Hill's Science Diet Competition Terms and Conditions [2024]

1. By participating in this competition advertised by Pet Circle, entrants agree to be bound by these conditions. Entries must comply with these conditions to be valid.

2. The Promoter is Millell Pty Ltd (Pet Circle), (ABN 17 148 151 213), Level 7, 9 Castlereagh Street, Sydney NSW 2000.

3.  The competition commences at 1:00pm AEST on 7/05/2024 and closes at 11:59pm AEST on 13/05/2024 ('Entry Period').

4. Entry is open to Australian residents who are aged 18 years and over.

5. Employees, agents, affiliates, contractors, consultants or families (including de facto spouses) of the Promoter are ineligible to enter.

6. The competition is being run on Pet Circle's Instagram (@petcircle) and Facebook (@petcircle.aus) pages

7. To enter, each entrant must, during the Entry Period complete the following specified activities to gain at least one entry in the competition:

  1. Leave a comment on Pet Circle's Hill's Science Diet Competition Facebook post (the 'Entry Post')

OR

  1. Follow Pet Circle (@petcircle) on Instagram
  2. Tag three (3) friends in the comment section of Pet Circle's Hill's Science Diet Competition post (the 'Entry Post')

8. An entrant can earn multiple entries in the competition by leaving multiple comments on the Facebook Entry Post (1 unqiue comment = 1 entry) OR tagging three (3) new friends in each comment on the Instagram Entry Post (1 comment with 3 different friends = 1 entry).  Entries must be received by Pet Circle during the Entry Period. Entries received after 11:59pm AEST on 13/05/2024 will not be accepted.

9. This competition is a game of chance. Subject to verification, two (2) winners will be selected at random using Comment Picker at Level 7, 9 Castlereagh Street Sydney, NSW, 2000 on 14/05/2024 at 9am AEST. The Promoter may draw additional reserve entries and record them in order in case an invalid entry or ineligible entrant is drawn.

10.  Each winner will receive one (1) prize: 1 x digital portrait (printable file) of their pet and AUD $1000 (incl. GST) Pet Circle credit. The total value of the prize pool is AUD $2000.

11. Pet Circle will notify the winners on 14/05/2024: 

  1. If the winner entered on Facebook: Pet Circle will tag them as winner in the comments of the competition post and ask them to get in touch with Pet Circle via the Pet Circle Facebook page (www.facebook.com/petcircle.aus
  2. If the winner entered on Instagram, Pet Circle will send the winner a direct message from the official Pet Circle Instagram (@petcircle) page.

Entrants must have direct messaging enabled in order to be contacted. 

To claim their prize a winner must respond to Pet Circle's direct message on Instagram or contact Pet Circle on Facebook  by 21/05/2024 ('Prize Claim Date') and share their identity, email address, age and place of residence. Beware scam accounts - we will never ask for personal/payment details from any other account or ask you to click on a link to fill in your details.

12. If for any reason, a winner cannot be contacted by the Prize Claim Date (ie. attempts to contact the winner have met with failure), or the winner does not claim the prize by the Prize Claim Date, the winner will no longer be entitled to the Prize and the Promoter may undertake a re-draw. The unclaimed prize re-draw from all non-winning entries will be selected at random using 'Comment Picker' and take place on 22/05/2024 at the same location as the original prize draw. In such case, the first valid entry drawn from the remainder of the entries in the re-draw will be entitled to the prize ('Replacement Winner'). The Replacement Winner is then the winner of the prize for the purposes of these terms and conditions and will be notified by way of the notification method set out above.

13. To use the Pet Circle credit, the winners must have a Pet Circle account. To create an account, navigate to Pet Circle's website (https://www.petcircle.com.au) and select 'Create Account'. Credit is not transferable and cannot be redeemed for cash. Credit cannot be applied to previously placed orders. Credit does not expire and may be used for multiple orders. Credit will automatically be used for any Auto Deliveries set up on the customer's account.

14. Pet Circle will organise the digital pet portrait for the winner once they have supplied a photo of their pet and will send the winner the digital file by email. Pet portraits may be shared on Pet Circle's social media.

15. The Promoter reserves the right to request verification of age, identity, residential address of winner and any other information from entrants relevant to entry into or participation in this competition and exclude any entries which do not comply with the conditions of entry or these terms and conditions. Verification is at the discretion of the Promoter, whose decision is final. The Promoter reserves the right to disqualify any individual who provides false information, fails to provide information, conspires with others to gain an unfair advantage or who is otherwise involved in any way in manipulating, interfering or tampering with the conduct of this competition.

16. Entries remain the property of the Promoter. Details from entries will be collected and used for the purposes of conducting this competition (which may include disclosure to third parties for the purpose of processing and conducting the competition) and for promotional purposes surrounding this competition. By entering this competition entrants consent to the use of their information as described. The information provided will be used in conjunction with the following Privacy Policy found at https://www.petcircle.com.au/privacy

17. By entering this competition, entrants consent for the Promoter to use the entrant's name, and Instagram or Facebook profile which entrants use to enter for the purposes of administering and operating the competition. Entry is conditional on the Promoter acquiring the aforementioned information.

18. Entrants acknowledge that this promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram or Facebook. By entering, entrants confirm that they are 18+ years of age, fully release and hold Instagram and Facebook harmless of liability, and agree to Meta's terms of use.

19. Hill's Pet Nutrition Pty Ltd is not liable for any aspects of the prizes, arrangements made between the Promoter and the winner(s),or any other act, conduct or omission of the Promoter pertaining to this promotion. By entering this promotion, entrants and winners release Hill's Pet Nutrition Pty Ltd from any claim associated with the promotion and will hold Hill's Pet Nutrition Pty Ltd harmless in every respect in connection with the promotion and/or prizes.