TERMS & CONDITIONS
GENERAL SUPPLY CONDITIONS
TERMS AND CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE SUPPLY OF SERVICES BY RS RECYCLING LIMITED
BACKGROUND
AGREED TERMS
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1. The definitions and rules of interpretation in this clause apply in these terms and conditions (Conditions).
1.2. Adequate Procedures: such procedures as are required so as to comply with Section 7(2) of the Bribery Act 2010 (and any guidance issued under Section 9 of that Act).
1.3. RS RECYCLING LIMITED: RS RECYCLING LIMITED (Company Number: 09172011).
1.4. RS RECYCLING LIMITED's Equipment: any equipment, including tools, containers, systems, cabling or facilities, provided by RS RECYCLING LIMITED or its sub-contractors and used directly or indirectly in the supply of the Services which are not the subject of a separate agreement between the parties under which title passes to the Client.
1.5. Anti-Bribery Laws: all applicable laws, statutes, regulations and codes relating to anti-bribery and anti-corruption including but not limited to, the Bribery Act 2010.
1.6. Anti-Bribery Policies: the Company’s ethics, anti-bribery and anti-corruption policies and any relevant industry code on anti-bribery, in each case as the Company or the relevant industry body may update them from time to time.
1.7. Associated Person: shall have the meaning given to such expression in Section 8 of the Bribery Act 2010.
1.8. Client: the person, firm or company who purchases Services from RS RECYCLING LIMITED.
1.9. Client's Equipment: any equipment, machinery or facilities provided by the Client and used directly or indirectly in the supply of the Services.
1.10. Collection Point: means the location of the Waste if this is to be collected by RS RECYCLING LIMITED.
1.11. Contaminated Land Waste: material and disposal of which by way of Landfill at a Site (where applicable) will not qualify as a taxable disposal for the purposes of Part III of the Finance Act 1996 on the grounds that it qualifies as a disposal within Section 43A(2) of the Finance Act 1996.
1.12. Contract: The Client’s acceptance of the Quote for Services provided by RS RECYCLING LIMITED under condition 2.2, evidenced either in writing or by oral acceptance of the Quote communicated to RS RECYCLING LIMITED.
1.13. Declaration Form: the form signed by the client providing full information of the Waste to be disposed of by RS RECYCLING LIMITED pursuant to the Contract.
1.14. Quote: RS RECYCLING LIMITED’s offer to supply Services which form the basis of the Contract, detailing the services to be supplied, the consideration for supplying those services and the details of the Client, Waste and Collection Point (if any), and includes any variation of the Quote as evidenced in writing and signed by a Director of RS RECYCLING LIMITED.
1.15. Relevant Legislation: means all legislation, Regulations, Directives, Codes of Practice, Guidance Notes, currently in force for the time being, taking account of any amendment, extension, or re-enactment and includes any subordinate legislation for the time being in force made under it, applicable to both RS RECYCLING LIMITED and the Client for the provision of the Services and Waste.
1.16. Services: the services to be provided by RS RECYCLING LIMITED under the Contract as set out in the Quote, which RS RECYCLING LIMITED provides or agrees to provide to the Client.
1.17. VAT: value added tax chargeable under English law for the time being and any similar additional tax.
1.18. Waste: an unusable unwanted material which could be a sludge, solid, fluid or gas and may be hazardous or non-hazardous.
1.19. Condition, schedule and paragraph headings shall not affect the interpretation of these conditions.
1.20. A person includes a natural person, corporate or unincorporated body (whether or not having separate legal personality) and that person's legal and personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
1.21. Words in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.
1.22. Any obligation in the Contract on a person not to do something includes an obligation not to agree, allow, permit or acquiesce in that thing being done.
2. Application of Conditions
2.1. These Conditions shall:
2.1.1. apply to and be incorporated into the Contract; and
2.1.2. prevail over any inconsistent terms or conditions contained, or referred to, in the Client’s purchase order, confirmation of order, acceptance of a quotation or specification, or implied by law, trade custom, practice or course of dealing.
