Promotion:     LJ Hooker Spring Competition 2024 

Promoter:       LJ Hooker New Zealand Limited (NZBN 9429039183934) of L17, 15 Customs Street West, Auckland 1010 

Promotion Period:    The period between 9:00am NZST 19th August 2024 to 11.59pm NZDT 30th November 2024. 

Definitions:       

Appraisal: A valid appraisal (sales or rental) conducted by an LJ Hooker Franchisee. 

LJ Hooker Franchisee: a qualified real estate agent authorised to operate within the LJ Hooker franchise network, as may be located at the website: https://www.ljhooker.co.nz/find-an-agent. 

Agency Agreement means an executed, written contract with an LJ Hooker Franchisee for the provision of either property management or property sales services that is compliant with all legislation and regulations relevant to the conduct of a real estate agent in the home state of the location of the Investment Property. 

Eligible Entrants:    Entry is only open to New Zealand residents who are 18 years and over and own at least one (1) residential property in New Zealand and who are not: 

• Directors, officers, management members or employees (and the immediate family members of directors, officers, management members or employees) of the Promoter or any of its franchisees or associated companies; or 

• otherwise involved in the conduct or management of the Promotion.  

No entry fee is charged by the Promoter to enter the Promotion. Where entry is allowed online, there is no additional cost to enter the Promotion other than any cost paid by the entrant to access the website or social media platform of entry via their Internet service provider.

How to Enter:    

To enter the Promotion, Eligible Entrants must, during the Promotional Period: 

1. Own at least one (1) residential property in New Zealand; and 

1. Book and complete an Appraisal for a residential property they own with an LJ Hooker Franchisee.  

(Qualifying Appraisal Entry) 

Each Eligible Entrant who completes a Qualifying Appraisal Entry will be entered into the Prize Draw for Appraisal Prize. 

Each Qualifying Appraisal Entry who, during the Promotional Period, enters into an Agency Agreement for the same residential property with the same LJ Hooker Franchisee that conducted the Appraisal will receive a Qualifying Listing Entry and be entered into the Prize Draw for Listing Prize.  

(Qualifying Listing Entry) 

Entries Permitted:   

Qualifying Appraisal Entries will be limited to one (1) entry for each residential property owned by an Eligible Entrant. If more than one Appraisal is conducted for the same residential property, only the first Appraisal will be deemed to be a Qualifying Appraisal Entry. 

Qualifying Listing Entries will be limited to one (1) entry for each residential property owned by an Eligible Entrant. 

Each entry must be submitted in accordance with the entry requirements outlined in these Terms and Conditions. 

Prize:     

There will be two (2) prizes drawn: 

1 x Appraisal Prize of $5,000.00; and 

1 x Listing Prize of $5,000.00 

The Appraisal Prize and Listing Prize will be referred to as a 'Prize' and the winner of each Prize will be referred to as a 'Prize Winner'. 

Prize Draw:   

A random electronic draw of all Qualifying Entries will take place at L17, 15 Customs Street West, Auckland 1010 at 1:00pm NZDT on Friday 13th December 2024, and; 

• one (1) Qualifying Appraisal Entry will be drawn from all Qualifying Appraisal Entries in New Zealand for the Appraisal Prize; and 

• one (1) Qualifying Listing Entry will be drawn from all Qualifying Listing Entries in New Zealand for the Listing Prize. 

The draw will be conducted by the Promoter and will be entirely random. 

Unclaimed Prize Draw:   If the Prize is not claimed by the winner of the Prize Draw in accordance with the Terms and Conditions, an unclaimed prize draw will be held on 13th January 2025 at the same time and place as the original Prize Draw. All Qualifying Entries (except the Qualifying Entry drawn in the Prize Draw) will be entered in the unclaimed prize draw and one (1) Qualifying Entry will be randomly drawn. 

Winner Notification and Claiming the Prize:   

The Promoter will, within 2 business days of the Prize Draw, notify the winner of the Prize Draw in writing by email via the email address provided as part of the Qualifying Entry. The winner of the Prize Draw must claim the Prize within 14 days of being notified, by confirming their acceptance of the Prize to the Promoter in writing to marketing@ljhooker.com. 

The Promoter will provide the Prize to the winner via electronic funds transfer into a bank account nominated by the winner in writing and additionally confirmed over the phone to ensure accuracy. The Promoter will use its best endeavours to transfer the funds within 28 days of receiving the details of the winner’s nominated bank account. 

If the winner of the Prize Draw fails to claim the Prize in accordance with the above, the winner will be taken to have forfeited the Prize and the Promoter will then offer the Prize to the winner of the Unclaimed Prize Draw.  

The Promoter will notify the winner of the Unclaimed Prize Draw in writing by email, via the email address provided as part of the Qualifying Entry. The winner of the Unclaimed Prize Draw must claim the Prize within 4 days of being notified by confirming acceptance of the Prize to the Promoter in writing to marketing@ljhooker.com.  

