T&C’s

Cancellations:

THE CANCELLATION NOTICE FOR BANDS ON BLOCK BOOKINGS IS 72 HOURS.

ALL OTHER BOOKINGS REQUIRE A 48 HOUR CANCELLATION NOTICE PERIOD.

We require a minimum of 72 hours (3 days) notice for a block booking cancellation and a minimum 48 hours (2 days) notice for any other cancellation. This is counted from the start time of your rehearsal. If you cancel at or after the 72/48 hour period we will charge the full cost of the rehearsal room hire booked. When you are cancelling you must ensure that you speak to a member of staff and obtain a cancellation number. We do not accept cancellations over the answer phone or by email. Your cancellation number is a record of the phone call and your proof that the cancellation was made, so keep it safe.

WE HAVE A CANCELLATION WAITING LIST FOR REHEARSAL SPACES. THE MORE NOTICE OF A CANCELLATION YOU GIVE US, THE BETTER THE CHANCES WE CAN FILL YOUR REHEARSAL SPACE.

Those customers who cancel outside the late cancellation period shall not be charged.

Studio & Equipment Hire:

1. The following conditions for hire shall apply to all contracts entered into by Bush Studios Ltd ('the Company') for the hire of the Studio ('the Studio') quoted in the Booking ('the Booking') and of the equipment ('the Equipment') for use in the Studio. 'The Customer' means the person, firm or Company designated a Customer in the initial Booking.

2. The Company agrees to make available to the Customer for the period booked the Studio and Equipment ('the Equipment') specified therein at the fee quoted or otherwise agreed.

3. The Customer shall vacate the Studio and Studio Complex (148-151 The Arches, London, W12 7LA) promptly at the end of the booking and surrender the Equipment at the end of the Booking.

4. If the Customer fails to vacate the Studio promptly and/or surrender all or any of the Equipment at the end of the Booking the Company shall be entitled to charge a further fee in respect of excess usage which if overtime is involved may be higher than the rate for the Booking.

5. The Customer shall satisfy himself that the Studio and the Equipment is suitable for his purpose and while the Company will use its best endeavours to ensure that all the Equipment performs in accordance with the specifications for such Equipment, the Company is not responsible for ensuring that its Equipment and the facilities provided are suitable for the Customers purpose.

6. If the Customer cancels any Booking, the Company shall take reasonable steps to replace the cancelled Booking with another hiring. The Customer shall indemnify the Company against any loss or damage suffered by the Company by reason of such cancellation. (Please refer specifically to our terms and conditions for cancellations.)

7. If the Company have incurred any special costs or expenses in connection with the Booking with the knowledge and approval of the Customer, the Customer shall pay those special costs or expenses in addition to the above mentioned cancellation charges, costs and expenses.

8. Subject to paragraph 9 of this condition if the Booking is cancelled owing to any reason affecting the Company then unless such cancellation has been caused by negligence on the part of the Company, the Company shall not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by the Customer and the Company's liability would be limited in repayment of the Booking fee.

9. If such cancellation is due to fire, natural catastrophe, industrial dispute, failure of national or local power supply or any other circumstances beyond the Company's control then the Company shall be under no liability and shall be entitled to be paid such part of the Booking fee as is fair and reasonable and having regard to the facilities supplied up to time. The Company shall also be entitled to payment in respect of costs and expenses as mentioned in clause 7 incurred up to such time.

10. Only musicians rehearsing and their appointed representatives are permitted to enter the Studio Complex and the Company reserve the right to refuse entry to or eject any person whose presence is not necessary for any rehearsal.

11. The Customer shall ensure that all persons entering the Studio in connection with the Booking shall abide by the rules and regulations therein and the Company shall be entitled to exclude any persons in the event of their failure to observe such regulations.

12. The Company reserve the right to refuse entry to any part of the Studio complex.

13. No person will be allowed entry to the Studio complex after 12.30am and no vehicles will be allowed to leave the premises after that time.

