This page provides information about who we are and the legal terms and conditions that may apply to your use of this website and the sale of any product or service you order from us.

To help you find the information you are looking for, we have divided Terms & Conditions into 3 Sections.

PART 1: INFORMATION ABOUT ABLE INSTRUMENTS & CONTROLS

This website is owned and operated by ABLE Instruments & Controls.
ABLE Instruments & Controls Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales(company registration number 01851002) whose registered office is at Cutbush Park, Danehill, Lower Earley, Reading. Berkshire. RG6 4UT. UK. Our registered VAT number is GB 417 2481 61.
If you want to ask us anything (whether about our products and services, this website, any of our terms and conditions or otherwise), then please contact us.

PART 2: WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

These website terms and conditions (“Website Terms”) apply to your use of the ‘247able’ website at www.247able.com (the “Website”). You must read these Website Terms carefully, and we recommend that you print and keep a copy for your future reference. By accessing, browsing, using or registering with the Website, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to these Website Terms in their entirety. If you do not agree to these Website Terms in their entirety, you must not use this Website.

Your use of this Website

You must only use this Website for lawful purposes, and you must not use it in a way that infringes the rights of anyone else or that restricts or inhibits anyone else’s enjoyment of the Website.
You may use, download and print content on the Website solely for your own personal use or internal business purposes. Other than for your own personal use or internal business purposes, you may not without our prior written consent:
copy, reproduce, use or otherwise deal with any content on the Website; modify, distribute or re-post any content on the Website for any purpose; reproduce, crawl, frame, link to or deep-link into this Website on or from any other website;
use the content of the Website for any commercial exploitation whatsoever.

Password/account security

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account and any activities that occur under your account. ABLE Instruments & Controls Ltd shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage which may arise as a result of any failure by you to protect your password or account.

Ownership of rights

All rights, including copyright and other intellectual property rights, in and to this Website are owned by or licensed to ABLE Instruments & Controls Ltd. If you acquire any copyright or other intellectual property rights in the Website (whether by operation of law or otherwise), then you agree to assign those rights to us (including any rights you may have in user generated content that you submit through the Website) on a worldwide basis absolutely to the fullest extent permitted by law. You will also unconditionally and irrevocably waive any and all moral rights you acquire in or to the Website.
You further agree to execute all such documents and do all such acts and things as we may reasonably require in order to assign any such rights to us and to waive any moral rights you acquire in or to the Website.

Accuracy of content

To the extent permitted by applicable law, ABLE Instruments & Controls Ltd disclaims all representations and warranties, express or implied, that content or information displayed in or on this Website is accurate, complete, up-to-date and/or does not infringe the rights of any third party. The views expressed in user generated content are the opinions of those users and do not represent the views, opinions, beliefs or values of ABLE Instruments.

Damage to your computer or other device

ABLE Instruments & Controls Ltd uses reasonable efforts to ensure that this Website is free from viruses and other malicious or harmful content. However, we cannot guarantee that your use of this Website (including any content on it or any website accessible from it) will not cause damage to your computer or other device. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the right equipment (including antivirus software) to use the Website safely and to screen out anything that may damage or harm your computer or other device. Except where required by applicable law, ABLE Instruments shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage they suffer as a result of viruses or other malicious or harmful content that they access from or via the Website.

Links to other websites

We have placed links on this Website to other websites we think you may want to visit. We do not vet these websites and do not have any control over their contents. Except where required by applicable law, ABLE Instruments cannot accept any liability in respect of the use of these websites.

Exclusions of liability

We exclude all representations, warranties, conditions and terms (whether express or implied by statute, common law or otherwise) to the fullest extent permitted by law. We accept no liability for any losses or damages which are not reasonably foreseeable arising out of or in connection with these Website Terms or your use of the Website.
Except to the extent required by applicable law, ABLE Instruments shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage which may arise from the use of or reliance on any content or information displayed in or on this Website.
These exclusions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. If any provision of these disclaimers and exclusions shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable then that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
Nothing in these Website Terms shall exclude or limit our liability for personal injury or death caused by our negligence. In addition, these Website Terms shall not limit or exclude any other liability that we are not permitted to limit or exclude under applicable law.

Third party rights

Only you and ABLE Instruments shall be entitled to enforce these Website Terms. No third party shall be entitled to enforce any of these Website Terms, whether by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.

