160Postal articles

### 160 Postal articles > > (1)  [*\[Section 160 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2018, s. 32, Applied:10 Dec 2018\]*](/view/html/inforce/2018-12-10/act-2018-029#GS32@EN) [*\[Section 160 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:05 Sep 2017\]*](/view/html/inforce/2017-09-05/act-2017-029#JS1@Ja7@GC1@EN) It is presumed, unless evidence sufficient to raise doubt about the presumption is adduced, that a postal article sent by prepaid post addressed to a person at a specified address in Australia or in an external Territory was received at that address on the seventh working day after having been posted. > > > (2)  This section does not apply if – > > > > > > (a) the proceeding relates to a contract; and > > > > > > > (b) all the parties to the proceeding are parties to the contract; and > > > > > > > (c) [subsection (1)](#GS160@Gs1@EN) is inconsistent with a term of the contract. > > > (3)  In this section, > > > > > ***working day*** means a day that is not – > > > > > > > > (a) a Saturday or a Sunday; or > > > > > > > > > (b) a public holiday, bank holiday or statutory holiday in the place to which the article was addressed.