GENERAL
SELFSTORE, KINROSS (the company) undertakes all services subject solely to the following conditions, which can be varied only in writing by the company.
The Customer warrants that it is either the owner of the goods or is authorised by the owner to accept these Conditions on the owner's behalf. The Customer further warrants and undertakes that:-
When presented for storage, the goods will be securely and properly packed and in such condition as not to cause damage or injury or the likelihood of damage to the property of the company or any other goods.
All goods are stored at its sole risk and expense and it shall insure the goods against all insurable risk at full replacement value.
LIABILITY
The Company does not insure the goods and the customer should make arrangements to cover the goods against all insurable risk to the full replacement value thereof.
The Company shall not be liable for any loss, damage or injury to the customer's goods (except insofar as liability cannot be excluded in terms of The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977) or unless such loss, damage or injury shall have arisen as a result of the negligent act or default on the part of the Company or its employees.
The Company shall not be liable for any claims unless it has been notified in writing to the Company within 21 days of the cause of the claim coming to the Customers' knowledge or of the goods being removed by the customer, whichever is the later.
The benefit of these Conditions shall extend to all the employees from time to time of the Company, who shall each be entitled to every right, defence and exemption of limitation of liability to which the Company is entitled hereunder.
In any of these circumstances referred to below hereof, and otherwise with written consent of the Customer, the company shall be entitled to arrange for any part of the service to be performed by other contractors, and in this event these terms and conditions shall apply to such services.
The circumstances referred to above hereof are storm, flood, fire, riot, industrial dispute, labour disturbance or any other emergency reasonably requiring such action by the Company.
The Customer shall reimburse all duties and taxes that the Company maybe required to pay in respect of the goods.
CHARGES, PAYMENTS AND LIEN
The Company's charges, which may increase from time to time with at least 21 days prior notice to the Customer, shall be payable in advance of each complete period of four weeks plus VAT payable in respect of each complete period of four weeks during the period of storage and in any event for the duration of this agreement. The Company shall not be bound to allow the removal by the Customer or a person authorised by the Customer of the goods from the Company by the Customer before all amounts due to the Company have been paid. Interest on amounts due and unpaid shall be payable from the date when payments of such amounts are due and shall be calculated on a daily basis at the rate of 8 per cent per annum. Further, the Company shall have a general as well as a particular lien on the goods for the payment of all amounts due from the Customer on any account during the whole period of the exercise of such lien the Company may continue to charge its four weekly storage charges.
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