14. The Company reserve the right to search all vehicles and persons entering and leaving the Studio complex.

15. Any Customer's equipment left at the Studio Complex at any time shall be at the Customers own risk.

16. The Customer shall reimburse the Company with the cost of repairing or replacing any part of the Studio or Equipment damaged or lost as a result of the use or misuse by the Customer.

17. The Studio, the Equipment and all other facilities provided by the he Company are provided entirely at the Customer's risk. The Company shall be under no liability to the Customer for any loss or damage resulting from any defect in the Studio or the failure of any of the Equipment of facilities whether or not the Company had any prior knowledge.

18. All articles brought and bought on the premises are entirely at the owner's risk.

19. All Studio time booked by the Customer will be charged for in full at the Studio rate even if the Customer does not work for all or any part of the time booked.

Transport:

Bush Studios Ltd 146-151 The Arches, London, W12 7LA (hereinafter referred to as 'the carrier' is not a common carrier and accepts goods for carriage only upon that condition and subject to the Terms and Conditions set out below. No servant or agent of the Carrier is permitted to alter or vary these Terms and Conditions in any way without the express written authority to do so.

1. Definitions
In the Terms and Conditions below the following terms shall have the meanings that follow ascribed to them: 'Customer' means the customer who contracts for the services of the Carrier; 'Contract' means the contract of carriage between Customer and Carrier; 'Consignment' means goods and equipment in bulk or contained in any one parcel or container as the case may be, or any number of separate parcels, packages, containers, items of equipment sent at one time in one load by or for Customer from one address to another.

2. Parties and sub-contracting
(1) Customer warrants that it is either the owner of the goods in any Consignment or is authorised by such owner to accept those conditions on such owner's behalf.
(2) Carrier and any other carrier employed by Carrier may employ the services of any carrier for the purpose of fulfilling the Contract in whole or in part and the name of every such other carrier shall be provided to Customer on request.
(3) Carrier contracts for itself and as agent of and trustee for its servants and agents and all other carriers referred to in (2) above and such other carriers servants and agents and every reference set out in the terms and conditions set out below to 'Carrier' shall be deemed to include every such other carrier servant and agent with the intention that they shall have the benefit of the Contract and collectively and together with Carrier be under no greater liability to Customer or any other party that is Carrier hereunder.

3.Loading and unloading
(1) When collection or delivery takes place at Customer's premises, Carrier shall not be under any obligation to provide service beyond the usual place of collection of delivery, nor any plant, power or labour other than Carrier's driver required for loading or unloading at such premises unless otherwise specifically contracted. Customer shall provide any special equipment or appliances necessary for such purposes, again, unless otherwise specifically agreed,
(2) Any additional service required by Customer and given by Carrier or its servants or agents shall be at the sole risk of the Customer who shall indemnify Carrier against any claims which could not have been made if such additional service had not been given.

4.Dangerous Goods
Where carrier agrees to accept Dangerous Goods (identified as being those goods specified in the Special Classification of dangerous goods issued by British Railways Board) such goods must be accompanied by a full declaration of their nature and contents and be properly and safely packaged and labelled in accordance with such statutory regulations as may be in time being in force for carriage.

5.Transit
(1) 'Transit' shall commence when Carrier takes possession of the Consignment and end when the Consignment is tendered at the place of delivery requested by the Customer and such responsibility as Carrier may have for the Consignment shall terminate upon the Consignment being tendered at the designated place of delivery.
(2) When for any reason whatever a Consignment cannot be delivered or when Consignment is held by Carrier to await order or 'to be kept till called for' or upon any similar instructions and such instructions are not given of the Consignment not called for and removed within reasonable time (the question of reasonableness to be dictated by the relevant circumstances applying) then Transit shall be deemed to end.

