Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A financial institution (the collecting institution ) makes an external presentment of a cheque if the collecting institution makes a demand for payment of the cheque on the drawee institution (which is not the same institution as the collecting institution) on behalf of a customer, another financial institution or otherwise and the demand:
(a) is made:
(i) by exhibiting the cheque to the drawee institution at the proper place in relation to the cheque; and
(ii) at a reasonable hour on a day on which the drawee institution is open for business at that place; or
(b) is made:
(i) by exhibiting the cheque to the drawee institution at a place that is a designated exhibition place in relation to the cheque for the purposes of this subsection; and
(ii) at a time that is a designated time for the drawee institution at that place; or
(c) is made:
(i) otherwise than by exhibiting the cheque; and
(ii) at a place that is a designated place in relation to the cheque for the purposes of this subsection; and
(iii) at a time that is a designated time for the drawee institution at that place; and
(iv) using a means of communication that is a designated means of communication for the drawee institution at that place.
Note 1: Section 64 defines proper place .
Note 2: Section 65 defines designated exhibition place , designated time and designated means of communication .
(3) Where the cheque is not exhibited to the drawee institution, the demand shall:
(a) identify the cheque with reasonable certainty; and
(b) be in a form that is intelligible to, or readily decipherable by, the drawee institution.
(3A) The demand must also specify, in a form that is intelligible to, or readily decipherable by, the drawee institution:
(a) a place as the nominated place in relation to the cheque for the purposes of subsection ( 6); and
(b) the days on which, and the hours during which, the collecting institution will be open for business at the place; and
(c) the means by which communications may be made to the collecting institution at the place.
(4) Without limiting the generality of subsection ( 3), the demand shall, for the purposes of that subsection, be taken to identify the cheque with reasonable certainty if:
(a) the sum ordered to be paid by the cheque;
(b) the cheque number;
(c) the account against which the cheque is drawn; and
(d) the proper place in relation to the cheque;
are specified in the demand or are readily ascertainable by the drawee institution from the demand.
(4A) A time is a nominated time for the collecting institution at a particular place if the time is covered by the specification in the demand of the days on which, and the hours during which, the collecting institution will be open for business at that place.
(4B) A means of communication is a nominated means of communication for the collecting institution at a particular place if the demand specifies the means as a means by which communications may be made to the collecting institution at that place.
(5) Where the cheque is not exhibited to the drawee institution, the drawee institution:
(a) may request the collecting institution to furnish specified further particulars in relation to the cheque to it; or
(b) may, whether or not a request has been made by virtue of paragraph ( a), request the collecting institution to exhibit the cheque, or a copy of the cheque of a specified kind, to it.
(6) The request must be made:
(a) to the collecting institution at a place that is a nominated place in relation to the cheque for the purposes of this subsection; and
(b) at a time that is a nominated time for the collecting institution at that place; and
(c) using a means of communication that is a nominated means of communication for the collecting institution at that place.
Note 1: Subsection ( 3A) defines nominated place .
Note 2: Subsection ( 4A) defines nominated time .
Note 3: Subsection ( 4B) defines nominated means of communication .
(7) The request shall:
(a) identify the cheque with reasonable certainty; and
(b) be in a form that is intelligible to, or readily decipherable by, the collecting institution.
(8) Without limiting the generality of subsection ( 7), the request shall, for the purposes of that subsection, be taken to identify the cheque with reasonable certainty if:
(a) the sum ordered to be paid by the cheque;
(b) the cheque number;
(c) the account against which the cheque is drawn; and
(d) the proper place in relation to the cheque;
are specified in the request or are readily ascertainable by the collecting institution from the request.
(9) If the drawee institution makes a request in relation to the cheque, the collecting institution must:
(a) in the case of a request for further particulars--give the drawee institution those further particulars:
(i) at a place that is a designated place in relation to the cheque for the purposes of this subsection; and
(ii) at a time that is a designated time for the drawee institution at that place; and
(iii) using a means of communication that is a designated means of communication for the drawee institution at that place; or
(b) in the case of a request to exhibit the cheque or a copy of the cheque of a specified kind--exhibit the cheque or the copy to the drawee institution:
(i) at the proper place in relation to the cheque, at a reasonable hour on a day on which the drawee institution is open for business at that place; or
(ii) at a place that is a designated exhibition place in relation to the cheque for the purposes of this subsection, at a time that is a designated time for the drawee institution at that place.
Note 1: Section 64 defines proper place .
Note 2: Section 65 defines designated exhibition place , designated place , designated time and designated means of communication .
(11) In furnishing the further particulars, the collecting institution shall:
(a) identify the request with reasonable certainty; and
(b) provide the further particulars;
in a form that is intelligible to, or readily decipherable by, the drawee institution.
(12) Where a cheque is presented for payment otherwise than by exhibiting it to the drawee institution, nothing in this section shall be taken to relieve the drawee institution from any liability to which the drawee institution would have been subject in relation to the cheque if it had been presented by being exhibited to the drawee institution.