Competition Rules
The rules of the competition are retained here for reference.
Competition Rules for Reference
As for any competition, there have to be a few rules. These are the rules that apply to your participation in the
competition. By submitting your entry you agree to these rules. If you do not agree, please do not enter the
competition.
1. The promoter of the competition is The Canal Museum Trust. The Canal Museum Trust is a registered charity, number 277484, and
is the organisation that runs the London Canal Museum. The competition is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated
with, Facebook or any social media provider.
2. This competition is open to all United Kingdom residents aged 18 or over, except those who at any time between 1st August and
31st October 2020 (inclusive) are employees or volunteers at the London Canal Museum, their families or those otherwise associated
with organising this competition.
3. This is a competition of skill not a ramdom prize draw. We will choose three entries to win the prizes. We will use our best
endeavours to choose the most meritorious entries. The judges will be appointed by the Canal Museum Trust and their decision is final.
4. Your entry will not be considered if it is late, or not in our opinion a picture of The Regent's Canal. Entries that we consider
not to be serious entries will be deleted. Pictures of the basins along the canal including Limehouse Basin, are eligible, but the pool
of Little Venice is considered part of the former Grand Junction Canal so pictures of that are not eligible.
5. The prizes are cash and will be paid to a UK bank account only.
6. Your entry must be your own work and must be a digital photograph. JPG format is preferred but other common formats may be accepted at our discretion.
The size of the picture should be between 2Mb and 12Mb
7. By entering the competition you agree to grant the Canal Museum Trust and any successor charity managing the London Canal Museum a
permanent licence to hold the picture in its archive and make use of it for any purpose whatsoever, including for commercfial purposes,
and you agree that full copyright in the picture will pass to the Canal Museum Trust or any successor on 1st August 2040. If you do not wish
to grant these rights please do not submit your entry.
8. Winners will be notified via email. If you do not reply within a week we will award the prize to someone else.
9. Any personal information and contact details you supply will be used only for the purposes of administering the competition
and for identification of the photographer in our archive records.
10. You do not need to buy anything, pay any fee, or even to follow the London Canal Museum on any social media, although we
would be pleased if you did. You are welcome to post your entries on any social media with a reference to @canalmuseum and the hashtag #rc200photo
11. Winners will be named publicly. If you wish to remain anonymous you may supply a name by which you wish to be identified in publicity
that must be realistic (i.e. not Micky Mouse or similar) but need not be your real name. We must be told your real name. We will quote your
social media profile identities in publicity unless you specifically ask us not to.
12. The Promoter reserves the right to cancel this competition or alter any of the rules at any stage, if deemed necessary in its
opinion and if circumstances arise outside of its control. For example the imposition of significant restrictions by local or national government
arising from coronavirus could make it unfair on some entrants to continue.
13.You may not enter more than three pictures. If you are found to have entered more than three pictures by using different email
addresses you will be disqualified.
14.All pictures must have been taken by the entrant.
15. Entries will be disqualified if they:
- Contain anything offensive, illegal, defamatory, indecent or malicious, or show slogans or messages;
- Have been submitted previously in any promotion or competition of any kind or exhibited or displayed publicly through any means;
- Refer to brands or promote businesses other than the London Canal Museum, the Ragged School Museum, The Canal and River Trust, or any charity operating on The Regent's Canal;
- Bring the museum or any other party into disrepute;
- Include trademarks, logos, copyright, designs or any other third party owned materials or intellectual property which the entrant does not have the express permission to use (unless wholly incidental to the image);
16. The competition is subject to the laws of England and Wales
Note. We refer to successor bodies in these conditions. That's because it is our intention to convert the present charity into a Charity Incorporated Organisation, which will supercede
the present Canal Museum Trust charity. The rights will pass to the CIO when it is set up.
