND WITH CONSUMERS AND IN CERTAIN AREAS DIFFERENT PROVISIONS APPLY TO EACH AS FOLLOWS:

·         Part A: General Terms applying to Traders and Consumers;
·         Part B: Terms applying only to Consumers; and
·         Part C: Terms applying only to Traders.
 A “Trader” means a person acting for purposes relating to that person’s trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the trader’s name or on the trader’s behalf.
A “Consumer” means an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside that individual’s trade, business, craft or profession.
Before placing an order, the Hirer should read these Terms carefully as they contain important information about ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BOOKS and the Contract.

WHERE THE HIRER IS A CONSUMER, THE HIRER’S ATTENTION IS DRAWN IN PARTICULAR TO THE SECTIONS CONCERNING ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BOOKS’ LIABILITY TO THE HIRER AND CANCELLATION SET OUT IN PART B.

PART A: GENERAL TERMS APPLYING TO TRADERS AND CONSUMERS 

1.               DEFINITIONS
1.1            In these Terms: The following words and expressions shall, unless the context or circumstances require otherwise, have the meanings assigned to them below:

“Additional Charges” means charges applicable to the provision of the Equipment which are charged in addition to the Charges including those additional costs and expenses referred to in these Terms;
“Charges” means the charges set out in the Contract or if no charges are detailed in the Contract, Ancient Egyptian Books standard charges for the relevant Equipment in force on the date Ancient Egyptian Books issues a written acceptance of the Order to the Hirer;

“Commencement Date” means the date on which the relevant Contract is formed in accordance with clause 3.1;
“Contract” means the contract between Ancient Egyptian Books and the Hirer formed in accordance with clause 3.2; 
“Damage Waiver” means the optional waiver of liability for payment by the Hirer for damage to Equipment as set out in clause 7; 
“Damage Waiver Plus” means the optional waiver of liability for payment by the Hirer for loss or damage to Equipment as set out in clause 7;

“Equipment” means the items of equipment to be hired by the Hirer as listed in the Order, all substitutions, replacements or renewals of such equipment and all related accessories, manuals and instructions provided for the equipment;
“Hire Period” means the period of hire of the Equipment as set out in the Contract, unless the Contract is terminated earlier in accordance with these Terms or extended by agreement between Ancient Egyptian Books and the Hirer;

“Hirer” means the Consumer or Trader set out as such in the Contract;
“Ancient Egyptian Books” means the relevant Ancient Egyptian Books company set out in the Contract;
“Order” means the individual orders for the hire of Equipment placed by the Hirer from time to time in accordance with these Terms;

“Replacement Cost” means the cost of replacing any item of Equipment or part of it including but not limited to the cost of the item or part of it, any unpaid Charges that would otherwise have been paid by the Hirer were it not for such replacement, and a reasonable administrative charge to be determined by Ancient Egyptian Books covering the cost to Ancient Egyptian Books of administering the replacement, the full amount of such cost will be notified to the Hirer prior to formation of the Contract;
“Site” means any premises or location at which the Equipment is to be delivered to or collected from or is otherwise located;

“Terms” means these terms and conditions.

1.2            references to the singular include the plural and vice versa and references to any gender include every gender;
1.3            references to a “person” include any individual, body corporate, association, partnership, firm, trust, organisation, joint venture, government, local or municipal authority, governmental or supra-governmental agency or department, state or agency of state or any other entity (in each case whether or not having separate legal personality);
1.4            in the event that there is a conflict between Part A, Part B and Part C, Part A shall prevail and then Part B in the case of a Consumer and Part C in the case of a Trader; and
1.5            any words following the words “include”, “includes”, “including”, “in particular” or any similar words or expressions shall be construed without limitation and accordingly shall not limit the meaning of the words preceding them.