2.2. The Client’s purchase order, or the Client’s acceptance of a Quote for Services by RS RECYCLING LIMITED, constitutes an offer by the Client to purchase the Services specified in it on these Conditions. No offer placed by the Client shall be accepted by RS RECYCLING LIMITED other than:
2.2.1. by a written acknowledgement issued and executed by RS RECYCLING LIMITED; or
2.2.2. (if earlier) by RS RECYCLING LIMITED starting to provide the Services,
2.2.3. when a contract for the supply and purchase of those Services on these Conditions will be established. The Client's standard terms and conditions (if any) attached to, enclosed with or referred to in any purchase order or other Document shall not govern the Contract in any respect.
2.3. Quotes are given by RS RECYCLING LIMITED on the basis that no Contract shall come into existence except in accordance with condition 2.2. Any Quote is valid for a period of 30 days from the date marked on it, provided that RS RECYCLING LIMITED has not previously withdrawn it, and is only capable of acceptance after this date by RS RECYCLING LIMITED.
3. Commencement and Duration
3.1. The Services supplied under the Contract shall be provided by RS RECYCLING LIMITED to the Client from the date specified in the Quote.
3.2. The Services supplied under the Contract shall continue to be supplied until RS RECYCLING LIMITED’s obligations under the Contract have been fulfilled in accordance with the Quote unless the Contract is terminated in accordance with conditions 5, 10, or 11.
3.3. Any dates or times stated in the Quote are estimates only and such dates or times shall not be of the essence.
4. RS RECYCLING LIMITED's Obligations
4.1. RS RECYCLING LIMITED shall use reasonable endeavours to provide the Services to the Client in accordance with all material respects of the Quote.
4.2. RS RECYCLING LIMITED shall use reasonable endeavours to meet any dates specified in the Quote but any such dates shall be estimates only and time shall not be of the essence.
4.3. If RS RECYCLING LIMITED attends the Client’s premises then RS RECYCLING LIMITED shall use reasonable endeavours to observe all health and safety rules and regulations and any other reasonable security requirements that apply at the Client's premises and that have been communicated to it under condition 5.1(b), provided that it shall not be liable under the Contract if, as a result of such observation, it is in breach of any of its obligations under the Contract.
5. Client's Obligations
5.1. The Client shall:
5.1.1. be responsible (at its own cost) for preparing and maintaining the Collection Point (if any) in accordance with all Relevant Legislation, before and during the supply of the Services at those premises;
5.1.2. inform RS RECYCLING LIMITED of all health and safety rules and regulations and any other reasonable security requirements that apply at the Client's premises;
5.1.3. comply with all Relevant Legislation and agrees to indemnify RS RECYCLING LIMITED in respect of any breach of the Relevant Legislation.
5.1.4. Upon learning of any breach, or potential breach, the Client must;
5.1.4.1. notify RS RECYCLING LIMITED immediately and upon notification, RS RECYCLING LIMITED has a discretion to;
5.1.4.1.1. remedy the breach at the Client’s cost, or;
5.1.4.1.2. notify the Client to remove the Waste at the Client’s own cost and pay RS RECYCLING LIMITED for any costs incurred up until and including the date of removal.
5.1.4.1.3. ensure that all Client's Equipment is in good working order and suitable for the purposes for which it is used and conforms to all Relevant Legislation;
5.1.4.1.4. obtain and maintain all necessary or appropriate licences and consents;
5.1.4.1.5. ensure that, if either a sample or description of the Waste is provided to RS RECYCLING LIMITED, that the sample or description is a real and proper reflection of the Waste and if not, the Client agrees to either;
5.1.4.1.5.1. remove the Waste at its own cost;
5.1.4.1.5.2. pay RS RECYCLING LIMITED for any costs RS RECYCLING LIMITED has incurred up until and including the date of removal and;
5.1.4.1.5.3. pay RS RECYCLING LIMITED an administration fee being 20% of the Quote and/or;
5.1.4.1.5.4. pay RS RECYCLING LIMITED any additional costs (including a profit element) incurred to dispose of the Waste which does not accord to the sample or description.
5.2. If RS RECYCLING LIMITED's performance of its obligations under the Contract is prevented or delayed by any act or omission of the Client, its agents, sub-contractors or employees, RS RECYCLING LIMITED shall not be liable for any costs, charges or losses sustained or incurred by the Client arising directly or indirectly from such prevention or delay.
