RESCUE
and ANIMAL CARE
Terms and Conditions
This website is provided by Rescue Animal Care Magazine, registered in England company number 04096515, whose registered address is 146 New London Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0AW and whose VAT number is 638 096 709. These terms and conditions apply to all users of this website. If you do not accept these terms then you should stop using this website. Your use of the website confirms your acceptance of these terms. We will not be liable to you for any interruption or delay that you experience in accessing the website, whatever the cause. This website is made available on the basis that Rescue Animal Care Magazine is not held responsible for any loss or damage; however it arises, out of the use of this website or reliance on its content.
Copyright Notice
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Copyright and other relevant intellectual property rights exist on the Company's services and the full content of this website. Reproduction and links must first have written consent from Rescue Animal Care Magazine. The only exception to this rule is submitted photography - Rescue Animal Care Magazine will not take ownership of this.
Forum/ Chat Room/ Noticeboard/ Contributions
By submitting any material to Rescue Animal Care Magazine owned websites or publications there is a chance it may reproduced elsewhere e.g., a screenshot of the website in a Rescue Animal Care Magazine. However Rescue Animal Care Magazine will always endeavour to contact the owner of the photograph/other content personally for permission.
You acknowledge:
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You have permission to send us the material;
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Your email address and password are personal to you and must not be shared;
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You must not impersonate any other user of the website or do anything to assist an unregistered user to gain access to the website;
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That use of your personal data by Rescue Animal Care Magazine is subject to the Rescue Animal Care Magazine Data Protection and Privacy Policy.
You also agree that any submitted material will not be:
Threatening, defamatory, intentionally offensive, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, obscene, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy; or That it is discriminatory against race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or gender; or For which you have not obtained all necessary licences and/or approvals; or Which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party; or Technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data or other malicious software or harmful data). You further agree that if you knowingly send any material which is technically harmful that Rescue Animal Care Magazine retains the right at its sole discretion to pursue you for all legal fees (including its own and those of any third party), damages and other expenses that may be incurred as a result of your actions; or That makes any commercial or business use of the website or post any material which comprises advertising promotional or marketing material of any kind, nor will you set up any links from the website to any other website; or That you understand and agree that any breach of these warranties may cause us damage and loss and you agree to indemnify us and keep us at all times fully indemnified from and against all claims, costs, loss or damage incurred by us directly or indirectly as a result of any material posted by you on the website or any use by you of the website. We will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or locate anyone posting material in breach of this clause.
Registration
Where any part of the website requires that you register in order to use it, you are obliged to provide accurate and complete registration information. It is your responsibility to update and maintain any changes to that information (including your e-mail address) by altering your details as appropriate. Registration is at your own risk and we will not be liable for any unauthorised transactions made using your user name or password. We reserve the right (but do not assume the obligation) to remove any material which we in our sole discretion deem to be harmful, offensive or otherwise in breach of these terms and conditions and/or to terminate the registration of any person who we in our sole discretion deem in breach of these terms and conditions.
Competitions
The winner may be notified by phone or email and the results may be published in the magazine and/or website. We reserve the right to report details of competition winners, to take photographs (or other visual media) and to publish such media. The prize must be taken as offered with no alternative. In the event that the prize cannot be supplied no liability will attach to Rescue Animal Care Magazine. Entry into any competition does not give rise to any binding agreement between the parties. When prizes are supplied by third parties we are acting as their agents and as such we exclude all liability for loss or damage you may suffer as a result of any competition. The editor of the relevant publication or website decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Employees of Rescue Animal Care Magazine and the prize provider and their immediate families and agents may not enter. By entering a competition you may be signing up to the magazine newsletter – this will be stated and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Vouchers
As with competitions, in the event that the offer cannot be supplied no liability will attach to Rescue Animal Care Magazine. When offers are supplied by third parties we are acting as their agents and as such we exclude all liability for loss or damage you may suffer as a result. If you are a business providing a voucher Rescue Animal Care Magazine accepts no responsibility for any losses that arise as a result of the voucher. You are responsible for providing your own terms & conditions and tracking the cost resulting from the voucher.
