Terms and conditions of use

  1. Introduction

1.1    These terms and conditions shall govern your use of our website.

1.2    By using our website, you accept these terms and conditions in full; accordingly, if you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not use our website.

  1. Copyright notice

2.1    Copyright (c) 2020 Tashi Lhunpo Monastery UK Trust

2.2    Subject to the express provisions of these terms and conditions:

(a)    we, together with our licensors, own and control all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website; and

(b)    all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website are reserved.

  1. Permission to use website

3.1    You may:

(a)    view pages from our website in a web browser;

(b)    download pages from our website for caching in a web browser;

(c)    print pages from our website for your own personal and non-commercial use;

(d)    stream audio and video files from our website using the media player on our website for non-commercial use;

        subject to the other provisions of these terms and conditions.

3.2    Except as expressly permitted by Section 3.1 or the other provisions of these terms and conditions, you must not download any material from our website or save any such material to your computer.

3.3    You may only use our website for your own personal and business purposes.

3.4    Except as expressly permitted by these terms and conditions, you must not edit or otherwise modify any material on our website.

3.5    Unless you own or control the relevant rights in the material, you must not:

(a)    republish material from our website (including republication on another website);

(b)    sell, rent or sub-license material from our website;

(c)    show any material from our website in public;

(d)    exploit material from our website for a commercial purpose; or

(e)    redistribute material from our website.

3.6    Notwithstanding Section 3.5, you may redistribute our newsletter in print and electronic form to any person, or if a Promoter to redistribute information about performances to any person.

3.7    We reserve the right to suspend or restrict access to our website, to areas of our website and/or to functionality upon our website. We may, for example, suspend access to the website during server maintenance or when we update the website. You must not circumvent or bypass, or attempt to circumvent or bypass, any access restriction measures on the website.

  1. Misuse of website

4.1    You must not:

(a)    use our website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the performance, availability, accessibility, integrity or security of the website;

(b)    use our website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;

(c)    hack or otherwise tamper with our website;

(d)   use data collected from our website for any direct marketing activity (including without limitation email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing and direct mailing); or

(e)   do anything that interferes with the normal use of our website.

4.2    You must ensure that all the information you supply to us through our website, or in relation to our website, is true, accurate, current, complete and non-misleading

5. Rules about your content

5.1    You warrant and represent that your content will comply with these terms and conditions.

5.2    Your content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any person's legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action against any person (in each case in any jurisdiction and under any applicable law).

5.3    Your content, and the use of your content by us in accordance with these terms and conditions, must not:

(a)    be libellous or maliciously false;

(b)    be obscene or indecent;

(c)    infringe any copyright, moral right, database right, trade mark right, design right, right in passing off or other intellectual property right;

(d)    infringe any right of confidence, right of privacy or right under data protection legislation;

6. Limited warranties

6.1  We do not warrant or represent:

(a)    the completeness or accuracy of the information published on our website;

(b)    that the material on the website is up to date;

(c)    that the website will operate without fault; or

(d)    that the website or any service on the website will remain available.

6.2  To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and subject to Section 8.1, we exclude all representations and warranties relating to the subject matter of these terms and conditions, our website and the use of our website.

7.  Limitations and exclusions of liability

7.1  Nothing in these terms and conditions will:

(a)    limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;

(b)    limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

(c)    limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

(d)    exclude any liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

7.2  The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section 7 and elsewhere in these terms and conditions:

(a)    are subject to Section 7.1; and

(b)    govern all liabilities arising under these terms and conditions or relating to the subject matter of these terms and conditions, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these terms and conditions.

7.3  To the extent that our website and the information and services on our website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

7.4  We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control.

8.  Breaches of these terms and conditions

8.1  Without prejudice to our other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach these terms and conditions in any way, or if we reasonably suspect that you have breached these terms and conditions in any way, we may:

(a)    send you one or more formal warnings;

(b)    temporarily suspend your access to our website;

(c)    permanently prohibit you from accessing our website;

8.2  Where we suspend or prohibit or block your access to our website or a part of our website, you must not take any action to circumvent such suspension or prohibition or blocking (including without limitation creating and/or using a different account).

9. Variation

9.1  We may revise these terms and conditions from time to time.

9.2 The revised terms and conditions shall apply to the use of our website from the date of publication of the revised terms and conditions on the website, and you hereby waive any right you may otherwise have to be notified of, or to consent to, revisions of these terms and conditions.

