Terms & Conditions

 

Terms and Conditions

YOUR ATTENTION IS PARTICULARLY DRAWN TO CLAUSE 7 REGARDING USE OF SEEDS AND CLAUSE 8 WHICH LIMITS AGT FOODS ’S LIABILITY. TRADE ONLY: AGT FOODS R DOES NOT OFFER SEEDS FOR SALE TO CONSUMERS

1. Definitions

1.1 Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday) when banks in London are open for business.

1.2 Contract has the meaning set out in clause 2.1.

1.3 Force Majeure Event means an event beyond the reasonable control of AGT Foods including but not limited to strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving the workforce of AGT Foods or any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm, inclement weather or default of suppliers or subcontractors.

1.4 General Description has the meaning given to it in clause 2.4.

1.5 Order has the meaning set out in clause 2.1.

1.6 Order Confirmation Form has the meaning given to it in clause 2.1.

1.7 Order Form means an order sheet containing details of your order.

1.8 Price the price of the Seeds and delivery (if applicable) calculated in accordance with clause 3.1.

1.9 Seeds means the seeds offered for sale by AGT Foods as specified on an Order Form which is accepted in accordance with clause 2.1.

1.10 AGT Foods means AGT Foods Limited, a company registered in ? and ? with company number ? and whose registered office is at ?.

1.11 In these terms the above definitions and those throughout these terms apply and (a) a person includes a natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality), (b) a reference to a party includes its personal representatives, successors or permitted assigns, (c) a reference to a statute or statutory provision is a reference to such statute or statutory provision as amended or re-enacted, (d) reference to a statute or statutory provision includes any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision, as amended or re-enacted, (e) any phrase introduced by the terms including, “include”, “in particular” or any similar expression, shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms.

1.12 Save as may be agreed in writing by a Director of AGT Foods, no servant, employee or agent of AGT Foods is permitted to alter or vary these General Terms and Conditions of Sale in any way.

2. Orders and Contract Formation

2.1 You may place an order for Seeds through AGT Foods’s website at www.agtfoods.com or by speaking to a member of the AGT Foods sales team in person or by phone, who will then complete an Order Form for you, or by faxing, posting or emailing your completed Order Form to AGT Foods in each case for AGT Foods’ acceptance (Order). AGT Foods will accept your Order in writing by issuing you with an Order confirmation form or email if you have placed your Order through www.agtfoods.com (Order Confirmation Form). A contract will only be formed when AGT Foods accepts your order in this way and each Order which is accepted by AGT Foods in this way will be governed by the Order Form, the Order Confirmation Form and these terms and any other document expressly stated in writing by AGT Foods to form part of the arrangement between AGT Foods and you (each a Contract). Any quotation given by AGT Foods shall not constitute an offer, and is only valid (subject to prior revocation by AGT Foods acting in its sole discretion) for a period of 20 Business Days from its date of issue.

2.2 In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Order Confirmation Form and these terms then the Order Confirmation Form shall prevail over these terms.

2.3 The Contract applies to the exclusion of any other terms that you seek to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing.

2.4 The Contract constitutes the entire agreement between the parties in relation to its subject matter. Any: (a) samples, (b) drawings, (c) descriptive matter, (d) advertising, (e) illustrations, (f) information contained in AGT Foods’s catalogues, brochures and/or on www.agtfoods.com, (e) given by AGT Foods’ staff in respect of the Seeds in each case including in respect of the performance and/or yield of the Seeds including varieties, varietal characteristics, periods of maturity, fitness for any particular purpose, germination figures (General Descriptions) are given for the sole purpose of general guidance only, as such information may not be accurate and particularly variations in local or climatic conditions can render such information inaccurate. As such, such General Descriptions shall not form part of the Contract or any other contract between AGT Foods and you for the supply of the Seed and they are excluded from the Contract. You acknowledge that you have not relied on any statement, promise or representation made or given by or on behalf of AGT Foods, including any General Descriptions which are not set out in the Contract.

