When is the deadline for deemed receipt of a departmental document posted within australia?
The catalogue records a 7 working-days period from The date of the document dispatched under s 494B(4). This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
In preparation
The existing catalogue does not yet have a registered adapter or source evidence for this exact question. It remains available as a public preparation page only.
Example pending review
A separately reviewed fixture is required before this question can become indexable. The page does not present an unreviewed output as an example.
Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 7 working-days
- Trigger
- The date of the document dispatched under s 494B(4)
- Counting
- The encoded calculator method must be independently documented before publication.
- Rollovers and holidays
- Holiday, closure and order treatment must be independently documented before publication.
This route remains in preparation until a pinpoint official source is recorded.
- Not applicable. Proof of actual later receipt is permitted where the Minister erred in the method.
- This is the provision that most often fixes the start of the 14-day or 28-day review period in s 347(3), because those periods run from the day the applicant is notified. Section 494B(4)(a) requires dispatch within 3 working days of the date of the document. Contrast the electronic limbs of s 494C: transmission by fax, email or other electronic means, and making a document available by way of an online account, are taken to be received at the end of the day of transmission or of being made available.