STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
Please read these terms & conditions (“T&C”) carefully. By
agreeing to use the services of UK Customs Services Ltd and its
affiliated entities (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”). The
Customer signifies its agreement to these terms and
conditions and their application to all services provided by the
Company. If you are acting on behalf of an entity, then you
represent that you have the authority to enter into this
agreement on behalf of that entity. We draw your attention to
clause 7.7 and you may wish to seek legal advice.
1. Definitions
“Company” is UK Customs Services Ltd.
“Person” includes persons or any Body or Bodies Corporate. “Owner”
means the Owner of the goods (including any packaging,
containers or equipment) to which any business concluded under
these Conditions relates and any other person who is or may become
interested in them. “Customer” means any person at whose request
or on whose behalf the Company undertakes any business or
provides advice, information or services.
2. Structure of the T&C
The Company offers various services (“Services”). These T&C are
divided into the following sections:
• Section A: General Conditions (clauses 3-16)
• Section B: Special conditions (clauses 17-20)
Road transports (clause 17)
Sea transports and multimodal transports
(clause 18)
Rail transports (clause 19)
Other services (clause 20)
A. General Conditions
3. Scope of the application
3.1 The provisions set out and referred to in these T&C shall apply to
every specific contract and order concluded with the Company for the
performance of Services as undertaken by the Company, whether
evidenced by the issue of a document or not.
3.2 For the avoidance of doubt, where any provision of these T&C
contravenes or is inconsistent with any provisions of the CMR
Convention, the Hague-Visby rules, the CIM Convention, the Codes or
any other compulsory law or convention, then these T&C shall
supersede and take precedence to the extent legally possible. If any
part of these T&C be repugnant to compulsory legislation to any
extent, such part shall as regards such business, be overridden to that
extent and no further, and these T&C shall be read as subject to such
legislation.
3.3 In the event of any inconsistency between the different parts of these
T&C Section A of the General Agreement shall prevail over section B.
3.4 Any rights of the Company under these T&C are in addition to and
shall not in any way limit or reduce any right of the Company under
any applicable law or convention.
3.5 The Customer warrants that he is either the Owner or the authorised
Agent of the Owner and also that he is accepting these Conditions not
only for himself but also as Agent for and on behalf of the Owner.
3.6 In authorising the Customer to enter into any Contract with the
Company and/or in accepting any document issued by the Company
in connection with such Contract, the Owner accepts these
Conditions for themselves and their Agent and for any parties on whose
behalf they or their Agents may act, and in particular, but without
prejudice to the generality of this Clause, they accept that the Company
shall have the right to enforce against them jointly and severally
any liability of the Customer under these conditions or to recover
from them any sums to be paid by the Customer which upon proper
demand have not been paid.
3.7 Subject to Clauses 5 and 13 below, the Company shall be entitled
to provide and/or procure any or all of its services as an Agent only or
to provide those services as a Principal.
3.8 The offer and acceptance of an inclusive price for the
accomplishment of any service or services shall not itself determine
whether any such service is or services are to be arranged by the
Company acting as Agent or to be provided by the Company acting as
a Contracting Principal.
3.9 When acting as an Agent the Company does not make or purport
to make any Contract with the Customer for the carriage, storage,
packing or handling of any goods nor for any other physical service in
relation to them and acts solely on behalf of the Customer in securing
services by establishing contracts with Third Parties so that direct
contractual relationships are established between the Customer and
such Third Parties.
4. Compliance with applicable laws and conventions
4.1 The Customer is responsible for and warrants it’s compliance
with all applicable laws, conventions, rules and regulations
including but not limited to the government regulations of any country
to from or through which goods may be carried, handled or stored.
4.2 For the purposes of customs or other formalities, which have to be
completed before delivery of the goods, the Customer shall attach
the necessary documents to the relevant transport document or place
them at the disposal of the Company and shall furnish the Company
with all the information, which the Company requires. The Company
has no duty to enquire into either the accuracy or the adequacy of such
documents of such information.
