(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 seventh working day after having been posted.

(2)  This section does not apply if –

(a) the proceeding relates to a contract; and

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

(c) subsection (1) is inconsistent with a term of the contract.

(3)  In this section,

working day means a day that is not –

(a) a Saturday or a Sunday; or

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