2.5 By placing an Order with AGT Foods, you warrant that you are acting in the course of a business and are not a consumer.

3. Price

3.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing by AGT Foods, the price for the Seeds is that set out on AGT Foods’ standard price list available on request for the quantities set out in the Contract which includes the sacks and bags in which the Seeds are delivered.

3.2 We may change the prices set out in our standard price list at any time. We may increase the Price after AGT Foods accepts your Order if: (a) our costs increase, (b) the cost of delivering to you increases, (c) if the Seeds are or any treatment is sourced by AGT Foods from outside the UK and between the time when AGT Foods accepts your Order and AGT Foods purchases the relevant products the applicable currency fluctuates resulting in an increase cost to AGT Foods, (d) any new or increased tariff or levy applies to AGT Foods in respect of the Seeds, and/or (e) if AGT Foods has made a genuine mistake in its pricing.

4. Minimum Order Value

4.1 Orders placed by phone, in person, by fax, post and email are subject to a minimum order value of ? and Orders placed through www.agtfoods.com are subject to a minimum order value of ? and for Orders under this amount ? will be charged.

5. Payment

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6. Failure to Pay

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7. Quality

7.1 AGT Foods shall have the right to make any changes to the Seeds which are necessary to comply with any applicable law or safety requirement, or which do not materially affect the nature or quality of the Seeds.

7.2 AGT Foods warrants that the Seeds, on delivery, shall comply with the Seed Marketing Regulations 2011.

7.3 AGT Foods confirms that, where, at your request, any treatment whether chemical or otherwise is applied to the Seed (Treatment), AGT Foods shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that such Treatment is carried out with reasonable skill and care and in accordance with the Treatment manufacturer’s instructions. AGT Foods accepts no responsibility whatsoever for the effectiveness or otherwise of any Treatment.

7.4 Where, at your request any treatment or similar authorised as a Horticultural Development Company Extension of Authorisation for Minor Uses (EAMU) is applied to the Seed, subject to clause 7.5, AGT Foods accepts no liability whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise for any direct or indirect consequence of such application and, subject to clause 7.6, such application is entirely at your risk. You shall provide to AGT Foods, on request, a copy of the relevant EAMU.

7.5 Where Seeds have been treated with a liquid or powder to control pests or diseases, or have been fumigated or pelleted, the purity and germination percentages are based on tests made before the treatment.

8. Use of Seeds Your Attention is Particularly Drawn to This Clause

8.1 The Seeds sold by AGT Foods are not edible and must not be eaten directly by humans. The Seeds are also not suitable for sprouting and must not be used for the production of sprouted seeds when seed, or at least part of the seed, will be eaten as part of the final product.

9. Exclusion and Limitation of Liability and Time Limit for Claims

Your Attention is Particularly Drawn to This Clause

9.1 Nothing in the Contract shall limit or exclude either party’s liability for: (a) death or personal injury caused by its negligence, or the negligence of its employees, agents or subcontractors, (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, (c) breach of the terms implied by section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 or section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979, or (d) any other liability that cannot be lawfully limited or excluded.

9.2 Subject to clause 9.1, the only warranties given by AGT Foods under the Contract are those set out at clause 7 above. All other warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law in your favour are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.

9.3 Subject to clauses 9.1 and 9.2, if AGT Foods breaches any of the warranties set out in clause 7 above, you may apply to AGT Foods for a refund of the price you paid for the Seed or AGT Foods will provide you with a replacement free of charge of the Seed, in each case provided you have complied with clause 10.11 (if applicable), given AGT Foods a reasonable opportunity of examining the Seed, and if asked to do so by AGT Foods you return the Seeds to AGT Foods at your cost.

9.4 Subject to clauses 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3, AGT Foods shall not be liable to you or any person claiming through you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any loss of profit (whether such loss of profit is direct, indirect, consequential and/or special), or for any indirect, special or consequential loss arising under or in connection with the Contract or any collateral contract.

