Time when documents taken to be given
72 Time when documents taken to be given
In the absence of proof to the contrary, a document that is emailed or faxed to a person in accordance with regulation 71(2)(d) or (e) or delivered to or left for a person in accordance with regulation 71(2)(g) is taken to be given on the next business day after the document was emailed, faxed, delivered or left.
In the absence of proof to the contrary, a document that is sent by prepaid post is taken to be given —
if the document is sent to an address within Australia — at the time the document would have been delivered in the ordinary course of the post; or
if the document is sent to an address outside Australia — 11 business days after the day on which the document was posted.
[Regulation 72 amended: SL 2026/53 r. 19.]
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