Terms of Service
Last Updated Monday 5th December 2022 at 11:06
Please read these Terms carefully. All contracts that the Provider may enter into for the provision of the Hosted Data Platform Services (Hosted Services) shall be governed by these Terms of service, and the Provider will ask for the Customer’s acceptance of these terms before providing any such services to the Customer.
1. Definitions
1.1 In these Terms of service:
“Access Credentials” means the usernames, passwords and other credentials enabling access to the Hosted Services, including both access credentials for the User Interface and access credentials for any connections inclusive of APIs, Forms and CMS;
“Agreement” means a contract made under this Terms of service between the Provider and the Customer;
“API” means the application programming interface for the Hosted Services defined by the Provider and made available by the Provider to the Customer;
“Business Day” means any weekday (Monday to Friday) other than a bank or public holiday in England/Wales;
“Business Hours” means the hours of 09:00 to 17:00 GMT/BST on a Business Day;
“Charges” means the amounts specified as per the subscription and add on options selected on/from the Effective Date;
“Customer” means the person or entity identified as such in the Services Order Form;
“Customer Data” means all data, works and materials: uploaded to or stored on the Platform by the Customer; transmitted by the Platform at the instigation of the Customer; supplied by the Customer to the Provider for uploading to, transmission by or storage on the Platform; or generated by the Platform as a result of the use of the Hosted Services by the Customer (but excluding analytics data relating to the use of the Platform and server log files);
“Customer Personal Data” means any customer Personal Data that is processed by the provider on behalf of the Customer, in relation to this Agreement and shall be treated inline with the Privacy Policy of the Company and with EU and UK GDPR law and regulation which are all incorporated into this Agreement by reference to them.
“Company Policies and Security” where any terms in this Agreement reference a company policy or security, the reference to that policy or security, shall have the effect of incorporating the same into the terms of this contract. These policies are available to view through the link this document or on the company website.
“Data Protection Laws” means the EU GDPR, The Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPR and all other applicable laws relating to the processing of Personal Data;
“Documentation” means the documentation for the Hosted Services produced by the Provider and delivered or made available by the Provider to the Customer;
“Effective Date” means following the Customer completing and submitting the online Services Order Form published by the Provider on the Provider’s website, the date upon which the Provider sends to the Customer an order confirmation;
“EU GDPR” means the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and all other EU laws regulating the processing of Personal Data, as such laws may be updated, amended and superseded from time to time;
“Force Majeure Event” means an event, or a series of related events, that is outside the reasonable control of the party affected (including failures of the internet or any public telecommunications network, hacker attacks, denial of service attacks, virus or other malicious software attacks or infections, power failures, industrial disputes affecting any third party, Government act or powers, changes to the law, disasters, epidemics, pandemics, explosions, fires, floods, riots, terrorist attacks and wars);
“Hosted Services” means Configur Data Platform, which will be made available by the Provider to each Customer as a service via the internet in accordance with these Terms of Service;
“Intellectual Property Rights” means all intellectual property rights wherever in the world, whether registrable or unregistrable, registered or unregistered, including any application or right of application for such rights and these “intellectual property rights” include copyright and related rights, database rights, confidential information, trade secrets, know-how, business names, trade names, trade marks, service marks, passing off rights, unfair competition rights, patents, petty patents, utility models, semi-conductor topography rights and rights in designs;
“Personal Data” means personal data under any of the Data Protection Laws;
“Platform” means the platform managed by the Provider and used by the Provider to provide the Hosted Services, including the application and database software for the Hosted Services, the system and server software used to provide the Hosted Services, and the computer hardware on which that application, database, system and server software is installed;
“Provider” means Configur Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales (registration number: 12249346) having its registered office at Tramshed Tech, Unit D, Pendyris St, Cardiff, CF11 6BH;
“Services” means any services that the Provider provides to the Customer, or has an obligation to provide to the Customer, under these Terms of service;
“Services Order Form” means an online order form published by the Provider and completed and submitted by the Customer to provision a subscription, incorporating these Terms of service by reference;
“Subscription” means the features and functionalities available to the Users as determined by the chosen plan and its limitations, selected during completion of the services order form or modified after the effective date from within the account settings, for the agreed charges to use the hosted services.
