Our Terms & Conditions
Statement of Right to Cancel
The Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 gives you a right for a short time after the terms of this contract have been disclosed to you to cancel the contract.
How to cancel:
If you want to cancel this contract you must give written notice to the creditor by-
(a) giving notice to the creditor or an employee or agent of the creditor; or
(b) posting the notice to the creditor or an agent of the creditor; or
(c) e-mailing the notice to the creditor’s e-mail address; or
(d) sending the notice to the creditor’s fax number.
Time Limits for cancellation:
If the disclosure documents are handed to you directly you must give notice that you intend to cancel within 5 working days after you receive the documents. If the disclosure documents are sent to you by electronic means (for example, email) you must give notice that you intend to cancel within 7 working days after the electronic communication is sent.
If the documents are mailed to you, you must give the notice within 9 working days after they were posted. Saturdays, Sundays, and national public holidays are not counted as working days.
What you may have to pay if you cancel:
If you cancel the contract the creditor can charge you –
(a) the amount of any reasonable expenses the creditor had to pay in connection with the contract and its cancellation (including legal fees and fees for credit reports, etc); and
(b) interest for the period from the day you received the advance until the day you repay the advance.
This statement only contains a summary of your rights and obligations in connection with the right to cancel. If there is anything about your rights or obligations under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 that you do not understand, if there is a dispute about your rights, or if you think that the creditor is being unreasonable in any way, you should seek legal advice immediately.
Terms and Conditions
1. Agreement to Advance:
The Creditor agrees to advance to the Debtor’s nominated broker specified as such in Part 1, to the credit of the Debtor, the Total Advances, when the Debtor has satisfied, in the Creditor’s opinion, all the Creditor’s initial requirements in relation to this Agreement. The Total Advances may only be used to pay all or part of the Premium.
2. Repayments:
The Debtor agrees to repay the Total Advances, plus interest at the annual interest rate specified in Part 1 (“annual interest rate” section), by making the payments in the amount and at the times specified in Part 1 (“credit details” and “payments” sections) and in each Payment Schedule.
3. No deduction, etc:
All payments must be made without deduction, counter-claim, or set off. Subject to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003’s requirements, the Debtor agrees he/she will not exercise any other equitable right that the Debtor may otherwise have in respect of the Creditor and/or this Agreement. The Debtor agrees that any assign of the Creditor will receive the benefit of this Agreement free of any equitable rights the Debtor may have but for this clause.
4. Default interest:
If the Debtor fails to make any payment due under this Agreement on the due date, the Debtor must, on demand in writing by the Creditor, pay to the Creditor default interest and/or default fees at the rate(s) and in the circumstances described in Part 1 of this Agreement (“default interest charges and default fees” section).
5. No cancellation of Policy by Debtor:
The Debtor must not cancel the Policy or do anything to vitiate it except with the prior written consent of the Creditor or as permitted in this Agreement. The Debtor must comply with all directions, orders, and/or requirements of the Insurer to keep the Policy in full force and effect. The Debtor must notify the Insurer of the terms in clauses 5, 11 and 13 of this Agreement.
6. Application of Payments:
All payments made by the Debtor to the Creditor under this Agreement may (subject to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003’s requirements) be applied by the Creditor in repayment or reduction of any of the amounts outstanding under this or any other credit contract between the Creditor and the Debtor, in a manner and in such proportions as the Creditor thinks fit.
7. Events of Default:
The unpaid balance, and all other amounts owing under this Agreement by the Debtor, will immediately become payable on demand in writing by the Creditor if any one or more of the following events occur:
(a) the Debtor fails to pay any amount due under this Agreement on the due date; or
(b) the Debtor, if a natural person, dies or is made bankrupt; or
(c) the Debtor, if an incorporated entity, fails to satisfy the solvency test in the Companies Act 1993, goes into liquidation, or enters into a compromise with its creditors; or
(d) the Creditor ascertains that any statement made by the Debtor in respect of this Agreement was false in a material respect; or
(e) the Debtor fails to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement; or
(f) the Policy or any part of it is cancelled or terminated without the Creditor’s prior written consent.
