13. Force Majeure
A force majeure event is any event beyond the reasonable control of SIRS (including but not limited to strikes, pandemic, epidemic, crisis or outbreak, governmental measures, traffic congestion, the downtime of any external line, or SIRS’s inability to procure materials or articles required for the performance of the contract except at enhanced prices). If SIRS is prevented or restricted from carrying out all or any of its obligations under these terms and conditions by reason of any force majeure event, then SIRS shall be relieved of its obligations during the period that such event continues and shall not be liable for any delay and/or failure in the performance of its obligations during such period. If the force majeure event continues for a period longer than fourteen days, SIRS may cancel the affected order, without any liability to the Customer.
14. Intellectual Property Rights
14.1.The Customer acknowledges that SIRS and its licensors own the intellectual property rights in the SIRS website, the SIRS catalogues, the catalogue content and the stock numbers, and that their whole or partial reproduction without SIRS’s prior written consent is prohibited.
15. Anti-Bribery
15.1.The Customer shall (and shall procure that persons associated with it or other persons who are purchasing goods in connection with these terms and conditions shall) comply with all applicable laws, statutes, regulations relating to anti-bribery and anti-corruption, (the “Relevant Requirements”) and shall:
i. not (directly or indirectly) induce any employee, agent or subcontractor of SIRS to make any concession to or confer any benefit on the Customer, refrain or withhold from doing any act, in return for any gift, money, or other inducement;
ii. not do or omit to do any act that will cause or lead SIRS to be in breach of any of the Relevant Requirements; and
iii. promptly report to SIRS any request or demand for any undue financial or other advantage of any kind received by the Customer in connection with these terms and conditions.
15.2. Financial restrictions on gifts and entertainment are contained in SIRS’s Anti-Bribery Policy and further details are available on request.
Any breach of this clause 15 shall be a material breach of these terms and conditions which is incapable of remedy.
16. Data Protection and Customer Information
16.1. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for more information about how we process your personal data