Hall users will be required to sign hire agreements and key-holder forms
prior to the hire.
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The User will take all steps necessary to ensure that noise outside the
building is kept to a minimum.
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The agreed fee for the use of the accommodation must be paid in advance
of the hiring together with a deposit of £50, which deposit will be refunded
within seven days of the hiring unless there has been any damage to the
accommodation or the church’s furniture and equipment for which the user is
responsible and in which the church shall be entitled to retain the whole or
part of the deposit as security for the cost of rectifying such damage.
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The church retains control, possession and management of the
accommodation and the user has no right to exclude the church from the premises.
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The User is responsible for all damage (other than fair wear and tear) to
the accommodation or any of the church’s fixtures and fittings or equipment
which is occasioned in whatever way by the use of the accommodation.
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The accommodation may only be used by the organisation and for the
purpose and during the period indicated on the application form submitted to the
church.
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The church may be entitled at any time on giving reasonable notice to the
User require the User to transfer if possible to alternative or comparable space
and accommodation elsewhere within the building.
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After the use of the accommodation it must be left in a clean and tidy
condition with all furniture and equipment left in the same position as at the
commencement of the hiring and the hirer must ensure that all lights are turned
out and all doors and windows properly secured.
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The User must ensure that during the use of the accommodation that no
person smokes and that no alcohol is supplied or consumed.
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The User must not leave in the accommodation any equipment, furniture or
articles of any kind unless by prior written agreement from the church who
reserve the right to charge a separate fee for the provision of any such
specified and agreed storage facilities.
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The User agrees that the church accepts no responsibility for injury or
loss to person or property arising out of the use of the accommodation apart
from such injury or loss which arises from the church’s responsibility for the
general maintenance of the accommodation and the User will keep the church
indemnified against any claims for which the church is not responsible.
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The User has a responsibility to notify the church of any defect in the
accommodation or in any of the church’s furniture or other equipment in the
accommodation.
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The User will comply with the provisions of the church’s Health and
Safety policy and will ensure that all those using the accommodation are aware
of the appropriate safety procedures.
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The church may terminate this agreement immediately at any time if there
is a breach of these conditions by the User.
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Where premises are to be used by children, the User agrees to comply with
the Government’s guidelines set out in the document ‘Safe from Harm’.
