Supply of Goods & Terms
The specimen terms and conditions, designed for publication on a website, contain provisions dealing with the sale and purchase of goods via the website. The website owner may rely on such terms in relation to the sale of any product offered for sale to the general public on his website.
The terms include provisions generally found in a supplier's standard terms of supply, such as conditions dealing with the supply of, the price of and payment for the goods, restrictions of the supplier's potential liabilities and general boilerplate provisions.
However, they also address issues specific to contracts made at a distance and, in particular, contracts made on the internet, including:
- A description of how the online contract is formed.
- Provisions concerning a consumer's right to cancel an online contract.
- Provisions clarifying the situation in relation to contracts with minors and with customers situated outside the United Kingdom.
To ensure that customers are legally bound by them, website terms and conditions must be properly incorporated into the contract between the online supplier and the customer. As in an offline context, the specimen terms and conditions will only be "incorporated" into the contract (and therefore be legally binding) if the terms are brought to the other party's attention before the contract is made.
In an online context, this can be done either by inserting a hyperlink to a separate page where the terms and conditions are displayed (giving the customer the option to follow the link or not), or by requiring the customer to scroll through all the terms and conditions before he is allowed to place an order.
Both of the Stay Legal products include a Supply of Goods and Terms document which will outline the conditions in the supply, the price and the payment of goods and services through your website to avoid any internet law issues outlined above.
Sample Supply of Goods & Terms
This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms and conditions on which we supply any of the products (Products) listed on our website [DOMAIN ADDRESS] (our site) to you. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before ordering any Products from our site. You should understand that by ordering any of our Products, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
You should print a copy of these terms and conditions for future reference.
Please click on the button marked "I Accept" at the end of these terms and conditions if you accept them. Please understand that if you refuse to accept these terms and conditions, you will not be able to order any Products from our site.
1. INFORMATION ABOUT US
1.1 [DOMAIN ADDRESS] is a site operated by [NAME OF COMPANY] (we). We are registered in England and Wales under company number [COMPANY NUMBER] and with our registered office at [COMPANY ADDRESS]. Our main trading address is [TRADING ADDRESS]. Our VAT number is [VAT NUMBER].
1.2 We are regulated by [NAME OF RELEVANT REGULATOR].
1.3 [OTHER REQUIREMENTS APPLYING TO PARTICULAR PROFESSIONS]
2. SERVICE AVAILABILITY
[Our site is only intended for use by people resident in the Serviced Countries [INSERT AS LINK TO LIST OF SERVICED COUNTRIES]. We do not accept orders from individuals outside those countries. Some restrictions are placed on the extent to which we accept orders from specific countries. These restrictions can be found on our Serviced ...
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