Terms and Conditions

2024 La Trobe Open Day Scavenger Hunt Competition Terms and Conditions

Competition

  1. La Trobe University (ABN 64 804 735 113) (“La Trobe”) is conducting a competition called the “2024 La Trobe Open Day Scavenger Hunt Competition, Bundoora” (“Competition”) at the La Trobe Bundoora Campus.
  2. These terms and conditions apply to the Competition and by submitting your entry you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. Any entry that does not comply with these terms and conditions may be deemed invalid and ineligible to win a prize.
  3. The Competition is open from 10am Sunday 4 August 2024 to 4pm Sunday 4 August 2024 (“Competition Period”). Any entry received after the expiry of the Competition Period will be deemed invalid. No responsibility is accepted for late, lost, delayed or misdirected entries. La Trobe reserves the right to extend the Competition Period in its sole discretion.

Entry

  1. The Competition is open to residents of Victoria.
  2. Entrants less than 18 years old must obtain the consent of a parent or guardian to enter. La Trobe may request photographic ID as proof of an entrant’s age and request written evidence of parental or guardian consent (if applicable). Any entrant that is unable or unwilling to provide the requested information will not be eligible to win a prize.
  3. Entrants must:
    1. Attend the Bundoora Open Day on 4 August 2024; and
    2. Using the event app on their mobile devices, attend and scan each and every designated QR Code at each specified activity (as specified in the app). Successful scanning of all QR Codes at the relevant activities is required to complete the entry process.
  4. Incomplete entries that do not satisfy the above requirements will be ineligible to win a prize.
  5. Entry into each Competition is free.
  6. Entrants may enter the Competition once.
  7. The competition is not open to La Trobe staff members (including their immediate family members).
  8. Any entries deemed by La Trobe to be inappropriate or offensive will be ineligible to win a prize and excluded from the Competition.
  9. By submitting an entry, each entrant warrants to La Trobe that:
    1. if below 18 years of age, they have the permission of their parent or guardian to enter the Competition;
    2. all details provided with their entry are true and accurate;
    3. the entrant owns or has the right to submit their entry for this Competition;
    4. The entrant will comply with these Terms and Conditions;
    5. their entry, and La Trobe’s use of their entry, will not:
      • infringe any person’s copyright or other intellectual property rights;
      • infringe any person’s privacy rights or any applicable privacy laws; or
      • breach any other laws.
  10. Each entrant grants to La Trobe a perpetual, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, publish and communicate their entry, including a right to sublicense it to other parties (including posting on La Trobe’s social media accounts, in any format for the purpose of the Competition and for La Trobe’s marketing and promotional purposes.

Judging and Prizes

  1. Following conclusion the Competition Period, on the date of 28 August 2024, La Trobe will hold a prize draw at its Melbourne Campus (“the Draw”), where 100 entrants from the Competition will be randomly selected to win 1 Prize each (“Prize Winners”) (total of 100 Prize Winners).
  2. Each prize will consist of:
    1. 1 x Frank Green Ceramic Reusable Bottle 34oz / 1 litre
    2. 1 x La Trobe University branded Hoodie.
  3. The prizes cannot be redeemed for cash.
  4. For the avoidance of doubt, each Prize Winner is only entitled to one prize.
  5. The Prize Winners will be notified within 14 days after the Draw date by email. Prize Winners acknowledge that they may also be published on La Trobe’s website and social media accounts. La Trobe will send the Prize Winners their Prize via mail to an address communicated by the relevant Winner to La Trobe following notification of their win.
  6. The decisions of La Trobe regarding entrant eligibility and Prize Winners are final and will be binding on each entrant. No correspondence or communications will be entered into. If after reasonable efforts a Prize Winner cannot be contacted, cannot accept a prize or is deemed to be ineligible to enter the Competition, La Trobe reserves the right to select a different Prize Winner and may publish the details of any different Prize Winner on La Trobe’s website.
  7. If any event prevents or hinders the Competition or La Trobe’s ability to deliver a prize, La Trobe may in its absolute discretion cancel the Competition, select another Prize Winner or provide a similar prize of equivalent value.
  8. La Trobe may refuse to award a prize, or seek its recovery, in the event of the relevant entrant’s fraud, dishonesty, or non-entitlement under, or breach of, these terms and conditions. In the event of a dispute concerning the identity of the person who submits an entry, the entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the owner of the email account with which the entry is associated.

Personal information

  1. Each entrant consents to La Trobe using any personal information supplied or connected with their entry for the purposes of the Competition and for La Trobe’s marketing and promotional purposes. For the avoidance of doubt the marketing and promotional purposes includes (but is not limited to) both (i) contacting the entrants about their interest in La Trobe studies following their attendance at the open day, and (ii) adding of the entrant to the marketing mailing list to receive periodic ongoing promotional material. Entrants  added to the marketing mailing list can opt out at any time by following the relevant link in an email received from that list.
  2. La Trobe handles personal information in accordance with its Privacy Policy and Procedure which is available at: https://policies.latrobe.edu.au/document/view.php?id=1

Disclaimer and liability

  1. La Trobe accepts no responsibility for invalid, misdirected, lost or delayed entries, any incorrect or inaccurate information, any equipment or technical error, or for any defect in, theft, destruction, unauthorised access to or alteration of any entry.
  2. To the extent permitted by law, La Trobe will not be liable for any injury, damages, expenses, or loss whatsoever (whether direct or indirect) to persons or property as a result of any person entering the Competition or accepting or using any prize, including without limitation non-receipt of any prize.
  3. To the extent permitted by law, all warranties in respect of the prize, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, are excluded. To the extent such warranties cannot be excluded by law but liability can lawfully be limited, liability is limited at La Trobe’s option to replacing the prize or the cost of replacing the prize or acquiring an equivalent item.
  4. The Competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, La Trobe’s social media channels, including Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, and any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Competition should be directed to La Trobe.
  5. Each entrant releases Instagram Facebook, Tik Tok from any and all liability for any loss, damage or injury arising out of or in relation to the Competition.
  6. This competition is conducted under, and must be construed by, the laws of the state of Victoria and the laws of Victoria govern the terms and conditions of this Competition.
  7. To the extent of any inconsistency between these Terms and Conditions and any other information, documents communications or representations relating to the Competition, these Terms and Conditions shall prevail.