New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FUNERAL FUNDS ACT 1979 - SECT 49J

49J Cooling-off period

(1) A person who enters into a pre-paid contract with a funeral service supplier, or the person’s legal representative, may, by notice in writing given to the funeral service supplier within the period after entry into the contract prescribed by the regulations, end the agreement.

(2) If a person or the person’s legal representative ends a pre-paid contract under subsection (1):

(a) the funeral service supplier must refund to the person the amount the person has paid to it under the agreement, less any amounts prescribed by the regulations, and

(b) the person is not (despite anything to the contrary in the contract) liable to the funeral service supplier in any way for ending the agreement.

(3) In this section:
"funeral service supplier" means a person who agrees to supply a funeral service under a pre-paid contract.