Terms and Conditions

Official Rules for the Competition

Information regarding prizes and how to enter forms part of these terms and conditions. By entering, entrants are deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions.

Entry eligibility

  1. Entry is open to all members of the Australian Chiropractors Association Limited. Employees and their immediate families of the Australian Chiropractors Association and their agencies and companies associated with the promotion are ineligible to enter the competition.
  2. The competition commences at 12.01am AEST Monday 7 June 2021 and closes at 11:59 pm AEST Friday 9 July 2021 (“Competition Period”).

How to enter

  1. Step 1. Make sure you are following ACA on social media. For Twitter and Instagram search for @auschiros and for Facebook search for Australian Chiropractors Association’.
  2. Step 2. Take and edit a photograph of yourself, proudly showing the ‘ACA Member’ sticker underneath your shirt or jacket. An ‘ACA Member’ sticker is included with the printed version of this edition, with your 2021-22 member window decal coming with an upcoming edition.
  3. Step 3. Upload your photograph to either Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, with a caption on why you are proud to be an ACA member, remembering to use the hashtag #ACAEverydayHero. (Your account privacy settings must be set to ‘public’ for us to retrieve your photo).

    The winning post will be awarded on originality and creativity, with photographs judged by the ACA Marketing and Communications team. The winner will be announced on Wednesday 14 July.

Prizes and Judging

  1. Prizes are as follows:
    One Free Registration for the ACA Conference 2021 in Adelaide and 1 x ticket for the Association Dinner
  2. Judging will take on Wednesday 14 July at 12:30pm (AEST).
  3. The competition is a game of skill and chance plays no part in the selection of the winner. Submissions will be judged by the ACA Marketing and Communications team according to the following criteria:
    – the relevance of the submitted photo to the theme in question, as decided by our judge;
    – artistic interpretation of the theme, as decided by our judge;
    – originality of the submission. Entries that are deemed to not belong to or be taken by the user will not be eligible.
  4. The Judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Prizes cannot be transferred. Non-cash prizes cannot be redemmed for cash.

General Terms and Conditions

  1. The promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and to disqualify any entry which, in the opinion of promoter, includes objectionable content, profanity, potentially insulting, inflammatory or defamatory statements, disqualify any entrant who tampers with the entry process, who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these terms and conditions of entry or who has, in the opinion of promoter, engaged in conduct in entering the promotion which is fraudulent, misleading, deceptive or generally damaging to the goodwill or reputation of the promotion and/or promoter. The promoter reserves the right to disqualify a winner if the promoter becomes aware that the winner and/or the winner’s entry is of a type described in this clause.
  2. Entries must be received by 11:59 pm AEST Friday 9 July 2021. The time of entry will in each case be the time the online entry is received by the Australian Chiropractors Association database. The promoter accepts no responsibility for any late, lost or misdirected entries due to technical disruptions, network congestion or for any other reason.
  3. The cost of accessing the promotional website will be dependent on the entrant’s individual internet service provider.
  4. Use of images:
    • All images published on Instagram with #ACAEverydayHero may be moderated and displayed on the website and social media channels of the Australian Chiropractors Association and its associated partners. These images and associated usernames will be public to all.
    • By entering the competition and accepting the terms and conditions you agree that you hereby license the rights to use your photo submission to the ACA and its associated partners on any of its websites or social media channels, or for advertising and promotion of its products, services, and/or its company in any media now known or hereafter developed in perpetuity in exchange for no compensation of any kind.
  5. Use of personal information:
    • By entering the competition and accepting the terms and conditions, you agree that the ACA may use your personal details for the purpose of conducting the competition, including the use of your Instagram name in promotional formats.
    • By entering the competition, you give the ACA permission to contact you via Instagram if you are a winner of the competition for the purpose of distributing your prize to you.
  6. The promoter reserves the right to request winners to provide proof of identity and proof of residency at the nominated prize delivery address. Identification considered suitable for verification is at the discretion of the promoter.
  7. The promoter reserves the right to refuse to allow a winner to take part in any or all aspects of the prize, if the promoter determines, in their absolute discretion, that a winner is not in the mental or physical condition necessary to be able to safely participate in the prize. It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner may be required to sign a legal release in a form determined by the promoter in its absolute discretion.
  8. The promoter shall endeavour to contact the winners via their Instagram account within one week of the prize draw. In the event that the winner/s cannot be contacted after one month, an alternate winner/s will be selected and the original winner/s will forfeit any prize.
  9. The promoter shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including but not limited to direct 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.
  10. The promoter is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, either caused by the phone user 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 satellite network failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to or alteration of entries.
  11. If for any reason this competition is not capable of running as planned, including due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any causes beyond the control of the promoter, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or integrity or proper conduct of this promotion, the promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, take any action that may be available, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the competition, subject to any written direction given under state regulation.
  12. Prizes are as follows:
    One Free Registration for the ACA Conference 2021 in Adelaide and 1 x ticket for the Association Dinner
    In the event that for any reason whatsoever a winner does not take an element of the prize at the time stipulated by the promoter then that element of the prize will be forfeited by the winner and cash will not be awarded in lieu of that element of the prize.
  13. Participation in this competition assumes the acceptance of the Facebook, Twitter and/or Instagram terms and conditions.

The Promoter is the Australian Chiropractors Association (ABN 50 050 096 038), Level 1, 75 George Street, Parramatta NSW 2150.