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Scottish Act of the Year 2024, Terms and Conditions

Online Voting Terms and Conditions

1. You can take part by accessing the relevant web page. You will find the question and a list of alternative answers. You can register your vote by electronically selecting the option you wish to vote for.

2. Any votes registered outside the announced voting times, which will be listed online and on-air, will not count.

3. Online voting requires you to log into the page with your Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ account at . If you do not have a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ account, you can register for one for free at . If you have any trouble registering or signing in, you can visit the help pages at

4. This is not a competition and there will be no prize for any option or anyone taking part. Where the vote result has a consequence the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ will endeavour to meet it but editorial requirements may lead to a change in schedule or a change in programme content. However, the vote result stands.

5. The number of times you can vote may be restricted. The presence of a cap to voting and what that limit is will be made clear for each vote. Some votes may be restricted geographically to within the UK only. If you are not in the right area you will not see the vote.

6. Live results may be displayed during the vote window. These should not be taken as an indicator of the final published results, but merely as a snapshot for interest. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ will announce the final result on-air and/or online when voting is closed and the actual result is known.

7. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reserves the right to disqualify entries or suspend voting if it has reasonable grounds to suspect that fraudulent voting has occurred or if it considers there has been any attempt to rig the voting. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has the right to substitute an alternative selection method at its absolute discretion. For the purposes of investigating possible voting irregularities when voting on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ web pages using Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ account the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ may use cookies, log IP addresses or analyse the information from your Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ account. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ will not publish this information or provide it to anyone without permission, except where required for enforcement of these terms. For more information please see: , and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ online .

8. If, for any reason, the online voting system fails, the vote may be suspended or a contingency plan may be actioned.

9. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reserves the right to change, cancel or suspend this vote at any time.

10. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, its sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any system, server, provider or otherwise which may result in any vote not being received by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, not properly registered or recorded.

11. Please note that Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Group or Telescope employees or anyone who is directly connected in any way with the associated Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ content or the vote is not eligible to vote.

12. The voting accords with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Code of Conduct for Competitions and Voting, details of which can be found on the website at

13. Online votes are subject to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Privacy and Cookies Policy found at , more information about Cookies can be found at and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ online Terms of Use found at .

14. These Terms and Conditions are governed by the law of England and Wales.