9.5 Subject to clauses 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 AGT Foods shall not be liable to you or any person claiming through you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise: (a) for any failure in the performance of or any defect in any Seed supplied, including total or partial failure of the resultant crop, (b) for any General Description, (c) for any consequence of treatment with EAMU authorised applications of any Seed at your request, (d) for Seed containing genetically modified material, (e) for any Seed which was, at your request, not treated, (e) as a result of the failure of the Seeds to comply with the import requirements of your territory, (f) because you failed to follow AGT Foods’s written instructions as to the storage, use of the Seeds or (if there are none) good practice regarding the same, (g) as a result of AGT Foods following any specification supplied or requested by you, (h) the Seed differs from the specification as a result of changes made to ensure they comply with applicable statutory or regulatory requirements.

9.6 Subject to clause 9.1, in any event, AGT Foods’s total liability to you in respect of all losses arising under or in connection with the Contract or any collateral contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, shall not exceed the sum ? or an amount equivalent to 150% of the Price applicable under the Contract, whichever is the lesser.

9.7 You acknowledge that: (a) the Price of AGT Foods Seeds is based upon the foregoing limitations and exclusion of AGT Foods’s liability and that the price AGT Foods would have to charge would be much greater if a more extensive liability was adopted, (b) production of seed for sowing is mostly carried out in open fields in natural conditions in which there is free circulation of pollen and it is therefore not possible to guarantee that Seeds delivered under any Contract are free from all traces of genetically modified material, (c) disease of plants can be transmitted by the wind, by insects, by animals or by human agencies and may be seed borne or soil borne, (d) you are better placed than AGT Foods to understand the exportation and importation rules and requirements in relation to the Seeds, (e) you are better placed to insure against your risks than AGT Foods, and therefore you agree that the limitation of AGT Foods’s liability set out in the Contract is fair and reasonable.

9.8 If you wish to arrange a higher level of liability in respect of any Order, then you should notify AGT Foods in advance of placing your Order as AGT Foods may be able to, but is under no obligation to, arrange this at an additional charge.

9.9 Without prejudice to any exclusion or limitation of liability contained in the Contract, and subject to any legal restriction on excluding or limiting liability, any claim made against AGT Foods by you must be notified to AGT Foods in writing within 12 months of the occurrence of the issue giving rise to such a claim, failing which all liability whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise of AGT Foods is excluded.

9.10 These Terms shall apply to any replacement Seeds supplied by AGT Foods pursuant to clause 9.3.

10. Your Obligations

10.1 The Seeds are offered and sold for the production of ‘consumer crops’ only and not for reproduction of seed. You agree that you shall not use the Seeds for reproduction of seed in contravention of the plant breeders rights within the meaning of the Plant Varieties Act 1997 nor shall you use the Seed for breeding (other than for seed crop) or for seed multiplication.

10.2 If you are purchasing from outside the area, you shall specify in writing on the Order, the precise specification which is acceptable to the importing authority in your territory, including details of phytosanitary requirements, international certification, importation documents, import licences, invoice details, disease and virus specification and you are entirely responsible for this. You are responsible for the exportation from the area and importation to your territory of the Seeds. AGT Foods warrants that it shall use reasonable endeavours to comply with the phytosanitary requirements notified to it. AGT Foods shall have no obligation in respect of the production of export or import licences or other documentation required by the country of destination or any countries the Seed delivery may pass through.

11. Delivery & Inspection

11.1 This clause 11 shall apply in relation to all deliveries organised by AGT Foods, whether for domestic or international delivery. In the event that you elect to collect the Seeds from AGT Foods or arrange your own collection and delivery of the Seeds, save as in relation to clauses 11.2, 11.5, 11.10, 11.11, 11.12 and 11.13, the remaining provisions of this clause 11 shall not apply and are hereby excluded.

11.2 AGT Foods may deliver the Seeds by instalments, which shall be invoiced and paid for separately. Each instalment shall constitute a separate contract. Any delay in delivery or defect in an instalment shall not entitle you to cancel any other instalment or contract.

