Winner Access Brochure 2018 All your working at height solutions | Page 58

TERMS & CONDITIONS
Fridays when the allowance will be up to 7 hours providing always
that where thea ctual hours worked are in excess of the minimum
period less breakdown time, the actual hours worked shall be
chargeable. Idle time for this purpose shall be treated as actual
working time. The minimum week of 39 hours shall be reduced
by 8 hours Monday to Thursday and 7 hours Friday for each day’s
statutory holiday occurring in such week, provided that the plant
does not work on the holiday.
22. “ALL-IN” RATES
Where “All-In” rates are charged by agreement the minimum
period shall be as defined in the Contract and in accordance
with the hire rates and terms contained therein, subject to the
provisions of Clause 26.
23. COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF HIRE (TRANSPORT OF
PLANT)
(a) The hire period shall commence from the time when the plant
leaves the Owner’s depot or place where last employed and shall
continue until the plant is received back at the Owner’s named
depot or other agreed location but an allowance shall be made
of not more than one day’s hire charge each way for travelling
time. If the plant be used on day of travelling, full hire rates shall
be paid for the period of use on that day. If more than one day
be properly and unavoidably occupied in transporting the plant,
a hire charge at idle time rates shall be payable for such extra
time, provided that where plant is hired for a total period of less
than one week, the full hire rate shall be paid from the date of
despatch to the date of return to the Owner’s named depot or
other agreed location.
(b) An allowance of not more than one day’s travelling time shall
be allowed when the plant is travelling to a site other than that
specified in the Contract provided that:
(i) consent to such transfer has been given by the Owner under
Clause 16, and,
(ii) the plant is moved by means other than under its own
power, and,
(iii) the plant shall have been on the site specified in the Contract
or on any other site to which consent to transfer has been
given under Clause 16 for a period of at least 14 days.
24. NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF CONTRACT
Where the period of hire is indeterminate or having been defined
becomes indeterminate the Contract shall be determinable by
seven days notice in writing given by either party to the other
except in cases where the plant has been lost or damaged.
Notwithstanding that the Owner may have agreed to accept less
than 7 days
notice of termination, the Hirer’s obligations under Clause 13 shall
continue until the plant is returned to the Owner in accordance
with Clause 31 or until the Owner has collected the plant within
the 7 days following the acceptance of short notice. Oral notice
given by the Hirer to the Owner’s driver or operator shall not be
deemed to
constitute compliance with the provisions of this Clause.
25. IDLE TIME
When the plant is prevented by prolonged inclement weather
from working for a complete week, the charge shall be two thirds
of the hire rate or such other idle time rate as is stated in the
Offer. If the plant works for any time during the guaranteed hire
period then the whole of that guaranteed minimum period shall
be charged as
working time. In any case no period less than one day shall be
reckoned as idle time save for as provided for in clause 18(e).
56
0845 601 5327