4.3 Any rights of the Company under these T&C are in addition to and
shall not in any way limit or reduce any right of the Company
under any applicable law or convention.
5. Insurance
5.1 No insurance on goods (Cargo, and/or “All Risks”) will be effected
except upon express instructions given in writing by the Customer and
accepted in writing by the Company, and all insurances affected by
the Company in respect of goods are effected as agents for the
Customer and the Company assumes no liability whatsoever for having
mediated the insurance.
6. Quotations and payments for Services
6.1 The Company’s quotation is based on information of goods
supplied by the Customer to the Company, or else in circumstances
that are deemed by the Company as normal for the intended contract.
If the circumstances do not indicate otherwise, the Company should
be able to assume that goods, which have been handed over to the
Company are of such a nature and such a relation between weight
and volume as is normal for the type of goods in question. All rates
quoted for services by the Company are subject to an annual increase
in addition to fluctuation as set out in clause 6.2 below. All special rates
quoted and agreed to by the Company will not carry forward from one
year to another and must be renegotiated.
6.2 In the event of increase in price for bunkers, fuel and/or other
hydrocarbon oils, and/or any changes in surcharges levied by shipping
providers the rates for the Services may be adjusted in order to
compensate the Company for increased fuel and lubricating costs
as from the day of such increase. If a shipping provider levies any
different charges before an invoice is raised by the Company, the
Company will adjust the booking price prior to issuing its invoice to
reflect such change. If however the shipping provider makes and
changes to the charges after an invoice has been raised by the
Company, the Company reserves the right as necessary to issue an
additional supplementary invoice. Furthermore, all rates quoted
are subject to ad hoc fluctuations and changes in applicable rules
and regulations, including EU legislation. Any ad hoc changes will be
invoiced to the Customer.
6.3 The Customer has a duty upon request, to pay the Company what
is due for the contract (freight, remuneration, advance payment,
expenses as may be incurred in the performance of the contract, refund
of outlays, taxes, duties, VAT and imposts) against appropriate
documentation.
6.4 Full payment for the Services rendered shall be deemed earned
on receipt of goods by the Company and shall be paid in any event and
is non-returnable even if the goods are lost. If goods have been
delivered for transport, and the contract therefore cannot be wholly or
partially executed as agreed, the Company has the right to receive the
agreed payment for the Services less what the Company has saved by
not having to execute the contract.
6.5 Even if the Company has given the Customer the right to defer
payment until the arrival of goods at the destination, the Customer has
nevertheless a duty, when so requested, to pay the Company what is
due, if, due to circumstances beyond the Company’s reasonable
control, the contract cannot be performed as agreed.
6.6. The Company has the right to special payment for work rendered
which is clearly necessary in addition to what has been explicably
agreed upon. The payment for such work is determined in accordance
with the same principles as those applying to the Services under
the specific contract.
6.7 As regards outlays and expenses in addition to those which have
been expressly agreed upon and which have not been paid in advance
to the Company, the Company has the right to payment for
documented outlays and costs connected therewith.
7. Terms of Payment and set-off
7.1 The Customer shall pay to the Company all sums when due,
immediately and without deduction, reduction or deferment on account
of any claim, counterclaim or set-off.
7.2 Terms of payment for Services rendered shall be 30 days from the
date of the invoice unless otherwise explicitly is agreed upon with the
Customer in writing.
7.3 The Customer shall raise any query on an invoice within 7 days of
the receipt of the invoice. After the expiry of this 7 day period the
Customer shall not be entitled to raise any query of a particular invoice
and it is mutually accepted by the Customer and the Company that the
invoice is agreed. If there is any disagreement between the Customer
and the Company as to the date of receipt by the Customer of the
invoice, the receipt shall in all cases be considered to be received by
the Customer on the date of sending marked on the face of the invoice.
7.4 Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing between the Company
and the Customer, interest will accrue on all sums.
