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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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“You may be punished if you don't do your work-preparation tasks without a good reason”

If you don’t follow your work-preparation obligation without a good reason, you might face a sanction. A sanction is a type of punishment. The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) decides if you had a good reason for not following your obligation. If they think you didn’t have a good reason, they can give you a sanction. The rules about sanctions are in sections 236, 237, and 238 of the law.

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Part 3 Obligations
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, 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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