ALL ENTRIES OF VEHICLES FOR SALE AND ALL PURCHASES ARE SUBJECT TO THESE CONDITIONS OF ENTRY AND SALE.

ALL BUYERS AND SELLERS AGREE THAT THESE CONDITIONS ARE BINDING UPON THEM.

COPIES OF THESE CONDITIONS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED WEBSITE see (www.onsaleauctions.com/terms-conditions) AND AT ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED AUCTION CENTRES.

YOUR ATTENTION IS SPECIFICALLY DRAWN TO CONDITION 14 (UNROADWORTHY AND DEFECTIVE VEHICLES) AND TO THE TIME LIMITS IMPOSED BY CONDITIONS 10, 15 AND 16. BUYERS HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS WHICH CAN BE EXERCISED ONLY WITHIN THOSE TIME LIMITS.

ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AMEND, UPDATE OR OTHERWISE VARY THESE CONDITIONS FROM TIME TO TIME AS IT SEES FIT.

1 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.1 In these Conditions the following words and phrases shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:


2 ACCEPTANCE OF VEHICLES BY ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED

3 SELLER’S WARRANTIES AND ENTRY DATA

3.1 In respect of each Vehicle, the Seller warrants and represents to ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED and the Buyer that, unless specifically stated otherwise by the Seller in the Entry Data:

4 COMPLETION OF ENTRY DATA BY ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED ON THE SELLER’S BEHALF

5 VEHICLE DOCUMENTS

6 RESERVE PRICES

7 THE CONDUCT OF THE AUCTION

8 “AS IS” VEHICLES

9 THE CONTRACT FOR SALE

10 LIMITS ON LIABILITY

11 ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED WARRANTIES

12 SELLER INDEMNITY

13 BUYER WARRANTIES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

14 UNROADWORTHY AND DEFECTIVE VEHICLES

15 RESCISSION

15.1 The Seller and the Buyer agree that, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies which the Buyer may have against the Seller, ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED shall be entitled to, and shall accept a request made by the Buyer to, rescind a Contract for Sale (“Rescission Request”), provided that the conditions set out at Condition 15.2 are met and that the Buyer’s Rescission Request is based on one or more of the following grounds:

15.1.1 the Vehicle has been treated by an insurance company as a Total Loss but this fact was neither disclosed in the Vehicle Pre-Sale Vehicle Information nor announced by the Auctioneer; or

15.1.2 the Vehicle was not sold and purchased “As Is” and:

15.3 The applicable time limits for any claim under this Condition 15 are as follows:

15.4 ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED shall have absolute discretion to waive all or any of the conditions set out at Condition 15.2.

15.5 ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED shall have no liability to the Seller by reason of the fact that a Contract for Sale has been rescinded pursuant to this Condition 15, except where liability cannot be excluded by Applicable Law.

16 ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED ASSIGNED CONDITION GRADE AND/OR VEHICLE APPRAISAL REPORT

17 ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED CHARGES

and which it may vary from time to time by publishing an updated list of charges on the ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED Website. Any variation in the charges shall not apply to sales of Vehicles that have already been completed before the date ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED publishes the updated list of charges on the ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED Website.

sold fee, and a further entry fee in respect of each and every subsequent occasion when the Vehicle is entered into an Auction.

18 PASSING OF OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE

Ownership of the Vehicle shall not pass to the Buyer, and the Contract for Sale shall not be completed, until the Buyer has paid to ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED the Price, the Buyer’s fee, and any other applicable charges in full in cleared funds. Until ownership passes, the Vehicle shall remain the property of the Seller, and the Seller reserves the right to dispose of the Vehicle.

19 RISK AND PARKING FEES

20 PAYMENT BY THE BUYER

21 PAYMENT BY ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED TO THE SELLER

21.6 The Seller shall indemnify ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED against all costs, liabilities, expenses, damages and losses (including but not limited to any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit, loss of reputation and all interest, penalties and legal costs (calculated on a full indemnity basis) and all other professional costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED arising out of or in connection with ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED retaining any sums in accordance with Condition 21.5.

22 RE-SALE WHEN SELLER AT FAULT

23 DEFAULT BY THE BUYER

23.1.4 or 23.3 to discharge the following debts in the following order:

23.6 If ownership of the Vehicle has passed to the Buyer before the date of any re-sale of the Vehicle, the balance of the Re-Sale Price, if any, shall be paid to the Buyer. The balance of the Re-Sale Price, if any, shall, otherwise, be paid to the Seller, unless the Seller’s rights have transferred to ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED under Condition 21 (Payment by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED to the Seller), in which case the balance of the Re-Sale Price, if any, shall be retained by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED. Except to the extent that the application of the Re-Sale Price has discharged their liability, the original Buyer shall remain liable in respect of any sum owed to ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED or to the original Seller under the original Contract for Sale or otherwise.