11.3 For delivery in the area, AGT Foods shall use reasonable endeavours to deliver Orders where standard delivery has been requested within 7 Business Days unless a particular delivery date is specified by the customer in the Order, in which case, provided it is at least 7 Business Days from acceptance of the Order by AGT Foods in accordance with clause 2.1, AGT Foods shall use reasonable endeavours to deliver on this date.

11.4 For delivery outside the area, AGT Foods may provide estimated delivery dates and shall use reasonable endeavours to deliver the Seeds within a reasonable time of the estimated delivery dates but you acknowledge that, in international deliveries, there are many factors outside AGT Foods’s control which could delay the delivery of the Seeds and therefore AGT Foods accepts no liability whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise for late delivery on international deliveries.

11.5 Notwithstanding any other clause to the contrary in the Contract, time shall not be of the essence for the Contract, including the time delivery of the Seed.

11.6 AGT Foods shall deliver the Seeds to the location set out in the Order Confirmation Form or such other location as the parties may agree in writing (the Delivery Location) in accordance with clause 11.3 or 11.4 (as applicable).

11.7 Delivery of the Seeds by AGT Foods shall be completed on the Seeds’ arrival at the Delivery Location (Delivery).

11.8 If AGT Foods fails to deliver the Seeds, its liability shall be limited to the costs and expenses incurred by you in obtaining replacement goods of similar description and quality in the cheapest market available, less the Price.

11.9 If You fail to take delivery of the Seeds at Delivery, then, except where such failure or delay is caused by AGT Foods’s failure to comply with its obligations under the Contract: (a) delivery of the Goods shall be deemed to have been completed at 9.00 am on the 3rd Business Day after the day on which AGT Foods attempted to make the Delivery, and (b) AGT Foods shall store the Seeds until you take delivery, and charge you for all related costs and expenses (including insurance). If, 10 Business Days after the day on which AGT Foods first attempted to make delivery, you have not taken delivery of them, AGT Foods may resell or otherwise dispose of part or all of the Seeds and, after deducting reasonable storage, insurance and selling costs and any other related costs or expenses, account to you for any excess over the Price or charge you for any shortfall below the Price.

11.10 You shall not be entitled to reject the Seeds if AGT Foods delivers up to and including 10% more or less than the quantity of Seeds ordered.

11.11 You shall inspect the Seeds on Delivery and you will be deemed to have done so and you shall advise AGT Foods immediately and in any event within 24 hours of delivery of any loss or damage to the Seeds in transit. Such notification shall be made by telephone to AGT Foods Customer Services on 01932 862059 and confirmed in writing to sales@agtfoods.com or address.

11.12 In the event that you elect to collect the Seeds from AGT Foods or elect to arrange your own delivery of the Seeds, whether within the area or outside the area, you will notify AGT Foods in writing within the Order Form, and AGT Foods will then provide estimated availability dates and shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure the Seeds are available for collection within a reasonable time of the estimated availability dates.

11.13 In the event that you elect to collect the Seeds from AGT Foods or elect to arrange your own delivery of the Seeds, whether within the area or outside the area and you fail to collect the Seeds in accordance with clause 11.12, the provisions of clause 11.9 shall apply to such failure to collect and shall be adapted to refer to collection accordingly.

