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Terms and conditions:
Completion of the Entry Procedure and participation in this Competition is deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
This Competition is being promoted by the City of Ballarat.
Any questions or comments regarding the Competition should be directed to: marketing@ballarat.vic.gov.au
Competition Periods 
 
Competition Period 1
<ul>
<li>Commences at: 10am (AEST) on Saturday 29 March 2025</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Ends at: 5pm (AEST) on Sunday 30 March 2025</li>
</ul>
Competition Period 2
<ul>
<li>Commences at: 9am (AEST) on Sunday 17 May 2025</li>
<li>Ends at: 9pm (AEST) on Sunday 17 May 2025</li>
</ul>
Selection of Winner(s): Prize winners will be drawn at random by the Promoter (or their contractors) during the draw windows. 
Winner will be contacted in writing (email) with further details.
Prize redemption period: Monday 4 August – Sunday 31 August 2025.
Prize:
Each prize winner will receive (1) ‘pie passport’ containing (6) complimentary pie dockets corresponding to the Ballarat’s Best Pie category award winners.
The pie passport entitles the prize winner of This Competition to one (1) pie from each vendor of:
<ul>
<li>Ballarat’s Best Pie 2025 – Best Pie (Grand Prize Winner)</li>
<li>Ballarat’s Best Pie 2025 – Best Savoury Pie</li>
<li>Ballarat’s Best Pie 2025 – Best Sweet Pie</li>
<li>Ballarat’s Best Pie 2025 – Best Bakery Pie</li>
<li>Ballarat’s Best Pie 2025 – Brilliantly Unexpected Pie</li>
<li>Ballarat’s Best Pie 2025 – Pie With Purpose</li>
</ul>
Category awards for Ballarat’s Best Pie 2025 will be announced on 2 August 2025. 
Prize winners for This Competition (“pie passport holders”) will be notified by email on Monday 4 August 2025 of the specific vendors from which they can redeem their six complimentary pies.
The prize will be valid for redemption between 4 August 2025 and 31 August 2025 during the ‘Ballarat’s Best Pie 2025’ promotional period.
Further conditions:
<ul>
<li>The valid ‘Vendor’ is the winner of each category detailed above, as announced at Ballarat’s Best Pie on 2 August 2025.</li>
<li>The prize for This Competition excludes a complimentary pie from the Ballarat’s Best Pie 2025 – People’s Choice Pie category.</li>
<li>Vendors included in the pie passport are at the discretion of the Promoter; individual Vendors may be substituted or withdrawn at any time and without notice.</li>
<li>Pies are subject to availability at the Vendor on the day of redemption, stock will not be reserved/held for Prize winners, and may be substituted, modified or withdrawn by the Vendor or the Promoter at any time and without notice.</li>
<li>The value of each pie is set by the distributing vendor (August 2025 retail rate) and is subject to change without notice.</li>
<li>The total value of the prize will not exceed the combined value of the six pies (one pie from each specified category at the August 2025 retail rate). Retail rates for these pies will be specified in these terms and conditions when category winners are announced.</li>
<li>Individually coded original category dockets must be surrendered to each valid vendor to redeem the prize and is valid for 1 x redemption only (one pie) for each vendor. Photographs, photocopies or other duplicate forms of the dockets will be deemed invalid. Repeat redemptions are not permitted.</li>
<li>Pie passport must be registered to the prize winner and is non-transferable except as approved by the Promoter (transfers are at the discretion of the Promoter). Category dockets are not refundable, must not be separated, distributed or on-sold. Dockets cannot be redeemed for cash or product of equivalent value at the vendor(s).</li>
</ul>
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Eligibility
Participation in this Competition is only open to those persons aged 18 years or over.
Employees (and their immediate families) of the City of Ballarat are ineligible to enter the draw or register a pie passport. Employees of Ballarat’s Best Pie 2025 category-winning vendors (as outlined in these T&amp;Cs) are ineligible to enter the draw or register a pie passport.
The City of Ballarat reserves the right, at any time, to verify the eligibility of an Entrant and to disqualify any Entrant that does not meet the Eligibility Criteria.
Entry
This Competition is a game of chance and will be randomly drawn by the Promoter (or their contractors) at Ballarat Unexpectomatic installations on-site at the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival (MFWF) Bakers’ Dozen event 29-30 March 2025, at Southern Cross Railway Station on 17 May 2025, and other promotional events at the discretion of the Promoter.
