Kangan Institute ‘Open Nights’ 2023 Competition – Terms and Conditions

Kangan Institute ‘Open Nights’ promotion (Promotion) is subject to the following Terms and Conditions:

1.  Promoter

The Promoter is Bendigo Kangan Institute (ABN 74 802 942 886) trading as Kangan Institute, a TAFE institute established under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) of Private Bag 299, Somerton, Victoria 3062 (RTO 3077 & CRICOS 01218G).

2. Conditions of entry

The entrant accepts these Terms and Conditions of entry to the Promotion by completing the registration and check-in process at any of the specified Kangan Institute events. The Terms and Conditions of entry can be found on the event registration page on the Kangan Institute website that relates to any of the specified events.

3. Who can enter

3.1 The Promotion is governed by the laws of the State of Victoria, Australia. Applications are open to all residents of the State of Victoria, Australia. However, employees of the Promoter, their relatives and members of their households (who may be unrelated) are not eligible to apply. Any eligible entrant who, in the opinion of the Promoter, tampers or interferes with the entry mechanism in any way, or who does not properly comply with the entry process, will be ineligible to win.

3.2 Entrants under 18 years of age must obtain permission from their parent or legal guardian to enter. The Promoter may require any such entrant’s parent or legal guardian to sign a release at the Promoter’s discretion in which the parent or legal guardian accepts responsibility for the acts and forbearances of the entrant. The release will include the parent or legal guardian’s full name, address and telephone number. If the entrant is a winner, a failure to agree to the release and provision of these details to the Promoter will invalidate the winner’s entitlement to the prize, subject to State legislation.

4. How to enter

To enter the competition, participants must complete the registration form on the Kangan Institute website for a specified Open Night event and also check-in to an Open Night event on the day of the event via a QR code. The participants must then tell us “Who their favourite AFLW player is, and why in 10 words or less” to be eligible to go into the draw to win the prize. The Promoter accepts no liability for any applications that failed to successfully process due to technical difficulties associated with the entry mechanism available at that website. Illegible and/or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

5. Dates of promotion

The Promotion opens on Wednesday 11th October 2023 at 5.01pm AEDT and closes on Thursday 19th October 2023 at 7.00pm AEDT. Any entries received after the closing date will not be considered.

6. Promotion prize draws

6.1 There will be four (4) packs drawn. Each pack includes one (1) x Official 2023 Collingwood Football Club AFLW Team Signed Guernsey (valued at $395 each) AND one (1) x Official 2023 Collingwood Football Club AFLW Team Signed football (valued at $495 each) with certificates of authentication for each item. There will be one (1) pack drawn for each campus hosting an Open Night in 2023 (1 x Cremorne, 1 x Broadmeadows, 1 x Essendon and 1 x Docklands). To go in the draw to win participants must enter the Promotion by registering via the Kangan Institute website their intent to attend  one of the following specified events in 2023:

Kangan Institute’s Open Night events scheduled for:

• 5pm – 7pm Monday 16th October at the Cremorne Campus

• 5pm – 7pm Wednesday 18th October at the Essendon Campus

• 5pm – 7pm Wednesday 18th October at the Docklands Campus  

• 4pm – 7pm Thursday 19th October at the Broadmeadows Campus  

Participants must attend an Open Night event and scan the QR code at the event. Participants must then confirm their details and tell us “Who their favourite AFLW player is, and why in 10 words or less” to be eligible to go into the draw to win the prize. The prize will be drawn at Kangan Institute’s Essendon Campus at 11 am AEDT on Friday 20th October 2023. All eligible entries have a random and equal chance to receive a prize. Each of Kangan Institute’s ‘Open Nights’ prize packs includes one (1) x Official 2023 Collingwood Football Club AFLW Team Signed Guernsey (valued at $395 each) AND one (1) x Official 2023 Collingwood Football Club AFLW Team Signed football (valued at $495 each) including the certificates of authentication for each item.