12. Termination

12.1 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, AGT Foods may terminate the Contract with immediate effect by giving written notice to you if: (a) you fail to pay any amount due under the Contract on the due date for payment, (b) you commit a material breach of the Contract and (if such a breach is remediable) you fail to remedy that breach within 10 Business Days of being notified in writing of the breach, (c) you suspend, or threaten to suspend, payment of your debts or are unable to pay your debts as they fall due or admit inability to pay your debts or (being a company) are deemed unable to pay your debts within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or (being an individual) are deemed either unable to pay your debts or as having no reasonable prospect of so doing, in either case, within the meaning of section 268 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or (being a partnership) have any partner to whom any of the foregoing apply, (d) you commence negotiations with all or any class of your creditors with a view to rescheduling any of your debts, or make a proposal for or enter into any compromise or arrangement with your creditors, (e) a petition is filed, a notice is given, a resolution is passed, or an order is made, for or in connection with the winding up of you (being a company) other than for the sole purpose of a scheme for a solvent amalgamation of you with one or more other companies or the solvent reconstruction of you, (f) you (being an individual) are the subject of a bankruptcy petition or order, (g) a creditor or encumbrancer of you attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution, sequestration or other such process is levied or enforced on or sued against, the whole or any part of your assets and such attachment or process is not discharged within 10 Business Days, (h) an application is made to court, or an order is made, for the appointment of an administrator or if a notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given or if an administrator is appointed over you (being a company), (i) a floating charge holder over your assets (being a company) has become entitled to appoint or has appointed an administrative receiver, (j) a person becomes entitled to appoint a receiver over your assets or a receiver is appointed over your assets, (k) any event occurs or proceeding is taken with respect to you in any jurisdiction to which it is subject that has an effect equivalent or similar to any of the events mentioned in clause 11.1(c) to (j) (inclusive), (l) you suspend or cease, or threaten to suspend or cease, to carry on all or a substantial part of your business, (m) you (being an individual) die or, by reason of illness or incapacity (whether mental or physical), are incapable of managing your own affairs or become a patient under any mental health legislation.

12.2 Without limiting its other rights or remedies, AGT Foods shall have the right to suspend performance of the Contract or any other contract between you and AGT Foods if you become subject to any of the events listed in clause 12.1(c) to (j) (inclusive) or AGT Foods reasonably believes that you are about to become subject to any of them, or if you fail to pay any amount due under the Contract on the due date for payment (each a Trigger), or if you breach any term of the Contract. Such suspension shall cease when, in AGT Foods’s reasonable opinion, such Trigger no longer exists.

13. Consequences of Termination

13.1 On termination of the Contract for any reason you shall immediately pay to AGT Foods all of AGT Foods’s outstanding unpaid invoices and interest and, in respect of Seeds supplied but for which no invoice has been submitted, AGT Foods shall submit an invoice, which shall be payable by you immediately on receipt and the accrued rights, remedies, obligations and liabilities of the parties as at expiry or termination shall not be affected, including the right to claim damages in respect of any breach of the Contract which existed at or before the date of termination or expiry, and (d) clauses which expressly or by implication have effect after termination shall continue in full force and effect.

14. Returns

14.1 Without prejudice to clause 7 and subject to clause 14.2, AGT Foods may, at its absolute discretion, accept the return of Seeds where it has given its express, written permission in advance. Returns are subject to a handling charge which will be notified to you when you seek a return. The Seeds returned must be in the original packaging with the seals unbroken and intact and be in undamaged and resalable condition. Returns must be delivered to AGT Foods within 20 Business Days of receipt of the Seeds by you. All Seeds returned will be for credit the equivalent of the Price less the handling charge, no cash refunds are given under any circumstances.

14.2 Without prejudice to clause 7, Seeds which are not listed in the AGT Foods catalogue cannot be returned.

15. Risk and Title

15.1 For deliveries both inside the area and outside the area, the risk in the Seeds shall pass to you either (a) on delivery, when delivery has been arranged by AGT Foods; or (b) on collection, when collection from AGT Foods and delivery to you has been arranged by you.

15.2 Legal and beneficial title to the Goods shall not pass to you until AGT Foods has received payment in full (in cash or cleared funds) for: (a) the Seed; and (b) any other goods and/or seed that AGT Foods has supplied to you in respect of which payment has become due.

15.3 Notwithstanding any other provision in the Contract, you shall pay the Price in accordance with the Contract and AGT Foods shall be entitled to maintain an action for the Price in accordance with the Contract.

