Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

DOOR-TO-DOOR TRADING ACT 1991 - SECT 13

    (1)     A consumer exercises a right of rescission given by this part by giving notice of rescission to the supplier.

    (2)     A notice of rescission shall—

        (a)     be in a form approved under section 20 (Approved forms) for this paragraph, or in a form that clearly indicates an intention on the part of the consumer to rescind the contract; and

        (b)     except for a notice given in respect of a prescribed contract during the cooling-off period—state the ground of rescission; and

        (c)     be given to the supplier—

              (i)     by delivering it personally to the supplier; or

              (ii)     by delivering it, or sending it by post, in an envelope addressed to the supplier, to the supplier's address.

    (3)     In this section, a reference to the supplier's address is a reference to—

        (a)     a place where the supplier resides or carries on business; or

        (b)     the supplier's address as shown on a notice given to the consumer under this Act.