6 Undelivered or Unclaimed Goods
(1) Where Carrier is unable for any reason to deliver a Consignment pursuant to the directions of Customer or where by virtue of Condition 5 Transit is deemed to be at an end, carrier may sell goods and deduct from proceeds realised all proper charges and expenses in relation to disposal and all outstanding sums due to Carrier from Customer and in such circumstances, Carrier's obligations to Customers shall be discharged upon payment by Carrier of any net sum arising from disposal of the goods after deduction of the expenses, charges etc.
(2) Upon such disposal as aforesaid, Carrier shall act reasonably in obtaining the best price possible and shall not exercise the power of sale unless carrier had done whatever is reasonable in the circumstance to notify Customer of the circumstance.

7. Liability for Loss or Damage
Carrier shall not be liable unless specifically agreed to in writing for:
(1) Loss or mis-delivery of or damage to any particular or individual item the value of which exceeds 3% of the total value of any Consignment and, further, Carrier specifically shall not be liable for any loss or mis-delivery of or damage to china ceramics, antiques, jewellery, furs, precious metals, cash, bullion, works of art, negotiable instruments, stamps or
(2) Carrier shall not be liable unless specifically agreed to in writing for any loss or mis-delivery of or damage to any other item if the same has arisen from an Act of God, any consequences of war, insurrection or kindred risks, seizure of forfeiture under legal process, error, act, omission, misrepresentation by Customer or other owner or Consignment inherent liability to wastage and bulk of weight: latent defect or inherent defect, vice or natural deterioration of Consignment or any part, insufficient or improper packaging, labelling or addressing, riot ,civil commotion, strike, lock-out, general or partial stoppage or restraint of labour from whatever cause, consignee not taxing or accepting delivery within a reasonable time after the Consignment has been tendered. Carrier shall not in any circumstance be liable for loss of or damage to goods after Transit of such goods is deemed to have ended within the meaning of Condition 5 hereof whether or not caused or contributed to directly or indirectly by any act omission neglectful or wrong-doing on the part of the Carrier.

8. Insurance
Insurance of all goods in Transit and accepted by Carrier for carriage shall be the responsibility of Customer.

9. Fraud
Carrier shall not in any circumstances be liable in respect of a Consignment where there has been fraud on the part of Customer or owner of the goods or servants or agents of either fraud or unlawful conduct of any other party whatsoever.

10. Limitation of liability
(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in these terms and conditions the liability of Carrier in respect of loss mis-delivery shall in all circumstance be limited as follows:
(i) where loss, mis-delivery or damage however sustained is in respect of the whole of the Consignment to a sum calculated at £800 per ton on the gross weight of the Consignment
(ii) where loss, mis-delivery or damage however sustained is in respect of the part of the Consignment, to the proportion of the sum ascertained in accordance with
(1) (I) of this Condition which the actual value of that part of the Consignment bears to the actual value of the whole Consignment provided that Carrier shall be entitled to require strict proof of the value of the entirety of the Consignment and of any part thereof in respect of which a claim is made.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the sub-clause (1) of this provision, the liability of the Carrier in respect of the indirect or consequential loss or damage, howsoever arising and including loss of profit, shall not exceed the amount of the carriage charges in respect o the Consignment or the amount of the claimants proved loss whichever is the smaller.

11. Indemnity to Carrier
(1) Customer shall indemnify the Carrier against all consequences suffered by Carrier (including but not limited to claims, demands, proceedings, fines, penalties, damages, costs, expenses and loss of or damage to the carrying vehicle and to other goods carried) of any error, omission, mis-statement or misrepresentation by Customer or other owner of the goods or by any servant or agent of either of them, insufficient or improper packing, labelling or addressing of goods or fraud as per Condition 9 above.
(2) All claims and demands whatever by whoever made in excess of the liability of Carrier under the provisions hereof.
(3) All losses suffered by and claims made against Carrier in consequence of loss of or damage to property caused by or arising out of the carriage by Carrier of dangerous goods.
(4) All claims made upon Carrier by HM Customs and Excise or other government agents howsoever.

12. Time Limit for Claims
Carrier shall not be liable for loss of or damage to goods comprising of Consignment unless any claim is made in writing and received by Carrier within ten days after commencement of Transit.