6.2 Total prize pool is valued at $3,560.00 (incl. GST)

6.3 If the prize is unavailable, for whatsoever the reason, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for a prize of equal or greater value, subject to state regulation.

7. Eligible entries

7.1 Entries are free and limited to one (1) per person. By submitting an entry, the entrant warrants that (i) if they are at least 18 years of age, they have full legal power and capacity to agree to and be bound by these Terms and Conditions or (ii) if they are under the age of 18 years, their parent or guardian has full legal power and capacity to agree to and be bound by these Terms and Conditions and has so agreed. The entrant agrees that, where necessary, they have taken the opportunity to have independent professional advice on their obligations when accepting these Terms and Conditions.

7.2 Entries will be deemed to be accepted at the time of receipt of the entry by the Promoter and not at the time of its transmission. Incomplete or incomprehensible entries will be deemed invalid. The Promoter will accept no responsibility for lost, late or misdirected entries.

7.3 The Promoter reserves the right to validate and check the authenticity of any prize claim or entry before awarding a prize. 

8. Contacting draw winners

8.1 The winners for the Kangan Institute Open Nights competition will be drawn at Building A of the Promoter’s Essendon Campus, on Friday 20th October 2023 at 11am AEDT.

8.2 All winners will be notified by one of the following methods or such other method as the Promoter adopts: email, telephone, SMS, website or in person. The Promoter will publish each winner’s name on the website mentioned in clause 8.2 for a period of 28 days, as required by law.

8.3 The Promoter will make reasonable attempts to contact the winners. A winner must respond with acceptance of the prize within two weeks from the date of notification by the Promoter. If the winner fails to do this, the Promoter may re-draw the prize.

8.4 The Winner must collect their prize from the Promoter within two months of being contacted by the Promoter under clause 8.3. If the winner fails to do so, the Promoter may re-draw the prize and allocate it to a new winner.

9. Personal information

All entries become the property of the Promoter. The Promoter collects personal information in accordance with its Privacy Policy. The Promoter’s Privacy Statement can be found at https://www.kangan.edu.au/privacy--statement . To facilitate an entrant’s participation, the Promoter may disclose the entrant’s personal information to other companies associated with the Promotion. If an entrant does not provide their personal information, the Promoter will not be able to enter the entrant in the Promotion.

10. Acknowledging and promoting success

Each prize winner acknowledges and agrees that the Promoter may publish the details of the prize winner including photographs taken by the Promoter in the Promoter's marketing material or reports, including on social media, the Promoter's website and in brochures or newspapers.

11. Promoter rights reserved

11.1 The Promoter’s decision in relation to any aspect of the Promotion is final and binding on every person who enters and no correspondence will be entered into.

11.2 The Promoter and companies associated with the Promotion will take no responsibility for prizes damaged or lost in transit.

11.3 The Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who the Promoter has reason to believe has breached any of these Terms and Conditions, or engaged in any unlawful or other improper misconduct calculated to jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of the Promotion. The Promoter’s legal rights to recover damages or other compensation from such an individual are reserved.

11.4 If for any reason the Promotion is not capable of running as planned, including due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter, which corrupt or adversely affect the administration, security, fairness or integrity or proper conduct of the Promotion, the Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and, subject to any written directions given by relevant agencies or authorities of the government of the State of Victoria, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion.

11.5 In the case of the intervention of any outside agent or event which naturally changes the result or prevents or hinders its determination, including but not limited to vandalism, power failures, tempests, natural disasters, acts of God, civil unrest or strikes; the Promoter may in its absolute discretion cancel the Promotion and recommence it at another time on the same conditions, subject to law.

12. General

12.1 The Promoter and it's Promotion partners shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including but not limited to indirect or consequential loss) or for any personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with any prize/s except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law.

12.2 The Promoter is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, either caused by the entrant or for any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilised in this competition, or for any technical error, or any combination thereof that may occur in the course of the administration of this competition including any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line or telephone, mobile or satellite network failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to or alteration of entries.

If you have any queries in relation to any of the above Terms and Conditions, please contact events@kangan.edu.au.