Dispatch and Delivery. 5.1 Any date or time supplied by the Supplier for dispatch and delivery is to be treated as an estimate only. Dispatch may be postponed because of conditions beyond the Supplier’s reasonable control and in no event shall the Supplier be liable for any damages or penalty for delay in dispatch or delivery. 5.2 Products supplied by the Supplier are delivered at the risk of the Supplier unless the Reseller stipulates a special method of delivery in which case Products are delivered at the risk of the Reseller. 5.3 The Reseller must inspect the Products immediately after delivery is complete. If any Products are damaged (or not delivered) the Reseller must notify the Supplier within 48 hours of the delivery or expected delivery. If proof of delivery is required this must be requested within 7 days of the date of the invoice. 5.4 The Supplier shall be entitled to assume that any person who both reasonably appears and claims to have authority to accept delivery and who signs a delivery manifest in respect of the Products on behalf of the Reseller or the Reseller’s customer (if the Supplier has agreed to deliver direct) shall in fact have that authority to do so. 5.5 For the purpose of this Agreement and where the Supplier has agreed to deliver Products direct to the Reseller’s customer any such delivery shall be deemed to be delivery to the Reseller and any refusal by the Reseller’s customer to accept delivery shall be deemed a refusal by the Reseller.
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