Split Second Terms and Conditions

Privacy Statement

The TAC will collect and use your personal information such as name, date of birth, residential address and email address, for the purpose of entering this Competition and to send you further information about our future road safety initiatives (if you opt in to receive this information by ticking the box in the entry form). If you do not provide this information and consent for the release of this information as requested on the entry form, you will not be able to enter the Competition.

The TAC will disclose your personal information to our marketing and promotional agency Taboo, who are assisting us in running this competition.

If you are a Competition Prize Winner, you are consenting to your name, date of birth and drivers licence being provided by us to VicRoads or any Licensing Regulator so that VicRoads or the Licensing Regulator can verify your age and advise us of your driving history. This includes whether your licence currently is or has previously been suspended or cancelled for any reason.

The TAC will not disclose your personal information to anyone unless required by law. Once any personal information comes into the TAC’s possession, it will take reasonable steps to protect that information from misuse and loss, and from unauthorized access, modification or disclosure. If you have any questions about how your personal information will be handled or would like to gain access or make correction to your personal information, you can contact us at askus@tac.vic.gov.au. Any personal information you supply to the TAC is protected by the Privacy & Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic). For more information, please see the TAC’s Privacy Policy.

Terms and Conditions

The Split Second competition is conducted by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), ABN 22 033 947 623 of 60 Brougham Street Geelong Vic 3220 (Us/We/Our).

The Split Second competition requires an entrant (You/Your), to provide the TAC with an idea for a short film (up to 45 seconds) that answers the criteria contained in the brief on the competition page on the TAC website (www.tac.vic.gov.au/splitsecond) (Competition).

All instructions, information on how to enter and prize information published by Us related to the Competition form part of these Terms and Conditions.

Who can enter

You can enter this Competition if You:

are a resident of Victoria; and
are between 18 and 30 years of age as at 9 November 2025 (Competition closing date); and
have never been disqualified from holding a drivers licence, or had any drivers licence suspended for any reason

There will be two winners. The winner of the Multicultural Youth Prize will be from a multicultural background, which will be determined by the following:

You or your parent were born in a country where English was not the main language *

* Main English speaking countries include Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United States of America.

In order to verify Your age and Your driving history, by entering the Competition You consent to Us making a request to VicRoads (or the equivalent Licensing Regulator in any Australian state or territory) to provide, and VicRoads (or equivalent Licensing Regulator) providing to Us, details about Your age and driving history (see the Privacy Statement above for further details).

You will be deemed ineligible if you have had more than 5 demerit points in the last 5 years from the day of the check. Or if your licence has ever been cancelled or suspended.

If you do not hold an Australian driver's licence you must complete a Statutory Declaration stating your age and that you do not have an Australian drivers licence.

Only one person can be nominated as the entrant for each entry submitted for the Competition. Entrants must not involve any place of employment in the preparation of their Entry Materials.

How to enter

To enter the Competition, You must submit to Us:

a fully completed entry form (submitted through the link at www.tac.vic.gov.au/splitsecond); and
a synopsis articulating Your idea which answers the criteria at www.tac.vic.gov.au/splitsecond

(together the Entry Materials).

The Entry Materials must be Your original work. You warrant that the Entry Materials do not infringe on anyone else’s intellectual property rights.

There is no fee to enter the Competition, but You are responsible for all of the costs of preparing the Entry Materials.

We will accept Entry Materials for the Competition from 10am Monday 13 October 2025until 11.59pm on Sunday 9 November 2025. You can submit your Entry Materials online at www.tac.vic.gov.au/splitsecond.

We do not accept any responsibility if Your Entry Materials are not received, in whole or in part, for any reason and You agree to make Your own enquiries regarding whether Your Entry Materials have been received by Us.

Once your entry is received by Us, your entry will become the property of the TAC and you hereby agree to irrevocably assign all of your intellectual property rights in your entry to the TAC, unless you withdraw your entry in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

You are responsible for ensuring that You comply with these Terms and Conditions and all other legal requirements in relation to the Competition.

