TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. authorise you to carry out the repairs and to fit any parts which, in your opinion, are necessary in order to satisfactorily execute the repairs
2. agree to pay for services rendered and parts supplied in accordance with the prevailing rates of charges.
3. acknowledge that unless you receive written instructions to the contrary prior to commencement of the repairs you are hereby authorised to scrap or destroy all parts replaced by the virtue of this contact.
4. grant you and your employees permission to operate the motor vehicle described overleaf on streets, highways or elsewhere for the purpose of testing and/or inspection.
5. acknowledge that the vehicle will be driven at the Owner's risk and that you will not be responsible for any loss or damage, special, consequential or otherwise arising from any cause whatsoever in respect of any vehicle left on your premises for repairs or any other purpose.
6. acknowledge that no objection or claim will be entertained by you in regard to any repair covered by this invoice unless such objection or claim is made in writing within ten (10) days form date of issue of this invoice.
7. acknowledge that your terms of payment are thirty (30) days nett and that I/we shall be liable to pay interest or any overdue amount at the rate of 1.75% per month from thirty (30) days after the date of statement to the date of payment. A certificate by any Director or your Credit Manager showing the amount due to you at any given time shall be sufficient prima facia proof of the fact therein stated for the purpose of any legal proceedings against me/us for recovery of any amount due to you.
8. acknowledge an express repairer's lien in favour to secure the amount due to you in respect of all work done and materials supplied in terms of this invoice.
9. consent to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate's Court for the area where the Company carries on business and acknowledges that this contract is made and entered into in that aforesaid area.
10. acknowledge that all repairs are undertaken on the clear understanding that in the event of any repairs proving to be defective or unsatisfactory for any reason whatsoever, no liability at all shall attach to the repairer for any loss or damages resulting from any such defective repairs save the reasonable cost to remedy such defective repairs where such defective repairs are shown to be the fault of the repairer. "
11. acknowledge that you do not hold yourselves responsible for any loss or damage to vehicles or articles left in vehicles in case of fire, theft or any other cause.
12. agree that I/we shall be liable for all costs or charges incurred by you in respect of the recovery of any proceedings or action brought by you which in your sole opinion you consider necessary and I/we furthermore agree to pay the cost of any proceedings instituted by your attorneys on an attorney and client scale, together with any collection charges that your attorney is obliged to charge you and any tracing agent's or collection agent's charges reasonably incurred by you in either ascertaining my/our whereabouts or in collecting any payment due by me/us.