5.3. The Client shall hold harmless and indemnify RS RECYCLING LIMITED, it's Directors, Officers and Employees, and shall be liable to pay to RS RECYCLING LIMITED on demand, all costs, charges or losses sustained or incurred by RS RECYCLING LIMITED (including any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit and loss of reputation, loss or damage to property and those arising from injury to or death of any person and loss of opportunity to deploy resources elsewhere) arising directly or indirectly from the Client's fraud, negligence, failure to perform or delay in the performance of any of its obligations under the Contract or Relevant Legislation, subject to RS RECYCLING LIMITED confirming such costs, charges and losses to the Client in writing.
5.4. The Client shall not, without the prior written consent of RS RECYCLING LIMITED, at any time from the date of the Contract to the expiry of twelve months after the last date of supply of the Services or termination of the Contract, solicit or entice away from RS RECYCLING LIMITED or employ or attempt to employ any person who is, or has been, engaged as an employee or sub-contractor of RS RECYCLING LIMITED in the provision of the Services.
5.5. Any consent given by RS RECYCLING LIMITED in accordance with condition 5.4 shall be subject to the Client paying to RS RECYCLING LIMITED a sum equivalent to 20% of the then current annual remuneration of RS RECYCLING LIMITED's employee or sub-contractor or, if higher, 20% of the annual remuneration to be paid by the Client to that employee or sub-contractor.
5.6. At the Client's Premises or Collection Point:
5.6.1. The Client is responsible for the safety of RS RECYCLING LIMITED's employees, sub-contractors and agents while they are on the Client's premises or collection point.
5.6.2. If any of RS RECYCLING LIMITED's vehicles have to operate on the Client's premises, you must make sure that they can do so without delay and without any risk to the vehicle, its driver, its equipment or its load and without obstructing any public highway.
5.6.3. if any of RS RECYCLING LIMITED's vehicles have to cross a pavement to enter the Client's premises, the Client must undertake first to obtain the consent of the relevant local authority for RS RECYCLING LIMITED's Employee's, Sub-contractors and Agent's vehicles to do so.
5.7. Before RS RECYCLING LIMITED collect any Waste or process it (whichever happens first) the Client must:
5.7.1. Advise RS RECYCLING LIMITED if the nature of any of the Waste has changed (in which case RS RECYCLING LIMITED have rights under 8.2 below);
5.7.2. Clearly label each container of Waste with a description of its contents; and
5.7.3. Provide all information which RS RECYCLING LIMITED may need to comply with all laws and regulations which apply to RS RECYCLING LIMITED's provision of the services.
5.7.4. The Client warrants and agrees that at all times the Waste Material and Substances that the Client presents for removal pursuant to the Contract shall exclude any Materials and Substances not included in the Waste Stream(s) detailed in the Quote and that all information in the Declaration Form and our Quotation is true and accurate and contains no omissions. Should there be any Waste Material that is destined for the shredder then the Client warrants and agrees that there are no metal or other foreign objects in the waste.
5.8. If RS RECYCLING LIMITED collect waste from the Client's premises the Client must:
5.8.1. In the case of liquid waste, connect the hose from RS RECYCLING LIMITED's Employee's, Sub-contractors and Agent's vehicle to the Client's discharge point; and
5.8.2. Operate all equipment (except for any on RS RECYCLING LIMITED's vehicle) needed to load the Waste on to RS RECYCLING LIMITED's vehicle.
5.8.3. The Client must load all Equipment safely (so as not to be over-weight) and prevent Waste Containers from being over filled. The client will only put the appropriately described Waste in the Equipment.
6. Fees, Charges and Payment
6.1.1. In consideration of the provision of the Services the Customer shall pay the Prices and Charges as set out in the Quote or as the case may be as set out in condition 6.2 which will apply if RS RECYCLING LTD provides the Service on a time and material basis. The remainder of this Condition shall apply in either case.
6.2. Where the Services are provided on a time and materials basis:
6.2.1. the charges payable for the Services shall be calculated in accordance with RS RECYCLING LIMITED's standard daily fee rates, as amended from time to time;
6.2.2. RS RECYCLING LIMITED's standard daily fee rates for each individual person are calculated on the basis of an eight-hour day, worked between 8.00 am and 5.00 pm on weekdays (excluding public holidays);
6.2.3. RS RECYCLING LIMITED shall be entitled to charge a premium rate on a pro-rata basis for each part day or for any time worked by individuals whom it engages on the Services outside the hours referred to in condition 6.2.2. (The overtime rate is 200% of the normal daily fee)
6.2.4. All charges quoted to the Client shall be exclusive of VAT which RS RECYCLING LIMITED will add to its invoices at the appropriate rate.
