Terms & Conditions
Watersafe (www.watersafetestkits.co.uk) Terms and Conditions
This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you the terms and conditions on which we supply any of the goods and services (Products) listed on our website www.watersafetestkits.co.uk (our site) to you. Please read these terms and conditions carefully before ordering any Products from our site. You should understand that by ordering any of our Products, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
You should print a copy of these terms and conditions for future reference.
1 INFORMATION ABOUT US
1.1 www.watersafetestkits.co.uk is a site operated by Glenfield Investments Limited (we). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 07226894 and with our registered office at 62 York Road, Wellingborough, NN29 7SG, United Kingdom.
2 SERVICE AVAILABILITY
2.1 Our site is only intended for use by people resident in the Serviced Countries. We do not accept orders from individuals outside those countries. Some restrictions are placed on the extent to which we accept orders from specific countries.
3 YOUR STATUS
3.1 By placing an order through our site, you warrant that:
3.1.1 You are legally capable of entering into binding contracts;
3.1.2 You are at least 18 years old;
3.1.3 You are resident in one of the Serviced Countries; and
3.1.4 You are accessing our site from that country.
3.2 Our site provides advice on water testing and is intended to assist users in finding a water test kit. We are not a medical or scientific organisation and we cannot give advice on water quality.
3.3 The material on our site or made available via our site is intended to be used as a general guide. We do not provide medical or scientific advice or emotional support or assistance on an individual basis or feedback on any information submitted or posted on our site by you.
3.4 All water test kits do not meet analytical method regulations and are screening tests only. They can not be used to certify water as safe or unsafe for drinking. The test kits provide approximate results ONLY when used in strict accordance with instructions. Watersafe UK (Glenfield Investments Ltd) expressly disclaims any liability resulting from the use of this product, failure to follow instructions, or reliance of test results.
3.5 While we try to ensure that product information is correct, on occasion, manufacturers may alter their products, ie. ingredient lists, testing levels. For additional information about a product please contact us.
4 HOW THE CONTRACT IS FORMED BETWEEN YOU AND US
4.1 After placing an order, you will receive an e-mail from us acknowledging that we have received your order. Please note that this does not mean that your order has been accepted. Your order constitutes an offer to us to buy a Product. All orders are subject to acceptance by us, and we will confirm such acceptance to you by sending you an e-mail that confirms that the Product has been dispatched (the Dispatch Confirmation). The contract between us (Contract) will only be formed when we send you the Dispatch Confirmation.
4.2 The Contract will relate only to those Products whose dispatch we have confirmed in the Dispatch Confirmation. We will not be obliged to supply any other Products which may have been part of your order until the dispatch of such Products has been confirmed in a separate Dispatch Confirmation.
5 CONSUMER RIGHTS
5.1 If you are contracting as a consumer, you may cancel a Contract at any time within 7 working days, beginning on the day after you received the Products. In this case, you will receive a full refund of the price paid for the Products in accordance with our refunds policy (set out in clause 9 below).
5.2 To cancel a Contract, you must inform us in writing. You must also return the Product(s) to us immediately, in the same condition in which you received them, and at your own cost and risk. You have a legal obligation to take reasonable care of the Products while they are in your possession. If you fail to comply with this obligation, we may have a right of action against you for compensation.
5.3 You will not have any right to cancel a Contract for the supply of any of the following products:
- Goods made to your specification;
- Perishable goods e.g. fresh produce;
- Good ordered specifically, ie. for a trade customers where price and costs have been agreed in advance
5.4 Details of this statutory right, and an explanation of how to exercise it, are provided in the Dispatch Confirmation. This provision does not affect your statutory rights.
6 AVAILABILITY AND DELIVERY
6.1 Your order will be shipped by the date set out in the Order Confirmation or, if no delivery date is specified, then within 1-10 working days of the date of the Order and Payment Confirmation, unless there are exceptional circumstances. We can not be held responsible for delays in delivery caused by delivery companies (ie. courier, Royal Mail). Refunds of additional shipping fees (ie. express) are discretionary.