10.  Assignment

10.1  You hereby agree that we may assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.

10.2  You may not without our prior written consent assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with any of your rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.

11. Severability

11.1  If a provision of these terms and conditions is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect.

11.2  If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision of these terms and conditions would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.

12. Entire agreement

12.1  Subject to Section 7.1, these terms and conditions together with our terms and condition of sale, privacy and cookies policy, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website and shall supersede all previous agreements between you and us in relation to your use of our website.

13. Law and jurisdiction

13.1  These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

13.2  Any disputes relating to these terms and conditions shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.

14.  Statutory and regulatory disclosures

14.1  We are registered as Tashi Lhunpo Monastery UK Trust with The Charity Commission, registration number 1100175 in the United Kingdom and are subject to Charity Commission regulations, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission.

15.  Our details

15.1  This website is owned and operated by Tashi Lhunpo Monastery UK Trust.

15.2  We are registered in England and Wales as a charity under registration number 1100175, and our registered office is at PO Box 2284, Salisbury SP2 2JA.

15.3  Our principal place of business is at the above address.

15.4  You can contact us:

(a)    by post, to the postal address given above;

(b)    using our website contact form;

(c)    by telephone, on the contact number published on our website; or

(d)    by email, using [the email address published on our website.

Terms and conditions of sale

  1. Introduction

1.1    These terms and conditions shall govern the sale and purchase of products through our website.

1.2    You will be asked to give your express agreement to these terms and conditions before you place an order on our website.

1.3    This document does not affect any statutory rights you may have as a consumer (such as rights under the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 or the Consumer Rights Act 2015).

  1. Interpretation

2.1    In these terms and conditions:

(a)    "we" means Tashi Lhunpo Monastery UK Trust; and

(b)    "you" means our customer or prospective customer,

        and "us", "our" and "your" should be construed accordingly.

  1. Order process

3.1    The advertising of products on our website constitutes an "invitation to treat" rather than a contractual offer.

3.2    No contract will come into force between you and us unless and until we accept your order in accordance with the procedure set out in this Section 3.

3.3    To enter into a contract through our website to purchase products from us, the following steps must be taken: you must add the products you wish to purchase to your shopping cart, and then proceed to the checkout; if you are a new customer, you must then create an account with us and log in; if you are an existing customer, you must enter your login details; once you are logged in, you must select your preferred method of delivery and confirm your order and your consent to the terms of this document; you will be transferred to our payment service provider's website, and our payment service provider will handle your payment; we will then send you an initial acknowledgement; and once we have checked whether we are able to meet your order, we will either send you an order confirmation (at which point your order will become a binding contract) or we will confirm by email that we are unable to meet your order.

3.4    You will have the opportunity to identify and correct input errors prior to making your order by clicking on the basket and modifying or deleting the purchase.

  1. Products

4.1    We may periodically change the products available on our website, and we do not undertake to continue to supply any particular product or type of product.

  1. Prices

5.1    Our prices are quoted on our website.

5.2    We will from time to time change the prices quoted on our website, but this will not affect contracts that have previously come into force.

5.3    All amounts stated in these terms and conditions or on our website are stated inclusive of VAT.

5.4    It is possible that prices on the website may be incorrectly quoted; accordingly, we will verify prices as part of our sale procedures so that the correct price will be notified to you before the contract comes into force.

5.5    In addition to the price of the products, you will have to pay a delivery charge, which will be notified to you before the contract of sale comes into force.

  1. Payments

6.1    You must, during the checkout process, pay the prices of the products you order.

6.2    Payments may be made by any of the permitted methods specified on our website from time to time.

6.3    If you fail to pay to us any amount due under these terms and conditions in accordance with the provisions of these terms and conditions, then we may withhold the products ordered and/or by written notice to you at any time cancel the contract of sale for the products.

  1. Deliveries

7.1    Our policies and procedures relating to the delivery of products are set out in this Section 7.

7.2    We will arrange for the products you purchase to be delivered to the delivery address you specify during the checkout process.

7.3    We will use reasonable endeavours to deliver your products on or before the date for delivery set out in the order confirmation or, if no date is set out in the order confirmation, within 7 days following the date of the order confirmation; however, we do not guarantee delivery by this date.

7.4    We do guarantee that unless there are exceptional circumstances all deliveries of products will be dispatched within 30 days following the later of receipt of payment and the date of the order confirmation.