7.5 The Company will issue a monthly statement to Customers where
appropriate and such statement must be reconciled by the Customer on
a monthly basis with any request for copies of invoices to be made to the
Company within 7 days of receipt of the monthly statement.
7.6 Should the Customer have a claim against the Company and/or
the Company group, the Company may at any time set- off all amounts
which may be payable by the Customer to the Company, in the
Customer’s claim against the Company and/or the Company Group,
whether or not arising under these T&C’s or specific order or other
contracts with the Company or the Company Group.
7.7 The Company may enter into a credit agreement with the Customer.
Any Customer wishing to enter into a credit arrangement is
required to complete and sign the Company’s credit application form.
The individual signing the Credit Application Form on behalf of an
individual or on behalf of a corporate entity will be bound by these terms
and conditions and the terms and conditions of the Credit Application
Form and will be taken as accepting personal liability for all and any
sums due and owing by that Customer to the Company.
7.8 In addition to payment for Services as per clause 7.2 hereof, the
Company will pass to the Customer any ad hoc invoices it may receive
from third parties in respect of the Services.
8. Lien
8.1 Notwithstanding any provision to the opposite of the CMR
Convention, the Hague-Visby rules and the CIM Convention, the
Company shall have a particular and a general lien on all goods and any
documents relating to goods in its possession, custody or control for all
sums of whatsoever kind and nature due at any time to the Company
and/or the Company Group from the Customer/Merchant in respect of
such goods as well as for all other amounts due from the
Customer/Merchant under other contracts or in tort, including general
average contributions and remuneration and all costs and expenses of
whatever nature relating to the exercising of the lien.
8.2 Should any goods be lost or destroyed, the Company has similar
rights in respect of compensation payable by insurance companies,
carriers or others.
8.3 Should the amount due to the Company not be paid, the
Company has the right to arrange the sale, in a satisfactory
manner, of as much of the goods as is required to cover the total
amount due, including expenses incurred. The Company shall, if
possible, inform the Customer/Merchant well in advance what the
Company intends to do with regard to the sale of the goods.
8.4 The Company shall be entitled at the expense of the Customer
to dispose of (by sale or otherwise as may be reasonable in all
the circumstances):-
(i) on 28 days’ notice in writing to the Customer, or where the Customer
cannot be traced and reasonable efforts have been made to contact
any parties who may reasonably be supposed by the Company to have
any interest in the goods, any goods which have been held by the
Company for 90 days and which cannot be delivered as instructed; and
(ii) without prior notice, goods which have perished, deteriorated or
altered or are in immediate prospect of doing so in a manner which has
caused or may reasonably be expected to cause loss or damage to
Third Parties or to contravene any applicable laws or regulations.
Such lien and liability shall remain, notwithstanding the goods
have been unloaded, stored or otherwise dealt with. If on the sale of
the goods the proceeds fail to realise the amount due, the
Company and/or the Company Group shall be entitled to recover the
difference from any of the parties included in the term Merchant.
9. Liability
9.1 Liability of the Company
9.1.1 Notwithstanding anything else contained in these T&C, the
Company does not under any circumstances whatsoever and
howsoever arisen, undertake liability towards its Customer or any third
party for any loss of profit, loss of use, loss of revenue, loss of
contracts, loss of business, loss of goodwill, increased costs and
expenses, wasted expenditure or for any special, indirect or
consequential losses, including but not limited to any damage to
cargo arising during carriage.
9.1.2 The Company’s liability is further set out in section B below,
which also contain limitations of liability.
9.1.3 Any claim, not specifically limited or mentioned in Section B,
including but not limited to any claim regarding delay in collection
of the goods, misdelivery and delivery of the wrong goods, then the
Company’s liability shall be limited to (i) the amount of the carriage
charges in respect of the consignment or (ii) the amount of the
claimants proved loss, whichever is the lesser.
