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Our New Years Honour award for 2011. If you'd like to nominate someone, you can find out more in this blog post. Any queries, drop us a line ipm@bbc.co.uk

1. In order to nominate someone, you must be a UK resident (including Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and not be a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ employee, employee of any of its affiliates, close relative of any such employees or connected to the award directly or through a close relative.

2. Any UK resident (incl. Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) aged 10 and above is eligible to be nominated, except ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ employees, employees of any of its affiliates, close relatives of any such employees or those connected to the award directly or through a close relative. Proof of age, identity and eligibility may be requested. You will be required to provide evidence of the nominee's permission. For nominees under 16, evidence of their parent/guardian consent will be required. The nominee will be told that you were the person nominating him/her.

3. Nominations can be made by: (i) emailing the programme ipm@bbc.co.uk or; (ii) sending a postal entry to iPM Honours, iPM, Room G601, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ TV Centre, London W12 7RJ. The closing time for receipt of entries is 00:01 on 12th December 2011. No entries received after that time will be considered. Nominations cannot be acknowledged or returned. Full details of opening and closing times will be given on air.

4. You will be required to provide evidence of the nominee's permission to take part in any post-award publicity. The winner will be expected to allow the use of their names for publicity purposes as may be required. For entrants/winners under 18 years of age, parent or guardian's consent may be required.

5. As this is mostly an award for fun, ie. there is no prize, there is a wide criteria to qualify for nomination. The nominee should deserve recognition for some aspect of their life which is extraordinary or deserves to be given attention. The award should not be referred to in any way that could suggest endorsement by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ (including Radio 4) or as a way of promoting any commercial venture or any other cause that could bring the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ into disrepute.

6. The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ may contact both the nominator and nominee to verify facts and/or events and whether the relevant consents have been obtained. This should not be interpreted as anything other than an information gathering exercise.

7. The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ team will select a winner based on the above criteria.

8. The winner will be notified within seven days of the close of the nominations by post or telephone or email. The winner will also be announced on 31st December 2011 on iPM.

9. The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's decision as to the winner is final. No correspondence relating to the award will be entered.

10. The winners will receive the iPM New Years Honour Award, which consists purely of such mention. There are no prizes, no cash alternative and the award cannot be sold or transferred in any circumstances.

11. The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ reserves the right to: (i) vary the opening times of the awards; (ii) disqualify any nominee who breaches the rules or has acted fraudulently in any way; and (iii) cancel the awards, at any stage, if in its opinion it is deemed necessary or if circumstances arise outside its control.

12. The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, its sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem which may result in any nomination not properly registered.

13. The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ will only use personal details for the purposes of administering this award and will not publish or provide them to anyone without permission. You can read more about the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Privacy Policy on: www.bbc.co.uk/privacy/

14. The promoter of the awards is the British Broadcasting Corporation and these terms and conditions are subject to the laws of England and Wales.