1. Payments for participation in the Exhibition must be made in full, in
advance, otherwise the Organisers reserve the right to relet the stand and retain any sum
already paid.
2. Cancellation of booking will
not be accepted after 1 March 2001. OITE reserves the right to claim/retain all amount
paid / outstanding in part or full for such space booked.
3. The Agreement to exhibit is
irrevocable by the Exhibitor and only in exceptional circumstances will the Organiser
agree to cancel contact or refund any part of the payments already made.
4. Only 'products' and 'company's
names' entered on the application form will be allowed to be displayed on the stand. No
sub-letting or exchange of any part of the space applied for Shell Scheme Service or
Optional Stand Service or electrical items is permitted. No cooking (re)heating or selling
of cooked / raw foods or beverages inside the exhibition venue.
5. Stands must be occupied by 8.00
am on 21 April, 2001, otherwise the Organisers reserve the rights to relet the space or
deal with it in any way they see fit and retain any sums of money already paid, and
further claim for such space booked irrespective of the fact that it is not occupied.
6. Exhibitors are wholly
responsible for the safety of their exhibits, employees, public and themselves
before/during /after the exhibition. The Organisers will accept no responsibility for loss
or damage whatsoever caused to any exhibit or the property of any Exxhibor.
7. Exhibitors are not allowed to
bring in to the Exhibition area / stands any exhibit or any substance which is liable to
cause harm to the public or cause a fire or explosion. The Organisers may in their
absolute discretion demand the removal of, or take steps themselves to remove, any such
exhibit or substance of the Exhibitor's expense.
8. Except with the express written
permission of the Organisers, only officially appointed contractors may be used for any
electrical and stand building works, for supply of cranes or other lifting apparatus.
9. The Organiser shall not be
responsible for the loss of or damage to any property of the Exhibitor or any other person
caused by theft, fire, defect in the Exhibition Hall "The Hall", storm, tempest,
lightning, national emergency, civil unrest, war, labour disputes, lackouts, explosions,
acts of God and general cause of force majeure whether or not ejusdem generies with the
foregoing or any cause not within the Organisers control or for any loss or damages
sustained in the event that the opening or holding of the Exhibition is prevented,
postponed or abandoned or if the hall becomes totally or partially unavailable for holding
of the Exhibition due to any of the foregoing cause. The Exhibitor shall indemnify and
hold the Organiser safe and harmless from all loss and damage to person or property and
all claims arising out of the Exhibitor's stand fittings and for the Exhibitor's
proportion of the shell scheme and for any loss or damage to the basic shell scheme stand.
The Exhibitors is advised to take out an insurance cover for the purpose of indemnifying
the Organiser as aforesaid and also to cover itself against all risks in respect of which
the Organiser is expressed not to be responsible in these conditions.
10. In no event shall the
Exhibitor, have any claim for damages of any kind against the Organiser in respect of any
loss or damage consequent upon breakdown prevention or postponement or abandonment of the
exhibition by reason of the happening of any of the events referred to in condition 9 or
otherwise or of the Hall becoming wholly or partially unavailable for the holding of the
Exhibition for reasons beyond the Organiser's control and the Organiser shall be entitled
to retain all sums paid by the Exhibitor or such part thereof as the Organiser shall
consider necessary. If in the opinion of the Organiser by re-arrangement or postponement
of the period of the Exhibition or by substitution of another hall or building or in any
other reasonable manner, the Exhibition can be carried out, these conditions shall be
binding upon the parties except as to size and position as to which any modification or
re-arrangement shall be determined by the Organiser.
11. The Exhibitor shall hold the
Organiser safe and harmless from all loss or damages suffered by or arising out of any act
or default of any servant, agent, employee or sub-contractor of the Exhibitor.
12. All display, advertising
exhibits and stand arrangements shall be appropriate to the subject matter of the
Exhibition in the sole opinion of the Organiser and shall be tasteful and of a suitable
high standard and shall not contravene or conflict with any moral or local custom and if
in the opinion of the Organiser, the Exhibitor is in breach of this clause the Organiser
may direct the Exhibitor to rectify any such breach and the Exhibitor shall immediately
act accordingly.
13. In the event of a breach of
any conditions for participation or payment, the Organiser reserves the right in all cases
to retain all monies paid by the Exhibitor and have a lien/retain all goods of the
Exhibitor and at the discretion of the Organiser, auction or sell the goods of the
Exhibitor to recover the money due to the Organiser and recover further money from the
Exhibitor as provided herein.
14. All payments for participation
should be paid without exception prior to the opening date of the exhibition in
exceptional cases where it is not accompanied with the contract form. Failing which, the
Organiser reserves the right to claim an additional 2% interest per month in addition to
the participation fees from the exhibitor this will commence from the opening date of the
exhibition.
15. An Exhibitor's manual will be
issued to the Exhibitor containing detailed information / guidelines for participation in
the Exhibition. All conditions and details contained therein is bringing on all Exhibitors
and must be complied with, without exception.
16. Any item of Shell Scheme not
required by the Exhibitor, should be returned to the Organisers and is non-transferable to
any other Exhibitor. All items found during physical inventory other than Shell Scheme
will be charged as per our Optional Items / Service / Electrical list, irrespective of the
fact whether the same has been requested in writing by the Exhibitor or not.
17. The Organisers cannot accept
any complaint or claim against them unless submitted in writing within two weeks of the
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