9.1.4 All limitations, exceptions and conditions herein contained as to
the liability of the Company shall apply also to the liability, if any, of
its agents, vessels, employees and other representatives, and
also to the liability, if any, of the owners, vessels, agents, employees
and other representatives of any substituted vessel.
9.2 Liability and obligations of the Customer
9.2.1 The Customer has the burden of proving that any loss or damage
is caused by the Company’s negligence or fault.
9.2.2 The Customer has a duty to hold the Company harmless for
damage or loss incurred by the Company owing to the fact that:
(a) The particulars concerning the goods are incorrect, unclear or
incomplete;
(b) The goods are incorrectly packed, marked or declared, or
incorrectly loaded or stowed by the Customer;
(c) The goods have such harmful properties as could not have been
reasonably foreseen by the Company;
(d) Due to errors or omissions by the Customer the Company is obliged
to pay duty of official taxes or to provide security;
(e) The documents and/or information mentioned in clause 4.2 are
absent, inadequate or irregular, regardless whether or not this is due
to any errors or omissions by the Customer.
9.3 The Customer shall be liable for damage to and loss of the
Company’s equipment and other property, or injury to or death of any
person caused by the negligence, fault or willful act of the Customer or
any of its employees, servants or agents.
9.4 If the Company is liable to pay compensation for any damage
to property of a third party, the Customer shall indemnify the
Company for any part of such compensation, which is not proven
to be caused by the negligence or fault of the Company. Further,
the Customer shall indemnify the Company for any part of such
compensation that the Company would not be obliged to pay if
these T&C could be asserted against such third party.
9.5 Time-bar
9.5.1 Unless otherwise stipulated in Section B, any notice of claims
shall be given to the Company without undue delay and legal
proceedings against the Company shall be commenced within a period
of 9 months otherwise the right to claim will have become lost. The time
limit period runs:
a) in relation to alleged damage to goods from the day upon which the
goods were delivered to the consignee;
b) in relation to alleged delay, loss of the whole consignment or other
kind of loss from the time at which the goods should have been
delivered or on which the delay, total loss or other loss could at the
earliest have been noticed whichever is the earliest; and
c) in all other cases from the time at which the cause on which the claim
is based could at the earliest have been noticed.
10 Force Majeure
10.1 The Company shall not be liable for any failure to perform any
Services under any specific order where and to the extent performance
is prevented or delayed by any circumstances and/or event, which
the Company could not reasonably avoid and the consequences of
which the Company was unable to prevent by the exercise of
reasonable diligence (Force Majeure Event). The Company is not
required to perform any of its obligations which are prevented or
delayed by a Force Majeure Event for as long as such Force Majeure
Event continues and leaves the Company unable, using all
reasonable efforts, to recommence its performance.
10.2 The Company shall notify the Customer without undue delay
and latest within 10 working days following the commencement
of the Force Majeure Event setting out the nature and extent of the
Force Majeure Event.
11 Sub-Contracting
11.1 The Company shall be entitled to sub-contract on any terms
whatsoever, the whole or any part of the Services and, to avoid any
doubt, any and all duties whatsoever undertaken by the Company.
12 Governing Law and dispute resolution
12.1 These T&C, every contract and specific orders entered into
between the Company and the Customer shall be governed by the laws
of the principal place of business of the Company.
12.2 The Company and the Customer shall endeavour to settle any
dispute amicably, and if necessary by mediation if so agreed by
the parties. If the dispute cannot be solved amicably or by mediation
and legal proceedings are deemed necessary, the dispute shall be
referred to the competent court of the principal place of business of
the Company.
13. Special Arrangements
13.1 Except under any special arrangements previously made in
writing or under the terms of a printed document signed by the
Company, any instructions relating to the delivery or release of goods
in specified circumstances, such as (but without prejudice to
the generality of this clause) against payment or against surrender
of a particular document, are accepted by the Company only as Agents
for the Customer.
