16 Price and Payment
16.1 Unless and to the extent that your payment has been processed during your ordering of the Services through our Website, you agree to pay our charges for the provision of the Services in respect of your Package as stated at the time of your ordering the Services through our Website, in addition to any "Additional Charges" which are:
16.1.1 any administration fee we may charge you or which the Carrier may charge us or you for providing the Services described in Clause 9;
16.1.2 any applicable taxes, value added tax and Customs Charges, taxes, penalties, storage charges or other expenses we incur as a result of the actions of customs or other governmental authorities or your failure and/or the addressee's failure to provide proper documentation and/or to obtain the required licence or permit;
16.1.3 any additional charges levied by the Carrier in relation to the Package or the provision of the Services, for example, due to provision of Services on or over public or bank holidays, increased fuel charges and the like; and
16.1.4 any additional charges for which you are responsible under these terms and conditions in connection with the provision of the Services.
16.2 You must pay our charges and all other amounts due to us (including, but not limited to, any Additional Charges) immediately in cleared funds within 5 days of the date of our invoice in respect thereof. A late payment fee and interest (whether before or after judgment) will be levied where payment in respect of any invoice is not received within this period as follows:
16.2.1 up to GBP40 as a late payment fee PLUS
16.2.2 interest from the invoice date at the rate of 6% above the European Central Bank base rate, or if stated the rate stated on our invoice.
16.3 Unless proved otherwise, an invoice shall be considered for this purpose to have been received three business days following the date of invoice.
16.4 You agree to pay our reasonable and proper costs of collection of amounts due from you but not paid within 5 days after the invoice date.
16.5 Invoices must be paid in the currency stated in the invoice.
16.6 Our charges (other than the Additional Charges unless specifically stated) are based on the actual weight of your Package or the volumetric weight of your Package, whichever is the greater. We or the Carrier may check the weight and/or volume of your Package and if a discrepancy is found between your declared weight and/or volume you agree that the weight and/or volume so determined may be used for the purpose of our calculation of our charges. As a matter of course all import duties, value added taxes on goods and all other charges levied on the Package in the destination country shall be payable by you and payment shall be sought by us via the method of payment utilised by you in order the Services and you agree to pay us these amounts in full on demand.
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