Declarations and extra questions, explained

Two different things can gate a submission, and it's worth knowing the difference: a section question is specific to one section (an accompanist's name, say), while a declaration applies to the whole competition, a rules acknowledgment, a Working With Children Check number, whatever the organizer needs confirmed before anyone competes under their banner.

Section questions

These appear the instant you tick a section that has them, right under that section, never on a separate page you'd have to remember to go back to. Some are required, some aren't, required ones are clearly marked and the entry simply won't submit until they're answered.

Declarations

These sit further down the entry form, once, covering the whole competition regardless of how many sections you've selected. A checkbox agreeing to the competition's rules is the most common shape, but an organizer can ask for genuinely anything relevant, a card holder's name for a card payment on the day, a photography consent, whatever their event actually needs.