13.2 The Company shall not be under any liability in respect of such
arrangements as are referred to under sub clause 13.1 hereof save
where such arrangements are made in writing.
13.3 In any event, the Company’s liability in respect of the
performance or arranging the performance of such instructions shall
not exceed that provided for in these Conditions in respect of loss of or
damage to goods.
14. Severability/Survivability
In the event that the operation of any portion of terms and
conditions results in a violation of any law, or any provision is
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or
unenforceable, the Parties agree that such portion or provision shall
be severable and that the remaining provisions of the terms and
conditions shall continue in full force and effect. The representations
and obligations of the Parties shall survive the termination of this
Agreement for any reason.
15. Non-waiver
Failure of either party to insist upon performance of any provisions
of these terms and conditions, or to exercise any right or privilege
herein, or the waiver of any breach of any of the provisions hereof,
shall not be construed as thereafter waiving any such provisions,
rights or privileges, but the same shall continue and remain in full
force and effect as if no forbearance or waiver had occurred.
16 Miscellaneous.
16.1 If any provision of these T&C shall be found to be
unenforceable but would be valid if any part of it were deleted or
modified, the provision shall apply with such modifications as may
be necessary to make it valid and effective.
16.2 In the event that the Customer breaches any provisions of these
T&C, the Company shall be entitled to suspend or terminate
forthwith any Services contract or specific order with the Customer.
This is entirely without prejudice to the Company’s rights to
seek further recourse, remedies or compensation from or against
the Customer.
16.3 The Company may at any time transfer its rights and
obligations or legal relationship with the Customer to any company
belonging to the Company’s Group. In such an event, the Customer
undertakes to co-operate to the extent necessary to effect such transfer
expeditiously. The rights and obligations of the Customer may not
be assigned, transferred or encumbered without the prior written
consent of the Company.
16.4 The Company reserves to itself a reasonable liberty as to the
means, route and procedure to be followed in the handling, storage and
transportation of goods.
16.5 The Company shall be entitled to perform any of its obligations
herein by itself or by its parent, subsidiary or associated Companies.
In the absence of agreement to the contrary any Contract to which
these Conditions apply is made by the Company on its own behalf and
also as Agent for and on behalf of any such parent, subsidiary, or
associated Company, and any such Company shall be entitled to the
benefit of these Conditions.
B. SPECIAL CONDITIONS
17 Road Transport
17.1 CMR Convention
17.1.1 In case the Company undertake international and national
road transports or performs such international road transports as part
of a logistical service, the CMR Convention shall be applicable in addition
to this General Agreement.
17.1.2 The Customer shall pay particular attention to the following
clauses in the CMR Convention:
• For loss of damage to the goods the Company’s liability is limited
to 8.33 SDR per kg gross weight of the part of the goods which
has been lost or damaged (art 23.3).
• Compensation for delay shall never exceed the amount of the
freight (art 23.5).
• If the Customer takes delivery of the goods without duly checking
their condition with the Company or without sending the
Company reservations giving a general indication of the loss
or damage, not later than the time of delivery in the case of
apparent loss or damage and within 7 days of delivery in the case
of loss or damage which is not apparent, the fact of this taking
delivery shall be prima facie evidence that the Customer has
received the goods in the condition described in the
consignment note. Furthermore, no compensation shall be
payable for delay in delivery unless a reservation has been sent
in writing to the Company, within 21 days from the time that the
goods were places at the disposal of the Customer (art. 30);
• Legal proceedings against the Company shall be
commenced within a period of 1 year, otherwise the right to claim
will be statute barred.
18 Sea transport and Multimodal Transports
18.1 Quotation and Booking Portal
The Company shall in no circumstances whatsoever and
howsoever be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss
including but not limited to any arising loss of profit, loss of use, loss of
revenue, loss of contracts, loss of business, loss of goodwill,
increased costs and expenses, wasted expenditure or for any special,
indirect or consequential losses caused by or arising under and/or all
of the usage of the Quotation and Booking Portal.
