Melbourne Furry Convention
Terms and Conditions of Sale & Entry

Application of Terms and Conditions
The following terms and conditions apply to the supply of any Tickets and constitutes the entire agreement between you and MFC in relation to your purchase of any Tickets, attendance at the Event and entry to the Venue (Terms and Conditions)
By receiving the Ticket, attending the Event or entering the Venue you are deemed to have read, understood and accepted these terms and conditions.
A Ticket provides you with a conditional license for admission to the Event and Venue, subject to these Terms and Conditions.
Access to Event and Venue
You acknowledge that your right to attend the Event and the Venue is at the discretion of MFC, and you accept that any Personnel may, for any reason:
Deny or refuse you entry to all or any part of of the Venue or the Event;
Remove you from the Venue or any part of the Venue at any time;
Confiscate or cancel your Ticket at any time.
Any person under 18 years (Minor) attending the Event must be accompanied by a parent or guardian (Guardian) whilst at the Venue.
A minor must not attempt to purchase a Ticket for this Event without the prior consent of their Guardian
Any Minor attending the Event without a Guardian, may be refused entry to all or part of the Event at any time.
Any Guardian accompanying a Minor at the Event accepts and approves these Terms and Conditions on behalf of the Minor and agrees to assume all liabilities, loss and costs of the Minor that arise as a result of these Terms and Conditions, the Minor’s attendance at the Event and entry to the Venue
The Minor and the Guardian acknowledge and agree that the Minor must not at any time attempt to obtain or otherwise consume alcohol and the Guardian must not supply or attempt to supply alcohol to the Minor at the Event or at the Venue.
You must comply with:
Any additional terms and conditions imposed by the Venue Operator in relation to your access to the Venue, and
Any additional terms and conditions supplied by the MFC appointed ticketing supplier.
Standards of Behaviour
You acknowledge that before, during and after the Event and at any time while you are at the Venue, you must not:
Interfere, disrupt or otherwise act in a manner that may disrupt or interfere with the Event;
Block any thoroughfare, such as stairs, steps, aisle, passage, entry or exit at the Venue;
Use offensive, indecent or obscene language or behave in a manner that is, in the opinion of MFC or Personnel, offensive, threatening, abusive or indecent;
Interact with any attendees or Personnel in a way that is, in the opinion of MFC or Personnel, offensive, threatening, abusive or indecent;
Smoke or vape in any designated “No Smoking” areas
Misuse, deface, damage, remove, tamper with, or otherwise attempt to misuse, deface, damage, remove or tamper with any property or equipment belonging to MFC, the Venue Operator, its Personnel or any other third party, or
Act in a manner that is or may be harmful or detrimental to the health and safety of any person at the Event (including the Personnel and any other guests at the Event)
Payments
You must pay the full price of the Ticket at the time of booking the Ticket, in the manner determined by MFC upon ticket release.
MFC will not be required to issue any Ticket to you until it has received in full and cleared funds the payment of the Ticket.
Resale
Any resale of a Ticket must occur with the prior written permission of MFC only to ensure that the rights granted to you under these Terms and Conditions remain intact.
The rights granted to you under these Terms and Conditions and your Ticket will terminate immediately if, without the prior written permission of MFC, you:
Offer the ticket for resale at a premium or otherwise through a third party
Advertise or offer the ticket for resale on the internet or any other medium
If your Ticket is sold, advertised or otherwise used in breach of these Terms and Conditions, MFC may deny the holder of the ticket admission to the Event or remove them from the Venue, without any refund to you.
MFC may deny entry to the Event or remove you from the Venue if, without the prior written permission of MFC, you purchased a ticket from any person that is not an authorised ticket agency of MFC.
Refunds and Lost and Stolen Tickets
To the maximum extent permitted by law MFC will not refund, credit or replace any complimentary Tickets.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, MFC does not accept any responsibility for any delay, postponement, cancellation or change to the Event or the Venue that is caused by or attributed to an Unavoidable Event.