“Support Services” means support in relation to the use of, and the identification and resolution of errors in, the Hosted Services, but shall not include the provision of training services;
“Supported Web Browser” means the current release from time to time of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Apple Safari, or any other web browser that the Provider agrees in writing shall be supported;
“Term” means the term of the Agreement, commencing in accordance with Clause 2.1 and ending in accordance with Clause 2.2;
“Terms of service” means all the documentation containing the provisions of the Agreement, namely the main body of these Terms of service and Acceptable Use Policy, including any amendments to that documentation from time to time;
“UK GDPR” means the EU GDPR as transposed into UK law (including by the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019) and all other UK laws regulating the processing of Personal Data, as such laws may be updated, amended and superseded from time to time;
“User Interface” means the interface for the Hosted Services designed to allow individual human users to access and use the Hosted Services; and
“User” means the Customer or Employee of the Customer, who has been granted access to the Hosted Services.
2. Term
2.1 The Agreement shall come into force upon the Effective Date.
2.2 The Agreement shall continue in force indefinitely, subject to termination in accordance with Clause 16 or any other provision of these Terms of service.
2.3 Unless the parties expressly agree otherwise in writing, each Services Order Form shall create a distinct contract under these Terms of service and any terms referenced within these Terms of Services are an integral part of them..
3. Hosted Services
3.1 The Provider hereby grants to the Customer a non-exclusive licence to use the Hosted Services by means of the User Interface and all necessary APIs for storing and processing data in accordance with the Documentation during the Term.
3.2 The licence granted by the Provider to the Customer under Clause 3.1 is subject to the following limitations:
(a) the User Interface may only be used through a Supported Web Browser.
(b) the User Interface may only be accessed by a user (Customer or Employee of the Customer).
(c) the User Interface in relation to the number of users is not limited, however, is subject to usage in accordance with the fair usage policy outlined in the Acceptable Use Policy;
(d) the User Interface in relation to “linked data views” or “forms” as created in the connection centre, can be used by trusted companies/individuals of the Customer as provided access by the customer, where login credentials are not required;
(e) the User Interface in relation to CMS as created in the connection centre can be used by trusted companies/individuals of the Customer as provided access by the customer, in accordance with the procedure set defined therein;
(f) the APIs generated by the User Interface may only be used by an application or applications controlled by the Customer or the Customer has consent to use through an agreement with a third party.
3.3 Except to the extent expressly permitted in these Terms of service or required by law on a non-excludable basis, the licence granted by the Provider to the Customer under Clause 3.1 is subject to the following prohibitions:
(a) the Customer must not sub-license its right to access and use the Hosted Services;
(b) the Customer must not permit any unauthorised person or application to access or use the Hosted Services;
(c) the Customer must not use the Hosted Services to provide services to third parties without the prior written consent of the Provider;
(d) the Customer must not republish or redistribute any content or material from the Hosted Services;
(e) the Customer must not make any alteration to the Platform, except as permitted by the Documentation; and
(f) the Customer must not conduct or request that any other person conduct any load testing or penetration testing on the Platform or Hosted Services without the prior written consent of the Provider.
3.4 The Customer shall implement and maintain reasonable security measures relating to the Access Credentials to ensure that no unauthorised person or application may gain access to the Hosted Services by means of the Access Credentials.
3.5 The Provider shall use all reasonable endeavours to maintain the availability of the Hosted Services to the Customer at the gateway between the public internet and the network of the hosting services provider for the Hosted Services, but does not guarantee 100% availability.
3.6 The Customer must comply with the Acceptable Use Policy, and must ensure that all persons using the Hosted Services with the authority of the Customer or by means of the Access Credentials comply with the Acceptable Use Policy.
3.7 The Customer must not use the Hosted Services in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the Hosted Services or Platform or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the Hosted Services.
3.8 The Customer must not use the Hosted Services in any way that uses excessive Platform resources and as a result is liable to cause a material degradation in the services provided by the Provider to its other customers using the Platform; and the Customer acknowledges that the Provider may use reasonable technical measures to limit the use of Platform resources by the Customer for the purpose of assuring services to its customers generally.
3.9 The Customer must not use the Hosted Services:
(a) in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful; or
(b) in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
3.10 For the avoidance of doubt, the Customer has no right to access the software code (including object code, intermediate code and source code) of the Platform, either during or after the Term.
3.11 The provider may suspend the provisions of the Hosted services if any amount due to be paid by the customer to the provider under the Agreement is overdue and the provider has given to the customer at least 14 days written notice, following the amount becoming overdue, of its intention to suspend the Hosted services on this basis. In the event of a legitimately and notified dispute, such notification must be made within 14 days of receipt of any invoice, on any invoice the customer shall pay any undisputed portion of such invoice and upon resolution of the dispute, the agreed balance shall be immediately payable. The hosted services shall not be subject to suspension on any disputed invoice or part thereof.
