Refunds
How NGTest Academy handles cancellations, withdrawals and refunds for registrations, programs, events and shop orders, and how a refund is paid once it is agreed.
Published by NGTest Academy.
Section 1
This is the refund and cancellation policy of NGTest Academy. It covers money paid to NGTest Academy through this website, including registrations, programs, training, tournaments, events, camps and shop orders.
It does not govern a payment made directly to another organisation, or a payment made to a third party rather than to NGTest Academy.
Where a particular tournament, event or program has its own cancellation terms shown before registration or payment, those terms also apply to that activity.
If an event organiser, a governing body, a league, a venue or another party has its own cancellation and refund terms, those terms may affect what NGTest Academy can recover on a participant's behalf. Those terms do not remove a consumer right that applies between NGTest Academy and the customer.
This policy forms part of the NGTest Academy terms of service.
Section 2
NGTest Academy is not normally required to refund a payment simply because a participant changes their mind, no longer wishes to take part, has another commitment, or withdraws while the service remains available as agreed.
NGTest Academy may still choose to offer a refund, a partial refund, a transfer or a credit where that is reasonable.
A discretionary refund may take into account costs NGTest Academy has already genuinely incurred or committed for that participant, such as tournament entry fees, venue charges, coaching arrangements, equipment, uniforms and administration directly linked to the registration.
Any amount NGTest Academy keeps must reflect genuine and reasonable costs and must not operate as an unfair penalty.
Where NGTest Academy is able to fill the vacated place or recover a cost, that may be taken into account when considering the refund.
Section 3
To cancel a registration or withdraw from a program, contact NGTest Academy using the details on this page as soon as reasonably possible.
Say who the participant is and which program, team, tournament or event the request relates to.
A cancellation is not complete until NGTest Academy has confirmed it in writing, so keep that confirmation. The date NGTest Academy receives the request may matter when working out what has already been committed.
Sending a withdrawal request does not by itself mean that every fee already paid is refundable.
Section 4
An injury, an illness or a medical condition does not by itself create a right to a refund while the service itself remains available.
NGTest Academy will consider reasonable requests that arise from a serious injury or a medical circumstance case by case, and may offer a transfer, a future credit, a partial refund or another reasonable arrangement.
NGTest Academy may ask for reasonable evidence where a refund or credit is requested because a participant is medically unable to take part.
Amounts already paid or committed to a tournament organiser, a venue or another party may be set against a discretionary refund where the law allows.
Section 5
If NGTest Academy cancels a program, a tournament entry, an event or another paid activity and does not provide a reasonable replacement, a rescheduled service or an agreed alternative, the fee paid for that activity may be refunded.
The right outcome depends on how much of the service has already been provided.
Where a refund is required by law, NGTest Academy will provide it. NGTest Academy will not use this policy to avoid obligations that arise from failing to provide a service with due care.
Section 6
Football activities can be affected by weather, unsafe playing conditions, a closed venue, a government direction, an emergency, transport disruption or other matters outside NGTest Academy's reasonable control.
A single cancelled training session is normally rescheduled, moved or replaced where that is reasonably possible.
Where an entire program or event becomes impossible to provide because of matters outside everyone's reasonable control, NGTest Academy will consider whether the booking has effectively become impossible to carry out, and any refund will be worked out with regard to the law and to reasonable costs already incurred.
Section 7
Many tournaments NGTest Academy enters are organised and run by independent third parties.
NGTest Academy may collect a participant fee and then commit some or all of it to the organiser, the venue, an accommodation provider, a competition body or another supplier.
Once those amounts are committed, NGTest Academy may not be able to get them back. If a participant withdraws after NGTest Academy has paid or become liable for a tournament cost it cannot recover, NGTest Academy may keep the genuinely unrecoverable amount when working out any discretionary refund, to the extent the law allows.
NGTest Academy will not charge more than the amount actually paid, committed or otherwise reasonably incurred for that participant.
Section 8
If an independent tournament organiser cancels a tournament, NGTest Academy will take reasonable steps to find out whether the organiser will provide a replacement event, reschedule the tournament, issue a credit, or issue a partial or full refund.
NGTest Academy may first offer participants the replacement entry, the rescheduled entry or the credit the organiser provides where that is reasonable.
Where NGTest Academy receives a refund that relates to participant entry fees, it will pass the appropriate recoverable amount back to the affected participant, after any legitimate costs NGTest Academy properly incurred.
If the organiser refunds only part, or does not refund NGTest Academy at all, or cannot repay, NGTest Academy is not automatically required to make up that third party loss from its own funds to the extent the law allows.
This does not override any consumer right the customer has.
Section 9
Where a tournament is postponed or rescheduled, a participant's registration normally carries over to the replacement date, and a rescheduled tournament is not automatically treated as a cancellation.
If the new date means a participant genuinely cannot take part, contact NGTest Academy as soon as possible. NGTest Academy will consider whether the place can be transferred, replaced or refunded with regard to the organiser's rules, the costs that can be recovered and any consumer right that applies.
If a change is so significant that it amounts to a materially different service, further rights may apply.