6.3. RS RECYCLING LTD’s fees and charges for services are set out in the Contract or Quotation.
6.3.1. If any Waste does not conform to any physical or chemical description and samples supplied to us or if the actual costs of processing the Waste concerned are more than those allowed for by us then at our discretion we may:
6.3.1.1.1.1. increase our fees and charges (without prior notification) for the collection and processing of the relevant Waste; or
6.3.1.1.1.2. refuse to collect or process the relevant Waste, ask you to remove the Waste if it has been collected by us and treat the Contract as ended, but without affecting our rights to make any claims against you.
6.3.1.1.1.3. Subject to 6.3 above, if we proposed to increase our fees and charges, we will write to you. You will have fourteen days within which to object to any increase. If you do not object, the increase will take effect immediately. If you do object, we may end the Contract immediately by written notice to you.
6.3.1.1.1.4. We will review and may change our fees and charges if there are any agreed variations to the Services. You agree to indemnify us against any resulting costs, claims, demands, actions and liabilities arising out of our connection with any agreed variation of the Services.
6.4. The Client shall pay each invoice submitted to it by RS RECYCLING LIMITED, in full and in cleared funds, within 30 days of receipt, unless other terms have been agreed in writing.
6.5. Without prejudice to any other right or remedy that it may have, if the Client fails to pay RS RECYCLING LIMITED on the due date, RS RECYCLING LIMITED may:
6.5.1. charge interest on such sum from the due date for payment at the annual rate of 8% above the base lending rate from time to time of HSBC Bank Plc, accruing on a daily basis and being compounded quarterly until payment is made, whether before or after any judgment and RS RECYCLING LIMITED may claim interest under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998; and
6.5.2. suspend all Services until payment has been made in full.
6.6. Time for payment shall be of the essence of the Contract.
6.7. All sums payable to RS RECYCLING LIMITED under this the Contract shall become due immediately on its termination, despite any other provision. This Condition 6.7 is without prejudice to any right to claim for interest under the law, or any such right under the Contract.
6.8. RS RECYCLING LIMITED may, without prejudice to any other rights it may have, set off any liability of the Client to RS RECYCLING LIMITED against any liability of RS RECYCLING LIMITED to the Client.
7. Confidentiality and RS RECYCLING LIMITED's Property
7.1. The Client shall keep in strict confidence all technical or commercial know-how, specifications, inventions, processes or initiatives which are of a confidential nature and have been disclosed to the Client by RS RECYCLING LIMITED, its employees, agents or sub-contractors and any other confidential information concerning RS RECYCLING LIMITED's business or its products which the Client may obtain. The Client shall restrict disclosure of such confidential material to such of its employees, agents or sub-contractors as need to know the same for the purpose of discharging the Client's obligations to RS RECYCLING LIMITED, and shall ensure that such employees, agents or sub-contractors are subject to obligations of confidentiality corresponding to those which bind the Client.
7.2. All materials, containers, equipment and tools, project drawings, reports, specifications and data supplied by RS RECYCLING LIMITED to the Client shall, at all times, be and remain the exclusive property of RS RECYCLING LIMITED, but shall be held by the Client in safe custody at its own risk and maintained and kept in good condition by the Client until returned to RS RECYCLING LIMITED, and shall not be disposed of or used other than in accordance with RS RECYCLING LIMITED's written instructions or authorisation.
7.3. This Condition 7 shall survive termination of the Contract, however arising.
8. Limitation of Liability
8.1. This Condition 8 sets out the entire financial liability of RS RECYCLING LIMITED (including any liability for the acts or omissions of its employees, agents and sub-contractors) to the Client in respect of:
8.1.1. any breach of the Contract;
8.1.2. any use made by the Client of the Services, or any part of them; and
8.1.3. any representation, statement or tortious act or omission (including negligence) arising under or in connection with the Contract.
