Harry Potter Book Day competition terms and conditions

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These terms and conditions are subject to any other terms and conditions provided on this website.

1. The Competition

a. The competition promoter is First MTR South Western Trains Limited trading as South Western Railway ("SWR", "we" or "us") a company established in the UK with a registered office address at 8th Floor, The Point, 37 North Wharf Road, London W2 1AF. Registered in England and Wales, company number: 07900320.

b. The title of the competition is 'Win a trip for a family of 4 to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter’

c. The competition will run from 00:01 1 Sept 2024. (“Opening Date”) until 23:59 17 October 2024. (“Closing Date”). All entries must be submitted before the Closing Date and entries submitted after this time will be automatically disqualified.

d. SWR reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the competition at any time.

2. Competition entry

a. Entry is free of charge and no payments are required to participate.

b. The competition is only open to those who are 18 years or over and who are residents of the UK. Proof of identity and age may be required.

c. The Company’s employees and their immediate families, the Company’s agents and anyone professionally connected with the prize draw are not eligible to take part.

d. The Company reserves the right to check the validity of any entry. Entries failing to comply with these rules may not be accepted.

e. Proof of website submission will not be accepted as proof of entry and no responsibility is accepted for entries that are lost, damaged or delayed for whatever reason, including without limitation due to computer, network and/or user error.

f. Entrants may enter only once.

g. Entrants must have access to a personal email account.

3. The Prize

One family ticket (2 adults and 2 children, or 1 adult and 3 children. Adults age 16 and above) to Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter with £500 to cover rail ticket costs and accommodation , plus a bundle of Harry Potter books provided by Bloomsbury Publishing consisting of a Harry Potter Owl Post Box Set (including all 7 titles) and The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac

Family Ticket for Warner Bros. Studio Tour London:

a. Studio Tour Tickets must be used within twelve (12) months of the end date of the Relevant Promotional Period, and dates are subject to availability.

b. The Prize winner and their guests shall adhere to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter standard terms and conditions (which are available at https://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/terms-and-conditions).

c. There is no cash alternative to Prizes which are subject to availability, non- transferable, non-negotiable and non-refundable. Prizes may not be sold, offered for sale or used in connection with any other competition or promotion by the Prize Winner.

Prize money and book bundle

e. Allow up to 30 days for delivery of the books from receipt of postal delivery address, and 30 days for payment of £500 from receipt of bank details.

4. Winner selection

a. The winner of the prize will be selected at random from eligible entrants.

b. The winner(s) will be notified within 30 days of the closing date. The winner will be notified by SWR via the email address entered on the competition form.

c. The prize winner’s contact details will be provided to the prize suppliers in order to fulfil the prize.

d. Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the winner(s). If the winner(s) cannot be contacted within 14 days of the closing date or are unable to comply with these terms and conditions, the Company reserves the right to offer the prize to any other eligible entrant.

e. To request the name and county of the winners, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to South Western Railway, 4th Floor, South Bank Central, 30 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LQ within one month of the Closing Date.

5. Exclusion of liability

In so far as permitted by law, the Company shall not be responsible for and shall not cover nor insure any entrants and or the winner, and third parties from and against any and all actions, claims, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, penalties, fines, judgements, costs, charges and expenses of whatever kind and nature relating to the credit and prizes in any way.

6. General

a. If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions, the Company may, at its sole discretion, reserve the right to exclude you from participating in the competition.

b. The Company is compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR") and Data Protection Act and apart from fulfilment of the prize for the winner will not pass on your details to any third party without your prior consent. Further details can be found in the Company’s Privacy Policy.

c. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales, whose courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter privacy policy can be found at: https://www.wbdprivacy.com/policycenter/b2c/