Data Protection and Privacy Policy
Rescue Animal Care Magazine is committed to respecting your privacy. We are registered under the Data Protection Act 1998. You can visit our websites without disclosing personal data and identifying yourself. Once you choose to provide us with any information by which you can be identified, it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. We collect the personal data that you volunteer on forms you submit to us (for example in registering for membership services), and in emails you send to us. If you choose to register with our various social networking pages you acknowledge and consent for your data to be held by the Social Network site (subject to the social network's terms and conditions) to be processed and shared via a third party whom may be based outside of the European Economic Area and for such data to be processed by us. We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service. We will also use it to send you the information you have requested - for example a newsletter. We may contact you for market research purposes or to give you information about new features on the Website. You will only be contacted if you have given us authority to do so. We will ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties except insofar as you have consented to such disclosure or we are required to do so by law. You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information, please Jennifer Prowse Media Services Ltd 21 The Maltings Bures Suffolk C08 5EJ Telephone: 01787 228027. A £10 fee is payable for all requests made under the Data Protection Act. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect, please write or e-mail us to the above address. We will correct any information which was found to be incorrect within 28 days and without charge. If you have agreed to the disclosure of personal information and to receiving marketing and promotional information, but no longer wish to do so, then please contact us at 01787 228027. If you are unhappy with our response, you can ask the Information Commissioner to assess whether the requirements of the Data Protection Act have been met. Write to The Information Commissioner at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect on-line. All employees who have access to your personal data are contractually obliged to respect your confidentiality. We have put in place technology measures and security policies and procedures to protect personal information from unauthorised access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction or accidental loss.
Third Party Websites
This website provides links to other websites. These links are for your convenience only and do not signify that we endorse or undertake any responsibility for the content of or any transactions that you enter into relating to those linked sites. Use of third party website is entirely at your own risk.
Advertising
1. Definitions & Interpretation
1.1 In these terms and conditions: "Advertisement" means any kind of promotional or advertising material (including, but not limited to, advertorial content, classified and/or recruitment advertising) that is, as the case may be: (i) to be printed in a Print Publication and/or (ii) to be published or otherwise displayed by electronic means (including, but not limited to, banner, skyscraper, pop-up, roadblock, leader, belly bands, cover wraps, tip ons, inserts, button or other forms of online or electronic display advertising) via or as part of or in connection with any Online Publication; "Advertisement Confirmation" means Rescue Animal Care Magazine's written confirmation of the Buyer's order; "the Advertiser" means any person who promotes products or services to the general public or a section of the public, whether such person is the Buyer or not; "Advertiser Dependencies" means the Copy Deadline, together with any other obligations of the Buyer which Rescue Animal Care Magazine may specify in connection with the proposed publication of the Advertisement (whether included in the Advertisement Confirmation, the Rate Card, the Booking Form or otherwise) including, but not limited to, the delivery format and/or file configuration in which any copy for the Advertisement (whether for a Print Publication or an Online Publication) is to be supplied to Rescue Animal Care Magazine; "the Buyer" means the person placing the order with Rescue Animal Care Magazine for the publication of the Advertisement (including, but not limited to, the Advertiser's advertising agency or media buyer); "Copy Deadline" means, where applicable, the latest date (as shown on the Advertisement Confirmation) by which the Buyer is obliged to give Rescue Animal Care Magazine full instructions and copy for carrying out the Buyer's order in accordance with and subject to these terms and conditions. "Online Publication" means any website operated or controlled by Rescue Animal Care Magazine or other electronic medium (including, but not limited to, e-mail communications and alerts), whether connected with or related to the title of a Print Publication or otherwise; "Print Publication" means any publication, magazine, insert or 'onsert' (and including any supplement for which no charge is made to its recipient and which is published whether regularly or occasionally as part of or in association with such newspaper or magazine) published by Magazine "Rescue Animal Care Magazine" means Rescue Animal Care Magazine Limited (company no 04096515) with its registered office at 146 New London Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0AW. "the Rate Card" means the rate card from time to time in force which is used by Rescue Animal Care Magazine and as such may include (amongst other things) Rescue Animal Care Magazine's scale of advertisement rates and also technical specifications relating to the standard and quality of reproduction of any Advertisement including its setting, style, delivery format, file configuration and size and wording; "Suspension Order" means a written notice given by the Buyer to Rescue Animal Care Magazine requesting that the publication of the Advertisement should be temporarily suspended (for a period no longer than six (6) months) until further notice; and "Working Days" means 9am to 5:30pm any day Monday to Friday inclusive other than Christmas Day, Good Friday, bank and other public holidays.
