Terms & Conditions of Hire

• Material must be returned together with one copy of your concert programme within seven days of performance. If material is not received during that period, additional hire fees may be charged without notice.
  
  
• Any markings should be made lightly in pencil, and removed before return. Markings should not be made in biro, ink, crayon, or felt-tipped pen.
  
  
• No physical alteration of material is allowed, for example: pasting or sticking over, removal of pages, or cutting with scissors.
  
  
• Charges for individual parts or copies missing may be made without notice if not returned within one month of receipt of the bulk of the material.
  
  
• Hire material must be returned securely packaged and in good order, clearly identified with name and sender using the label provided by OUP. The pink copy of this contract must be included with returned material.
  
  
• Performances using hired music may not be recorded or broadcast without the prior permission of Oxford University Press, which must be obtained by the hirer.
  
  
• Orders cancelled after the dispatch of the material may be subject to a cancellation fee at our discretion. This fee will be additional to despatch costs.
  
  
• Hire material may not be used outside the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, or Eire without the prior consent of Oxford University Press.
  
  
• When submitting details of performances to the Performing Right Society please ensure that the fullest information is given for each title (e.g. publisher, editor's name, full title of work, etc).
  
  
• Payment for hire fees and dispatch charges is due immediately upon issue of invoice. This invoice will be issued after the despatch of the material.
  
  
• Hire material may not be photocopied or reproduced in any way without prior permission from Oxford University Press.
  
  
• You may be sent promotional communications (by post or e-mail) from the Music Promotion Department of Oxford University Press. These communications will keep you up-to-date with the latest publishing news from OUP, as well as give you access to promotional offers for OUP Music which we think will be of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive such communications, please let us know and we will remove you from our promotion database. We respect your right to privacy, and will never pass your contact details to any third party without your prior consent.
  
  
• Oxford University Press will be supplied, upon request, with two complimentary tickets for performances using material hired under this contract.
  
  

  Please note:We use CityLink to deliver the majority of material dispatched from the OUP Music Hire Library. CityLink requires a signature on delivery. Therefore, please ensure that someone will be available at the delivery address to sign for the parcel.

  
  Hire Library - Cancellation Policy
  
  
• If an order is placed and subsequently cancelled, before the material is dispatched, then no cancellation fee will apply.
  
  
• If an order is placed and dispatched correctly to order, but the customer then notifies us of the cancellation of performance and returns the material before the originally stated performance date, a cancellation fee (i.e. a hire fee) of 20% of the proposed hire fee (or the minimum hire fee applicable, whichever is the greater), plus dispatch at normal rates will apply. (If the full hire fee has already been invoiced then, in these circumstances, Oxford University Press will credit 80% of the invoice, leaving 20% [or the minimum fee] + dispatch as payable).
  
  
• If an order is placed and dispatched correctly to order, and the customer then notifies us of the cancellation of the performance and/or returns the material after the originally stated performance date as a 'cancellation', the full hire fee plus dispatch at normal rates will apply.
  
  
• For the BBC and commercial recordings, special arrangements for cancellation apply, and these are written in to the relevant agreements.
  
  
  Hire Library - Changes to invoices
  
  
• If an invoice is dispatched correctly to order, but the customer requests a change to the information given, an administration fee will apply.