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Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
162Lettergrams and telegrams
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162 Lettergrams and telegrams
(1) If a document purports to contain a record of a message
transmitted by means of a lettergram or telegram, it is presumed
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(unless evidence sufficient to raise doubt about the presumption is
adduced) that the message was received by the person to whom it
was addressed 24 hours after the message was delivered to a post
office for transmission as a lettergram or telegram.
(2) This section does not apply if:
and
(c) subsection (1) is inconsistent with a term of the contract.
Note for section 162
Section 182 of the Commonwealth Act gives section 162 of the Commonwealth