  1. Distance contracts: cancellation right

8.1    This Section 8 applies if and only if you offer to contract with us, or contract with us, as a consumer - that is, as an individual acting wholly or mainly outside your trade, business, craft or profession.

8.2    You may withdraw an offer to enter into a contract with us through our website or cancel a contract entered into with us through our website (without giving any reason for your withdrawal or cancellation) at any time within the period:

(a)    beginning upon the submission of your offer; and

(b)    ending at the end of 14 days after the day on which the products come into your physical possession or the physical possession of a person identified by you to take possession of them (or, if the contract is for delivery of multiple products, lots or pieces of something, 14 days after the day on which the last of those products, lots or pieces comes into your physical possession or the physical possession of a person identified by you to take possession of them).

8.3    In order to withdraw an offer to contract or cancel a contract on the basis described in this Section 8, you must inform us of your decision to withdraw or cancel (as the case may be). You may inform us by means of any clear statement setting out the decision. In the case of cancellation, you may inform us using the cancellation form that we will make available to you. To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning the exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.

8.4    If you cancel a contract on the basis described in this Section 8, you must send the products back to us (to Tashi Lhunpo Monastery UK Trust, PO Box 2284, Salisbury SP2 2JA or hand them over to us or a person authorised by us to receive them. You must comply with your obligations referred to in this Section 8 without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days after the day on which you inform us of your decision to cancel the contract. You must pay the direct cost of returning the products.

8.5    If you cancel an order in accordance with this Section 8, you will receive a full refund of the amount you paid to us in respect of the order excluding the costs of delivery to you, except:

(a)    if you chose a kind of delivery costing more than the least expensive kind of delivery that we offer, we reserve the right to retain the difference in cost between the kind of delivery you chose and the least expensive kind of delivery that we offer; and

(b)    as otherwise provided in this Section 8.

8.6    If the value of the products returned by you is diminished by any amount as a result of the handling of those products by you beyond what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the products, we may recover that amount from you up to the contract price. We may recover that amount by deducting it from any refund due to you or require you to pay that amount direct to us. Handling which goes beyond the sort of handling that might reasonably be allowed in a shop will be "beyond what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the products" for these purposes.

8.7    We will refund money using the same method used to make the payment, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise. In any case, you will not incur any fees as a result of the refund.

8.8    Unless we have offered to collect the products, we will process a refund due to you as a result of a cancellation on the basis described in this Section 8 within the period of 14 days after the day on which we receive the returned products or (if earlier) after the day on which you supply to us evidence of having sent the products back. If we have not sent the products to you at the time of withdrawal or cancellation or have offered to collect the products, we will process a refund due to you without undue delay and, in any case, within the period of 14 days after the day on which we are informed of the withdrawal or cancellation.

8.9    You will not have any right to cancel a contract as described in this Section 8 insofar as the contract relates to:

(a)    the supply of any sealed audio recordings, sealed video recordings or sealed computer software which have been unsealed by you;

(b)    the supply of products the price of which is dependent upon fluctuations in financial markets which we cannot control and which may occur during the cancellation period;

(c)    the supply of newspapers, periodicals or magazines, with the exception of subscription contracts for the supply of such publications;

(d)    the supply of goods which are liable to deteriorate or expire rapidly;

(e)    the supply of non-prefabricated goods that are made on the basis of an individual choice of or decision by you, or goods that are clearly personalised;

(f)    the supply of sealed goods which are not suitable for return due to health protection or hygiene reasons, where such goods have been unsealed by you; or

(g)    the supply of goods which are, according to their nature, inseparably mixed with other items after delivery.

  1. Warranties and representations

9.1    You warrant and represent to us that:

(a)    you are legally capable of entering into binding contracts;

(b)    you have full authority, power and capacity to agree to these terms and conditions;

(c)    all the information that you provide to us in connection with your order is true, accurate, complete and non-misleading; and

(d)    you will be able to take delivery of the products in accordance with these terms and conditions.

9.2    We warrant to you that:

(a)    we have the right to sell the products that you buy;

(b)    the products we sell to you are sold free from any charge or encumbrance, except as specified in these terms and conditions;

(c)    you shall enjoy quiet possession of the products you buy, except as specified in these terms and conditions;

(d)    the products you buy will correspond to any description published on our website; and

(e)    the products you buy will be of satisfactory quality.