13. General Lien
Carrier shall have a general lien exercisable over any and all goods comprising Consignment in respect of any monies whatsoever due from Customer or other owner of the goods. If any such lien is not satisfied within a reasonable time, Carrier may at his absolute discretion sell goods or any part thereof in the manner described in condition 6 (2) above.

14. Carrier's Charges
Customer shall be required to pay Carrier's charges upon Carrier's normal terms full details of which bill be supplied on demand. Customer shall be required to pay any parking fines incurred while delivering to the Customer's delivery and/or collection address. Customer shall be required to pay waiting time at a rate of £0.30p per minute.

15. Unreasonable Detention
Customer shall be liable for the cost of any unreasonable detention of any vehicle, trailer or container belonging to Carrier without prejudice to Carrier's right against any third party in respect thereof.

16. Impossibility of Performance
Carrier shall be relieved of its obligations to perform this contract to the extent that performance thereof is prevented by failure of the Customer, fire, weather conditions, industrial dispute, civil disturbance or cause beyond the reasonable control of Carrier.

Storage:

1. These terms and conditions shall apply to storage of equipment undertaken by Bush Studios Ltd(the Company) on behalf of any customer (the Customer) at 146-151 The Arches, London, W12 7LA (the Premises)

2. The company will make available to the customer storage facilities for the storage by the customer of its equipment. All equipment stored by the Company is stored at the Customers sole risk.

3. The Company does not and will not insure any equipment stored on behalf of the Customer who is advised to make the appropriate insurance arrangements itself.

4. The amount of the fee payable to the company will be notified to the Customer from time to time. If any sum is overdue for 30 days or longer the Company reserves the right to add interest thereon at the rate of 2% per month over National Westminster Bank's base rate.

5. The Company shall not be liable for any losses or alleged shortages of equipment stored for the Customer nor for the consequences of any act beyond its control. The Company hereby excludes all and any liability to the Customer to the extent that such liability may properly be excluded from law for all and any acts or omissions of the Company its servants or agents howsoever.

6. The Company hereby gives notice to the Customer that the Company is not liable for any damage to the Customer's equipment

· when by prior arrangement verbal or written the Company agrees to move the Customer's equipment

· when the Company is obliged to move equipment returned by the Customer or the Customer's appointed representatives because in the company's opinion the Customer's equipment is improperly stored

· when the customer's equipment is improperly, or inadequately cased or not cased at all.

7. The Company shall refuse to release equipment stored by the Customer to anyone other than the customer unless arranged by the Customer in advance.

8. The Company shall not be under any obligation to the Customer to release the equipment stored on the premises whilst any sums are due to the Company from the Customer either for storage or any other facilities until full payment is received by the Company. If the period of arrears exceeds 90 days the Company will sell items of the equipment stored on the customers behalf, the value of which will in the Company's view realise sums sufficient to cover those sums due to the Company, however the Company must notify the Customer in writing of its intention to sell any items of the Customers equipment, and the customer will have a period of 7 days after receipt of such letter in which to pay the Company the sums due. If payment is received within the 7 days the Company has no rights to sell any item or items of the Customers equipment.

9. The Customer shall give the company not less than four weeks written notice of its intention to terminate these arrangements which may nevertheless be terminated by the Company at zero days notice to the Customer for any reason.

10. No variation of these terms and conditions (save in respect of any increase in the storage fee payable) shall have any effect unless set down in writing and agreed by both parties; a copy of these terms shall be supplied to the Customer at the commencement of storage and the signature of the person receiving a copy hereof shall be deemed to constitute actual notice to the Customer of these terms and conditions and the Customer shall be bound hereby. In the absence of any contrary indication in writing the Company may treat the individual signing the duplicate of these terms and conditions as the Customer and may account to such individual who shall assume liability accordingly.

11. In circumstances where the individual is signing the duplicate of these terms and conditions on behalf of the customer the Company may treat the individual as a representative of the signed band and all those signed members of the band may be considered as jointly and severally liable for any debts incurred.

Credit:

Bands who have arranged for their bills to be paid by a third party (i.e. management company, record company, publishing company or other) should be aware that the bills remain the bands' responsibility.

