The Pools Game Rules

(g)(h)(i)(j)(k)The Licensee, Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, each and every Retailer and eachand every Employee of the Licensee or a Retailer, shall have no liability or responsibilityfor any consequence of interference with or interruption to any Game of Pools or Gameof Promotional Pools due to fire, storm, flood, riot, civil commotion, strike, failure ordisruption of electrical power supply or telecommunications or other cause not withinthe reasonable control of such person.In the acceptance and processing of any Entry Coupon or Automatic Entry culminating inthe issue of a Ticket or a ticket in a Game of Promotional Pools, a Retailer shall for allpurposes be the agent of a Player or Syndicate Player and not the agent of the Licenseeor the Chief Executive Officer.In the cancellation of a Ticket, the processing of a Prize claim form, the submission ofPrize claim form to the Licensee and the payment of a Prize, a Retailer shall at all timesand for all purposes be the agent of a Player or Syndicate Player and not the agent of theLicensee or the Chief Executive Officer.Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 16(h), in the acceptance of Commission inrespect of an Entry by a Retailer on behalf of the Licensee, the Retailer shall for thispurpose be the agent of the Licensee and not the agent of the Player and in theacceptance by a Retailer of that part of the Syndicate Share Fee that represents therelevant proportion of Commission in respect of a Syndicate Entry the Retailer shall forthis purpose be the agent of the Licensee and not the agent of the Syndicate Player.The State of New South Wales, the Crown in right of the State, the Government of thatState, the Minister, their successors and the employees and agents of each and everyone of them shall have as ample protection from liability in respect of their acts andomissions (whether arising from, or contributed to by, negligence or otherwise) and theacts, omissions and contingencies the subject of Rules 16(a) to 16(j) inclusive as thoseprotected by said Rules.Soccer Football Pools Rules | Issue No.: 5.1| Effective: 30 November 2012 Page 40 of 44