Competition Rules - competitions run on a website

INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION RULES

  These rules are suitable for use in England, Wales and Scotland by a company or organisation that is offering a prize to the public by way of a competition entered through its website, via text message, or by telephone.

What the rules contain

  The following agreement provides a framework within which you – the competition organiser – offers the competition to the public.  It contains the ways in which the public can enter the competition, what prizes are on offer and when the competition closes.  This is a basic set of competition rules and does not deal with standard business eventualities, such as resolving disputes.  These rules should be used in conjunction with a set of competition terms and conditions, which deal with more specific details, such as liability limitation and intellectual property rights (see our contents page for a set of competition terms and conditions).

How to use the rules and why you should use them

  These rules cover all the basics of a competition that is open to the public.  It is important to set out clearly factors such as what the prize consists of, how to take part in the competition and how the winners are chosen.  This will cover you in the event that entrants do not win and want to question the procedure of the competition.

  Acceptance of these rules occurs when the competition is entered – they should be placed prominently on the pages of the website through which the competition is entered or anywhere that the telephone number or text entry number (if different) are displayed.

Standard content

This document contains the basic competition rules:

• A link to a set of competition terms and conditions, incorporating them into these rules
• The various methods of entering the competition and the costs of each
• How an entrant takes part in the competition
• The closing date
• How the winners are selected
• What to do in the event of a dispute
• Details of the competition prize

This document is specifically intended to be used as competition rules

  This document will not provide an effective structure for anything other than competition rules and should be used in conjunction with a set of competition terms and conditions.

  If you are looking for competition terms and conditions or any other document, please see our contents pages.
 
 

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