Tickets are non-refundable unless by prior written permission of MFC Personnel, or where this is required by law.
Any requests for refunds must be provided in writing more than 72 hours before the Event start time - requests after the Event start time will not be accepted under any circumstance.
Advertising and promotion
No advertising, promotion, logos or signage will be permitted at the Venue except for in areas where prior written consent has been given.
Unless authorised by MFC in writing, you must not take or make any video recordings, films, photographs, still pictures or any other images of the Event for commercial exploitation, promotion or other commercial public relations uses.
Use of images
You consent to the recording of your likeness and voice by means including, but not limited to audio and/or visual recordings by photographers or broadcast cameras (Images) and the use by MFC of the Images for any promotional or public relations purposes without compensation to you.
Risks
You acknowledge and agree that your attendance at the Event and the Venue may carry certain dangers including the risk of injury and damages to person or property, and to the fullest extent permitted by law you:
Agree to accept all risks associated with your attendance at the Venue and the Event, and
Release and discharge MFC and its Personnel from any Claim which you may have now or in the future in respect of any injury, loss or damage (including personal injury, property, damage or death) suffered by you or any other person as a result of your attendance at the Event.
You are fully responsible for your health and wellbeing before, during and after the Event and whilst at the Venue.
You are fully responsible for any loss or damage to your personal belongings before, during and after the Event and must not leave any item of your belongings unattended at any time during the Event.
Liability
MFC is not liable to you or to any other person for:
Any loss or damage of any kind that is directly or indirectly caused by or results from any wrongful, wilful or negligent act or omission by you;
Any indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss or damage, loss of profits or anticipated profits, economic loss, loss of business opportunity, loss of data or loss or damage resulting from wasted management time.
Subject to this clause 9, the maximum aggregate liability of MFC for all proven Claims arising out of these Terms and Conditions, including liability for breach, in negligence or in tort or for any other common law or statutory action, is limited to the amount paid by you for the purchase of the Ticket.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions excludes, restricts or modifies any consumer guarantee, right or remedy conferred on you by the ACL or any other law that cannot be excluded, restricted or modified by an agreement.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the liability of MFC for a breach of a non-excludable consumer guarantee referred to in clause 10.3 is limited to a refund of the costs of the Ticket.
Indemnity
You indemnify and must keep indemnified, MFC and its Personnel from all Claims (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) that may be brought against MFC or its Personnel or which MFC or its Personnel may pay, suffer or incur as a direct or indirect result of any one of the following:
Your access and entry to the Venue;
Any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions;
Any failure by you to follow any reasonable directions provided to you by MFC or its Personnel; and
Any wrongful, wilful or negligent act or omission by you.
General
These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws in force in Victoria.
MFC may vary or amend these Terms and Conditions at any time by providing notice to you.
Any provision of these Terms and Conditions which is invalid in any jurisdiction must in relation to that jurisdiction:
Be read down to the minimum extent needed to achieve its validity, if applicable, and
Be severed from these Terms and Conditions in any other case.
Without invalidating or affecting the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions or the validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction.
These Terms and Conditions must not be construed to the disadvantage of a party because that party was responsible for its preparation.
Definitions
In this Terms and Conditions
Event means the Melbourne Furry Convention event identified on the ticket
MFC means Melbourne Furry Convention, the operating body responsible for the convention of the same name
Personnel means MFC, the Venue Operator and each of their officers, employees, agents and subcontractors
Ticket means any tickets or passes to the Event that are issued to you by MFC, which allow access to the Venue
Unavoidable Event means any act, event or cause which is beyond the reasonable control of MFC (including inclement weather, safety issues or concerns, an Act of God, war, an act of terrorism, labour strikes, power shortage, government intervention or any plant or equipment breakdown)
Venue means the venue at which the event is being held, specifically any areas that are not accessible to the public
Venue Operator means the entity responsible for the operation of the Venue.