Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Fair Trading Act 1999 - SECT 71

When can the purchaser cancel the agreement?

71. When can the purchaser cancel the agreement?



(1) A purchaser under a non-contact sales agreement may cancel the agreement
within a period specified under the agreement if the agreement so permits.

(2) Despite anything to the contrary in a non-contact sales agreement to which
subsection (1) applies, the period for cancellation specified in the agreement
is deemed to be 10 days from and including the relevant day unless a longer
period is specified in the agreement.

(3) In this section the relevant day is-

   (a)  in the case of an agreement for the supply of goods, the day the goods
        are received by the purchaser; and

   (b)  in the case of services, the day that the agreement is made or entered
        into.

(4) If the date of receipt of goods by the purchaser cannot be ascertained,
that date is deemed to be the date 3 business days after the goods were
dispatched by the supplier.