4. Customer Data
4.1 The Customer hereby grants to the Provider, irrevocable during the term of the licence, a non-exclusive licence to copy, reproduce, store, distribute, publish, export, adapt, edit and translate the Customer Data to the extent reasonably required for the performance of the Provider’s obligations and the exercise of the Provider’s rights under the Agreement. The Customer also grants to the Provider the right to sub-license these rights to its hosting, connectivity and telecommunications service providers, subject to any express restrictions elsewhere in the Agreement .
4.2 The Customer warrants to the Provider that the Customer Data when used by the Provider in accordance with the Agreement will not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights or other legal rights of any person, and will not breach the provisions of any law, statute or regulation, in any jurisdiction and under any applicable law, including any Data Protection Laws.
5. Support Services
5.1 The Provider may provide Support Services to the Customer during the Term, but shall have no obligation to do so; any such Support Services shall be subject to this Clause 5.
5.2 The Provider will make available to the Customer an online support area which will provide processes and conditions of use for contacting support, in line with the subscription.
5.3 The Provider shall provide the Support Services with reasonable skill and care.
5.4 The Customer may use the ticketing system for the purposes of requesting and, where applicable, receiving the Support Services; and the Customer must not use the ticketing system for any other purpose.
5.5 The Provider shall respond promptly to all requests for Support Services made by the Customer through the ticketing system.
5.6 The Provider may suspend the provision of the Support Services if any amount due to be paid by the Customer to the Provider under the Agreement is overdue, and the Provider has given to the Customer at least 14 days written notice, following the amount becoming overdue, of its intention to suspend the Support Services on this basis. In the event of a legitimately and notified dispute, such notification must be made within 14 days of receipt of any invoice, on any invoice the customer shall pay any undisputed portion of such invoice and upon resolution of the dispute, the agreed balance shall be immediately payable. The hosted services shall not be subject to suspension on any disputed invoice or part thereof.
5.7. Any clause in this agreement which by intent or words shall survive termination of this agreement.
6. No assignment of Intellectual Property Rights
6.1 Nothing in these Terms of service shall operate to assign or transfer any Intellectual Property Rights from the Provider to the Customer, or from the Customer to the Provider.
7. Charges
7.1 The Customer shall pay the Charges to the Provider in accordance with these Terms of service.
7.2 All amounts stated in or in relation to these Terms of service are, unless the context requires otherwise, stated exclusive of any applicable value added taxes, which will be added to those amounts and payable by the Customer to the Provider.
7.3 The Provider may elect to vary any element of the Charges by giving to the Customer not less than 30 days written notice of the variation.
8. Payments
8.1 The Customer must pay the Charges to the Provider in advance of the period to which they relate.
8.2 If the Customer does not pay any amount properly due to the Provider under these Terms of service, the Provider may:
(a) charge the Customer interest on the overdue amount at the rate of 8% per annum above the Bank of England base rate from time to time which interest will accrue daily until the date of actual payment and be compounded at the end of each calendar month; or
(b) claim interest and statutory compensation from the Customer pursuant to the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
9. Distance contracts: cancellation right
9.1 This Clause 9 applies if and only if the Customer enters into the Agreement with the Provider as a consumer – that is, as an individual acting wholly or mainly outside the Customer’s trade, business, craft or profession – where the Agreement is a distance contract within the meaning of the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013.
9.2 The Customer may withdraw an offer to enter into the Agreement with the Provider at any time; and the Customer may cancel the Agreement entered into with the Provider at any time within the period:
(a) beginning when the Agreement was entered into; and
(b) ending at the end of 14 days after the day on which the Agreement was entered into,
subject to Clause 9.3. The Customer does not have to give any reason for the withdrawal or cancellation.
9.3 The Customer agrees that the Provider may begin the provision of services before the expiry of the period referred to in Clause 9.2, and the Customer acknowledges that, if the Provider does begin the provision of services before the end of that period, then:
(a) if the services are fully performed, the Customer will lose the right to cancel referred to in Clause 9.2; and
(b) if the services are partially performed at the time of cancellation, the Customer must pay to the Provider an amount proportional to the services supplied or the Provider may deduct such amount from any refund due to the Customer in accordance with this Clause 9.