8.2. All warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
8.3. Nothing in these Conditions limits or excludes the liability of RS RECYCLING LIMITED:
8.3.1. for death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or
8.3.2. for any damage or liability incurred by the Client as a result of fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation by RS RECYCLING LIMITED; or
8.4. Subject to Condition 8.2 and Condition 8.3, RS RECYCLING LIMITED shall not be liable for:
8.4.1. loss of profits; or
8.4.2. loss of business; or
8.4.3. depletion of goodwill and/or similar losses; or
8.4.4. loss of anticipated savings; or
8.4.5. loss of goods; or
8.4.6. loss of contract; or
8.4.7. loss of use; or
8.4.8. loss of corruption of data or information; or
8.4.9. any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss, costs, damages, charges or expenses.
8.5. RS RECYCLING LIMITED's total liability in contract, tort (including negligence or breach of statutory duty), misrepresentation, restitution or otherwise arising in connection with the performance or contemplated performance of the Contract shall be limited to the price paid for the Services.
9. Data Protection
9.1. The Client acknowledges and agrees that details of the Client's name, address and payment record may be submitted to a credit reference agency, and personal data will be processed by and on behalf of RS RECYCLING LIMITED in connection with the Services.
10. Termination
10.1. Subject to Condition 10.3, the Contract shall terminate automatically on completion of the Services in accordance with the Quote:
10.2. Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies which the parties may have, RS RECYCLING LIMITED may terminate the Contract without liability to the Client on giving the Client not less than 14 days written notice or immediately on giving notice to the Client if:
10.2.1. the Client commits a material breach of any of the terms of the Contract; or
10.2.2. an order is made or a resolution is passed for the winding up of the Client, or circumstances arise which entitle a court of competent jurisdiction to make a winding-up order of the Client; or
10.2.3. an order is made for the appointment of an administrator to manage the affairs, business and property of the Client, or documents are filed with a court of competent jurisdiction for the
10.2.4. appointment of an administrator of the Client, or notice of intention to appoint an administrator is given by the Client or its directors or by a qualify;
10.2.5. a receiver is appointed of any of the Client’s assets or undertaking, or circumstances arise which entitle a court of competent jurisdiction or a creditor to appoint a receiver or manager of the Client, or if any other person takes possession of or sells the Client’s assets; or
10.2.6. the Client makes any arrangement or composition with its creditors, or makes an application to a court of competent jurisdiction for the protection of its creditors in any way; or
10.2.7. the Client ceases, or threatens to cease, to trade; or
10.2.8. there is a change of control of the Client; or
10.2.9. the Client takes or suffers any similar or analogous action in any jurisdiction in consequence of debt.
10.3. On termination of the Contract for any reason:
10.3.1. the Client shall immediately pay to RS RECYCLING LIMITED all of RS RECYCLING LIMITED's outstanding unpaid invoices and interest and, in respect of Services supplied but for which no invoice has been submitted, RS RECYCLING LIMITED may submit an invoice, which shall be payable immediately on receipt;
10.3.2. the accrued rights of the parties as at termination and the continuation of any provision expressly stated to survive or implicitly surviving termination, shall not be affected.
11. Force Majeure
11.1. RS RECYCLING LIMITED shall have no liability to the Client under the Contract if it is prevented from or delayed in performing its obligations under Contract or from carrying on its business by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond its reasonable control, including strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving the workforce of RS RECYCLING LIMITED 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 or default of RS RECYCLING LIMITED’s or RS RECYCLING LIMITED’s sub-contractors.
11.2. If RS RECYCLING LIMITED’s exit route is blocked by any of the circumstances set out in condition 11.1, and no reasonable alternative exit routes are available, RS RECYCLING LIMITED is entitled to;
11.2.1. return the Waste to the Client and upon doing so, reimburse the Client for any amounts already paid for the provision of the Services under the Quote; and
11.2.2. receive full reimbursement of the costs incurred in order to return the Waste to the Client, being payable on demand.
12. Variation
12.1. Notwithstanding any other Condition of this Contract, no variation of the Contract or these Conditions or of any of the documents referred to in them shall be valid unless it is in writing and signed by a Director of RS RECYCLING LIMITED.
13. Waiver
13.1. A waiver of any right under the Contract is only effective if it is in writing and it applies only to the party to whom the waiver is addressed and the circumstances for which it is given.
13.2. Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising under the Contract are cumulative and do not exclude rights provided by law.
14. Severance
14.1. If any provision (or part of a provision) of the Contract is found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal, the other provisions will remain in force.
14.2. If any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision would be valid, enforceable or legal if some part of it were deleted, that provision will apply with whatever modification is necessary to make it valid, enforceable and legal.
