COMPETITION RULES
The rules below are applicable to all competitions, promotions, polls, offers or other similar commercial offering (referred to herein as 'competition') conducted by or on behalf of Golden Birdie Ltd until further notice or until amended.
These rules will be deemed incorporated in each competition except to the extent that any specific instruction in a competition (hereafter called the 'competition instructions') provides otherwise, in which case the competition instructions shall take precedence.
By entering the competition, entrants (or voters for a particular entrant) together with any other member of the public involved (all such persons being referred to as 'entrant') hereby agree to be bound by these rules as amended from time to time, and by any competition instructions.
It is the responsibility of entrants to keep themselves informed as to any updates of these rules, and they acknowledge that any failure to comply with these rules could lead to their disqualification without reasons being given or opportunity for challenge.
1. The Judge/s shall, unless provided otherwise in the competition instructions, be the Director of Golden Birdie Ltd and/or her nominated representative(s), and "Judges" herein shall mean such person or persons.
2.1 The decision of the Judges over every instance shall be final and unchallengable and in their absolute discretion they may declare void any entry/ vote or the competition itself should they consider that there are no entries reaching a required standard, whereupon they can award prizes or not as they think fit. Judges shall have the right, at their discretion, to change the rules of a competition while it is running if it appears to them that it would be equitable or appropriate to do so, including the extension of the closing date whereupon there will be an announcement of any such extension at the first reasonable opportunity. No correspondence will be entered into or comment issued on any matters concerning any competition, and no reasons given for any decision made by the Judges.
3. Entrants should, if under 18, obtain permission in advance from their parent or guardian and be able to demonstrate that to the Judge/s satisfaction.
3.1 Employees of Golden Birdie Ltd, contractors, promoters and individuals connected with any company involved in the competition, agents and members of the immediate family of the above people will not be eligible to participate.
4.1 All entries must be legible. Any illegible, mutilated, altered, corrupted or obscene entry may be disqualified.
4.2 Entries must be made in accordance with the competition instructions. They are invalid if they are received any later than the specified closing time which is set to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) unless otherwise stated in the specific competition rules.
4.3 All entry requirements must be fulfilled and accompanied by the appropriate entry fee or proof of purchase if necessary as stated.
4.4 No responsibility will be accepted by Golden Birdie Ltd for incomplete, lost, corrupted, delayed or mislaid entries.
4.5 The winner will be chosen in accordance with the competition instructions and the exercise of their residual discretion by the Judge/s.
4.6 Other prizes will be awarded in accordance with the order of priority as stated in the individual competition.
5. Golden Birdie Ltd reserves the right to publish the names of the winner/s, and the winning entries themselves, and all winners are required to give their full co-operation to all requests by Golden Birdie Ltd or a promoter in connection with publicity for the competition, their entry, the prize or otherwise.
6. Entrants of the competition submit their entries and grant use of the material to Golden Birdie Ltd to globally re-share, blog about and promote on domains that are registered to Golden Birdie Ltd or the Director’s of the company respectfully, and will be credited to the original writer. Copyright for the original words always remains with the original writer. Golden Birdie Ltd will not be liable for any other use of the competition entries re-published by third parties.
7. There will be no cash or other alternative to the prize offered and prizes are not transferable.
8.1 Golden Birdie Ltd will not be liable for any circumstances beyond its reasonable control that prevent the competition being fulfilled, a winner or winners being chosen, or any prize being taken up or fully enjoyed by a winner.
8.2 Golden Birdie Ltd excludes liability to the extent permitted by law for any cost, claims or losses howsoever caused that arise by reason of any person's entry into a competition or the award, or non award, to them of a prize. In the event of any error, whether printing, technological or otherwise, which affects the competition in any way, the Judges reserve the right to administer the competition as though the error had not occurred.
9. If any winner of a competition is unable to take up a prize for any reason, or if Golden Birdie Ltd has not been able, after making reasonable efforts, to make contact with the winner, Golden Birdie Ltd reserve the right to award that prize (without notice to the first winner chosen) to an alternative winner, in which case the first winner chosen shall not be eligible for any share of the prize whatsoever. Golden Birdie Ltd shall not have any liability in such eventuality.
10. Where necessary in order to determine an outright winner or winners in a competition, the Judge/s reserve the right to require that entrants take part in an eliminating contest (or 'tie breaker'). If for any reason there are more winners than prizes, whether or not that has arisen as an unforeseen eventuality or is part of the competition structure, the Judges reserve the right to conduct a draw to determine the winner or winners of the prizes.
11. In any competition where there are only a limited number of prizes, unless it is otherwise provided no purchase of Golden Birdie Ltd merchandise or stock is necessary for entry, except in competitions of skill or where competition instructions clearly specify otherwise.
12. Names of prize winners will be available on www.goldenbirdie.com and released through respective social media.
13. Entrants may be asked to indicate their wish, by ticking or checking a box provided in the competition instructions or otherwise, to receive or decline to receive communications with information from Golden Birdie Ltd. Golden Birdie Ltd will hold any personal details it is entitled to hold on its own in accordance with GDPR privacy policy which can be viewed here.