9.3    All of our warranties and representations relating to the supply of products are set out in these terms and conditions. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and subject to Section 10.1, all other warranties and representations are expressly excluded.

  1. Limitations and exclusions of liability

10.1  Nothing in these terms and conditions will:

(a)    limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;

(b)    limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;

(c)    limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

(d)    exclude any liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law,

        and, if you are a consumer, your statutory rights will not be excluded or limited by these terms and conditions, except to the extent permitted by law.

10.2  The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section 10 and elsewhere in these terms and conditions:

(a)    are subject to Section 10.1; and

(b)    govern all liabilities arising under these terms and conditions or relating to the subject matter of these terms and conditions, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these terms and conditions.

10.3  We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control.

  1. Order cancellation

11.1  We may cancel a contract under these terms and conditions immediately, by giving you written notice of termination, if:

(a)    you fail to pay, on time and in full, any amount due to us under that contract; or

(b)    you commit any breach of that contract.

11.2  You may cancel a contract under these terms and conditions immediately, by giving us written notice of termination, if we commit any breach of that contract.

11.3  We may cancel a contract under these terms and conditions by written notice to you if we are prevented from fulfilling that contract by any event beyond our reasonable control, including without limitation any unavailability of raw materials, components or products, or any power failure, industrial dispute affecting any third party, governmental regulations, fire, flood, disaster, riot, terrorist attack or war.

  1. Consequences of order cancellation

12.1  If a contract under these terms and conditions is cancelled in accordance with Section 11:

(a)    we will cease to have any obligation to deliver products which are undelivered at the date of cancellation;

(b)    you will continue to have an obligation where applicable to pay for products which have been delivered at the date of cancellation (without prejudice to any right we may have to recover the products); and

(c)    all the other provisions of these terms and conditions will cease to have effect, except that Sections 1.3, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 will survive termination and continue in effect indefinitely.

  1. Scope

13.1  These terms and conditions shall not constitute or effect any assignment or licence of any intellectual property rights.

13.2  These terms and conditions shall not govern the licensing of works (including software and literary works) comprised or stored in products.

13.3  These terms and conditions shall not govern the provision of any services by us or any third party in relation to the products (other than delivery services).

  1. Variation

14.1  We may revise these terms and conditions from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.

14.2  A revision of these terms and conditions will apply to contracts entered into at any time following the time of the revision, but will not affect contracts made before the time of the revision.

  1. Assignment

15.1  You hereby agree that we may assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.

15.2  You may not without our prior written consent assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with any of your rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.

  1. No waivers

16.1  No breach of any provision of a contract under these terms and conditions will be waived except with the express written consent of the party not in breach.

16.2  No waiver of any breach of any provision of a contract under these terms and conditions shall be construed as a further or continuing waiver of any other breach of that provision or any breach of any other provision of that contract.

  1. Severability

17.1  If a provision of these terms and conditions is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect.

17.2  If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision of these terms and conditions would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.

  1. Third party rights

18.1  A contract under these terms and conditions is for our benefit and your benefit, and is not intended to benefit or be enforceable by any third party.

18.2  The exercise of the parties' rights under a contract under these terms and conditions is not subject to the consent of any third party.

  1. Entire agreement

19.1  Subject to Section 10.1, these terms and conditions shall constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to the sale and purchase of our products and shall supersede all previous agreements between you and us in relation to the sale and purchase of our products.

  1. Law and jurisdiction

20.1  These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

20.2  Any disputes relating to these terms and conditions shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.

  1. Statutory and regulatory disclosures

21.1  We will not file a copy of these terms and conditions specifically in relation to each user or customer and, if we update these terms and conditions, the version to which you originally agreed will no longer be available on our website. We recommend that you consider saving a copy of these terms and conditions for future reference.

21.2  These terms and conditions are available in the English language only.

21.3  The website of the European Union's online dispute resolution platform is available at http://ec.europa.eu/odr.

  1. Our details

22.1  This website is owned and operated by Tashi Lhunpo Monastery UK Trust.

22.2  We are registered in England and Wales under The Charity Commission registration number 1100175 and our registered office is at PO Box 2284, Salisbury SP2 2JA.

22.3  Our principal place of business is at the above address.

22.4  You can contact us:

(a)    by post, to the postal address given above;

(b)    using our website contact form;

(c)    by telephone, on the contact number published on our website; or

(d)    by email, using the email address published on our website.