1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Courses: Raptor International Limited (“Raptor International”)
is a provider of training courses, instructor membership services and related
materials (“Courses”). Courses can be delivered in-house at your
premises, at public venues, or via the world-wide web (‘the Web’). Courses may
be tailored (‘Tailored Courses’) or standard (‘Standard Courses’).
1.2. Course Details: Details of the Courses available from Raptor International
are set out on the Website www.raptor.international, as defined below.
1.3. Terms apply to all Courses: The following terms and conditions (‘these
Terms’) shall be incorporated into all agreements for the provision of Courses,
including agreements which constitute ‘distance contracts’ (a ‘Distance
Contract’) under The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and
Additional Charges) Regulations 2013.
2.
DEFINITIONS
2.1. Definitions: In these Terms, the following expressions shall have the
meanings set against them unless the context is inconsistent therewith:
(a) “Course Materials” means any documentation, articles, web pages,
online modules or consulting project materials provided as part of a Course;
(b) “Raptor International”, “Raptor” and “Raptor Drone Pilots” are trading
names of Raptor International Limited, whose registered office is at Warrens
Hill, Cheddar, Bristol, BS27 3LN, UK (company number 10127130).
(c) “On-Line Courses” means Courses or Webinars delivered via the
Web;
(d) “Remote Courses” means Courses involving the remote delivery of
hard copy materials or materials on hard media such as CD ROM;
(e) “Live Courses” means Courses delivered face-to-face by Raptor
International instructors or employees;
(f) ‘You’ means any person who uses the Website or whose order for Courses is
accepted by Raptor International.
(g) “Website” refers either to the website at www.raptor.international,
a service provided by Raptor International, or any other website controlled by Raptor
International.
2.2. Delivery: “Delivery” means the time when Live Courses have
commenced, or when Remote Course Materials have been delivered, or when access
to Online Course modules has been granted.
2.3. The Regulations: Any reference to a Regulation in these Terms is a
reference to the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional
Charges) Regulations 2013.
3. YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
3.1. Acceptance: By registering to use the Website or by otherwise registering
for or agreeing to be supplied with the Courses, you agree to be legally bound
by these Terms, and that your use of the Website and the Courses will be on
these Terms alone.
3.2. Amendment: Raptor International reserves the right to change these Terms
from time to time. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms and
any amended terms posted on the Website or otherwise notified to you. Your
continued use of the Website and/or the Courses constitutes your agreement to
these Terms as amended. Raptor International will be bound by any amendment to
these Terms only to the extent that such amendments have been approved in
writing by a Director or the Company Secretary of Raptor International.
4. PRICE
4.1. Price List & Changes: Except as otherwise expressly agreed by Raptor
International in writing, the price of each Course shall be the price listed in
Raptor International’ published price list current at the date of purchase in
the price list). The price of each Course is subject to change at any time at Raptor
International’ sole discretion prior to the date of purchase. You must check
the Website or other published price list for the current prices before
ordering any Courses.
5. PAYMENT
5.1. Time of Payment: Payment for all Courses shall normally be made immediately
upon registering and in every case, no later than 30 days after the
commencement of the programme.
5.2. Interest: If for any reason payment is not within the 30 day period as set
out above, you agree to pay an interest charge at the rate of 5% per year over
Barclays Bank base rate during the period from date of Delivery to the date of
actual payment of the amount due.
5.3. Method of Payment: Payment for all Courses shall be made in pounds
sterling (or such other currency as agreed between You and Raptor International)
by credit or debit card or such other method as may be specified by Raptor
International (this is for retail purchases).
5.4. Security: For payment with Credit Card, Raptor International uses all
reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your credit or debit
card details such as encryption technology and firewalls. However,
“perfect” security does not exist on the Internet. Your credit card
number and contact information will be provided to Global Payment Merchant
Services or the relevant credit card company from time to time (“the
Credit Card Company”). The Credit Card Company has its own privacy and
data collection practices and Raptor International has no responsibility or
liability for these independent practices.
