Terms & Conditions
In this policy, “us”, “we”, or “our” means Swan Hill Incorporated, operators of this website.
These terms of use govern your use of and access to this website.
We may change part or all of the Terms at any time. The most current Terms will always be posted on the website. Your subsequent or continued use of this website will constitute your acceptance of any changes made to these terms. If you object to any of the terms in this document, or to any changes made to them, your only remedy is to immediately cease use of and access to this website.
These terms were last updated on 28 April 2016.
Purchasing Online
Minimum Age & Legal Capacity
Purchasing products or services on this website is restricted to individuals 18 years of age or older. Individuals below the age of 18 may have purchases made on their behalf by a parent or guardian.
Should we suffer any loss or damage as a result of a transaction entered into by a minor, we reserve the right to seek compensation for such losses from the parents or guardians of the minor who caused the order to be placed.
Accuracy of Product & Description
All products and services listed on this website are described to the best of our abilities and using the information available to us at the time. Care is taken to ensure that this information is correct, but we cannot eliminate the possibility of:
- Human error in entry of information
- Incorrect information provided to us by suppliers or distributors
- Failure of suppliers or distributors to supply updated information to us
We reserve the right to change any information including but not limited to pricing, specifications, descriptions, or product names without notice.
Payment
All orders on this website must be pre-paid before fulfilment. All orders are placed in Australian dollars.
In the case that you pay for an order with your credit card, we do not store your credit card number on our servers, however it may be retained by our payment gateway provider in circumstances where this is required.
In the case of offline payment, we will contact you to arrange payment. This process must be completed before your order can ship.
In cases where your payment for an order fails for reasons including but not limited to insufficient card credit, or cheque dishonour, we do not warrant that stock will be held until an alternate payment method is available or the original payment method made to function.
Prices
Prices are displayed to Australian visitors of this website (unless otherwise marked) including GST if applicable to the product, and in Australian Dollars.
If we determine that you are in a foreign country, we may display prices to you without GST and/or in alternate currencies.
Return Policy
In the case of purchase of a physical product from this website which satisfies one or more of the following cases we will gladly arrange a refund or exchange of the product:
- The product proves faulty within 14 days of receiving the product and/or date of invoice
- The product does not match its description as provided when sold
- The product received is not the product ordered
- The product has been damaged in transit
- Please contact us immediately if any of the above occurs to arrange a return. Products returned without prior notice will be rejected.
- Please ensure that returned products are safely packed in their original packaging. We will not be held liable for damage to products incurred during return shipping.
Refunds will be issued to the extent required by the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cwth) and Sale of Goods Act 1958 (Vic). No part of these terms of use is to be taken as an express or implied repudiation of our obligations under these pieces of legislation.
Tax Invoice
Upon completion of your order, we will supply a Tax Invoice to you in the form of an email. Please ensure that the email address you have provided us is correct.
Security
We use industry-standard SSL encryption where applicable to protect the privacy of information in transit between this website, yourself, and our suppliers including payment gateways.
You acknowledge that the security of communications sent by electronic means cannot be guaranteed. You provide information to us via the internet at your own risk. We cannot accept responsibility for misuse or loss of, or unauthorised access to, your personal information where the security of information is not wholly within our control.
Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances will we be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or other damages resulting from the purchase, delivery, use, or return of any product or service purchased from this website beyond the value of the item purchased, including but not limited to loss of profits or interruption to business.
General Terms
Jurisdiction
These terms shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia. You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Victoria to determine any matter or dispute which arises under these terms.
Access
While we make every reasonable effort to ensure that the website is available and fully operational at all times, we do not make any representation or warranty that your access will be uninterrupted or error free. Your access to this website may be suspended without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or any reason beyond our control.
We reserve the right to change or discontinue any feature or service on the site at any time without notice.
We reserve the right to terminate your access to this website and prevent further access without warning or notice in response to breaches of this policy by yourself, breaches of any applicable laws, or suspicious activity.
Conduct
You must not use, or attempt to use this website:
- in breach of any applicable laws of the State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, or local laws in your jurisdiction
- to impersonate any person or entity
- to solicit money, passwords, personal information or other property from any person or entity
- to harm, abuse, harass, threaten, stalk, intimidate or offend any person or entity
- to publish or facilitate publication of personal information of a third party without their consent
- to publish or facilitate publication of material for which you do not have ownership, title, or consent from the owner or title holder to do so
- to publish or facilitate publication of pornographic or offensive material
- to publish or facilitate publication of material including viruses or other computer code, files, or programs designed to interrupt or damage the functionality of computer software or hardware
- to publish or facilitate publication of advertising material for yourself or any other party without our express consent to do so
Breaching of these rules of conduct may result in termination of your access to this website and prevention of further access without warning or notice.
Privacy
Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your visit to this website, to understand our practices.
Copyright
Except where expressly provided to the contrary by these terms, you do not have any right, title or interest in or to any proprietary rights relating to the website.