6.2 If you do not receive your order by the due date for delivery then you must let us know within 30 days of that date so that we can send a replacement.
7 RISK AND TITLE
7.1 The Products will be at your risk from the time of delivery.
7.2 Ownership of the Products will only pass to you when we receive full payment of all sums due in respect of the Products, including delivery charges.
8 PRICE AND PAYMENT
8.1 The price of any Products will be as quoted on our site from time to time, except in cases of obvious error.
8.2 These prices include VAT but exclude delivery costs, which will be added to the total amount due as set out in our Delivery Guide. Delivery for orders is usually free within Europe (unless stated otherwise), a small fee for postage is charged for all orders which are to be shipped to outside of Europe.
8.3 Prices are liable to change at any time, but changes will not affect orders in respect of which we have already sent you a Dispatch Confirmation.
8.4 Our site contains a large number of Products and it is always possible that, despite our best efforts, some of the Products listed on our site may be incorrectly priced. We will normally verify prices as part of our dispatch procedures so that, where a Product’s correct price is less than our stated price, we will charge the lower amount when dispatching the Product to you. If a Product’s correct price is higher than the price stated on our site, we will normally, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before dispatching the Product, or reject your order and notify you of such rejection.
8.5 We are under no obligation to provide the Product to you at the incorrect (lower) price, even after we have sent you a Dispatch Confirmation, if the pricing error is obvious and unmistakeable and could have reasonably been recognised by you as a mis-pricing.
8.6 Payment for all Products must be by credit or debit card or through PayPal. We accept card payment with Visa, MasterCard, Solo and Maestro.
9 OUR REFUNDS POLICY
9.1 When you return a Product to us:
9.2 because you have cancelled the Contract between us within the 7-day cooling-off period (see clause 5.1 above), we will process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any case, within 30 days of the day you have given notice of your cancellation. In this case, we will refund the price of the Product in full, including the cost of sending the item to you. However, you will be responsible for the cost of returning the item to us. You must also return the Product(s) to us immediately, in the same condition in which you received them, and at your own cost and risk. You have a legal obligation to take reasonable care of the Products while they are in your possession. If you fail to comply with this obligation, we may have a right of action against you for compensation.
9.2.1 for any other reason (for instance, because you have notified us in accordance with paragraph 20 that you do not agree to any change in these terms and conditions or in any of our policies, or because you claim that the Product is defective), we will examine the returned Product and will notify you of your refund via e-mail within a reasonable period of time. We will usually process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any case, within 30 days of the day we confirmed to you via e-mail that you were entitled to a refund for the defective Product. Products returned by you because of a defect will be refunded in full, including a refund of the delivery charges for sending the item to you and the cost incurred by you in returning the item to us. You must however return the Products to us in their original undamaged packaging.
9.2.2 If you return a Product to us after the 7-day cooling off period and the Product is not defective then we may issue a refund to you of the price of the Product including the cost of sending the item to you less a 6% re-stocking fee. You will also be responsible for the cost of returning the item to us.
We will usually refund any money received from you using the same method originally used by you to pay for your purchase.
9.3 If you are a business and not purchasing goods as a consumer then:
9.3.1 if you cancel an order before we dispatch the Products to you we will issue a full refund to you less a re-stocking fee of 6% of the order value; and
9.3.2 we will exchange Products which are faulty on receipt by you provided that we are notified within 10 days of receipt of the Products by you and the Products are returned to us in their original undamaged packaging.
10 OUR LIABILITY
10.1 We warrant to you that any Product purchased from us through our site, in the case of goods, is of satisfactory quality and reasonably fit for all the purposes for which goods of the kind are commonly supplied and, in the case of services, will be performed with reasonable skill and care.
10.2 The warranty applicable to third party Products supplied by us shall be limited to the warranty offered by the manufacturer of such Product.
