Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011

(1) 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 seventhworking day after having been posted.

(b) all the parties to the proceeding are parties to the contract; and

working day means a day that is not:

(b) a public holiday or a bank holiday in the place to which the postal article was addressed.

Note for section 160

Section 182 of the Commonwealth Act gives section 160 of the Commonwealth Act a wider application in relation to postal articles sent by a Commonwealth agency.