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REGULATORY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2008 (NO. 5 OF 2008) - SECT 30

Dictionary, definition of cooling-off period

substitute

"cooling-off period", in relation to a prescribed contract, means––

        (a)     if the contract is negotiated by telephone––the period of 10 days beginning on the day the copy of the contract is received by the consumer; or

        (b)     in any other case––the period of 10 days beginning on the day the contract is made.

Note     The Evidence Act 1995 (Cwlth), s 160 provides a rebuttable presumption that a postal article sent by prepaid post addressed to a person at an address in Australia or an external territory was received on the 4th working day after posting.



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