Entire Agreement

These Website Terms (including, where applicable, our Privacy Policy, our General Terms and Conditions of Sale our Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale set out the entire agreement between you and us and supersede any and all prior terms, conditions, warranties and/or representations to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Law, jurisdiction and language

Any matter that arises out of your use of this Website (including any contract entered between you and us through the Website) shall be governed by English law and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. All contracts shall be concluded in English.

Changes to these Website Terms

We reserve the right to change and update these Website Terms from time to time and recommend that you revisit this page regularly to keep informed of the current Website Terms that apply to your use of the Website. By continuing to access, browse and use this Website, you will be deemed to have agreed to any changes or updates to our Website Terms.

PART 3: GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE

General

The following conditions shall apply to all orders/contracts accepted or entered into by ABLE Instruments & Controls Ltd, hereinafter called “The Company”, and all other conditions whatsoever are excluded from the contract, or any variation thereof, unless expressly accepted by the Company in writing.

Prices

All prices quoted by the Company are ex-works and the Purchaser shall in addition pay all charges for carriage, insurance and (where appropriate) any export duties. All prices will be subject to surcharge in the event of any increase in wages, in the cost of raw materials, or fluctuations in foreign currencies, although every endeavour will be made to ensure that prices quoted are maintained at date of despatch. When products are sold without quotation they will be charged at price prevailing at the date of collection or despatch from the Company.

Despatch

  1. Delivery dates are given as accurately as possible but are not guaranteed. Under no circumstances will late delivery entitle the Purchaser to treat the contract as repudiated or to claim damages.
  2. The Company may invoice the Purchaser at the earlier of the following dates:-
    1. The date goods are shipped.
    2. The date goods are ready for shipment but are held pending instruction from the Purchaser.

Packing

Where goods are supplied packed in returnable cases, a separate charge will be made to cover the cost thereof, which will be credited in full only if the empty case is returned to the Company within 4 weeks and in good condition.

Carriage

Delivery of goods to the carrier shall constitute delivery thereof to the Purchaser, and thereafter such goods shall be at the Purchaser’s risk. Any claims for damages or shortages occurring after such delivery should be directed by the Purchaser to the carrier. Any such claims should be made within 14 days of delivery receipt.

Liability

The company warrants to the Purchaser that any goods which prove to be defective in material or workmanship, and which are returned to the Company within 12 months from the date of the original shipment, will be repaired or replaced without charge subject to:-

  1. The defect being proven to the satisfaction of the Company.
  2. The goods being supplied by the Company.
  3. No liability is accepted by the Company for any labour charges incurred in replacing parts or complete equipment under guarantee. Site visits requested for inspection or fitting/commissioning replacement items and any associated visit expenses will be chargeable at our current service rates. Save as aforesaid, no liability is accepted by the Company for any loss, destruction, damage or injury suffered by the Purchaser, or any other person arising from the purchase, storage, handling use or resale of goods purchased from the Company.

Returned Goods

Save as aforesaid, the Company is under no obligation to accept goods returned by the Purchaser and will do so only on terms to be agreed in writing.

Force Majeure

The Company shall not be liable for failure to ship, or delay in shipment, due to any cause outside the reasonable control of the Company including / but not limited to, non availability of materials, shortage of transport facilities or delays in transit, governmental administration laws and / or regulations affecting the Company’s performance.

Termination or Changes

The Company reserves the right to unilaterally terminate any Contract of Sale, or suspend delivery of goods to any Purchaser forthwith, by notice in writing to the Purchaser:-

  1. If compelled to do so by reasons outside the Company’s control.
  2. In the event of failure by such Purchaser to pay any sums outstanding due to the Company.
  3. If such Purchaser shall pass any resolution for winding up, or be the subject of any bankruptcy proceedings, or a receiver is appointed for the whole of, or part of, the Purchaser’s assets.
    In the event of the Purchaser wishing to terminate or change the contract the Company will, without prejudice to its other rights, require a payment from the Purchaser to cover any non-recoverable costs incurred up to the time of termination.

Representations

No statement, description, information, warranty, condition or documentation contained in any catalogue, price list, advertisement, drawings or communication, or made verbally by any agents or employees of the Company shall be construed to enlarge, vary or override, in anyway, any of these conditions.

Purchaser Conditions of Purchase

In the event of any conflict, these Conditions of Sale shall prevail over the conditions set out in Purchaser’s enquiries or Purchaser’s order.

Service Visits

Conditions covering site visits are available upon request.

Proper Law

The contract shall in all aspects be governed by English Law and shall be deemed to be made in England and the Purchaser and the Company agree to submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.