6. ACCEPTANCE & CANCELLATION OF ORDERS FOR
RETAIL/INTERNET PURCHASES ONLY
6.1. Offer and Acceptance: Neither the Website nor the Raptor International price
lists constitute legally binding offers:
Raptor International is under no obligation to accept your order for an On-Line
Course or any other Course.
Acceptance of your order shall take place only when Raptor International dispatches
its acceptance of your order to you or you receive an email notification that
you are accepted on a course.
6.2. Cancellation Right: You have the right in accordance with Regulation 10 to
cancel any Distance Contract made between us, which includes contracts made
exclusively by means of the Internet, e-mail, fax, telephone or other means of
distance communication. In accordance with the Regulations, notice of
cancellation must be received by us during the Cancellation Period, which is
the period ending on the expiry of SEVEN WORKING DAYS beginning with the day
after the day on which the contract was concluded. In the event that a contract
is cancelled pursuant to the Regulations, you will be responsible for returning
any Course Materials to us in accordance with our Returns Procedure set out in
Clause 8 of these Terms.
6.3. Limit on Cancellation Right: Except as otherwise agreed between you and Raptor
International, and in accordance with Regulation 13, you will not be able to
cancel the contract in accordance with Regulation 10 once Delivery of the
services has begun.
7. CANCELLATION PROCEDURE
7.1. Notice of Cancellation: Notice of cancellation of any Course must be given
in accordance with Clause 18.
7.2. Cancellation Fee for In-house: Unless you cancel a Course within the
Cancellation Period, cancellation will incur a cancellation fee based on the
following:
(a) If you cancel up to 8 weeks prior to Delivery of the Course, there will be
a cancellation fee of 30% of the total price payable by you
(b) If you cancel not more than 6 weeks but not less than 4 weeks prior to
Delivery of the Course, there will be a cancellation fee of 60% of the total
price payable by you
(c) If you cancel up to 4 weeks prior to Delivery of the Course, there will be
a cancellation fee of 100% of the total price payable by you
(d) Cancellation for Blended Programmes: For the in-house training days as part
of the instructor level training, the above cancellation for in-house applies.
For any Pre- and/or Post Study Online-modules assigned as part of the instructor
package, there is an automatic ongoing renewal fee at the end of the initial
access period which serves as a continuous roll-over subscription to the
modules. Please see cancellation periods in clause 7.4.
7.3. Nature of Cancellation Fees: You agree that the above cancellation fees
constitute a genuine pre-estimate of the expenses likely to be incurred by us
as a result of your cancellation.
7.4. For Online Learning and Blended Learning/Instructor-level Subscription
Contracts: Raptor International require written notification sixteen weeks
prior to the renewal date for yearly subscription contracts and eight weeks
notification prior to any other length of contract if you do not wish to renew
your subscription contract, otherwise the contract will automatically roll over
with a 10% increase on sale price on a continuous basis. For contracts and
access periods of less than an eight-week period, the notification period is
four weeks.
8. RETURNS PROCEDURE
8.1. Returns Procedure: Where Raptor International has sent out course specific
material, we will accept Course Materials for return only if:
(a) You cancelled the relevant Distance Contract within the Cancellation Period
as defined in clause 6.2 or;
(b) The Course Materials were not compliant with our obligations under these Terms,
and;
(c) You follow the returns procedure set out below.
8.2. Condition of returned Course Materials: Raptor International will accept
returned Course Materials only if they are:
(a) Accompanied by a valid proof of purchase and
(b) Complete and in an unused and re-saleable condition. In particular, Raptor
International reserves the right not to make any refund to you in respect of
sealed Course Materials where such seal has been broken (for example sealed instructor
manuals).
8.3. Notification: Raptor International reserves its right under Regulation 14
to make a charge for the return of Course Materials on cancellation of a Course
by you. Such charge shall not exceed the actual direct costs of such return. If
you wish to return Course Materials in the circumstances set out above, you
should notify Raptor International in the manner set out in Clause 18 with
details of your original order number and receipt. If Raptor International
agrees to accept the return, your credit or debit card will be debited with the
cost of the return delivery charge being £20 per return.