14.3. The parties agree, in the circumstances referred to in condition 14.1 and if Condition 14.2 does not apply, to attempt to substitute for any invalid, unenforceable or illegal provision a valid, enforceable and legal provision which achieves to the greatest extent possible the same effect as would have been achieved by the invalid or unenforceable provision.
15. Status of Pre-Contractual Statements
15.1. Each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that, in entering into the Contract it does not rely on any undertaking, promise, assurance, statement, representation, warranty or understanding (whether in writing or not) of any person (whether party to these terms and conditions or not) relating to the subject matter of the Contract, other than as expressly set out in the Contract.
16. Assignment
16.1. The Client shall not, without the prior written consent of RS RECYCLING LIMITED, assign, transfer, charge, sub-contract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under the Contract.
16.2. RS RECYCLING LIMITED may at any time assign, transfer, charge, sub-contract or deal in any other manner with all or any of its rights or obligations under the Contract.
17. Rights of third parties
17.1. The Contract is made for the benefit of the parties identified in the Quote and (where applicable) their successors and permitted assigns and is not intended to benefit, or be enforceable by, anyone else.
18. Notices
18.1. Notice given under the Contract to the Client shall be in writing, sent for the attention of the person, and to the address given in the Contract (or such other address or person as the relevant party may notify to the other party), in the case of RS RECYCLING LIMITED, sent to its registered office 11 Portman Road, Pimperne, Dorset DT11 8UJ and in each case shall be delivered personally or sent by pre-paid, first-class post. A notice is deemed to have been received, if delivered personally, at the time of delivery, in the case of pre-paid first-class post, 48 hours from the date of posting and, if deemed receipt under this condition 18.0 is not within business hours (meaning 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday on a day that is a business day), at 9.00 am on the first business day following delivery. To prove service, it is sufficient to prove that the envelope containing the notice was properly addressed and posted.
19. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
19.1. The Contract and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of England and Wales.
19.2. The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with the Contract or its subject matter.
20. Bribery and Corruption
20.1. To the extent that any Anti-Bribery Laws apply to any aspect of the relationship between the Company and the Customer, including any Associated Persons of either party, the Customer shall, in relation to the contract:
20.1.1. comply with any Anti-Bribery Laws;
20.1.2. comply with the Anti-Bribery Policies;
20.1.3. have and maintain in place throughout the term of this Contract its own policies and procedures, including, but not limited to, adequate Procedures to ensure compliance with the Anti-Bribery Laws and the Anti-Bribery Policies and will enforce them where appropriate;
20.1.4. promptly report to the company any offer, promise, or giving of, or any request for, agreement to receive, or acceptance of any undue financial or other advantage of any kind, to or by the Customer or the Company or any Associated Persons of either of the same, in connection with the performance of the Contract;
20.1.5. if so required by the Company at any time, certify to the Company in writing, signed by an officer of the customer, compliance with the Condition 20 by the customer and all of its Associated Persons, providing also such supporting evidence of compliance as the Company may reasonably request;
20.2. The Customer hereby warrants to the Company that there has been no breach by it of the Anti-Bribery Laws and the Anti-Bribery Policies in connection with the procurement and/or negotiation of the contract.
21. Modern Slavery Act 2015
21.1. To the extent that any Anti-Slavery Laws apply to any aspect of the relationship between the Company and the Customer, including any Associated Persons of either party, the Customer shall, in relation to the contract:
21.1.1. comply with any Anti-Slavery Laws;
21.1.2. comply with the Anti-Slavery Policies;
21.1.3. have and maintain in place throughout the term of this Contract its own policies and procedures, including, but not limited to, adequate Procedures to ensure compliance with the Anti-Slavery Laws and the Anti-Slavery Policies and will enforce them where appropriate;
21.1.4. if so required by the Company at any time, certify to the Company in writing within 30 days of a written request, signed by an officer of the customer, what steps have been taken to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in
21.1.4.1. in any of its supply chains
21.1.4.2. in any part of its own business;
21.1.4.3. Or provide a statement that the organisation has taken no such steps
21.2. The Customer hereby warrants to the Company that there has been no breach by it of the Anti-Slavery Laws and the Anti-Slavery in connection with the procurement and/or negotiation of the contract.
UPDATED: 13TH AUGUST 2018