9.4 In order to withdraw an offer to enter into the Agreement or cancel the Agreement on the basis described in this Clause 9, the Customer must inform the Provider of the Customer’s decision to withdraw or cancel (as the case may be). The Customer may inform the Provider by means of any clear statement setting out the decision. In the case of cancellation, the Customer may inform the Provider using the cancellation form that the Provider will make available to the Customer. To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for the Customer to send its communication concerning the exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.
9.5 If the Customer withdraws an offer to enter into the Agreement, or cancels the Agreement, on the basis described in this Clause 9, the Customer will receive a full refund of any amount the Customer paid to the Provider in respect of the Agreement, except as specified in this Clause 9.
9.6 The Provider will refund money using the same method used to make the payment, unless the Customer has expressly agreed otherwise. In any case, the Customer will not incur any fees as a result of the refund.
9.7 The Provider will process the refund due to the Customer as a result of a cancellation on the basis described in this Clause 9 without undue delay and, in any case, within the period of 14 days after the day on which the Provider is informed of the cancellation.
10. Removed Clause
10.1 This clause has been removed as it is no longer relevant.
11. Data protection
11.1 Each party shall comply with the Data Protection Laws with respect to the processing of the Customer Personal Data.
11.2 The Customer warrants to the Provider that it has the legal right to disclose all Personal Data that it does in fact disclose to the Provider under or in connection with the Agreement.
11.3 The Customer shall only supply to the Provider, and the Provider shall only process, in each case under or in relation to the Agreement, the Personal Data as outlined in our Privacy Policy and the Provider shall only process the Customer Personal Data for the following purposes: providing and contacting the client about the Hosted services.
11.4 The Provider shall only process the Customer Personal Data during the Term and for not more than the specified number of, as shown in our Privacy Policy, following the end of the Term, subject to the other provisions of this Clause 11.
11.5 The Provider shall only process the Customer Personal Data on the documented instructions of the Customer (including with regard to transfers of the Customer Personal Data to a third country under the Data Protection Laws), as set out in these Terms of service or any other document agreed by the parties in writing.
11.6 The Provider shall promptly inform the Customer if, in the opinion of the Provider, an instruction of the Customer relating to the processing of the Customer Personal Data infringes the Data Protection Laws.
11.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement, the Provider may process the Customer Personal Data if and to the extent that the Provider is required to do so by applicable law. In such a case, the Provider shall inform the Customer of the legal requirement before processing, unless that law prohibits such information on important grounds of public interest.
11.8 The Provider shall ensure that persons authorised to process the Customer Personal Data have committed themselves to confidentiality or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality.
11.9 The Provider and the Customer shall each implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure an appropriate level of security for the Customer Personal Data, including the measures specified in our Privacy Policy as it may be updated by the Provider from time to time.
11.10 The Provider must not engage any third party to process the Customer Personal Data without the prior specific or general written authorisation of the Customer. In the case of a general written authorisation, the Provider shall inform the Customer at least 14 days in advance of any intended changes concerning the addition or replacement of any third party processor, and if the Customer objects to any such changes before their implementation, then the Customer may terminate the Agreement on 14 days written notice to the Provider, providing that such notice must be given within the period of 14 days following the date that the Provider informed the Customer of the intended changes. The Provider shall ensure that each third party processor is subject to equivalent legal obligations as those imposed on the Provider by this Clause 11.
11.11 The Provider shall, insofar as possible and taking into account the nature of the processing, take appropriate technical and organisational measures to assist the Customer with the fulfilment of the Customer’s obligation to respond to requests exercising a data subject’s rights under the Data Protection Laws.
11.12 The Provider shall assist the Customer in ensuring compliance with the obligations relating to the security of processing of personal data, the notification of personal data breaches to the supervisory authority, the communication of personal data breaches to the data subject, data protection impact assessments and prior consultation in relation to high-risk processing under the Data Protection Laws. The Provider may charge the Customer at its standard time-based charging rates for any work performed by the Provider at the request of the Customer pursuant to this Clause 11.14.
11.13 The Provider must notify the Customer of any Personal Data breach affecting the Customer Personal Data without undue delay and, in any case, not later than 72 hours after the Provider becomes aware of the breach.
11.14 The Provider shall make available to the Customer all information necessary to demonstrate the compliance of the Provider with its obligations under this Clause 11 and the Data Protection Laws. The Provider may charge the Customer at its standard time-based charging rates for any work performed by the Provider at the request of the Customer pursuant to this Clause 11.16, providing that no such charges shall be levied with respect to the completion by the Provider (at the reasonable request of the Customer, not more than once per calendar year) of the standard information security questionnaire of the Customer.