Publication of Winners:     The name (surname and initial of fist name) and postcode and/or region of residence of the Prize Winner will be published on https://www.ljhooker.co.nz/ within 2 business days of the Prize Draw and/or Unclaimed Prize Draw.   

PRIVACY

1. a) Entrants' personal information will be collected by the Promoter. Personal information will be stored on the Promoter's database.
2. b) The Promoter may use this information for future marketing purposes regarding its products, including contacting the entrant electronically. The Promoter is bound by the Australian Privacy Principles in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and its privacy policy which is located at http://www.ljhooker.com.au/privacy-policy. The Promoter's privacy policy contains information about how the entrant may access, update and seek correction of the personal information the Promoter holds about them and how the entrant may complain about any potential breach by the Promoter of the Australian Privacy Principles or any other Australian privacy laws and how such complaints will be dealt with. The Promoter collects personal information about entrants to enable them to participate in this Promotion and may disclose the entrants' personal information to third parties including its contractors and agents, prize suppliers and service providers to assist in conducting this Promotion and to the State and Territory lottery departments as required under the relevant lottery legislation. If the entrant does not provide their personal information as requested, they may be ineligible to enter or claim a prize in the Promotion. The Promoter may transfer entrants' personal information to countries specified in the Promoter’s privacy policy. Entrants acknowledge that the Promoter cannot guarantee that any overseas recipient will not breach the Australian Privacy Principles. By entering this promotion, entrants consent to overseas transfer on these terms and agree that the Promoter is not liable for any such breach. See the Promoter’s privacy policy for a list of countries where personal information may be disclosed.
3. c) For the purposes of public statements and advertisements, the Promoter may only publish the winner's surname, initial and State/Territory or postcode of residence.

DISPUTES

1. a) If there is any dispute to whom an entry for a property appraisal/bonus entry for a property listing is awarded or any other matter, the Promoter’s decision will be final and binding.
2. b) If there is a dispute as to the identity of an entrant or winner, the Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to determine the identity of the entrant or winner.
3. c) The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify entries in the event of non-compliance with these Conditions of Entry. In the event that there is a dispute concerning the conduct of the Promotion, the decision of the Promoter is final and binding on each entrant and no correspondence will be entered into.

GENERAL

1. a) The entrant agrees and acknowledges that they have read these Conditions of Entry and that entry into the Promotion is deemed to be acceptance of these Conditions of Entry (and Schedule). Any capitalised terms used in these Conditions of Entry have the meaning given in the Conditions of Entry, unless stated otherwise.
2. b) The Promotion commences on the Start Date and ends on the End Date ("Promotional Period"). Entries are deemed to be received at the time of receipt by the Promoter and not at the time of transmission or deposit by the entrant. Records of the Promoter and its agencies are final and conclusive as to the time of receipt.
3. c) Valid and eligible entries will be accepted during the Promotional Period.
4. d) All appraisals are to be conducted in a physical or virtual manner. Some may be required to be completed virtually due to COV-19 within the Promotion Period.
5. e) LJ Hooker Limited reserves the right to request for further proof of ownership of the property prior to conducting the appraisal.
6. f) All information detailing how to enter this competition forms part of these terms and conditions. By submitting an entry form, you will be taken to accept the terms and conditions of this competition.
7. g) All entrants indemnity and release LJ Hooker Limited from any liability, cost, claim, damage, loss or expense arising out of, or in connection with, entry into this competition.
8. h) It is a condition of accepting the prize that the winner and their guest for the prize may be required to sign a legal release as determined by the Promoter in its absolute discretion, prior to receiving the prize. If the winner’s guest for the trip prize is under the age of 18, a nominated parent/legal guardian of the guest will be required to sign the release on their behalf.
9. i) Any guarantee or warranty given is in addition to any relevant statutory guarantees and warranties and nothing in these Conditions of Entry restricts, excludes or modifies or purports to restrict, exclude or modify any statutory consumer rights under any applicable law including the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).
10. j) If for any reason any aspect of this Promotion is not capable of running as planned, including by reason of computer virus, communications network failure, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failure or any cause beyond the control of the Promoter, the Promoter may in its sole discretion cancel, terminate, modify suspend the Promotion and invalidate any affected entries, or suspend or modify a prize, subject to State or Territory regulation without further notice to the entrants.
11. k) The Promoter and its associated agencies and companies will not be liable for any loss (including, without limitation, indirect, special or consequential loss or loss of profits), expense, damage, personal injury or death which is suffered or sustained (whether or not arising from any person's negligence or wilful misconduct) in connection with this Promotion or accepting or using any prize (or recommendation), except for any liability which cannot be excluded by law (in which case that liability is limited to the minimum allowable by law).

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