8.4. Collection of Course Materials: Raptor International will arrange to
collect the Course Materials to be returned. You will then receive an e-mail
notice that your return is registered with Raptor International’s carrier who
will collect the goods within five (5) working days of your contacting Raptor
International as provided above.
8.5. Refund of Purchase Price & Outbound Delivery Charge: If you qualify
for a return and have followed the above procedure, you will receive a full
refund of the purchase price and the outbound delivery charge to be credited to
your card. Noncompliant Course Materials must be returned before any refund
will be made.
9. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
9.1. Ownership: Raptor International or its licensors own all title, copyright
and all other intellectual property rights (including without limitation,
database rights, trademarks, patents, and designs (whether registered or
unregistered) in and to all Course Materials. You acknowledge that you do not
own and shall not acquire any title, copyright or any other intellectual
property rights in and to the Website and/or the Courses or any Course
Materials and you shall not modify, translate, adapt or otherwise amend the
same otherwise than in accordance with applicable law.
9.2. Limited Licence: Except as otherwise expressly stated on the Website or in
the Course Materials, the Courses, and the Course Materials are supplied for
your private information and educational use. Any commercial use, copying,
distribution, transmission or publication of the whole or any part of the
Course Materials and/or the Website is strictly prohibited without the express
prior written consent of Raptor International.
9.3. Software: Your use (including downloading) of any content or software in
connection with the Courses or Instructor-level membership is governed by the
terms of the end user licence agreement (if any) which accompanies or is
included with such content and/or software. You may not install or use any content
or software that is accompanied by or includes a licence agreement unless you
first agree to the terms of such licence agreement. You agree that the licensor
of any software obtained via us and used by you in connection with the Courses
shall have the right (in terms of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act
1999) to enforce the terms of that licence directly against you. For any
content or software specifically designed to be shown to students, Raptor
International hereby grants to instructors in good standing a revocable
personal non-transferable licence to use the content or software for teaching
and demonstration purposes in accordance with these Terms.
9.4. Trade Marks: The display of any trade names or trademarks on the Website
or in any of the Course Materials does not imply that any licence has been
granted to any third party in respect of the same. All other product or company
names, devices, logos, icons, graphics or designs referred to on the pages of
the Website or in any of the Course Materials are the trademarks of the
respective owners and are exhibited only in such a manner as is intended to be
for the benefit of such trademark owners.
Raptor International intends no infringement of such trademarks. The appearance
or absence of products, services, companies, organisations, home pages or other
websites on the Website or any of the Course Materials does not imply any
endorsement or non-endorsement thereof by Raptor International.
9.5. Search Programs: The deployment within the Website of any spider, robot,
web crawler or other automated query program is forbidden except as may be
necessary to identify the existence and general nature of the Website for
ordinary internet search engine purposes.
9.6. Reservation of Rights: All rights not expressly granted to you under these
Terms are reserved to Raptor International.
9.7. Raptor International will retain copyright on all authored material,
unless otherwise agreed.
10. USE OF THE WEBSITE AND COURSES
10.1. Computer System: You are responsible for ensuring that your computer
system or mobile device meets all relevant technical specifications necessary
to use the Courses and/or the Website, is compatible with the Courses and/or
the Website and is capable of running the Courses and/or the Website content.
You must not attempt to interfere in any way with the proper working of the
Website and/or the Courses and in particular you must not attempt to circumvent
security, tamper with, hack into, or otherwise disrupt any computer system,
server, website, router, or any other internet connected device.
10.2. Course Changes: Raptor International reserves the absolute right to
update, alter, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Courses and/or the
Website including your use of and/or access to it.
11. USER REGISTRATION
11.1. Registration: In order to access and use the Website and/or the Courses,
you are required to complete the applicable registration protocol (“the
Registration Form”) and to submit the same to Raptor International. The
information requested to be provided on the Registration Form must be current,
complete and accurate. Registration is subject to acceptance or refusal by Raptor
International at its sole discretion. By registering you warrant and represent
that you can form binding contracts under applicable law.
11.2. Passwords: You are solely responsible in all respects for protecting the
confidentiality of any password given to you or selected by you for access to
or use of the Website and/or the Courses. Your password may only be used by you
personally and you must not share it with or transfer it to any third parties.