24 RIGHTS RESERVED TO ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED

24.1 ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED reserves to itself the following rights, which it may exercise without any reason being given:

  • 24.1.1 to refuse to allow any person to enter the Auction premises or participate in an Auction;
  • 24.1.2 to refuse to allow any Vehicle to be brought onto the Auction premises or to be entered into an Auction;
  • 24.1.3 to require the Seller immediately to remove a Vehicle from the Auction premises and, if the Seller fails to do so, to carry out such removal and to recover the cost of such removal as a debt due from the Seller;
  • 24.1.4 to allocate such lot numbers to Vehicles as ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED sees fit and, despite the lot numbers which are allocated, to enter Vehicles into the Auction in such order and at such times as ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED sees fit;
  • 24.1.5 to charge interest on any overdue payments owed to it by either the Seller or the Buyer at the then applicable rate under the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998; and
  • 24.1.6 to withdraw or suspend any facility made available by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED to the Seller or the Buyer, including (but not limited to) account-holder rights.

24.2 If, before ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED has parted with possession of a Vehicle, a claim is made against ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED arising out of, or connected in any way with, the title of the Seller to that Vehicle or their authority to sell or authorise its sale, ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED shall be entitled but not obliged to retain the Vehicle and/or withhold payment from the Seller pending the resolution of such claim and/or to refund any money paid to ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED by the Buyer.

25 PRIVATE TREATY SALES

  • 25.1 If a Vehicle fails to meet its Reserve Price, ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED shall be entitled but not obliged to inform the Seller of the highest bid and to provide facilities and services which the Seller may utilise to make a contract for the sale of the Vehicle to the highest bidder or to any other person interested in the Vehicle.
  • 25.2 For the purposes of these Conditions, a “Private Treaty Sale” means:
    • 25.2.1 any sale resulting from the provision of the above information, facilities or services; or 2.
    • 25.2.2 any other sale of the Vehicle which is agreed as a direct result of the Auction process but is not a sale effected by the fall of the hammer during the Auction.
  • 25.3 When a Private Treaty Sale occurs, ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED shall be entitled to commission, the Buyer’s fee and any other applicable fees and, in the case of a Private Treaty Sale described at Condition 25.2.2, an additional entry fee.
  • 25.4 A Private Treaty Sale shall be on such terms as are expressly or by implication agreed by or on behalf of the parties to the Private Treaty Sale, which the Buyer and the Seller acknowledge shall (unless otherwise agreed) reflect the terms offered at the Auction.
  • 25.5 ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a party to or liable upon a Private Treaty Sale and shall not incur any liability to any party to the Private Treaty Sale by reason only of the fact that ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED has done one or more of the following, namely:
    • 25.5.1 transmitted information or said anything which the Auctioneer could properly have said;
    • 25.5.2 communicated any offer or acceptance;
    • 25.5.3 negotiated a contract without disclosing the name or address of any party;
    • 25.5.4 agreed to reduce its charges;
    • 25.5.5 issued an invoice;
    • 25.5.6 supervised the payment of, or received, the purchase Price; or
    • 25.5.7 supervised the release of a Vehicle.
  • 25.6 Conditions 12 (Seller Indemnity), 14 (Unroadworthy and Defective Vehicles), 16 (ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED Assigned Condition Grade and/or Vehicle Appraisal Report), 19 (Risk and Parking Fees) to 24 (Rights Reserved to ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED) (inclusive), and 26 (Buyer’s Fee) shall apply to Private Treaty Sales with the following alterations:
    • 25.6.1 references (however expressed) to things disclosed in the Pre-Sale Vehicle Information or said by the Auctioneer shall be taken as references to things so disclosed or said by the Auctioneer when, prior to the Private Treaty Sale, the Vehicle was entered into an Auction; and
    • 25.6.2 references (however expressed) to the Auction at which a Contract for Sale was formed shall be taken as references to the Auction during which the Vehicle was last offered for sale.
    • 25.7 If there is a dispute between the parties to a Private Treaty Sale, ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED shall only be obliged to provide each party with the name and address of the other party (to the exclusion of all other information).

26 BUYER’S FEE

  • 26.1 ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED shall charge the Buyer and the Buyer shall pay to ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED a Buyer’s fee, which will be charged on the Price, in respect of services provided by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED to the Buyer.
  • 26.2 It is a condition of the Contract for Sale and the Private Treaty Sale that when the Buyer pays the Price of the Vehicle pursuant to Condition 20 (Payment by Buyer), they shall also pay to ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED the Buyer’s fee then applicable, details of which are available on the ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED Website.
  • 26.3 It is a condition of the Contract for Sale or the Private Treaty Sale (as applicable) that, if the Buyer’s fee is not paid as above, the Buyer:
    • 26.3.1 shall not be entitled to have the Vehicle released to them;
    • 26.3.2 shall be deemed for all purposes to have failed to pay the Price in full; and
    • 26.3.3 shall be liable to ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED and the Seller to pay the Price in full.

