Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The following requirements shall be complied with in relation to a prescribed contract--
(a) the contract shall set out in full all the contractual terms, including--
(i) the total consideration to be paid or provided by the consumer or, if the total consideration is not ascertainable at the time the contract is made, the manner in which it is to be calculated; and
(ii) if the contract provides for the carrying out of work of a prescribed nature--detailed particulars of the work (including any such particulars required by regulation);
(b) the contractual terms shall be printed or typewritten (apart from any insertions or amendments to the printed or typewritten form, which may be handwritten);
(c) the making of the contract shall be completed by the consumer signing the contract after it has already been executed by or on behalf of the supplier;
(d) the consumer shall be given a duplicate of the contract immediately after the making of the contract;
(e) where the dealer is not the supplier--the contract shall set out the full name and address of the dealer and identify that person as the dealer;
(f) the contract shall contain immediately above the place provided for the signature of the consumer the statement 'THIS CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO A COOLING-OFF PERIOD OF 10 DAYS' printed in upper case in type not smaller than 18-point;
(g) the consumer shall be given 2 notices at or immediately before the making of the contract--
(i) one being a notice, in the approved form, explaining the right of the consumer to rescind the contract; and
(ii) the other being a notice, in the approved form, that may be used by the consumer to rescind the contract;
(h) the notices referred to in paragraph (g) shall--
(i) be printed or typewritten (apart from any insertion, which may be handwritten); and
(ii) set out the full name and address of the supplier and identify that person as the supplier; and
(iii) be separate from, and not attached to, any other document;
(i) the printing or typewriting of the contract, the statement referred to in paragraph (f), and the notices referred to in paragraph (g), shall be readily legible and conform with the requirements of the regulations;
(j) any handwriting (apart from a signature or initial) in the contract or a notice referred to in paragraph (g) shall be readily legible.
(2) If any of the requirements of subsection (1) is not complied with, the supplier and the dealer each commit an offence against this Act.
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.
(3) Where a consumer acknowledges, in writing, receipt of a document required to be given under subsection (1), the acknowledgment is evidence, but not conclusive evidence, that the document was given to the consumer as required by that subsection.