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Social Security Act 2018

Assistance - Youth payment

51: Youth payment: no or minimum income

You could also call this:

“Youth payment helps young people with little or no money”

You can get a youth payment if you have no income or very little income. This means either you have no money coming in at all, or the money you do get is less than what would make you ineligible for the youth payment.

If you suddenly get some money for a short time that would normally stop your youth payment, don’t worry. As long as you still meet the other requirements, you can still get your youth payment.

The government looks at how much money you get to decide if you can receive a youth payment. They want to help young people who don’t have enough money to support themselves.

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Part 2 Assistance
Youth payment

51Youth payment: no or minimum income

  1. In this subpart, a person (P) has no or minimum income if P has—

  2. no income; or
    1. income of less than the amount that would reduce the applicable rate of youth payment to zero.

      1. If, during a temporary period, P has enough income to reduce the applicable rate of youth payment to zero, but P otherwise meets the requirements for a youth payment, P’s entitlement to a youth payment is not affected by that income.

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