These companies agree to pay the studios from monies they hold on behalf of the band, not from their own pockets.

Should your record company / publisher or management neglect to pay invoices, responsibility for the Debt is held, jointly and severally by the band members.

Bush Studios Ltd reserves the right to retain equipment owned by the debtor and stored at Bush Studio Ltd (i.e. exercise a general lien) until all outstanding debts have been cleared. Please refer to our terms and conditions for full details, and specifically our terms and conditions for storage.

Bush Studios Ltd reserves the right to refuse credit, and to insist on a full credit check prior to the opening of an account.

Bush Studios Ltd requires an undertaking in writing from the creditor to pay for the bookings made on behalf of the band.

Payment shall be made no later than 30 days after the date of the Seller's invoice ('the due date'). Without prejudice to Bush Studios Ltd's other rights. Bush Studios Ltd reserves the right to charge interest to be added to any late payment from the due date for payment at the rate of 2% above the base rate from time to time of National Westminster Bank Plc until full payment has been received.

Equipment Hire (outside Bush Studios):

1. In the following paragraphs 'the owner' shall mean Bush Studios Ltd.' and 'the hirer' shall mean the person or company to whom the owner hereby offers to let the equipment on hire. 'The equipment' shall mean anything let on hire by the owner to the hirer.

2. The owner will let and the hirer will take upon hire on the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned, the equipment more particularly described in the Schedule overleaf.

3. Nothing said or done by any agent or employee of the owner, which varies these terms, shall be binding on the owner unless reduced into writing and signed by a director with specified reference to these terms.

4. The hirer shall pay to the owner at their request the sum specified overleaf by way of a deposit and advance rental where application in accordance with the terms specified overleaf.

5. Punctual payment of each instalment shall be of the essence of this agreement and the hirer shall be deemed to have repudiated this agreement if any instalment or part thereof shall remain unpaid for more than seven days after becoming due.

6. All sums payable to the owner under this agreement shall be paid to him at 151 The Arches, London, W12 7LA or such other address as the owner from time to time specify and payments made by post shall be at the risk of the hirer.

7. During the continuance of the hiring the hirer shall

1] punctually pay all sums in accordance with clause 3 hereof and those terms specified overleaf

2] pay to the owner interest on overdue instalments of rental at the rate of 15 per cent per annum until payment thereof such interest to run from day to day and to accrue after as well as before any judgement

3] a) keep the equipment in good and substantial repair and condition fair wear and tear excepted and replace all missing damaged or broken equipment or parts thereof with equipment or parts of equal quality and value and in default of so doing permit the owner to take possession of the equipment for the purpose of having repairs carried out and the owner shall have a lien on the equipment until such repayment but exercise of such lien shall not prevent the accrual of instalments of rental hereunder

b) at all times during the period of the hire

i) keep the equipment in its custody and control

ii) ensure that the equipment is used in a proper manner and only by persons having the appropriate qualification and experience in the use of the equipment

iii) take proper care of the equipment and ensure that is safely and properly stored

iv) where spare lamps, diaphragms etc. are provided, the (or the blown unit) must be returned at the end of the hire period, otherwise they will be charged in full

4] punctually pay all registration charges licence fees rent rates taxes and other outgoings in respect of any premises in which the equipment may form time to time be placed or kept and produce the owner in demand the last receipts for all such payments the owner being at liberty in the event of default by the hirer under this subclause to make all or any of such payments and then recover the amount thereof from the hirer forthwith

5] permit the owner and any person authorised by him at all reasonable time to enter the premises in which the equipment is for the time being placed or kept for the purpose of inspecting and examining the condition of the equipment

6] keep the equipment at all times in his possession and control and to notify the company of the place where it is for the time being and not to cause or permit any of the equipment to be affixed to the premises in which it shall for the time being be situate as to become fixtures.

7] notify the owner of any change in the hirers address and upon request by the owner promptly inform the owner of the whereabouts of the equipment and advise the owner when the equipment is being taken outside the u.k.