18.2 Sea Transport
• The Company shall in no circumstances whatsoever and however
arising be liable for direct, indirect or consequential
loss or damage caused by delay for sea transports. Without
prejudice to the foregoing, if the Company should nevertheless
be held legally liable for any such delay, the Company’s liability
shall be limited to the freight for the transport or to the value of
the goods as declared by the shipper of the goods at the
time of shipment, whichever is the lower.
• If loss or damage to the goods is apparent then notice of loss of
or damage to the goods and the general nature of it
must be given in writing to the Company at the place of delivery
before or at the time of the removal of the goods into the custody
of the person entitled to take delivery thereof, or, if the loss or
damage is not apparent, within 3 consecutive days thereafter,
failing which the removal of the goods into the custody of the
person entitled to delivery thereof shall be prima facie evidence
of the delivery by the Company of the goods in the same condition
as received by the Company.
• All liability whatsoever of the Company shall cease unless suit is
brought within 12 months after delivery of the goods or the date
when the goods should have been delivered.
18.3 Multimodal Transport
18.3.1 Where the stage of the carriage during which the loss occurred
is not known:
• The Company shall in no circumstances whatsoever and however
arising be liable for direct, indirect or consequential
loss or damage caused by delay. Without prejudice to the
foregoing, if the Company should nevertheless be held legally
liable for any such delay, the Company’s liability shall be limited
to the freight for the transport or to the value of the goods as
declared by the shipper on carriage, whichever is the lower.
• If loss or damage to the goods is apparent then notice of loss of
or damage to the goods and the general nature of it must be given
in writing to the Company at the place of delivery before or at the
time of the removal of the goods into the custody of the person
entitled to take delivery thereof, or, if the loss or damage is not
apparent, within 3 consecutive days thereafter, failing which the
removal of the goods into the custody of the person entitled to
delivery thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the delivery by
the Company of the goods in the same condition as received by
the Company.
• All liability whatsoever of the Company shall cease unless suit is
brought within 9 months after delivery of the goods or the date
when the goods should have been delivered.
18.3.2 Where the stage of the carriage during which the loss occurred
is known, then , subject to the specific conditions outlined in these
T & C, the liability of the Company – shall be determined in accordance
with the provisions contained in any international convention or
national law which provisions cannot be departed from and would
have applied if a separate and direct contract has been made with
the Company in respect of the particular stage of transport where
the loss or damage occurred.
19 Rail Transport
19.1 CIM Convention
19.1.1 In case the Company undertakes international rail
transports or performs international rail transports as part of a logistic
service, the CIM Convention shall be applicable in additional to
this General Agreement. For national rail transport the CIM
Convention only applies to the extent permitted by national law.
The Customer shall pay attention to the following clauses in the CIM
Convention.
• For loss of or damage to the goods the Company’s liability
limited to 17 SDR per kg gross weight of the part of the goods
which has been lost stolen or damaged (art. 30 and art. 32).
• Compensation for delay shall never exceed four times the
amount of the freight (art. 33) and in no event more than what
would have been paid if the goods were lost.
• Acceptance of the goods by the person entitled shall
extinguish all rights of action against the Company arising from
the contract of carriage. Nevertheless, the right of action
shall not be extinguished in case of loss or damage which
is not apparent, provided that the Customer gives notice
immediately after discovery of the loss or damage and not
later than 7 days after acceptance of the goods. In case of
delay the Customer has to give notice of the late delivery within
60 days (art 47).
• Legal proceedings against the Company shall be
commenced within a period of 1 year, otherwise the right to
claim will become time-barred (art. 48).
19.2 Notwithstanding clause 16.1 above, the following condition shall
apply in addition to the CIM Convention and national law and in case of
conflict or ambiguity between the below provision and the provisions in
the CIM Convention and national law, the provision in clause 19.2.1
shall prevail.
