Preface
8 Version 2011v3
Warranty stipulations concerning the scooter
In the followin warranty and liability stipulations the terms and definitions as summed up hereafter must be
explained as follows:
• Product: The hand-operated or electrical wheelchair or scooter manufactured and delivered by
Handicare.
• Customer: The person who directly obtains a Product from Handicare or an authorized representative.
• Dealer: The person who delivers a Product obtained from Handicare to customers or third parties.
• User: The person who uses a Product manufactured by Handicare.
Irrespective of what is determined concernin warranty conditions applicable to the Product, in any case the
followin applies with re ard to the warranty:
1. Except insofar as described otherwise Handicare uarantees the Product for its suitability for the purpose for
which the Product is intended - all of these points as described in this manual - and for the quality of the
material of which the Product is made and the manner in which the Product is manufactured.
2. Repairs or replacement of parts of the Product that may be necessary as a result of faults that are based on
qualitatively faulty material or manufacturin errors will be executed free of char e, as lon as such faults
occurred within one (1) year after the date of delivery of the Product to the Customer. The parts to be
replaced must be shipped post-paid to Handicare. Disassembly or assembly of these parts is for the
expense of the Customer. Therefore the followin cases are not eli ible for free repair or replacement as
meant above:
- The repair or replacement that is necessary in connection with faults that arise after one (1) year after
the date of delivery of the Product to the Customer;
- The repair or replacement that is required in connection with faults due to improper or careless use of
the Product or that are based on the Product bein used for another purpose than the one for which it is
intended, in which re ard it applies that if the Customer is a Dealer, this Dealer will indemnify Handicare
a ainst possible claims from Users or other third parties for faults based on an incorrect or careless use
of the Product;
- Parts that are subject to wear, and the need for repair or replacement of the parts are the actual
consequence of normal wear. These can include, but are not limited to, tires, shrouds, arm-pads,
seatin s etc.
3. Irrespective of that stipulated under 2, it applies as far as an electric Product is concerned that with re ard to
the battery that forms part of the Product warranty is only iven in case of faults or non-functionin of the
battery that are demonstrably the direct consequence of material or manufacturin errors. A fault or non-
functionin of the battery as a result of normal wear is not covered by the warranty as meant in these
warranty stipulations. Similarly not covered by the warranty are faults or non-functionin that are the
consequence of improper or unprofessional use of the Product or the battery that is part of the Product,
includin the incorrect char in of the battery and the failure to carry out timely and ood maintenance, in
which context it also applies that if the Customer is a Dealer, this Dealer will indemnify Handicare a ainst
possible claims from Users or other third parties that are based on the above mentioned improper or
unprofessional use of the Product or the battery that is part of the Product. Handicare does not uarantee
batteries provided by dealers or purchased by the customer.
4. The warranty conditions as mentioned in above stipulations in any case become null and void if:
- The uidelines of Handicare for the maintenance of the Product are not, or insufficiently, followed;
- A necessary repair or replacement of parts is based on ne lect, dama e or abuse of the Product or a
use of the Product for another purpose than the one for which it was intended;
- Parts of the Product are replaced by parts of another ori in than those which Handicare uses and/or
parts of the Product are replaced without the permission of Handicare.
5. The warranties as mentioned in stipulations 1 throu h 3 also become null and void if what is involved is re-
used by a new user within the warranty period and that such re-use necessitates adaptations to the product
and those adaptations are carried out without the instructions and/or at the order of Handicare.
6. To retain ri hts under the above delineated warranties the Customer must, in case of dama e or other
calamities, as rapidly as possible contact Handicare and inform them as fully as possible. The possibility of
takin recourse to the above-mentioned warranty conditions becomes null and void for the Customer in any
case after 20 workdays after the claim situation or the calamity arises that was the reason for the recourse to
the uarantee.
7. The replacement of a part or the repair or the reconditionin of the Product within a current warranty period
does not extend the warranty period.
8. Handicare ives no warranty on repair to or reconditionin of the Product carried out other than under order
of and/or at the instructions of Handicare. If repairs and/or reconditionin are executed by or on behalf of a
Customer, the Customer indemnifies Handicare with respect to the claims of third parties who result, in the
broadest sense of the word, from such repairs or reconditionin .
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