Queensland Consolidated Acts

CONSUMER CREDIT CODE - SECT 173

(1) For the purposes of this Code a notice or other document is taken to be given--

(a) in the case of a notice or other document given personally--on the date it bears or the date it is received by the addressee, whichever is the later; or

(b) in the case of a notice or other document sent by post--on the date it bears or the date when it would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post, whichever is the later; or

(c) in the case of a notice or other document sent by facsimile transmission--on the date it bears or the date on which the machine from which the transmission was sent produces a report indicating that the notice or other document was sent to the facsimile or other number of the addressee, whichever is the later; or

(d) in the case of a notice or other document given in accordance with section 172(3B)--at the time when the electronic communication referred to in section 172(3B)(b) enters the information system of the addressee; or

(e) in the case of a notice or other document given by electronic communication--at the time when the electronic communication enters the information system of the addressee.

(2) For the purposes of this Code, the date of a notice or other document is the date it is taken to be given in accordance with this section.

(3) This section has effect despite anything to the contrary in the laws of this jurisdiction in relation to electronic transactions.