19.2.1 In case the Company undertakes national rail transports and
international rail transports between a non-member state and a
member state, the Company shall in no circumstances whatsoever and
howsoever arising be liable for loss or damage caused by delay, unless
otherwise agreed in a specific contract.
20 Other Services
20.1 In case the Company undertakes the performance of other
Services, such as but not limited to logistics management,
assistance with documents for export and import, collection of “cash on
delivery” charges and Excise and Import Duties, other assistance
concerning the payment for the goods and advice in matters of transport
and distribution, the Company shall, unless otherwise stipulated above
(clauses 14-17) or regulated within any international convention or
compulsorily legislation, be liable to pay damages subject to the rules
of damages in tort and contract under the governing law of these T&C.
20.2 Notwithstanding the above, the Company’s liability shall not in any
event exceed (i) the amount payable by the Customer for the service to
which the damage or loss relates, or (ii) SDR 50,000 per specific order,
whichever is the lesser.
21 Data Protection
For more information about how we use your personal
information, the types of information we collect and process and the
purposes for which we process personal information, please read our
Data Protection Notice. (Available on request). Please note that we will
retain any credit card details you provide to us for the purposes of a
booking until that booking has been paid for in full in cleared funds (to
include payment in cleared funds for any additional payments that
may arise due to an amendment to such booking).
We may share records and exchange data about you with other
companies in our group (including the nature of your transactions). We
will only do this where we have a lawful basis for doing so, for example,
fulfilment of a contract or legitimate interests.
The General Data Protection Regulation impose obligations on UK
Customs Services Ltd to keep personal data up to date. To help
us comply with this obligation, you should notify us of your details
by emailing info@uk-customs.com or by calling us on +44 (0) 20 391
81113.
22 Autocharge Service
22.1 Terms and conditions
• Autocharge is a secure card storage solution, which enables
the Company to store and reuse customer card details for a
fixed or variable amount that does not occur on a scheduled
or regularly occurring transaction date, known as
Unscheduled Credential on File UCOF). Under these terms
you as a cardholder provide your consent via the initial
Cardholder Initiated Transaction (CIT) for the Company to
initiate one or more future transaction which are not initiated
by the cardholder, known as Merchant Initiated Transactions
(MIT). Your card data is stored securely by our Merchant
Services provider on their servers. This enables us to offer
you a more seamless and secure service and means our
staff don’t have visibility of your card numbers, ensuring full
PCI and GDPR compliance.
• When instructed by you, the Company will use the
Autocharge plan to apply a new charge to your card and this
will be immediately communicated to you via email and SMS
each time a charge is made
• We will retain our record of your agreement for the duration
of this plan so that it can be provided to the issuer upon
request. We will notify you in the event of any change to this
agreement. If you cancel the Autocharge plan both you and
we will be notified by Email and/or SMS.
22.2 Cardholder Initiated Transaction
• The Company will send you a payment request message
(via email and/or SMS) for the required amount. The first
payment can only be made once you check the Autocharge
box. In doing so you are accepting these Terms and
Conditions.
• Upon completion of the first Autocharge payment you will
receive a receipt confirming the amount which has been
charged, the purpose of the payment and mandatory
reference data, should you need to query the payment.
• The Autocharge receipt contains the link to a page which
enables you to update or revoke your ongoing authority for
future payments. You can withdraw your authority at any
time using this link, which will send a notification email to the
Merchant to let them know that you have withdrawn consent
and an email to you confirming it’s withdrawal.
• Should you wish to query a charge or ask us to remove your
authority to charge your card, you can contact us on +44 (0)
20 391 81113 or email info@uk-customs.com.
22.3 Merchant Initiated Transactions
• When you contact us to request additional service, we will
access your Autocharge record and apply a new charge to
your card. You will receive an email or SMS receipt to inform
you that this new charge has been applied.
• The payment receipt email or SMS will contain a link to view
details of each transaction and give you the option to update
your card details and if required, to revoke your authorisation
for future payments.