8] indemnify the owner against loss or damage to the equipment or any part thereof from whatever cause arising and whether or not such loss or damage results from the negligence of the hirer

9] punctually pay for all repairs to or treatment of the equipment and keep the same free from any distress execution or other legal process;

10] not sell assign let pledge mortgage charge encumber or part with possession of or otherwise deal with the equipment or any interest therein or create or allow to be created any lien on the equipment whether for repairs or otherwise shall the hirer remove deface obliterate or cover up any label plate or other mark indicating that the equipment is the property of the company and in the event of any breach of this sub-clause by the hirer the owner shall be entitled (but shall not be bound) to pay to any third party such sum as is necessary to produce the release of the equipment form any charge encumbrance or lien and to recover such sum from the hirer forth with;

11] immediately after the signing of this agreement insure the equipment and keep the same insured during the continuance of the hiring agents loss or damage by accident fire and theft to the full replacement value thereof with some insurance company to be approved by the owner under an all risks policy of insurance in the name of the owner free from restriction or excess in default of the hirer so doing the owner may insure as aforesaid and recover the cost thereof from the hirer forthwith. The hirer hereby irrevocably appoints the owner his agent for the purpose of receiving all moneys under the said policy and giving a discharge thereof;

12] punctually pay all premiums payable under the said policy produce the receipts for such payments to the owner on demand to everything necessary to maintain the said policy in full effect and not do anything whereby the said policy will or may be vitiated;

13] pay to the owner all expenses (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) incurred by or on behalf of the owner in ascertaining the whereabouts of the equipment taking possession of it by reason of a breach by the hirer of any provisions of this agreement and preserving insuring and storing the equipment thereafter and of any legal proceedings taken by or on behalf of the owner to enforce the provisions of this agreement.

8.1 The hire charge for equipment commences (unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing) on the day the equipment leaves the premises of the owner and terminates at the end of the agreed hire period if the equipment has been returned to the owner in the same condition as it was at the commencement of the hire, fair wear and tear excepted. In the event that the equipment is lost, damaged or destroyed, the period in respect of which a hire charge shall be payable at the same rate shall continue until such time as the equipment (if lost) is recovered and returned to the owner or (if damaged) is repaired and is available for re-hire or (if destroyed or otherwise lost) is replaced by an equivalent or comparable items available for hire. Any such additional hire charge for slot, damaged or destroyed equipment shall not exceed an amount equal to thirteen weeks rental of that equipment.

8.2 The owner reserves the right generally or for any particular service client or class of equipment to alter at any time and without previous notice the prices and specifications published in its equipment hire catalogue but no such alteration shall effect a contract of hire then current.

8.3 Where the equipment is lost, stolen , destroyed or damaged by the negligence or wrongful act of a third party, the hirer shall immediately notify the owner thereof, shall not compromise any claim without the consent of the owner, shall allow the owner to take over the conduct of the negotiations ( except in relation to claims made of the hirer for the personal injuries loss of use of the equipment or loss of or damage to the property of the hirer unconnected with the equipment) and shall at his own expense take such proceedings (in hirers sole name or jointly with the owner) as the owner shall direct, holding all sums recovered together with any monies received by the hirer under any of this agreement on trust for the owner and paying or applying as the owner directs such part thereof as is necessary to discharge the hirer's ability to the owner at the date of such payment and to compensate the owner for the loss theft or destruction of or damage to the equipment any surplus being retainable by the hirer for his own benefit.

9. The hirer may determine the hiring at any time by giving three days notice in writing to the owner and delivering up the equipment to the owner at 151 The Arches, London, W12 7LA or any such other address as the owner by have previously specified in writing and upon expiration of such notice and delivery being made the hiring shall come to an end but without prejudice to any pre-existing liability of the hirer hereunder and the hirer shall not be entitled to repayment of any sums previously paid by him to the owner allowance in respect of any such payments.

