Ararat: Active City

By entering the Ararat Rural City Council's VIP competition, you agree to the following conditions:

1. Information on how to enter forms part of the terms and conditions of entry. Entry into the promotion is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.
2. The promoter is Ararat Rural City Council (ABN 92 492 188 087) of Vincent and High Streets, Ararat 3377.

Eligibility

3. Entry is open to Australian residents (Eligible Entrants) excluding Councillors, Directors, management, employees (and their immediate families) of the Promoter and its related bodies.
4. Eligible Entrants who are under 18 years of age at the date of posting their entry must have permission from their parent or legal guardian to enter.
5. The promotion commences at 11:00am (AEST) on the 17th of January, 2014 and closes at 5:00PM (AEST) on the 9th of May, 2014. Winners will be judged on the 12th of May, 2014.

Competition Entry

6. To enter the draw, Eligible Entrants must complete the following steps during the Promotion period:
1. Visit the Ararat Rural City Council website at www.ararat.vic.gov.au;
2. Email their answer (in 50 words or less) to the question and include their full name and telephone number as per the associated link.
7. All entries must include the Entrant's contact details including full name, email address and telephone number in the email so they can be contacted if they are a prize winner.
8. Incomplete, indecipherable, or illegible entries will be deemed invalid and will be rejected. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any entry where it reasonably suspects that such materials are prohibited by these terms and conditions, any relevant law, or are otherwise deemed inappropriate. This is at the Promoter’s absolute discretion and discussions will not be entered into.
9. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and Eligible Entrants (including and entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) and reserves the right to disqualify any Eligible Entrant for tampering with the entry process or for submitting an entry that is not (in the reasonable opinion of the Promoter) in accordance with these terms and conditions. Failure by the promoter to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
10. The Promoter is not responsible for any technical malfunction of any communications network or any lost, late, delayed, ineligible, incomplete, corrupted or misdirected entries, howsoever caused.

Judging

11. The winners will be the most creative entries received by the Promoter, which satisfy eligibility requirements as set out in these terms and conditions.
12. This is a game of skill and chance plays no part in determining the winner. Each entry received during the Promotion Period will be judged based on the creativity of the response.
13. Winners will be notified by phone or email by no later than 5:00pm on the 16th of May, 2014.
14. The Promoter’s decision is final and the Promoter will not enter into correspondence regarding the result.
15. It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winners must comply with all the conditions of use of the prize.

The Prize

16. The winning prize will be posted to the winner. Prize winners must provide a postal address to Ararat Rural City Council at the time of being notified that they are a prize winner.
17. The prize is not redeemable for cash or other goods and services.
18. In the event of a prize winner being unable to satisfy these terms and conditions or forfeiting or not claiming a prize within 5 days of being notified by the Promoter that are a prize winner, the promoter reserves the right to award the prize to the Eligible Entrant whose entry was received next in time after the entries of other prize winners.
19. If any act, omission, event or circumstance occurs which is beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter and which prevents the promoter from complying with these terms and conditions, the Promoter will not be liable for any failure to perform or delay in performing its obligations and the Promoter reserves the right (subject to any applicable law) to cancel, terminate or modify or suspend this promotion.
20. The promoter, its related bodies corporate and their respective officers, employees, contractors and agents (Promotion Parties) will not be liable for any losses, damages expenses, costs or personal injuries arising out of this promotion, the promotion of this promotion or the use of any prize, including but not limited to any breach of these terms and conditions, contract or tort (including negligence) and any other common law, equitable or statutory remedy (Damages) whatsoever, including but not limited to direct, indirect and consequential Damages, including Damages that cannot reasonably be considered to arise naturally and in the ordinary course of things, even if those Damages were in the contemplation of the Promotion Parties.
21. The exclusion of liability in clause 22 does not apply to limit or exclude liability:
1. For personal injury or death suffered or sustained in connection with the supply of goods or services which are supplied by the Promoter in the ordinary course of business. To remove doubt: third party goods or services, which other than in connection with this promotion, are in the normal course of business supplied by a third party unrelated to the promotion Parties, are not supplied by the Promoter in the ordinary course of business; or
2. To the extent it is not permissible at law to limit or exclude liability in the manner contemplated.