To enter, eligible persons must complete the Entry Procedure during the Competition Period.
Entries not completed in accordance with these Terms and Conditions will be rejected and any late, incomplete, indecipherable, or illegible Entries will be deemed invalid. Entries will be deemed accepted at the time of receipt by City of Ballarat and not at the time of transmission.
Entrants are limited to the one per Entrant. Where an Entrant attempts to submit more than one Entry, all additional or subsequent Entry(s) will be ineligible for a Prize.
Consents and warranties on entry
Entrants agree to their Entry being used by the City of Ballarat in the future and grant them a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable and sub-licensable transferable licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish and display the Entry for any purpose in any media without compensation, restriction on use, attribution or liability. Entrants warrant that they have full authority to grant these rights and will not assert any moral rights in respect of the Entry.
Entrants warrant and agree that:
<ul>
<li>They will not submit, produce, upload or share any content that is fraudulent, or may be in breach of any intellectual property, privacy or other rights;</li>
<li>No rights in the Entry have been previously granted to any person, corporation or entity;</li>
<li>They will obtain full prior consent from any person who has jointly created or has any rights in the Entry or who appears (or who’s property appears) in the content forming part of the Entry;</li>
<li>Without limiting the above, the Entrant indemnifies City of Ballarat against all loss, damages and costs incurred by City of Ballarat as a result of any breach of the above warranties.</li>
<li>Winners must abide by rules of entry at each specific location.</li>
</ul>
Entrants understand, acknowledge and agree that:
<ul>
<li>Their Entry (or parts thereof) may be posted on the Competition Website and City of Ballarat websites and is available for public viewing; and</li>
<li>By participating in this Competition, information, links or names may be displayed on the social media pages of City of Ballarat.</li>
<li>Their personal details will be added to the City of Ballarat email database for the purpose of contact for future promotions and Council marketing information</li>
</ul>
Prizes
Prize winners for This Competition (“pie passport holders”) will be contacted by email to register their passports immediately after the competition period draw windows (if they have not already done so on-site of competition draw).
Prize winners will be notified by email on Monday 4 August 2025 of the specific vendors from which they can redeem their six complimentary pies.
The prize will be valid for redemption between 4 August 2025 and 31 August 2025 during the ‘Ballarat’s Best Pie 2025’ promotional period.
If the City of Ballarat is unable to contact a Winner after making all reasonable efforts, or the Winner does not register their ‘pie passport’ by 8 August 2025, then that Winner will forfeit their Prize. Prize Winners will not be redrawn.
It is an Entrant’s responsibility to notify the City of Ballarat if their personal details change during the Competition Period. If a Winner fails to provide a valid or complete address for delivery of the Prize, or delivery has not been successful to an address provided (after reasonable attempts by the City of Ballarat) the Prize shall be forfeited by the Winner.
Prizes are not transferrable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash. The prize (or prize components) may be substituted or withdrawn if the original prize package is unavailable due to circumstances beyond the control of the City of Ballarat and reasonable attempts are made to reach agreement with the winner that are unsuccessful.
Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by law, the City of Ballarat (and their respective officers, contractors, employees, agents and representatives) will not be liable for any personal injury, loss (including loss of opportunity), damage (including, but not limited to, direct, indirect or consequential loss), cost, expense or claim arising from or in relation to the Competition:
Variation to Competition
The City of Ballarat may in its absolute discretion, but subject to State and Territory laws, modify, suspend, cancel, recommence or extend this Competition as appropriate if:
<ul>
<li>for any reason, this Competition is not capable of running as planned due to technical, hardware or software failures or interferences, or changes to third party sites or platforms, which affect the administration, operation, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Competition;</li>
<li>the level of interest or participation in the Competition is insufficient or there has been some delay in commencing the Competition; or</li>
<li>the Entry Procedure, determination of Winners or delivery of Prizes is prevented hindered or affected by any external agent or event beyond the reasonable control of the City of Ballarat.</li>
</ul>
The Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with any social media platform provider (including, but not limited to, the providers of Facebook and Instagram or any of their related entities (Provider). Each entrant agrees to release any Provider from all liability in connection with, or in relation to, the Promotion. These Conditions of Entry do not intend to conflict with, or derogate from, a Provider’s terms and conditions of use, statement of rights and responsibilities (if any), data use policy or any other terms and conditions imposed by the relevant Provider on entrants from time to time to use the relevant social media platform.

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