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Social Security Act 2018

Obligations - Beneficiaries’ obligations - Specific obligations: work ability assessment

119: Person who fails to comply with requirement to undergo work ability assessment is subject to sanction

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“You might lose money if you miss a work ability test without a good reason”

If you are asked to go to a work ability assessment or reassessment, you must attend and take part. If you don’t go without a good reason, you may face a penalty. This penalty is called a sanction. The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) decides if you had a good reason for not going. If they think you didn’t have a good reason, they can give you a sanction. The rules about these sanctions are in sections 236, 237, and 238 of the Social Security Act.

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Part 3 Obligations
Beneficiaries’ obligations: Specific obligations: work ability assessment

119Person who fails to comply with requirement to undergo work ability assessment is subject to sanction

  1. A person (P) is subject to a sanction under section 236, 237, or 238 if MSD is satisfied that P has, without a good and sufficient reason, failed to comply with a requirement under section 118 to attend and participate in a work ability assessment or reassessment.

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