There is no limit on the number of entries You can submit to the Competition.

If You wish to withdraw Your entry from the Competition at any time, You must inform Us no later than 11.59pm on Sunday 9 November 2025. If notification of Your withdrawal of Your entry from the Competition is received by this time, Your entry will be returned.

Judging

The Competition will be judged by a judging panel comprising of Our personnel, key road safety representatives, and advertising and/or film industry professionals. You will be notified if You are the Competition winner by email on or by Monday 24 November 2025 The Competition will be judged in accordance with the judging criteria published at www.tac.vic.gov.au/splitsecond.

The judging panel’s decision is final and no correspondence shall be entered into regarding unsuccessful entries.

Winners

There are two prizes to be won: the Split Second Youth Prize and the Split Second Multicultural Youth Prize. The eligibility criteria for the Split Second Multicultural Youth Prize is that You or Your parent were born in a country where English is not the main language. To be considered for the Split Second Multicultural Youth Prize, you must put yourself forward as a candidate and confirm that you meet the eligibility criteria.

Winners will be announced by Tuesday 2 December 2025.Should You be selected as the winner, You will be required to sign all necessary agreements and any other documentation relating to the production of your idea (Deliverable).

If You are selected as the winner, You will be required to attend a number of key production meetings. These meetings will take place between Thursday 12 November 2025 – Thursday 30 April 2026.

Prize for the selected winners

There will be two selected winners, one for each prize.

For both winners

A $45,000 budget will be allocated to the production of each winning idea. Industry experts will produce Your Deliverable, with Your input. The $45,000 production budget will be in the control of these industry experts and will fund the production of the Deliverable. We will not be liable for any expenses incurred by You.

If You are selected as a winner, We will also pay You a cash prize of $5,000. The cash prize will only be paid to You if You have signed and complied with all agreements referred to in these Terms and Conditions.

We accept no responsibility for any tax implications that may arise from the payment of the cash prize to You. You should seek Your own independent financial advice about the payment of the cash prize.

The 45 second winning short film for each brief will be developed for social media use and may be shown on all TAC and associated platforms in perpetuity. The films will also be played on a cinema screen as part of the launch screening event on a date to be confirmed at a location to be confirmed.

General

By entering this Competition, You accept these Terms and Conditions and agree to be bound by them.

All decisions made by Us in respect of the Competition are final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding unsuccessful entries.

Whilst Your entry is still being considered by Us as part of the Competition, or if You are a Competition prize winner, You have an ongoing obligation to Us to disclose any facts or information which may lead to or flow from a suspension or cancellation of any motor vehicle licence You hold or have held, whether in Victoria or interstate.

We reserve the right to refuse to progress Your entry if Your driver’s licence has been cancelled or suspended, if You have a pending cancellation or suspension, or if You are in a dispute in relation to the cancellation or suspension of any driver’s licence You hold.

If Your Entry Materials in the Competition are submitted via the Internet, You acknowledge and agree that We are not responsible for technical failures or malfunctions or traffic congestion on the Internet. We accept no responsibility for any virus or other harmful code that You may download in participating in this Competition.

As a condition of entry into this Competition and unless withdrawn under these Terms and Conditions, You agree to assign to Us all intellectual property rights in the Entry Materials and the Deliverables.

Despite the assignment of Your intellectual property rights to Us as outlined in above, We will grant You permission to enter Your Deliverable into subsequent competitions, subject to Us receiving appropriate recognition.

You agree to indemnify Us for any loss or damage that may be suffered by Us as a result of a breach of these Terms and Conditions by You.

To the full extent permitted by law, We and Our agencies and any of their personnel (Relevant Parties) exclude all liability for any loss (including any damage, claim, injury, cost or expense) whatsoever which is suffered or incurred by You arising out of, or in any way connected with, the Competition or prizes, including: (i) any indirect, economic or consequential loss; (ii) any loss, including consequential loss, arising from any negligent act or omission by any of the Relevant Parties; and (iii) any liability for personal injury or death.


