1. Definitions and Introduction
1.1 In this Agreement the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings (and, where applicable, the singular shall include the plural): “Competition” means any competition or promotion within our publications, social media sites or websites; “employee” shall include employees, freelancers and contractors; “Entrant” means any person who enters a Competition; “Family Member” means a spouse, partner, close blood relation or spouse of a close blood relation; to Toffee Publications Limited, Dunelm House, 65b Lower Olland Street, Bungay Suffolk, NR35 1BY; the words "include" and "including" shall not be interpreted as limiting the generality of any preceding words; “Intellectual Property Rights” means any trade marks, copyright, moral rights, performer’s rights, confidential information, trade secrets and all or any other intellectual or industrial property rights, both registered and unregistered anywhere in the world, including any renewals and extensions and including any such rights discovered or invented after the date of this Agreement; “Participant” means any person who is selected by us to participate in a Competition; “Prize” means any prize or gift offered or awarded in a Competition; “Specific Rules” means the specific rules, entry instructions and any other specific details or terms relating to the particular Competition or Prize published on this website or on any other website or in any other media which features the Competition; “Terms” means these Competition Terms and Conditions together with any Specific Rules; “we”, “us” and “our” means Toffee Publications Limited including any successors in title and assigns; “you” means an Entrant or Participant in or winner of (as the case may be) a Competition.
1.2 All of our Competitions will be subject to (i) these Competition Terms and Conditions and (ii) the Specific Rules and you will be bound by these Terms when you enter or participate in any Competition or accept any Prize. If these Competition Terms and Conditions differ or conflict with any Specific Rules then the Specific Rules will prevail.
1. Definitions and Introduction
1.1 In this Agreement the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings (and, where applicable, the singular shall include the plural): “Competition” means any competition or promotion within our publications, social media sites or websites; “employee” shall include employees, freelancers and contractors; “Entrant” means any person who enters a Competition; “Family Member” means a spouse, partner, close blood relation or spouse of a close blood relation; to Toffee Publications Limited, Dunelm House, 65b Lower Olland Street, Bungay Suffolk, NR35 1BY; the words "include" and "including" shall not be interpreted as limiting the generality of any preceding words; “Intellectual Property Rights” means any trade marks, copyright, moral rights, performer’s rights, confidential information, trade secrets and all or any other intellectual or industrial property rights, both registered and unregistered anywhere in the world, including any renewals and extensions and including any such rights discovered or invented after the date of this Agreement; “Participant” means any person who is selected by us to participate in a Competition; “Prize” means any prize or gift offered or awarded in a Competition; “Specific Rules” means the specific rules, entry instructions and any other specific details or terms relating to the particular Competition or Prize published on this website or on any other website or in any other media which features the Competition; “Terms” means these Competition Terms and Conditions together with any Specific Rules; “we”, “us” and “our” means Toffee Publications Limited including any successors in title and assigns; “you” means an Entrant or Participant in or winner of (as the case may be) a Competition.
1.2 All of our Competitions will be subject to (i) these Competition Terms and Conditions and (ii) the Specific Rules and you will be bound by these Terms when you enter or participate in any Competition or accept any Prize. If these Competition Terms and Conditions differ or conflict with any Specific Rules then the Specific Rules will prevail.
1.3 We may add to, amend or vary these Competition Terms and Conditions from time to time, at our discretion.
1.4 You agree to co-operate with and comply with all reasonable requests made by us in connection with any Competition.
2. Eligibility and Entry Criteria
2.1 In order to make a valid entry into a Competition you must enter as an individual using your legal name and make only one entry per Competition, unless the Specific Rules allow you to make multiple entries. You may only enter a competition if you are a resident of the United Kingdom or Isle of Man. 2.2 The Specific Rules will state if there are any age restrictions relating to the Competition.
2.3 Unless otherwise stated in the Specific Rules, you may not enter a Competition if you are an employee, or Family Member of an employee, of (i) Toffee Publications Limited or (ii) any Competition sponsor or Prize giver or if you are directly or indirectly connected with the Competition.
2.4 You may not enter a Competition if you or any of your Family Members have won a Prize valued at £500 or greater within a period of six months prior to the closing date of the Competition.
2.5 You may not enter a Competition if you have been given the answer(s) or any other relevant information in relation to the Competition, either directly or indirectly, by any employee of Toffee Publications Limited, Competition sponsor or Prize giver.
2.6 No multiple, bulk, automated, machine assisted, third party, syndicate or other group entries will be accepted. We shall disqualify any entries which, in our reasonable opinion, appear to have used any of these entry methods including multiple entries from the same IP address or telephone number, unless the Specific Rules state that multiple entries are permitted.
2.7 Candidates in any General, Mayoral or any other national or local Election will be ineligible, during the period of such Election, to enter any Competition until after the conclusion of such Election.
2.8 We may ask you to provide us with proof of your eligibility to enter a Competition and we reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to decide whether or not eligibility criteria have been met. Breach of any of the criteria contained in this Clause 2 may result in your disqualification from a Competition and/or the withdrawal of a Prize.
3. Entry Methods
3.1 For Competitions involving online voting only one vote for each valid email address will be accepted and we reserve the right to disqualify any Entrant making, or attempting to make, multiple votes.
3.2 In all Competitions, we reserve the right to reject any entries that are inaudible, incomplete, incomprehensible, damaged or otherwise deficient. We also reserve the right to reject entries that are unlawful, indecent, racist, inflammatory, and defamatory or which we consider to be otherwise harmful to the goodwill and reputation of Toffee Publications Limited that is running the Competition in question. We accept no responsibility for any late lost or misdirected entries including but not limited to texts, calls or emails not received due to technical disruptions, network congestion or any other reason. Proof of posting of any postal entry will not be proof of our receipt of that entry.
3.3 The use of any automated entry software or any other mechanical or electronic means that permits any person to enter any Competition repeatedly is prohibited.
3.4 Entrants must enter Competitions using their legal name once only. We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant who uses multiple names and to require them to return any prize they may have won.
3.5 Unless otherwise permitted pursuant to any Specific Terms, no person may enter any Competition more than once and persons may not enter or participate as part of a syndicate or on behalf of any other person, syndicate, group, society or company.
3.6 Where an entrant or prizewinner has been found to be in breach of any of the terms and conditions of a Competition and in particular where a person is in breach of the entry restrictions set out in rules 3.3 to 3.5 above, we may nevertheless still enforce our right to disqualify that person and require the return or reimbursement to us of any prize even where a prize has been awarded and/or actually provided to the entrant or prizewinner in question.
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