11.15 The Provider shall, at the choice of the Customer, delete or return all of the Customer Personal Data to the Customer after the provision of services relating to the processing, and shall delete existing copies save to the extent that applicable law requires storage of the relevant Personal Data.
11.16 The Provider shall allow for and contribute to audits, including inspections, conducted by the Customer or another auditor mandated by the Customer in respect of the compliance of the Provider’s processing of Customer Personal Data with the Data Protection Laws and this Clause 11.The Provider may charge the Customer at its standard time-based charging rates for any work performed by the Provider at the request of the Customer pursuant to this Clause 11.18, providing that no such charges shall be levied where the request to perform the work arises out of any breach by the Provider of the Agreement or any security breach affecting the systems of the Provider.
11.17 If any changes or prospective changes to the Data Protection Laws result or will result in one or both parties not complying with the Data Protection Laws in relation to processing of Personal Data carried out under the Agreement, then the parties shall use their best endeavours promptly to agree such variations to the Agreement as may be necessary to remedy such non-compliance.
12. Warranties
12.1 The Customer warrants to the Provider that it has the legal right and authority to enter into the Agreement and to perform its obligations under these Terms of service.
12.2 All of the parties’ warranties and representations in respect of the subject matter of the Agreement are expressly set out in these Terms of service. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, no other warranties or representations concerning the subject matter of the Agreement will be implied into the Agreement or any related contract.
13. Acknowledgements and warranty limitations
13.1 The Customer acknowledges that complex software is never wholly free from defects, errors and bugs; and subject to the other provisions of these Terms of service, the Provider gives no warranty or representation that the Hosted Services will be wholly free from defects, errors and bugs.
13.2 The Customer acknowledges that complex software is never entirely free from security vulnerabilities; and subject to the other provisions of these Terms of service, the Provider gives no warranty or representation that the Hosted Services will be entirely secure.
13.3 The Customer acknowledges that the Hosted Services are designed to be compatible only with that software and those systems specified as compatible in the Connection Centre; and the Provider does not warrant or represent that the Hosted Services will be compatible with any other software or systems.
13.4 The Customer acknowledges that the Provider will not provide any legal, financial, accountancy or taxation advice under these Terms of service or in relation to the Hosted Services; and, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these Terms of service, the Provider does not warrant or represent that the Hosted Services or the use of the Hosted Services by the Customer will not give rise to any legal liability on the part of the Customer or any other person.
14. Limitations and exclusions of liability
14.1 Nothing in these Terms of service will:
(a) limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;
(b) limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
(c) limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
(d) exclude any liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law,
and, if a party is a consumer, that party’s statutory rights will not be excluded or limited by these Terms of service, except to the extent permitted by law.
14.2 The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Clause 14 and elsewhere in these Terms of service:
(a) are subject to Clause 14.1; and
(b) govern all liabilities arising under these Terms of service or relating to the subject matter of these Terms of service, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these Terms of service.
14.3 The Provider will not be liable to the Customer in respect of any losses arising out of a Force Majeure Event.
14.4 The Provider will not be liable to the Customer in respect of any loss of profits or anticipated savings.
14.5 The Provider will not be liable to the Customer in respect of any loss of revenue or income.
14.6 The Provider will not be liable to the Customer in respect of any loss of business, contracts or opportunities.
14.7 The Provider will not be liable to the Customer in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.
14.8 The Provider will not be liable to the Customer in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.
14.9 The liability of the Provider to the Customer under the Agreement in respect of any event or series of related events shall not exceed the amount paid and payable by the Customer to the Provider under the Agreement in the 12 month period preceding the commencement of the event or events.
14.10 The aggregate liability of the Provider to the Customer under the Agreement shall not exceed the total amount paid and payable by the Customer to the Provider under the Agreement.
15. Force Majeure Event
15.1 If a Force Majeure Event gives rise to a failure or delay in either party performing any obligation under the Agreement (other than any obligation to make a payment), that obligation will be suspended for the duration of the Force Majeure Event.
16. Termination
16.1 Either party may terminate the Agreement with notice in writing to the other 30 days prior to the end of the term, what ever that term may be, whereby the termination will take effect prior to any renewal date after notice.
16.2 Either party may terminate the Agreement immediately by giving written notice of termination to the other party if the other party commits a material breach of these Terms of service.