You are solely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your
password and account. You must notify Raptor International immediately of any
unauthorised use of your password or any other breach of security regarding the
Website and/or the Courses which comes to your attention. Raptor International will
not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of a third party
using your password or account. However, you may be liable for losses incurred
by Raptor International as a result of someone else using your password or
account.
12. POSTING AND CHAT FACILITIES
12.1. Posted Materials: The following provisions apply to your use of any facilities
which enable you to post or send text, graphics, audio-visual or other material
(‘Material’) on the Website or to send Material to other users of the Website
via e-mail, chat room, bulletin boards or other means.
12.2. Representations concerning Material: By submitting Material to the
Website or to other users of the Website you (a) represent that you are
entitled to do so; (b) grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, non-terminable
licence to copy, modify, distribute, show in public and create derivative works
from that Material in any form, anywhere; and (c) authorise us to adapt the
relevant Material in the course of doing so, and so waive your moral rights to
object to any derogatory treatment, or to be identified as the author, of the
Material in question. Except as provided by the Data Protection Act 1998, Raptor
International shall not be subject to any obligation of confidentiality with
regard to Material posted by you.
12.3. Excluded Materials: You agree not to send Material to the Website or to
other users of the Website which (a) might infringe the intellectual property
or other rights of any person or entity, (b) might breach any applicable law
(c) constitutes advertising or any form of unsolicited commercial communication
(d) might cause damage or denial of use to any hardware or software, or (e)
might be defamatory, profane, obscene, sexually oriented, racially offensive,
harassing, threatening, abusive, ‘flaming’, false, misleading or otherwise
objectionable in our opinion (‘Excluded Material’). We reserve the right to
delete any Excluded Material placed by you on the Website.
12.4. Our responsibilities in relation to Excluded Material: You accept that we
do not have the resources to screen the Website for any Excluded Material
posted by third parties and that we shall be under no liability in respect of
such Excluded Material. We undertake to delete any Material which we decide (at
our sole discretion) constitutes Excluded Material within a reasonable time of
written notification by you of its presence on the Website.
13. INDEMNITY
13.1. You agree to indemnify Raptor International in respect of any costs,
claims, demands, losses or liabilities (including reasonable legal fees)
incurred by Raptor International as a result of or arising in any way from a
claim by a third party which results from any breach by you of the provisions
contained in these Terms.
14. WARRANTIES & SERVICE EXCLUSIONS
14.1. Warranties: Raptor International warrants that the Courses and the
Website shall be provided with reasonable skill and care by qualified and
experienced consultants, and that the Course Materials will be of satisfactory
quality and compliant with any sample Course Materials supplied to you for
approval. If you place an order for Courses having been given the opportunity
to examine sample Course Materials, Raptor International shall be under no
liability with regard to the Course Materials as supplied unless such Course
Materials are non-compliant with sample.
14.2. Uptime & Links: Raptor International will endeavour to make the
Website and the Courses available but cannot guarantee that the Website and/or
the Courses will operate continuously or without interruptions which could
affect use of the Website and/or the Courses. The Courses and/or the Website
may provide links to other websites, which are not under the control of Raptor
International. Raptor International shall not be responsible in any way for the
content of any such other websites. You acknowledge that Raptor International
provides such links only as a convenience. The inclusion of any link does not
imply any kind of endorsement by Raptor International.
14.3. Changes to Courses: Raptor International reserves the right to alter or
cancel any Course or location prior to Delivery of that Course.
14.4. Service Exclusions: The Website and/or the Courses are provided for
general information and illustrative purposes only and do not constitute
financial, legal or other professional advice. Neither Raptor International nor
any other Raptor International entity accepts any responsibility including death
or personal injury or liability for any loss which may arise from reliance on
information contained on the Website and/or in the Courses.
14.5. Limited Warranties: The above warranties are Raptor International’s only
warranties and no other warranty or condition, express or implied, will apply
to the supply of the Courses, the Course Materials, or any other matter covered
by these Terms. No warranty is given that the Course Materials will be fit for
any particular purpose. Your statutory rights as a consumer (if any) are not
affected by these Terms.
15. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
15.1. Unlimited Liability: Nothing in these Terms shall operate to exclude or
limit Raptor International’ liability for:
(a) Death or personal injury caused by the negligence of Raptor International,
its servants, agents, employees or subcontractors;
(b) Any breach or contravention of the conditions implied by section 12 of the
Sale of Goods Act 1979 or section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act
1982;
(c) Fraudulent misrepresentation; or
(d) Any breach of any implied term which cannot be excluded or limited.
15.2. Liability Exclusions: Subject to Clause 15.1, Raptor International shall
not be liable to you or any third party for any loss of, damage to or costs in
respect of:
(a) Loss of profit, anticipated profits, revenues or anticipated savings,
goodwill or business opportunity, or;
(b) Loss of data, or;
(c) Indirect or consequential loss or damage ;
Regardless of whether any of the matters listed in (a), (b), and (c) above are
foreseeable, known, foreseen or otherwise.
15.3. Total Liability: Subject to condition 15.1, the maximum liability of Raptor
International arising out of or in connection with any agreement made pursuant
to these Terms or any collateral contract, whether in contract, tort (in each
case including negligence) or otherwise shall in no circumstances exceed either
£1,000 or the sum paid by you to Raptor International, whichever is the lower.
15.4. Force Majeure: Neither party shall be liable to the other for any failure
or delay in the performance of its obligations under these Terms caused by
circumstances beyond that party’s reasonable control.
16. TERMINATION & ACCESS RESTRICTION
16.1. Raptor International shall have the right, at any time by serving written
notice on you (which notice may be served by the sending from our server of an
e-mail to the e-mail address set out on the Registration Form), to cancel your
registration and access to the Website and/or the Courses if you are in breach
of any material term of these Terms. Raptor International reserves the right,
in its sole discretion, to suspend your registration and/or access to the
Website and/or the Courses at any time without notice.
17. GENERAL
17.1. Separation of Provisions: If any provision of these Terms is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, then such
provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to affect
the intent of these Terms, and the remainder of the Terms shall continue in
full force and effect.
17.2. Third Parties: For the purposes of the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act 1999:
(a) Raptor International’ employees, sub-contractors and suppliers shall have
the benefit of Clause 9 (Intellectual Property) in relation to their own
intellectual property, and Clauses 14 (Warranties and Service Exclusions), 13
(Indemnity) and 15 (Limitation of Liability)
(b) Apart from that, these Terms are not intended to, and do not, give any
person who is not a party to them any right to enforce any of their provisions.
17.3. Communications: All correspondence with the lecturers, instructors,
consultants, authors or anyone else providing training or Course Material on
behalf of Raptor International must go through Raptor International.
17.4. Assignment: The benefits and obligations conferred by these Terms upon
you are personal to you and shall not be assigned, delegated, transferred,
sub-contracted or encumbered or otherwise made available or disposed of without
the express prior written consent of Raptor International.
17.5. Non-solicitation, engagement and employment
From acceptance of Your order for a restricted period of eighteen months
thereafter, You will not (without the prior written consent of Raptor
International) attempt to solicit or entice away from Raptor International or
engage or employ, or procure the engagement or employment of, any person who at
the date of Delivery of the Course, to your knowledge, is (or has agreed to
be):
(a) an employee or consultant of Raptor International; or
(b) a customer, supplier, licensor, licensee or collaborative partner of Raptor
International
18. NOTICES
18.1. Address for Notices: Notices to Raptor International should be sent to
training@raptor.international or by post to the following address:
Raptor International Ltd
Warrens Hill
Cheddar
BS27 3LN
UK
18.2. Form of Notices and Time of Receipt: Notices to you may be sent to you either by e-mail or to the postal address set out on the Registration Form. Notice will be deemed received twenty-four (24) hours after e-mail is sent or three (3) days after the date of posting.
19. LAW, DISPUTES AND JURISDICTION
19.1. These Terms (and all disputes, whether contractual or otherwise, arising
out of or in connection with them) are governed by the laws of England and
Wales and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England
and Wales to which jurisdiction the parties hereby irrevocably submit.