8. Part Prepayments:
The Creditor may, at its discretion, refuse to accept any part prepayment.
9. Full Prepayments:
The Debtor may at any time make a full prepayment, comprising the sum of the following:
(a) the unpaid balance at the time of the full prepayment;
(b) a charge in respect of the administration costs (or average costs) incurred by the Creditor arising from the full prepayment; and
(c) a fee or charge that does not exceed the Creditor’s loss arising from full prepayment.
10. End of Day:
The end of day for the purposes of calculating interest charges, when the Debtor makes a full prepayment, will be the time one hour before the Debtor makes the full prepayment. In other circumstances, the end of day will be 5pm each day.
11. Cancellation of Policy by Creditor:
If the Debtor fails to comply with any of his/her obligations under this Agreement, then the Debtor must, immediately on demand in writing by the Creditor, cancel the Policy and direct the Insurer to pay any rebate of Premium in respect of the Policy to the Creditor, to be applied in reduction of amounts owing by the Debtor under the Agreement. The Debtor authorises the Creditor to give any such instruction to the Insurer on the Debtor’s behalf. The Debtor irrevocably instructs the Insurer to follow any such direction from the Creditor. Any such cancellation of the Policy will be without prejudice to the Creditor’s right to recover any loss or deficiency from the Debtor.
12. Methods of Disclosure and Service of Notices:
If continuing disclosure is required in respect of this Agreement, the Debtor consents to such disclosure being made either by way of a website in accordance with section 21(1)(b) of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 or in accordance with the methods described in section 35 of that Act. The Debtor consents to all forms of disclosure and any notice from the Debtor being made, at the Creditor’s discretion, in electronic form by means of an electronic communication. The Debtor specifies his/her email address in Part 1 as the information system for any such electronic communication.
13. Rebates of Premium:
If for any reason a rebate of all or part of the Premium is paid or payable by the Insurer to the Debtor, then the Debtor must direct the Insurer to pay any such rebate amount to the Creditor, to be applied in reduction of amounts owing by the Debtor under this Agreement.
14. No waiver:
The Creditor’s rights, powers and remedies under this Agreement will not be adversely affected if the Creditor delays or omits to enforce its rights, powers and remedies, or the Creditor grants the Debtor an indulgence.
15. Assignment:
The Creditor may charge, assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement to any person at any time. The Debtor authorises the Creditor to give any such chargee, assignee or transferee all relevant information the Creditor holds about the Debtor. The Debtor cannot assign or transfer his/her rights and liabilities under this Agreement.
16. Incorporation of terms into new contracts:
The parties agree that the Terms and Conditions set out in Part 2 of this Agreement as amended from time to time, shall unless the parties otherwise agree in writing, constitute the Part 2 Terms and Conditions for any new Payment Schedule and of any new similar finance agreement for the finance or premiums entered into between the parties after the date of this Agreement.
17. Definitions:
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) “Insurer” means the insurance company nominated as such in Part 1;
(b) “Payment Schedule” means each payment schedule provided to the Debtor by the Creditor, including each Renewal Schedule;
(c) “Policy” means:
i. the insurance policy issued by the Insurer to the Debtor, as identified in Part 1; or
ii. if any such insurance policy has not been issued, the cover note identified in Part 1 and the insurance policy contemplated or issued as a result of that cover note;
(d) “Premium” means the annual premium payable in respect of the Policy;
(e) “Renewal Schedule” means each payment schedule provided to the Debtor by the Creditor on renewal of a Policy;
(f) “Total Advances” means the total advances specified in Part 1 (“Total advances” section) or in any Payment Schedule; and
(g) the following terms defined in the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 have the meanings given to them in that Act, unless the context otherwise requires: “electronic communication”, “electronic form”, “full prepayment”, “part prepayment”, “payment” and “unpaid balance”.
18. Interpretation:
Words referring to one gender include the other. Words using the singular or plural number include the plural and singular respectively. References to clauses are to clauses in Part 2, unless otherwise stated. Headings are for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. If there is more than one borrower, then a reference to “Debtor” means each borrower jointly and severally. A reference to a party includes a reference to its successors and permitted assigns.