1. This quotation is subject to vehicles and drivers being available when
confirmation of the hire is received.
2. If the hire takes longer than contracted for, or if a longer alternative
route is taken, the Company reserves the right to make an additional charge.
3. The Company cannot be held responsible for any delay, or variation in
route, or inconvenience, or loss which may arise from any such delay.
4. The Company cannot be held responsible for any damage to or loss of property
left in a vehicle. Property left in vehicles is entirely at the passenger’s
own risk.
5. No bill or poster may be displayed in a vehicle except with the written
consent of the Company.
6. Payment in full is required not later than fourteen days after receipt
of the invoice.
7. The hirer of the vehicle must not cause the driver or the Company to
contravene the Road Traffic Act 1988 and/or its amendments, nor the EEC Drivers’ Hours
Regulations and/or amendments.
8. No one other than the named driver may drive the vehicle, unless this
is agreed in advance and the other drivers are all employees of Plymouth
CityCoach (full time, part time or casual) and have provided copies of
their vocational licences to the Company.
9. If separate payments are made by passengers, neither the hirer nor any
other person should receive remuneration in any form for organising the hire.
10. The hirer or any other person shall not advertise to the public the
hire.
11. In the event of cancellation by the hirer, a £15 charge or a 10%
charge of total hire value, whichever the greater, will be made if cancellation
is notified more than 48 hours before the date of hire. If less that 48 hours
notice of cancellation is given, a cancellation charge of up to 75% of the
total hire price will be made.
12. The Company shall not be liable to the hirer for any loss or damage
suffered by the hirer in his trade, business or profession, as a result of
the death or personal injury to any passenger with whom the hirer has a contract
of employment or a contract for services, whether such a death or personal
injury be caused by negligence, default or misconduct of the Company or their
servants or their agents or otherwise. This is provided that nothing in this
condition shall exempt the Company form liability to the hirer in respect
of any claim to which Section 143-156 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 applies.
13. In the event of customers causing damage to vehicles, or of excessive
cleaning requirements, the Company reserves the right to make appropriate
charges to the hirer named overleaf.
14. In the event that the hirer fails to make any payment when it becomes
due, the Company reserves the right to:
i) withhold all retrospective discounts and rebates otherwise due.
ii) defer or cancel any further bookings
iii) charge interest on any sum due after the date payment was due in respect
of services sold and provided, at 3% (three per cent) per annum over National
Westminster Bank Base Rate for the time being in force, which the Company may
incur in recovering such outstanding sums.
15. The Company will make a search with a credit reference agency, which
will keep a record of that search and will share that information with other
businesses. The Company may also make enquiries about the principal directors
with a credit reference agency.
PLYMOUTH CITYCOACH IS A TRADING NAME OF PLYMOUTH CITYBUS LTD. REGISTERED
IN ENGLAND 2004966.
