Great North East Digital Treasure Hunt
Terms and Conditions “Rules of the Competition”
1. The promotion is only open to current members of the North East Chamber of Commerce, who are UK residents and workers aged 18 or over, excluding employees and the immediate families of The Promoter, its agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion.
a. Resident means
i. Registered to vote at a UK address
ii. Living in the UK for 50% or more of the time during the 6months to the date of receiving the golden ticket
b. Worker means employers and employees working in the UK at the date of receiving the golden ticket
c. Current member of the North East Chamber of Commerce means your organisation or your employer’s organisation is a registered and paid member of the North East Chamber of Commerce during the competition duration June 2014 to May 2015.
2. Registration on the competition website is required to enter by 30 June 2014 for the June competition, 31 August for the August competition, 31st October 2014 for the October competition, 31st December 2014 for the December competition, 28 February 2015 for the February competition, 30 April 2015 for the April Competition.
3. To enter:
a. Complete the registration form including submitting name, organisation and email address at www.pluscatalyst.co.uk/treasurehunt
4. All entries have a fair and random chance of winning a prize via a process operated under the supervision of third party independent promotional verification.
5. All entries must be made directly by the person entering the promotion. Syndicated entries, third party entries or those made using methods such as a computer macro, a script or the use of automated devices or processes are not allowed and all such entries will be disqualified.
6. Entrants must not damage any property through the activity of looking for the golden ticket prize notification
7. Entrants will be informed whether they have won or not within a week of the closing date of each month’s competition via a confirmation email and or telephone contact from the Promoter.
8. Entrants must retain their golden ticket and winning confirmation email as it may, at the discretion of the Promoter, be required to validate that they have won.
9. The prize (one winner for each month’s competition):
a. The winner will be required to attend a prize presentation within the North East of England. Reasonable travelling costs for one person will be reimbursed.
b. The October prize of £500 to spend at Barbour excludes the following collections: Barbour Sporting, Beacon Heritage, Gold Label, Deus ex Machina, Francis Leon and Land Rover. The prize cannot be claimed at a Barbour store but will be ordered and delivered from the Barbour warehouse through the Barbour team via the Promoter. All products are subject to availability.
10. The Promoter reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equal value if, due to circumstances beyond reasonable control, the winner is unable to securely receive the stated prize.
11. By entering winners agree that if they win they will participate in any reasonable publicity arranged by The Promoter or its agencies.
12. By entering the promotion entrants confirm that they have read and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and by the decisions of the Promoter, which are final in all matters relating to the promotion. Failure to do so will result in the forfeiture of the prize. No correspondence will be entered into.
14. The Promoter or its agencies will not be responsible for the non-inclusion of entries as a result of technical failures or otherwise, including any such failure which is within the control of The Promoter or its agencies. Proof of submission of entry is not proof of receipt of entry.
15. The Promoter reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any person it finds to be tampering (or to have tampered) with the operation of the promotion or the Promoter's website, or to be acting in violation of these terms and conditions.
16. The Promoter reserves the right to validate entries using reasonable means.
17. The maximum number of prizes available for the promotion is one for each month’s competition (as outlined in 9.). If the Golden Ticket is not found, the prize may roll over into the next month's competition. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse prize claims that would take the number of prizes that are awarded above this number.
18. Except for liability for fraudulent misrepresentation, the Promoter is not liable for:
a. Any action an entrant may take as a result of relying on any information provided by
the Promoter in relation to the promotion or for any loss or damage suffered by an
entrant as a result of taking that action; or
b. any liability for losses which are not a foreseeable or likely consequence of
(i) an entrant's use of the website, or
(ii) a breach of these terms and conditions; or
c. An entrant's inability to access the website and/or to submit an entry because of an
event outside the Promoter's control, for example (without limitation) the performance of
the entrant's or the Promoter's ISP or the Internet.
However, nothing in these terms and conditions will affect any liability the Promoter may have for death or personal injury arising from the Promoter's negligence or any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited by law.
19. The Promoter reserves the right in its absolute discretion to cancel the promotion without prior notice in the event of circumstances arising beyond its control that make it necessary to do so.
The Promoter is Catalyst, PO Box 457, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 9DS.