This website may contain material that is protected by copyright, trade mark, and other laws. Except where expressly provided to the contrary, you may only reproduce and distribute the material on the website for your own personal, non-commercial use. Material published on or sourced from this website must not be used, stored, reproduced, published, altered or transmitted in any form or by any means in whole or in part without our prior written consent, with the following exceptions:
- Where such use, reproduction, etc, constitutes Fair Use under the Copyright Act
- Where such use, reproduction, etc, is undertaken by normal processes on your computer only (such as your web browser’s cache)
Third Parties
Certain areas of this website may contain links to external websites. These external websites do not form part of this website and are not within our control. We do not accept any responsibility for the contents of any third party website.
Certain areas of this website may display third party advertising. Our display of this advertising should not be construed in any way as an endorsement or recommendation of the advertising network, advertiser, or their products or services.
Certain areas of this website may provide the ability to contact third parties. If you contact any third party as a consequence of visiting this website, we do not accept any responsibility for any communications or activity (including but not limited to business transactions) between yourself and the third party.
Limitation & Liability
Your use of this website is undertaken at your own risk.
To the extent permitted under the Trade Practices Act 1974 and other relevant legislation, this website and all information, content, materials, products and services included or otherwise made available are provided on an ‘as is’ basis, unless otherwise specified. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the accuracy of information on this website.
By continued use of this website, you agree that we will not be held liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this website or from any information, content, materials, products or services therein, unless otherwise specified in writing.
In the case of goods or services supplied or offered via this website, our liability will be limited to the amount paid by yourself (excluding any shipping and/or handling charges) for those goods and services.
Discover More Family Holiday Competition Terms and Conditions
The Promoter is Swan Hill Rural City Council (ABN:97435620016), 45 Splatt Street Swan Hill VIC 3585
1. Information on how to enter the Promotion and a description of the prizes that may be won in the Promotion form part of these Terms and Conditions of Entry. Participation in the Promotion constitutes acceptance of these Terms and Conditions of Entry. Entries not complying with these Terms and Conditions of Entry are ineligible and the Promoter reserves its absolute right to disqualify any entrant from the Promotion if any entries do not comply with these Terms and Conditions of Entry.
2. Subject to these Terms and Conditions of Entry, entry is open to anyone. If under 18 years of age, Permission must be granted from a parent or carer.
3. The Competition opens at 9:00am (AEST) on 30 October 2017 and closes at 23:59 (AEST) on 3 Dec 2017.
4. The winner will be drawn on the 8 December 2017 at 10am and notified via the email and visit Swan Hill Facebook page
5. There is one individual prize to be won, consisting of:
Family Getaway to Swan Hill including:
– One Family Cabin– 2 adults, 2 children at Big 4 Riverside Park Swan Hill
– Family pass – 2 adults, 2 children to the Heartbeat of the Murray Lasershow
6. Enter by:
– Visiting the Discover More home page in www.visitswanhill.com.au, and in the destination interactive maps and spot the hidden object. Enter your details in the drop down box for your chance to WIN.
7. By completing the entry you are deemed to have accepted the Terms and Conditions of the competition.
8. Incomplete, ineligible or incomprehensible entries will not be accepted. Entrants who provide incorrect, misleading or fraudulent information are ineligible to participate in the Promotion and all entries of an entrant who is deemed by the Promoter to have provided incorrect, misleading or fraudulent information may, at the discretion of the Promoter, be deemed invalid.
9. Prize is only valid for 12 months from the date the winner is announced on Friday 8 December 2017. Prize cannot be redeemed during Victoria/ NSW school holiday periods for 2017/2018.
10. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and reserves the right to disqualify any entrant for tampering with the entry process or for submitting an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions of Entry.
11. The Promoter will not be held responsible in the event that prize winner cannot travel to Swan Hill at the time required for prize redemption.
12. The Promoter will not be held responsible for any accident caused by participants acting in a manner that is unsafe.
13. The prize must be taken as offered and is not exchangeable, transferable, redeemable for cash or for resale. If for whatever reason the specified prize is unavailable, the Promoter reserves the right to award an alternate prize of equal or greater value.
14. If this Competition is not capable of running as planned due to reasons beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter (including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Competition), no correspondence will be entered into.
15. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Competition, subject to any written directions made under State or Territory legislation.
16. Discover More Tours may not work on all browsers or mobile devices. For the best user experience we recommend using modern browsers and newer type mobile devices.
17. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for any tax implications that may arise from winning of the prizes. Independent financial advice should be sought.
18. To the extent permitted by law, each entrant and each Prize winner irrevocably waives all rights against the Promoter and its related companies, its employees, servants, agents, independent contractors or representatives (together, the ‘Indemnified Persons’) and releases and discharges the Indemnified Persons from all claims, liability, costs, expenses, damages or losses (whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether arising under statute, from negligence, personal injury, death, property damage or otherwise) arising from or in connection with the Competition or a prize. These terms do not limit or exclude liability to the extent that liability cannot, by law, be limited or excluded.
19. To the extent permitted by law, neither the Promoter nor any of its related companies or associated agencies accepts any liability to the prize winner(s) or anyone else for any injury, damages, expenses or loss whatsoever (including without limitation loss of profit, revenue or business and indirect, consequential, special or incidental loss or damage), relating to entry into the Competition or which is sustained in the course of accepting or using a prize.