10.3 Our liability for losses you suffer as a result of us breaking this agreement is strictly limited to the purchase price of the Product you purchased and any losses which are a foreseeable consequence of us breaking the agreement. Losses are foreseeable where they could be contemplated by you and us at the time your order is accepted by us.
10.4 This does not include or limit in any way our liability:
10.4.1 For death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
10.4.2 Under section 2(3) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987;
10.4.3 For fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
10.4.4 For any matter for which it would be illegal for us to exclude, or attempt to exclude, our liability.
10.5 We are not responsible for indirect losses which happen as a side effect of the main loss or damage and which are not foreseeable by you and us, including but not limited to:
10.5.1 loss of income or revenue
10.5.2 loss of business
10.5.3 loss of profits or contracts
10.5.4 loss of anticipated savings
10.5.5 loss of data, or
10.5.6 waste of management or office time however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable;
provided that this clause 11.4 shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property that fall within the terms of clause 11.1 or clause 11.2 or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of categories 11.4.7 to 11.4.7 inclusive of this clause 11.4.
11 IMPORT DUTY
11.1 If you order Products from our site for delivery outside the UK, they may be subject to import duties and taxes which are levied when the delivery reaches the specified destination. You will be responsible for payment of any such import duties and taxes. Please note that we have no control over these charges and cannot predict their amount. Please contact your local customs office for further information before placing your order.
11.2 Please also note that you must comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the country for which the products are destined. We will not be liable for any breach by you of any such laws.
12 WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
12.1 Applicable laws require that some of the information or communications we send to you should be in writing. When using our site, you accept that communication with us will be mainly electronic. We will contact you by e-mail or provide you with information by posting notices on our website. For contractual purposes, you agree to this electronic means of communication and you acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that we provide to you electronically comply with any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.
13 NOTICES
13.1 All notices given by you to us must be given to Glenfield Investments Ltd, 62 York Road, Wellingborough, NN29 7SG, United Kingdom OR info@watersafetestkits.co.uk. We may give notice to you at either the e-mail or postal address you provide to us when placing an order, or in any of the ways specified in clause 12 above. Notice will be deemed received and properly served immediately when posted on our website, 24 hours after an e-mail is sent, or three days after the date of posting of any letter. In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post and, in the case of an e-mail, that such e-mail was sent to the specified e-mail address of the addressee.
14 TRANSFER OF RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
14.1 The contract between you and us is binding on you and us and on our respective successors and assigns.
14.2 You may not transfer, assign, charge or otherwise dispose of a Contract, or any of your rights or obligations arising under it, without our prior written consent.
14.3 We may transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract or otherwise dispose of a Contract, or any of our rights or obligations arising under it, at any time during the term of the Contract.
15 EVENTS OUTSIDE OUR CONTROL
15.1 We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under a Contract that is caused by events outside our reasonable control (Force Majeure Event).
15.2 A Force Majeure Event includes any act, event, non-happening, omission or accident beyond our reasonable control and includes in particular (without limitation) the following:
15.2.1 Strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action.
15.2.2 Civil commotion, riot, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war.
15.2.3 Fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic or other natural disaster.
15.2.4 Impossibility of the use of railways, shipping, aircraft, motor transport or other means of public or private transport.
15.2.5 Impossibility of the use of public or private telecommunications networks.
15.2.6 The acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or restrictions of any government.
15.3 Our performance under any Contract is deemed to be suspended for the period that the Force Majeure Event continues, and we will have an extension of time for performance for the duration of that period. We will use our reasonable endeavours to bring the Force Majeure Event to a close or to find a solution by which our obligations under the Contract may be performed despite the Force Majeure Event.
16 WAIVER
16.1 If we fail, at any time during the term of a Contract, to insist upon strict performance of any of your obligations under the Contract or any of these terms and conditions, or if we fail to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which we are entitled under the Contract, this shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and shall not relieve you from compliance with such obligations.