Section 10
Some teams, tournaments, camps or programs need a minimum number of participants.
NGTest Academy may cancel, combine or change a program if there are not enough registrations to make it practical.
Where NGTest Academy cancels because the minimum is not reached, it will offer a reasonable alternative, a credit or a refund as appropriate.
Section 11
Sending a registration or a payment does not by itself guarantee selection where a program needs approval or team selection.
If NGTest Academy declines a registration before providing the service, a payment made specifically for that unaccepted registration is normally refunded.
Where NGTest Academy incurred a cost at the customer's express request before a final decision, and that cost cannot reasonably be recovered, NGTest Academy will explain that cost before settling the final amount.
Section 12
If a participant is suspended or removed for serious or repeated misconduct, a breach of the code of conduct or a safety concern, a refund is not automatic.
NGTest Academy may take into account the service already provided and the reasonable costs already incurred or committed.
Section 13
There is no automatic refund for a session, match or activity missed because of a participant's own circumstances, such as holidays, transport, school commitments or a change of mind, where NGTest Academy made the service available.
Where NGTest Academy cancels or cannot provide a substantial part of the service, a different outcome may apply.
Section 14
Instead of a cash refund, NGTest Academy and the customer may agree to transfer a place or to provide a future credit.
A credit will state any expiry or restriction that applies to it.
NGTest Academy will not make a customer accept a credit instead of a refund where the law gives the customer a right to a refund.
Section 15
A deposit or an instalment may be needed to hold a place.
Any part of a deposit that cannot be refunded must reflect genuine costs or loss reasonably linked to holding or arranging the place, and should be disclosed before payment.
A cancellation fee or a kept deposit must not operate as an unfair penalty.
Section 16
A payment provider may charge NGTest Academy a processing fee that is not returned to NGTest Academy when a payment is refunded.
Where a customer has a legal right to a full refund, NGTest Academy will not reduce that refund only because it incurred a processing fee.
For a discretionary refund where no such right exists, genuine costs that cannot be recovered may be considered where they were properly disclosed and where the law allows it.
Section 17
If a customer is charged twice for the same thing, or pays an amount that was not actually due, they should contact NGTest Academy promptly.
Once it is verified, NGTest Academy will correct or refund the duplicate or incorrect amount.
Section 18
Customers are not automatically entitled to a refund for a change of mind on merchandise unless NGTest Academy has offered that policy.
Clothing and equipment is normally made or ordered in specifically, so it may not be possible to cancel an order once NGTest Academy has placed it with its supplier. A personalised or specially ordered item normally cannot be returned for a change of mind once production or ordering has begun.
These limits do not apply where the item is faulty, unsafe, materially different from its description, or otherwise does not meet a standard the law requires. Those rights cannot be removed by a blanket refusal of refunds.
An item that has been worn, used or personalised cannot normally be returned unless it is faulty.
Section 19
Where practical, an approved refund is returned through the original payment method, and a card payment is normally refunded through the payment provider back to the card originally used.
NGTest Academy may ask for reasonable identity or payment verification before issuing a refund.
Where the original payment method is no longer available, NGTest Academy and the customer may agree on another secure method where the payment provider and the law allow it.
NGTest Academy will confirm when it has submitted the refund. After that, how long the funds take to appear is controlled by the payment provider and the customer's bank, and NGTest Academy cannot control bank processing times.
Section 20
Where only part of a payment is refundable, NGTest Academy may issue a partial refund.
A partial refund may be appropriate where part of the service has already been properly provided, or where a legitimate third party cost cannot be recovered.
NGTest Academy will explain how the amount was worked out if asked.
Section 21
A customer who believes a card payment is wrong should contact NGTest Academy first where practical, so it can be looked into.
A chargeback or a bank dispute does not by itself settle the underlying position between the customer and NGTest Academy.
NGTest Academy may provide registration, payment and participation records to the payment provider where reasonably needed to respond to a dispute.
Nothing in this section stops a customer from exercising a lawful right to dispute a transaction with their financial institution.
Section 22
Send refund requests to NGTest Academy and include the participant's name, the relevant program or tournament, the amount paid and the reason for the request.
NGTest Academy may ask for reasonable supporting information.
Requests are considered on their own circumstances and under the version of the terms and refund policy that applied at registration.
Section 23
If you disagree with a refund decision, contact NGTest Academy and say what outcome you are seeking and why.
NGTest Academy will review the matter and any relevant supporting information.
Nothing in this process stops a customer from contacting a body that can look at the matter where they are entitled to do so.
Section 24
Nothing in this policy is intended to take away a right or a remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded, including a right that applies to a person dealing with a business as a consumer.
Where this policy and a right that cannot be excluded differ, that right applies and this policy is read down to the extent needed.
Section 25
NGTest Academy may update this policy for future registrations and payments, and the current version and its date are published on this page.
A later change does not take away an existing right a customer already holds.
Where a registration is subject to separately shown tournament or program terms, those terms stay relevant to that registration.
Contact
Before you ask for a refund, contact NGTest Academy using the address below.
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