16. Retention of title

16.1 Until the date on which legal and beneficial title to the Seeds pass to you in accordance with clause 14, AGT Foods shall retain the legal and beneficial title to the Seeds and you shall: (a) insure the Seeds for their full replacement value with a reputable insurance company and, when requested by AGT Foods in writing, ensure AGT Foods’ interest in the Seeds is noted on the policy, (b) if the Seeds are destroyed by an insured risk, hold the insurance proceeds separately from all other monies on trust for AGT Foods, (c) hold the Seeds on a fiduciary basis as AGT Foods’ bailee, (d) store the Seeds at your own cost separately from other property and in such manner so as to ensure that the Seeds remain readily identifiable as AGT Foods’ property, (e) not remove, destroy, deface or obscure any identifying mark or packaging on or relating to the Seeds, (f) ensure that the Seeds remain in satisfactory condition, (g) not sell or purport to sell the Seeds to a third party, (h) not plant the Seeds or otherwise cause them to be unsalable as seeds, (i) not create or purport to create any lien, charge or other encumbrance over or otherwise affecting the Seed, (j) notify AGT Foods immediately if you become subject to any of the events listed in clause 12.1(c) to 12.1(j) (inclusive), (k) immediately provide AGT Foods with such information relating to the Seed as AGT Foods may require from time to time, (l) notwithstanding clauses 16.1(g) and 16.1(h) hold as trustee for AGT Foods any proceeds of sale of the Seeds or the crop (as applicable) to the level of sums owed to AGT Foods in a trust account separate from other monies.

16.2 AGT Foods may trace the proceeds of any sale or purported sale of the Seeds or the crop (as applicable) that you receive into any bank or other account which you maintain.

16.3 AGT Foods may, where title to the Seeds remains with AGT Foods, recover and resell the Seeds, and you hereby grant to AGT Foods an irrevocable licence to enter any premises owned and/or controlled by you in order to for AGT Foods to exercise its rights pursuant to this clause 16.3.

17. Arbitration

17.1 Without prejudice to clause 20.11, any dispute arising under or in connection with the Contract shall be referred to arbitration in accordance with the arbitration rules of the ? current at the date of referral. Copies of the arbitration rules can be obtained from address.

18. Confidentiality

18.1 You shall keep in strict confidence all technical or commercial know-how, specifications, inventions, processes, information, pricing or documentation which are of a confidential nature and have been disclosed to you by AGT Foods, its employees, agents or subcontractors, and any other confidential information concerning AGT Foods’ business or its products or its services which you may obtain and shall only use the same for the purposes of the Contract. You shall restrict disclosure of such confidential information to such of your employees, agents or subcontractors as need to know it for the purpose of discharging your obligations under the Contract, and shall ensure that such employees, agents or subcontractors are subject to obligations of confidentiality corresponding to those which bind you under the Contract.

19. Intellectual Property

19.1 All intellectual property rights owned and/or controlled by AGT Foods in relation to its name, branding, marketing and advertising materials and the Seeds including, without limitation, the genetics in the Seeds and their varieties, are and shall remain at all times owned and/or controlled by AGT Foods and are not assigned to you or licensed to you in any way.

19.2 In the event that you request that AGT Foods apply a Treatment or otherwise alter the Seeds in any way, you hereby warrant that such Treatment or other alterations will not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party or that you have obtained, where relevant, and hold all necessary authorisations and permissions from any third party intellectual property rights owners or other rights owner to allow and permit AGT Foods to treat or otherwise alter the Seeds in the manner requested by you.

19.3 You will indemnify AGT Foods from any and all losses and damages whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise for which AGT Foods is and/or becomes liable to any third party as a result of or in connection with any third party claim, that the Treatment or other alteration of the Seeds requested by you and carried out by AGT Foods on your behalf, infringes the intellectual property rights or other rights that belong to or are alleged to belong to a third party.

20. General

20.1 AGT Foods shall not be liable to you as a result of any delay or failure to perform its obligations under the Contract as a result of a Force Majeure Event and in the event of a Force Majeure Event it shall have a reasonable extension of time, during and after the Force Majeure Event to comply with its obligations. If a Force Majeure Event lasts for more than 30 days either party may terminate the Contract on 10 Business Days’ notice.