Split Second Terms and Conditions Privacy Statement The TAC will collect and use your personal information such as name, date of birth, residential address and email address, for the purpose of entering this Competition and to send you further information about our future road safety initiatives (if you opt in to receive this information by ticking the box in the entry form). If you do not provide this information and consent for the release of this information as requested on the entry form, you will not be able to enter the Competition. The TAC will disclose your personal information to our marketing and promotional agency Taboo, who are assisting us in running this competition. If you are a Competition Prize Winner, you are consenting to your name, date of birth and drivers licence being provided by us to VicRoads or any Licensing Regulator so that VicRoads or the Licensing Regulator can verify your age and advise us of your driving history. This includes whether your licence currently is or has previously been suspended or cancelled for any reason. The TAC will not disclose your personal information to anyone unless required by law. Once any personal information comes into the TAC’s possession, it will take reasonable steps to protect that information from misuse and loss, and from unauthorized access, modification or disclosure. If you have any questions about how your personal information will be handled or would like to gain access or make correction to your personal information, you can contact us at askus@tac.vic.gov.au. Any personal information you supply to the TAC is protected by the Privacy & Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic). For more information, please see the TAC’s Privacy Policy. Terms and Conditions The Split Second competition is conducted by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), ABN 22 033 947 623 of 60 Brougham Street Geelong Vic 3220 (Us/We/Our). The Split Second competition requires an entrant (You/Your), to provide the TAC with an idea for a short film (up to 45 seconds) that answers the criteria contained in the brief on the competition page on the TAC website (www.tac.vic.gov.au/splitsecond) (Competition). All instructions, information on how to enter and prize information published by Us related to the Competition form part of these Terms and Conditions. Who can enter You can enter this Competition if You: are a resident of Victoria; and are between 18 and 30 years of age as at 9 November 2025 (Competition closing date); and have never been disqualified from holding a drivers licence, or had any drivers licence suspended for any reason There will be two winners. The winner of the Multicultural Youth Prize will be from a multicultural background, which will be determined by the following: You or your parent were born in a country where English was not the main language * * Main English speaking countries include Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the United States of America. In order to verify Your age and Your driving history, by entering the Competition You consent to Us making a request to VicRoads (or the equivalent Licensing Regulator in any Australian state or territory) to provide, and VicRoads (or equivalent Licensing Regulator) providing to Us, details about Your age and driving history (see the Privacy Statement above for further details). You will be deemed ineligible if you have had more than 5 demerit points in the last 5 years from the day of the check. Or if your licence has ever been cancelled or suspended. If you do not hold an Australian driver's licence you must complete a Statutory Declaration stating your age and that you do not have an Australian drivers licence. Only one person can be nominated as the entrant for each entry submitted for the Competition. Entrants must not involve any place of employment in the preparation of their Entry Materials. How to enter To enter the Competition, You must submit to Us: a fully completed entry form (submitted through the link at www.tac.vic.gov.au/splitsecond); and a synopsis articulating Your idea which answers the criteria at www.tac.vic.gov.au/splitsecond (together the Entry Materials). The Entry Materials must be Your original work. You warrant that the Entry Materials do not infringe on anyone else’s intellectual property rights. There is no fee to enter the Competition, but You are responsible for all of the costs of preparing the Entry Materials. We will accept Entry Materials for the Competition from 10am Monday 13 October 2025until 11.59pm on Sunday 9 November 2025. You can submit your Entry Materials online at www.tac.vic.gov.au/splitsecond. We do not accept any responsibility if Your Entry Materials are not received, in whole or in part, for any reason and You agree to make Your own enquiries regarding whether Your Entry Materials have been received by Us. Once your entry is received by Us, your entry will become the property of the TAC and you hereby agree to irrevocably assign all of your intellectual property rights in your entry to the TAC, unless you withdraw your entry in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. You are responsible for ensuring that You comply with