2. Application of these Terms and Conditions
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2.1 All Advertisements accepted for publication by Rescue Animal Care Magazine are accepted subject to these terms and conditions which shall apply to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions (including any which the Buyer purports to apply under any purchase order, confirmation of order, specification or other document). Any variation to these terms and conditions and any representations about the Advertisement shall have no effect unless expressly agreed in writing and signed by an authorised representative of Rescue Animal Care Magazine.
3. The Buyer's Obligations
The Buyer hereby warrants, represents and undertakes to Rescue Animal Care Magazine that:
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a) in relation to any and all Advertisements the Buyer contracts with Rescue Animal Care Magazine as principal notwithstanding that the Buyer may be acting directly or indirectly for the Advertiser or in any other representative capacity;
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b) should the Buyer change its name, trading style, identity, address, or should any other details disclosed by the Buyer to Rescue Animal Care Magazine change, the Buyer must give written notice to Rescue Animal Care Magazine within 5 Working Days of such change(s);
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c) any and all other Advertiser Dependencies will be met and, unless otherwise agreed in writing by Rescue Animal Care Magazine, all copy for any Advertisements will be delivered to Rescue Animal Care Magazine in an approved digital format and/or file configuration and, in the case of an Advertisement to be published in a Print Publication, delivered at least 21 Working Days prior to the Copy Deadline;
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d) the publication of the Advertisement by Rescue Animal Care Magazine (either in the Print Publication or the Online Publication or both, as the case may be) in the form originally submitted by the Buyer (or as amended pursuant to Condition 4 below) will not breach any contract with a third party or infringe any copyright, trade mark or other proprietary right of any third party or otherwise be unlawful or render Rescue Animal Care Magazine liable to any proceedings, claims, demands, costs or expenses or any other loss whatsoever;
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e) in the case of any Advertisement submitted for publication by the Buyer which contains the name or pictorial representation, whether photographic or otherwise, of any living person or any part of the anatomy of any living person or any material by which any living person may be identified, the Buyer or the Advertiser has obtained the authority of that living person to make use of his or her name, identity, image, representation and/or copy;
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f) in relation to any financial promotion (as defined under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000), the Advertiser is, or its content have been approved by, an authorised person within the meaning of the Act or the Advertisement is otherwise permitted under the Act, under the Financial Promotion Order 2001 or under any other legislation subordinate to the Act;
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g) the Advertisement complies with the requirements of all relevant legislation (including subordinate legislation, the rules of statutorily recognised regulatory authorities and the law of the European Economic Community) and applicable laws for the time being in force or applicable to the United Kingdom;
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h) All advertising copy submitted to Rescue Animal Care Magazine is legal, decent, honest and truthful, and complies with the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing and all other relevant codes under the general supervision of the Advertising Standards Authority;
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i) all instructions, artwork or other material submitted to Rescue Animal Care Magazine by electronic means shall not contain software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, and shall not be corrupted;
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j) any information supplied in connection with the Advertisement is accurate, complete and true;
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k) where the Buyer is the Advertiser's agent, the Buyer is authorised by the Advertiser to place the Advertisement with Rescue Animal Care Magazine and the Buyer will indemnify Rescue Animal Care Magazine against any claim made by the Advertiser against Rescue Animal Care Magazine arising from publication of the same; and
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l) the Buyer has retained sufficient quantity and quality of any artwork, film or other materials and copy relating to the Advertisement as Rescue Animal Care Magazine shall not be liable for the loss of or damage to any of these items submitted to Rescue Animal Care Magazine.
4. Advertisements:
Copy, Alterations, Accuracy, Publication, etc
4.1 Notwithstanding Condition 3 above Rescue Animal Care Magazine shall be entitled at any time to require the Buyer to amend any artwork, materials and copy for and relating to any Advertisement, or refuse (without notice) to publish any Advertisement for the purpose of:
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a) With any legal or moral obligations placed on Rescue Animal Care Magazine or the Buyer or the Advertiser; or
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b) avoiding the infringement of (i) the rights of any third party or (ii) the British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing and all other relevant codes under the general supervision of the Advertising Standards Authority or (iii) any other applicable law; or
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c) meeting to Rescue Animal Care Magazine's reasonable satisfaction (i) the production and quality specifications stipulated on the Rate Card or (ii) any other Advertiser Dependencies.