20.2 AGT Foods may at any time assign, transfer, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights under the Contract and may subcontract or delegate in any manner any or all of its obligations under the Contract to any third party or agent. You shall not, without the prior written consent of AGT Foods, assign, transfer, charge, subcontract or deal in any other manner with all or any of your rights or obligations under the Contract.

20.3 Any notice or other communication required to be given to a party under or in connection with the Contract shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the other party personally or sent by prepaid first-class post, recorded delivery or by commercial courier, to its registered office (if a company) or (in any other case) its principal place of business. Any notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly received if delivered personally, when left at the address referred to above or, if sent by pre-paid first-class post or recorded delivery, at 9.00 am on the second Business Day after posting, or if delivered by commercial courier, on the date and at the time that the courier’s delivery receipt is signed. This clause 20.3 shall not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action. For the purposes of this clause, “writing” shall not include e-mails and notice given under the Contract shall not be validly served if sent by e-mail.

20.4 A waiver of any right under the Contract is only effective if it is in writing and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach or default. No failure or delay by a party in exercising any right or remedy under the Contract or by law shall constitute a waiver of that or any other right or remedy, nor preclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exercise of such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exercise of that or any other right or remedy.

20.5 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising under the Contract are cumulative and do not exclude rights provided by law.

20.6 If a court or any other competent authority finds that any provision of the Contract (or part of any provision or sub-provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision shall, to the extent required, be deemed deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of the Contract shall not be affected.

20.7 If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision of the Contract would be valid, enforceable and legal if some part of it were deleted, the provision shall apply with the minimum modification necessary to make it legal, valid and enforceable.

20.8 Nothing in the Contract is intended to, or shall be deemed to, constitute a partnership or joint venture of any kind between any of the parties, nor constitute any party the agent of another party for any purpose. No party shall have authority to act as agent for, or to bind, the other party in any way.

20.9 A person who is not a party to the Contract shall not have any rights under or in connection with it whether pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.

20.10 Any variation, including the introduction of any additional terms and conditions, to the Contract, shall only be binding when made in writing and signed by AGT Foods and notified to you in accordance with clause 20.3.

20.11 The Contract, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, Country law and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of country.

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Conditions of sale

NOTE TO PURCHASER:

NON-WARRANTY

• Owing to certain conditions over which we have no control, such as changeable climate conditions and the fact that seed are indistinguishable in appearance from other seeds, we give no WARRANTY expressed or implied, as to description, character or name of any seeds supplied by us, or as their productiveness, germination or growth.

NON_WARRANTY – GRAIN / COMMODITY

• Buyers attention is drawn to the description of good on the invoice, due to their nature no guarantee of 100% purity can be given

IMPORTANT – LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

• AGT Foods Africa (Pty) Ltd warrants that this seed conforms to the description as detailed on the container, within accepted tolerances. No further express or implied warranty regarding the merchantability, fitness for a specific purpose, or quality of the seed, or otherwise is provided and, other than stipulated herein, all forms of liability relating to this seed, irrespective of nature, cause or extent thereof and further irrespective of negligence (ordinary or gross) on the part of AGT Foods Africa (Pty) Ltd, are specifically excluded.
• The exclusive remedy for loss or damage owing to breach of the above-mentioned warranty shall be limited to the amount of the purchase price of the defective seed and, in light of the above stated exclusion, in no event shall AGT Foods Africa (Pty) Ltd be liable for consequential damage suffered by the purchaser or user of the seed. Claims for defective seed in terms hereof will only be considered if received by AGT Foods Africa (Pty) Ltd by registered mail within 30 days after being discovered or reasonably should have been discovered. Should the above-mentioned terms not be acceptable to the purchaser, the purchaser must return the seed unopened and in the same condition as at delivery within 72 hours fo a refund of the purchase price only.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT PROVIDE ADVICE ON FERTILIZATION, OR ANY TREATMENT CHEMICAL OR OTHERWISE.