Skip Time Waste Terms and Conditions
In these Terms and Conditions the following expressions shall (where the context so admits) have the following meanings:
'Skip Time' shall mean Skip Time LTD trading as Skip Time Waste.
'Agreement' shall mean the Contract and these Terms and Conditions.
'Charges' shall mean the fees and expenses payable by the Hirer under this agreement for the use of skip/grab hire services, charges and any additional services as set out in the agreement or otherwise agreed by the Hirer.
'Services' shall mean skip hire delivery and collection, grab hire delivery and collection of ail materials.
'Driver' shall mean and make reference to Skip Time agent.
'Materials' shall refer to the contents delivered to or taken away from the hirers site.
'Hirer' shall mean the company, firm or person to whom Skip Time supplies services.
'Container' shall mean skip.
This Agreement is between Skip Time and the Hirer and shall come into effect upon delivery of services agreed upon booking.
The person signing on behalf of the Hirer warrants to Skip Time that he/she has the authority to do so. It is the responsibility of the hirer to ensure that their agent is available upon delivery of services to sign on their behalf. The Hirer shall not in any circumstances re-hire or purport to re-hire services or assets to any third party.
Skip hire is at the discretion of Skip Time
Once delivered and whilst on site, skips are the responsibility of the hirer
Skip Time agree to hire skips for the fixed hire period of 2 weeks from the date of delivery. Skip Time reserve the right to collect skips at their discretion including instances within the agreed fixed hire period.
Skip Time reserve the right to terminate skip hire in the event of the skip becoming dangerously overloaded, mistreated or repositioned after delivery. Skip hire may be terminated in the event the skip is loaded with toxic or non recyclable materials.
Skip hire may be terminated at the request of the local authority or government agencies.
Non recyclable and hazardous materials are subject to additional haulage and handling charges and may be returned to the hirers address.
The following are materials are not permitted in skips. Asbestos, Mattresses, Fridge freezers, Chemicals, Pressurised canisters, Rubber tyres, Rubber, Astroturf, food waste.
There is an allowance of 0.5 tonne per container for plasterboard. Containers overloaded with plasterboard will incur additional charges dependent upon the amount.
Wherever possible the driver will leave excessive, non recyclable or hazardous materials on site.
In the event of a skip being collected at the behest of an outside agency because the skip is in breach of terms as set out by governing bodies the hirer is not entitled to a refund.
Where an agreed attempt has been made to deliver or collect the skip and where we are unable to do so as a result of the hirer not making the skip available, the hirer may be subject to a cancellation fee of £150
Fires are not permitted within skips provided by Skip Time. Hirers are liable for all related costs as a result of a fire damaged skips
Skip loads are to be kept level with the sides of the skip. Sides reinforced with boards to increase capacity will not be taken. Thrown off refuse is the responsibility of the hirer.
It is the hirers responsibility that skips are loaded responsibly and securely.
Hirers warrant that with respect to each container ordered to be on places other than private property the permission of the highway authority has been duly obtained under section 139 of the highway act
1980 and customers undertake that they will ensure that all conditions to which the aforesaid permission is granted shall be observed at all times and in particular will ensure that the container will be properly lit and securely covered during the hours of darkness. Resulting fines and penalties are the responsibility of the hirer and will be recharged forthwith. The duty of care (EPA Act 1990) requires you ensure once this container is loaded, it is secured with an adequate cover.
Customers requesting or ordering vehicles delivering or collecting containers to leave on the public highway are fully liable and shall reimburse us in respect of any loss, cost, claims, damages or expenses we may thereby sustain whether as a result of damage to the vehicles themselves or the property of customers or third parties.
Customers shall reimburse us in respect to the theft or any losses or damages to the containers whilst on hire to them from whatsoever cause the same may arise (fair wear and tear expected). They shall also fully indemnify us in respect of any claims for injury to persons or property arising out of the use of containers whilst in hire to them howsoever the same may be caused or arise.
In addition to customers undertaking to observe at all times the conditions subject to which permission of the highway authority is granted as aforesaid (including in particular the provision of lamps and traffic cones) if containers are sited anywhere else where they are likely to be a contributory cause of damage or injury to third parties during the hours of darkness customers shall also ensure the safe loading of materials into the containers.