4.2 Rescue Animal Care Magazine reserves the right at its discretion and without notice to the Buyer:
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a) to decline to publish, or omit, alter, suspend or change the position of any Advertisement otherwise accepted for insertion, or publication. However, Rescue Animal Care Magazine will endeavour to comply with the reasonable and practicable wishes of the Buyer although Rescue Animal Care Magazine does not warrant the date of publication or insertion, the wording, or the quality of the reproduction of the Advertisement; and
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b) to destroy all artwork, copy or other materials submitted by the Buyer and which have been in Rescue Animal Care Magazine's possession for more than six (6) months from the date of their last use by Rescue Animal Care Magazine, unless specific written instructions have been received from the Buyer to the contrary.
4.3 All copyright and all other rights of a similar nature that are created or exist in material originated by Rescue Animal Care Magazine in connection with the publication of the Advertisement remains vested in Rescue Animal Care Magazine.
5. Advertisements: Responsibility and Liability
5.1 The Buyer shall indemnify and keep indemnified Rescue Animal Care Magazine against all proceedings, claims, demands, damages, costs, expenses or any other loss whatsoever arising directly or reasonably forseeably as a result of (i) the publication of the Advertisement or (ii) any breach of the Buyer's obligations under these terms and conditions or implied by law.
5.2 With regard to the actual or intended insertion of an Advertisement in any Print or Online Publication Rescue Animal Care Magazine shall not be responsible to the Buyer or liable for:
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a) checking the correctness of the Advertisement in the form it is received from the Buyer;
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b) any error in the Advertisement in the form it is received from the Buyer;
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c) the wording, representation, placement or quality of colour or mono reproduction of the Advertisement;
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d) the actual positioning or prominence of the Advertisement in the Print and/or Online Publication (as the case may be);
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e) the repetition of any error in an Advertisement ordered for more than one insertion;
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f) the distribution of the Print or Online Publication in a specific geographical area;
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g) the failure, corruption or malfunction of any system of electronic publication, whether by means of electronic storage, display or retrieval equipment or otherwise;
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h) any order given by the Buyer in the nature of a "stop order" or cancellation or transfer of the publication of the Advertisement unless it is given to Rescue Animal Care Magazine in writing, in the case of an Advertisement to be published in a Print Publication, at least 28 Working Days before the Copy Deadline and, in the case of an Advertisement to be published in an Online Publication, at least 96 hours prior to the intended go-live date;
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i) any loss whatsoever caused by delay or failure by Rescue Animal Care Magazine to issue the Print or Online Publication on the due date (or such other date of release, display or publication, as the case may be), or Rescue Animal Care Magazine's decision to suspend the Print and/or Online publication or cease the Print or Online Publication altogether;
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j) the payment of any damages or other compensation for breach of contract because of Rescue Animal Care Magazine's failure to perform any of its obligations under these terms and conditions if such failure is caused by anything beyond Rescue Animal Care Magazine's reasonable control (that is to say as a result of force majeure) including acts or threats of terrorism, strikes, lock-outs or other industrial actions or trade disputes, pandemic, epidemic or other widespread illness whether involving Rescue Animal Care Magazine's employees or those of any third party;
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k) any loss whatsoever caused as a consequence of any instructions, artwork or any other material relating to the Advertisement being submitted by the Buyer in electronic form that is in breach of the warranty at Condition 3(h) above;
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l) any matter of complaint, claim or query (whether in relation to the Advertisement, in which case Condition 5.3 shall apply, or Rescue Animal Care Magazine's invoice related thereto) unless raised with Rescue Animal Care Magazine in writing within 5 Working Days following the publication of the Advertisement or at the date on which it is claimed the Advertisement was intended to appear, or the receipt by the Buyer of the invoice giving rise to it; and
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m) any failure of the Advertisement to meet or generate any target response levels or page impressions.
5.3 Subject to Condition 5.2, if an Advertisement contains an error caused by Rescue Animal Care Magazine and this detracts materially from the Advertisement then provided the Buyer gives written notice to Rescue Animal Care Magazine of the error in the Advertisement Rescue Animal Care Magazine will at its discretion either:
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a) give the Buyer credit toward the cost of the Advertisement containing the error; or
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b) publish the Advertisement for a second time without charge to the Buyer and to that extent such credit or re-publication (as the case may be) shall be Rescue Animal Care Magazine's maximum liability to the Buyer. Such matter dealt with under this Condition 5.3 shall not affect the liability of the Buyer for payment by the due date of Rescue Animal Care Magazine's charges for the Advertisement and all other Advertisements.