16.2 A waiver by us of any default shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default.
16.3 No waiver by us of any of these terms and conditions shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be a waiver and is communicated to you in writing in accordance with clause 14 above.
17 SEVERABILITY
17.1 If any of these terms and Conditions or any provisions of a Contract are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
17 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
17.1 These terms and conditions and any document expressly referred to in them represent the entire agreement between us in relation to the subject matter of any Contract and supersede any prior agreement, understanding or arrangement between us, whether oral or in writing.
17.2 We each acknowledge that, in entering into a Contract, neither of us has relied on any representation, undertaking or promise given by the other or be implied from anything said or written in negotiations between us prior to such Contract except as expressly stated in these terms and conditions.
17.3 Neither of us shall have any remedy in respect of any untrue statement made by the other, whether orally or in writing, prior to the date of any Contract (unless such untrue statement was made fraudulently) and the other party’s only remedy shall be for breach of contract as provided in these terms and conditions.
18 OUR RIGHT TO VARY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
18.1 We have the right to revise and amend these terms and conditions from time to time to reflect changes in market conditions affecting our business, changes in technology, changes in payment methods, changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements and changes in our system’s capabilities.
18.2 You will be subject to the policies and terms and conditions in force at the time that you order Products from us, unless any change to those policies or these terms and conditions is required to be made by law or governmental authority (in which case it will apply to orders previously placed by you), or if we notify you of the change to those policies or these terms and conditions before we send you the Dispatch Confirmation (in which case we have the right to assume that you have accepted the change to the terms and conditions, unless you notify us to the contrary within seven working days of receipt by you of the Products).
19 LAW AND JURISDICTION
19.1 Contracts for the purchase of Products through our site and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) will be governed by English law. Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with such Contracts or their formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Privacy Notice
Watersafe UK is a trading name of Glenfield Investments Ltd and has created this privacy statement in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you use this website (www.watersafetestkits.co.uk):
What information do we collect about you?
We collect information about you when you register with us, place an order or subscribe to our newsletter. We also collect information when you voluntarily complete surveys, provide feedback and participate in competitions.
Website usage information is collected using cookies. Cookies are used on our site to keep track of the contents of your shopping basket, to store delivery addresses if the address book is used and to store your details when you set up an account. You can turn off cookies within your browser by going to ‘Tools | Internet Options | Privacy’ and selecting to block cookies. If you turn off cookies, you may not be able to have full use of our website. We use your IP address to monitor access to and administer our website and to analyse your navigational route on this site.
How will we use the information about you?
We collect information about you to process the order, manage your account and, if you agree, to email you about other products and services we think may be of interest to you. In processing your order, we may send your details to, and also use information from credit reference agencies and fraud prevention agencies.
Watersafe UK will not divulge any information we receive from customers to anyone other than
- when order details are processed as part of the order fulfilment. In this case, the third party will not disclose any of the details to any other third party.
- when you subscribe to our newsletter and we send you emails using our external email provider. In this case, the third party will not disclose any of the details to any other third party.
Watersafe UK will not rent, sell or give your name, email or credit card confirmation or purchase history to any other company, agency or individual. When an order is placed on our website, credit card numbers are encrypted using 128 bit encryption. They are only decrypted after they reach our payment gateway. They are not held by us. We will not store any financial information or card information.
We may contact you with order related queries, e.g. to send you an order confirmation as well as order process updates, when there is an incorrect address, the shipment has been returned to us or there is a product or stock related query.
Marketing
If you have consented to receiving marketing, you may opt out at a later date. You have the right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please contact us.
Access to your information and correction
You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please contact us. We want to make sure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.
Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website – so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies. We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this webpage. This privacy policy was last updated 10th September 2019.
Your privacy is important to us. Please note that by accepting this Privacy Policy, you consent to your personally identifiable information being stored and processed on our behalf by our web developers (Digital NOW) in the UK.