27 VAT

  • 27.1 ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED acts on behalf of a Seller as an undisclosed agent (under HMRC rules) raising a sales invoice to the Buyer for the purchase and generating a self-billed invoice on behalf of the Seller for the sale of the Vehicle.
  • 27.2 All Sellers who enter Vehicles for sale at Auction via ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED shall enter in to a self-billing agreement with ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED where those Vehicles are subject to VAT. The self-billing agreement shall cover any transaction enacted between the parties for as long as those parties continue to trade, which may (to avoid doubt) be a single transaction.
  • 27.3 In advance of the Vehicle being entered into the Auction, the Seller shall notify ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED of the appropriate VAT treatment to apply against the Vehicle, using HMRC-based VAT status descriptions as follows:
    • 27.3.1 Margin Scheme - Price does not include VAT and no VAT is to be shown separately on the invoice relating to the Vehicle; or
    • 27.3.2 VAT Qualifying - Price is inclusive of VAT; or
    • 27.3.3 Commercial - Price has VAT added to it (ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED also uses the “commercial” category to describe motorcycles where output VAT needs to be accounted for on their sale (“plus VAT”)).
  • 27.4 The Seller shall ensure that each Vehicle is eligible to be treated under the VAT status notified to ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED. The Seller shall check the VAT status assigned by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED is correct at the Point of Sale and the Seller acknowledges that ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED shall have no liability for any losses arising from or in relation to any inaccuracies in that VAT status. The Seller shall indemnify ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED against all costs, liabilities, expenses, damages and losses (including but not limited to any direct, indirect or consequential losses, loss of profit, loss of reputation and all interest, penalties and legal costs (calculated on a full indemnity basis) and all other professional costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED arising out of or in connection with any inaccuracies in the VAT status notified to ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED by the Seller.
  • 27.5 ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED may (in its absolute discretion) withhold payment of the VAT amount to a Seller of VAT qualifying or commercial Vehicles:
    • 27.5.1 until ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED is provided with a valid UK VAT registration number by or on behalf of the Seller; and/or
    • 27.5.2 where ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED has no self-billing agreement in place with such Seller.
  • 27.6 HMRC rules outline technical distinctions between commercial type Vehicles and passenger cars (VAT Qualifying where subject to VAT). The Seller and ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED shall each use reasonable endeavours to ensure the 17 correct VAT status is assigned between Commercial and VAT Qualifying Vehicles. In the event of miscategorisation between these two categories, the VAT status announced at the Point of Sale will prevail on the basis that:
    • 27.6.1 the Buyer can bid according to that status (either knowing inclusive of VAT or VAT to be added);
    • 27.6.2 the Buyer as the tax payer is responsible for assessing if a Vehicle can be categorised as a commercial type Vehicle for their own tax purposes, and ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED’s sale categorisation is not to be to relied upon for this purpose;
    • 27.6.3 the Seller can set a gross reserve against a Vehicle; and
    • 27.6.4 HMRC does not suffer any loss of VAT revenue as both VAT statuses result in output VAT being accounted for to HMRC.

28 SPECIAL AUCTIONS

  • 28.1 For the purposes of this Condition 28, “Special Auction” means:
    • 28.1.1 the Auction of a lot which is not a Vehicle; or
    • 28.1.2 an Auction at premises which are not normally used by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED as Auction premises; or
    • 28.1.3 an Auction which is not open to members of the public; or
    • 28.1.4 any section of an Auction into which a Vehicle can only be entered if either or both of the following conditions apply:
      • a) the Vehicle has a likely selling Price in excess of a sum specified by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED; and/or
      • b) the Vehicle, according to the Entry Data or to information otherwise provided by the Seller, meets certain requirements specified by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED; or
    • 28.1.5 the Auction of one or more Vehicles to which special conditions published by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED apply.
  • 28.2 In the case of a Special Auction of the type described at Condition 28.1.1, these Conditions shall apply with the following modifications:
    • 28.2.1 the word “Vehicle” shall be replaced with the word “Lot” throughout and shall mean an item, which is not a Vehicle, or group of items offered for sale as one unit;
    • 28.2.2 any part of any Condition which can only apply in the case of a Vehicle shall be disregarded, but the remainder, if any, of the Condition shall continue to have effect;
    • 28.2.3 the Seller may specify a Reserve Price in any manner acceptable to ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED;
    • 28.2.4 each Lot shall be sold “As Is” unless the relevant Pre-Sale Lot Information or an announcement made by the Auctioneer states otherwise; and
    • 28.2.5 ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED’s charges shall be a matter for negotiation, and ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED shall be entitled to charge a storage fee at the same rate and in the same circumstances as the parking fee referred to in Condition 19 (Risk and Parking Fees).

28.3 These (inclusive), except to the extent that they are modified by or are inconsistent with any special conditions published by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED with reference to the Special Auction in question.

Conditions shall apply to all other types of Special Auctions described at Conditions 28.1.2 to 28.1.5

29 GENERAL

29.1 Where Vehicles are sold or purchased, or where ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED provides any services under these Conditions, ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED may require certain information from a Seller or Buyer (as applicable) which may include personal data (within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 2018). Any/all personal data collected by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED for such purposes shall be processed by ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED in accordance with ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED’s Privacy Policy, which can be accessed on the ON SALE AUCTIONS LIMITED Website at