5.4 Except to the extent specified in Condition 5.3, Rescue Animal Care Magazine shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by the Buyer (or the Advertiser) as a result of any total or partial failure of publication, distribution or availability of any Print or Online Publication in which any Advertisement is scheduled to be included, or for any error, misprint or omission in the printing of any Advertisement.
5.5 The total liability of Rescue Animal Care Magazine to the Buyer for any act or omission of Rescue Animal Care Magazine, its employees or agents relating to any Advertisement shall not exceed the amount of the full refund of any price paid to Rescue Animal Care Magazine for the Advertisement or the cost of a reasonably comparable further or corrective Advertisement. Without limiting the foregoing, Rescue Animal Care Magazine shall not be liable for any (i) loss of profits, goodwill or business or (ii) indirect or consequential loss.
6. Payment Terms
6.1 Payment for any Advertisement or any other goods or services is due in advance of first publication of the Advertisement in accordance with the terms set out in the Payment Schedule in this clause unless Rescue Animal Care Magazine has previously agreed in writing to open a credit account for the Buyer, and where a credit account is opened then payment of the account shall become due 30 days after the date of Rescue Animal Care Magazine's invoice and the Buyer will ensure that payment is received by Rescue Animal Care Magazine no later than this due date. The Buyer must submit all information requested by Rescue Animal Care Magazine (including, but not limited to, any relevant purchase order number) and in accordance with Rescue Animal Care Magazine's instructions and deadlines in order for Rescue Animal Care Magazine to generate its invoices, and failure to supply such information in accordance with any such request or instructions shall not excuse late or non-payment.
6.2 All the rates and charges payable under or with reference to these terms and conditions are subject to and exclusive of Value Added Tax which shall be charged in addition at the rate from time to time in force.
6.3 If the Buyer:
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a) fails to pay Rescue Animal Care Magazine's invoice in accordance with the Payment Schedule in Condition 6.1 above; or
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b) is in breach of any obligation under these terms and conditions, Rescue Animal Care Magazine shall be entitled to terminate its contract with the Buyer immediately (without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to Rescue Animal Care Magazine whether under these terms and conditions or otherwise) and, without prejudice to Rescue Animal Care Magazine's right to terminate its contract with the Buyer in such circumstances, the outstanding balance owed by the Buyer shall become due and payable immediately.
6.4 Without prejudice to Condition 6.4, Rescue Animal Care Magazine shall be entitled to:
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a) charge interest on any outstanding balance owed to Rescue Animal Care Magazine at the rate of 8% above the Bank of England base rate from the date that the invoice became due for payment until the date it is paid in full (whether before or after Judgment);
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b) charge an administration fee of £50 if any cheque drawn in its favour by the Buyer in purported satisfaction of any unpaid invoice is dishonoured on presentation; and
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c) instruct a debt collection agency (apart from solicitors) to recover any sum due and in that case all charges incurred by Rescue Animal Care Magazine as a result of such instruction shall be payable by the Buyer in any event upon demand.
7. Cancellation & Termination
7.1 Rescue Animal Care Magazine shall not be bound by any request from the Buyer to stop, cancel or suspend an Advertisement unless such request is in writing and confirmed in writing by Rescue Animal Care Magazine.
7.2 Without prejudice to Condition 7.1, the following costs remain due on cancellation, and the Buyer acknowledges that these charges represent a genuine pre-estimate of Rescue Animal Care Magazine's losses:
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a) notice of cancellation received 35 days or more before first publication, 25% of total booking fee due
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b) notice of cancellation received 25-34 days before first publication, 50% of total booking fee due
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c) notice of cancellation received 0-24 days before first publication, 100% of total booking fee due
7.3 Rescue Animal Care Magazine shall be entitled (without prejudice to any other remedy available to it) to treat this contract as repudiated if the Buyer or the Advertiser;
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a) being an individual dies or makes voluntary arrangement with his creditors or his estate becomes subject to an administration order or he becomes bankrupt;
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b) being a company that becomes insolvent, has a receiver appointed to manage its assets or it enters into liquidation or commences to be wound up (other than for the purpose of amalgamation or reconstruction);
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(c) allows an encumbrancer to take possession of any of its property or assets; or
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(d) is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or ceases or threatens to cease to carry on business.