Terms and conditions

All entries must adhere to the following conditions of entry or risk being declared ineligible:

1. All entries are to be submitted electronically using the entry forms sent by email from the online submission system by the deadline, 24 April 2009. Late entries will not be accepted.
   
   
2. The entrant’s chief executive must be the nominator and endorse each entry prior to electronic submission.
   
   
3. To be eligible the nominee(s) must work in a voluntary (unpaid) capacity in a Victorian Government funded healthcare or primary healthcare organisation, or have conducted unpaid volunteer work.
   
   
4. Entrants must be included in the list of eligible organisations (pdf file, 60kb). Organisations eligible to apply include public funded  hospitals, stand alone community health services and ambulance services. Other organisations which have worked collaboratively with an eligible organisation/s can be included in a team nomination.
   
   
5. Entries can be lodged in one category only.
   
   
6. The Department of Human Services reserves the right to invite entries.
   
   
7. All entries will be vetted by the Department of Human Services to ensure the entry complies with relevant regulations and standards.
   
   
8. The judges reserve the right to not confer an award in any given category. The judges also reserve the right to declare joint winners in any given category.
   
   
9. The decision on winners and finalists in each category is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
   
   
10. No hard copy supporting information, such as videos, CDs or posters, will be accepted, unless by prior arrangement.
    
    
11. Entries should be checked for accuracy and spelling errors corrected prior to submission.
    
    
12. All entries submitted to the Awards assign copyright ownership of the entry to the Victorian Department of Human Services. The work may be published, used for promotional material, media interviews or as models to support policy development or programs.
    
    
13. It is intended and agreed that the conduct of the Awards shall not give rise to any legal obligations or duties, valid or enforceable in any way against the Department of Human Services.