Approved form 2002-226

made under the
Door-to-Door Trading Act 1991

Door-to-Door Trading Act 1991—Form 1
(see s 7 (1) (g))

Notice of consumer’s right to cancel door-to-door contract
(This notice must be read aloud in full and then given to the consumer at or immediately before making a ‘door-to-door’ contract.)
This is a notice about the contract that you are making with me today ......./ ......./ .......  Under this contract you are to receive the following goods/services:
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Before we make this contract, I am required to explain that the law gives you the right to cancel it.
You may cancel this contract at any time during the next 10 days.
You have 10 days during which you can simply change your mind and cancel this contract by giving written notice to the supplier.  This ‘cooling-off’ period starts from today, when you sign this contract.  No money or trade-in can be handed over by you, and no services can be supplied to you, during this time.
If you have not cancelled the contract by the end of the 10 days, the goods/services must then be supplied to you and you must pay the money owing as agreed in the contract.

You also have the right to cancel this contract within 6 months, if I did not follow the code of conduct imposed by the law on door-to-door traders; or the contract includes terms that are prohibited by law; or the contract is not in the form the law requires.*
If you decide to cancel this contract, you must notify the supplier in writing.  You can do this by filling in the Notice to Cancel Contract which I am giving to you now, or make up one of your own.  You must then either deliver the notice personally or post it to the supplier’s address.  If you post the notice, it is a good idea to send it by certified mail so that you have a record that the notice was sent.
The supplier’s name and address are as follows:
Name	......................................................................................................
Address	......................................................................................................
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*  For further information about your rights under the ACT law on door-to-door trading, contact the Commissioner for Fair Trading.

Endnotes
1	This form was originally in the Door-to-Door Trading Regulations 1991, regulation 4 (1).  Under amendments made by the Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001, the form was omitted from the regulations and became a form approved under the Door to Door Trading Act 1991, section 20 (see amdt 1.1181).
2	This republication includes amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes).

©  Australian Capital Territory 2002