Social Security Act 2018

Obligations - Beneficiaries’ obligations - Specific obligations: work preparation

126: Person who fails to comply with work-preparation obligation subject to sanction

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"What happens if you don't meet your work preparation requirements"

If you do not comply with a work-preparation obligation, you may face a sanction. This happens if the Ministry of Social Development is satisfied that you failed to comply without a good reason. You can be sanctioned under sections like section 236, 236A, 237, or 238 if you do not have a good and sufficient reason for not complying.

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Part 3Obligations
Beneficiaries’ obligations: Specific obligations: work preparation

126Person who fails to comply with work-preparation obligation subject to sanction

  1. A person (P) is subject to a sanction under section 236, 236A, 237, or 238 if MSD is satisfied that P has, without a good and sufficient reason, failed to comply with a work-preparation obligation.

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  • Section 126: amended, on , by section 7(1) of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).