these Terms and Conditions and all other legal requirements in relation to the Competition. There is no limit on the number of entries You can submit to the Competition. If You wish to withdraw Your entry from the Competition at any time, You must inform Us no later than 11.59pm on Sunday 9 November 2025. If notification of Your withdrawal of Your entry from the Competition is received by this time, Your entry will be returned. Judging The Competition will be judged by a judging panel comprising of Our personnel, key road safety representatives, and advertising and/or film industry professionals. You will be notified if You are the Competition winner by email on or by Monday 24 November 2025 The Competition will be judged in accordance with the judging criteria published at www.tac.vic.gov.au/splitsecond. The judging panel’s decision is final and no correspondence shall be entered into regarding unsuccessful entries. Winners There are two prizes to be won: the Split Second Youth Prize and the Split Second Multicultural Youth Prize. The eligibility criteria for the Split Second Multicultural Youth Prize is that You or Your parent were born in a country where English is not the main language. To be considered for the Split Second Multicultural Youth Prize, you must put yourself forward as a candidate and confirm that you meet the eligibility criteria. Winners will be announced by Tuesday 2 December 2025.Should You be selected as the winner, You will be required to sign all necessary agreements and any other documentation relating to the production of your idea (Deliverable). If You are selected as the winner, You will be required to attend a number of key production meetings. These meetings will take place between Thursday 12 November 2025 – Thursday 30 April 2026. Prize for the selected winners There will be two selected winners, one for each prize. For both winners A $45,000 budget will be allocated to the production of each winning idea. Industry experts will produce Your Deliverable, with Your input. The $45,000 production budget will be in the control of these industry experts and will fund the production of the Deliverable. We will not be liable for any expenses incurred by You. If You are selected as a winner, We will also pay You a cash prize of $5,000. The cash prize will only be paid to You if You have signed and complied with all agreements referred to in these Terms and Conditions. We accept no responsibility for any tax implications that may arise from the payment of the cash prize to You. You should seek Your own independent financial advice about the payment of the cash prize. The 45 second winning short film for each brief will be developed for social media use and may be shown on all TAC and associated platforms in perpetuity. The films will also be played on a cinema screen as part of the launch screening event on a date to be confirmed at a location to be confirmed. General By entering this Competition, You accept these Terms and Conditions and agree to be bound by them. All decisions made by Us in respect of the Competition are final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding unsuccessful entries. Whilst Your entry is still being considered by Us as part of the Competition, or if You are a Competition prize winner, You have an ongoing obligation to Us to disclose any facts or information which may lead to or flow from a suspension or cancellation of any motor vehicle licence You hold or have held, whether in Victoria or interstate. We reserve the right to refuse to progress Your entry if Your driver’s licence has been cancelled or suspended, if You have a pending cancellation or suspension, or if You are in a dispute in relation to the cancellation or suspension of any driver’s licence You hold. If Your Entry Materials in the Competition are submitted via the Internet, You acknowledge and agree that We are not responsible for technical failures or malfunctions or traffic congestion on the Internet. We accept no responsibility for any virus or other harmful code that You may download in participating in this Competition. As a condition of entry into this Competition and unless withdrawn under these Terms and Conditions, You agree to assign to Us all intellectual property rights in the Entry Materials and the Deliverables. Despite the assignment of Your intellectual property rights to Us as outlined in above, We will grant You permission to enter Your Deliverable into subsequent competitions, subject to Us receiving appropriate recognition. You agree to indemnify Us for any loss or damage that may be suffered by Us as a result of a breach of these Terms and Conditions by You. To the full extent permitted by law, We and Our agencies and any of their personnel (Relevant Parties) exclude all liability for any loss (including any damage, claim, injury, cost or expense) whatsoever which is suffered or incurred by You arising out of, or in any way connected with, the Competition or prizes, including: (i) any indirect, economic or consequential loss; (ii) any loss, including consequential loss, arising from any negligent act or omission by any of the Relevant Parties; and (iii) any liability for personal injury or death.