16.3 Subject to applicable law, either party may terminate the Agreement immediately by giving written notice of termination to the other party if:
(a) the other party:
(i) is dissolved;
(ii) ceases to conduct all (or substantially all) of its business;
(iii) is or becomes unable to pay its debts as they fall due;
(iv) is or becomes insolvent or is declared insolvent; or
(v) convenes a meeting or makes or proposes to make any arrangement or composition with its creditors;
(b) an administrator, administrative receiver, liquidator, receiver, trustee, manager or similar is appointed over any of the assets of the other party;
(c) an order is made for the winding up of the other party, or the other party passes a resolution for its winding up[ (other than for the purpose of a solvent company reorganisation where the resulting entity will assume all the obligations of the other party under the Agreement)]; or
(d) if that other party is an individual:
(i) that other party dies;
(ii) as a result of illness or incapacity, that other party becomes incapable of managing his or her own affairs; or
(iii) that other party is the subject of a bankruptcy petition or order.
17. Effects of termination
17.1 Upon the termination of the Agreement, all of the provisions of these Terms of service shall cease to have effect, save that the following provisions of these Terms of service shall survive and continue to have effect (in accordance with their express terms or otherwise indefinitely): Clauses 1, 3.10, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20 and 21.
17.2 Except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these Terms of service, the termination of the Agreement shall not affect the accrued rights of either party.
17.3 Within 30 days following the termination of the Agreement for any reason:
(a) the Customer must pay to the Provider any Charges in respect of Services provided to the Customer before the termination of the Agreement; and
(b) the Provider must refund to the Customer any Charges paid by the Customer to the Provider in respect of Services that were to be provided to the Customer after the termination of the Agreement,
without prejudice to the parties’ other legal rights.
18. Notices
18.1 Any notice from one party to the other party under these Terms of service must be given by one of the following methods:
(a) sent by email to the relevant email address specified through the Hosted Services, in which case the notice shall be deemed to be received upon receipt of the email by the recipient’s email server; or
(b) sent using the “cancel subscription” mechanism incorporated into the Hosted Services, in which case the notice shall be deemed to be received upon dispatch, providing that, if the stated time of deemed receipt is not within Business Hours, then the time of deemed receipt shall be when Business Hours next begin after the stated time.
19. Subcontracting
19.1 Subject to any express restrictions elsewhere in these Terms of service, the Provider may subcontract any of its obligations under the Agreement, providing that the Provider must give to the Customer, promptly following the appointment of a subcontractor, a written notice specifying the subcontracted obligations and identifying the subcontractor in question.
20. General
20.1 No breach of any provision of the Agreement shall be waived except with the express written consent of the party not in breach.
20.2 If any provision of the Agreement is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions of the Agreement will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect (unless that would contradict the clear intention of the parties, in which case the entirety of the relevant provision will be deemed to be deleted).
20.3 The Provider may vary the Agreement by giving to the Customer at least 30 days written notice of the variation. Subject to this, the Agreement may only be varied by a written document signed by or on behalf of each of the parties.
20.4 The Customer hereby agrees that the Provider may assign the Provider’s contractual rights and obligations under the Agreement to any successor to all or a substantial part of the business of the Provider to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law. The Customer must not without the prior written consent of the Provider assign, transfer or otherwise deal with any of the Customer’s contractual rights or obligations under the Agreement.
20.5 The Agreement is made for the benefit of the parties, and is not intended to benefit any third party or be enforceable by any third party. The rights of the parties to terminate, rescind, or agree any amendment, waiver, variation or settlement under or relating to the Agreement are not subject to the consent of any third party.
20.6 Subject to Clause 14.1, a Services Order Form, together with these Terms of service and any Schedules, shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties in relation to the subject matter of that Services Order Form, and shall supersede all previous agreements, arrangements and understandings between the parties in respect of that subject matter.
20.7 The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English and Welsh law.
20.8 The courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising under or in connection with the Agreement.
21. Interpretation
21.1 In these Terms of service, a reference to a statute or statutory provision includes a reference to:
(a) that statute or statutory provision as modified, consolidated and/or re-enacted from time to time; and
(b) any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision.
21.2 The Clause headings do not affect the interpretation of these Terms of service.
21.3 References in these Terms of service to “calendar months” are to the 12 named periods (January, February and so on) into which a year is divided.
21.4 In these Terms of service, general words shall not be given a restrictive interpretation by reason of being preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things.