10. If the hirer shall make default in payment of any of the sums payable hereunder or shall fail to observe or perform any of the other terms and conditions of this agreement whether express or implied the owner may without prejudice to any pre-existing liability of the hirer to the owner by notice in writing served personally on the hirer or sent to him by prepaid post to or left at the above mentioned address of the hirer or at his current or last known business or private address determine this agreement and upon such notice being so served sent or left this agreement and the hiring thereby constituted shall for all purposes determine and thereafter the hirer shall not longer be in possession of the equipment with the owner's consent and subject to the provision of clause 9 hereof and any pre-existing liability of the hirer hereunder neither party shall have any rights against the other.

10.2 if the hirer shall commit an act of bankruptcy or have a receiving order made against him or shall make any arrangement with his creditors or any assignment for the benefit of such creditors or distress or execution shall be levied or threatened upon any of the hirer's property or any judgement against the hirer shall remain unsatisfied for more than fourteen day or if the hirer shall abandon the equipment and thereupon the hirer shall cease to be in possession of the equipment with the owner's consent and subject to any pre-existing liability of the hirer hereunder neither party shall have any rights against the other.

11. Upon the termination of this agreement pursuant to clauses 9 and 10 hereof the owner may without notice take repossession of the equipment and may for that purpose by himself his servants or agents without previous notice enter upon and land or premises on or in which the equipment or any of it is believed by the owner to be situated.

12. The equipment shall remain the property of the owner and nothing contained in this agreement shall confer or be deemed to confer any interest in the equipment on the hirer.

13. The hirer shall take the equipment in the condition in which it is at the date of this agreement and the owner does not in any way represent or warrant that the equipment is of merchantable quality or suitable or fit for the particular or any purpose for which it is or may be required.

14. No liability shall attach to the owner either in contract or in ton for loss injury or damage howsoever sustained by reason of any defect in the equipment whether such defect be latent or apparent on examination or without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing in the operation setting up packing away moving transporting or any like manner where by reason of the presence of the equipment and loss injury or damage shall be sustained.

15. Any notice given to the hirer under the agreement shall be validly given if served by any of the methods specified in clause (10) (1) hereof and shall if sent by post be conclusively deemed to have been received by the hirer within 48 hours after the time of posting.

16. Where the owner shall supply an operator with the equipment for any purpose whatsoever including instructing the hirer in the use of the equipment such operator shall be deemed to be the agent servant or employee of the hirer and not the owner and the owner shall not be liable for any act, error or omission of the operator howsoever caused.

17. No relaxation forbearance delay or indulgence by the owner in enforcing any of the terms and conditions of this agreement or the granting of time by the owner to the hirer shall prejudice effect or restrict the right and powers of the owner hereunder nor shall any waiver of any breach hereof operate as a waiver of any subsequent or any continuing breach hereof. The owner will not waive (or be deemed to have waived) any rights under these conditions by accepting the return of equipment or repossessing the same.

18. Film, magnetic tapes, equipment, materials and property ostensibly belonging to the hirer in the possession or custody of or handled by the owner will be subject to a lien in favour of the owner for the general balance of all monies from time to time due to the owner from the hirer.

19. The agreement shall not commence unless and until it has been signed by or on behalf of the owner

Block Bookings:

1. The terms and conditions of cancellations apply (ie. 72 hours notice and a cancellation number required)

3. Should the customer need to cancel a session of a block the customer will be required to book another session to complete the minimum session requirement.

4. Should the customer wish to cancel the block the customer will be required to refund the discount given on the total sessions used.

5. Should the customer wish to rebook a block it is up to the customer to do so. Bush Studios staff will do their best to alert the customer to the fact that their block is coming to an end.

6. Should the customer cancel 5 sessions of a block in a row, Bush Studios reserves the right to cancel the entire block and the customer will be required to refund the discount given on the total sessions used.

7. Bush Studios reserves the right to refuse to book a block and/or give a block booking discount.

8. Payment terms and conditions apply. In addition Bush Studios reserves the right to a refund of the discount if payment terms are not complied with.

9. Bush Studios Ltd reserve the right to upgrade clients.

The upgrade will be to a superior studio, with no additional cost to the client.

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