The Classical BRIT Awards

Terms and conditions

1. The draw is open to UK residents aged 18 or over, other than any employee of NS&I or its agencies, or any member of such a person’s immediate family. Only one entry per person and per household will be accepted. Entries sent in through agents or third parties will not be entered into the competition.

2. No purchase necessary. All entries are free and must be received no later than midnight, 19 April 2010. Proof of submission is not proof of receipt by NS&I. Incomplete, illegible or incorrect entries may be treated as invalid.

3. The first prize comprises one pair of stall tickets to The Classical BRIT Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Thursday 13 May 2010 and includes travel for two people to London on Thursday 13 May 2010, overnight accommodation, return travel on Friday 14 May 2010 and £100 spending money. The accommodation will be at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington London in a double or twin room on the night of Thursday 13 May 2010, with breakfast for two on the morning of Friday 14 May 2010. The winner will be responsible for any other costs ensuing from their stay at the hotel. The following travel expenses are included: standard class return ticket[s] from the winner's nearest mainland rail station to High Street Kensington London Underground station.

4. Ten runners-up will each receive a copy of NS&I Album of the Year 2010 CD.

5. One winner and 10 runners-up will be drawn at random on or before 26 April 2010. The first prize winner will be notified by email or telephone normally no later than 3 May 2010. If we have been unable to make contact with the winner after reasonable efforts have been made then the first drawn runner-up will be awarded the first prize and will be notified accordingly. In those circumstances, the winner will receive, instead, the prize allocated initially to the first runner-up. The CDs will be dispatched to the runners-up by 28 May 2010.

6. The prizes are subject to availability and are not transferable or negotiable. No cash alternative will be offered for any prize in whole or in part. NS&I reserves the right to substitute a prize of equivalent or greater value if this is necessary for reasons beyond its control.

7. By entering into this competition the entrant agrees to be bound by its rules. Entries that do not comply in full with these rules will be disqualified.

8. NS&I reserves the right to publish the name of the prize winner on the NS&I website only. This will be made available on or before 13 May 2010.

9. NS&I’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

10. NS&I reserves the right to alter, amend or foreclose this free competition without prior notice in the event that unforeseen circumstances make this unavoidable.