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Social Security Act 2018

Obligations - Beneficiaries’ obligations - Specific obligations: social obligations in relation to dependent children

128: Obligations of beneficiary in relation to dependent children

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“Rules for taking care of kids when you get money from the government”

If you receive jobseeker support, sole parent support, a supported living payment, or an emergency benefit, you have certain responsibilities for your dependent children or your partner’s dependent children. These responsibilities are explained in sections 131 to 135 of this law. However, if you are a young person, you don’t have to follow these rules. Instead, you have different responsibilities that are explained in section 164.

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Part 3 Obligations
Beneficiaries’ obligations: Specific obligations: social obligations in relation to dependent children

128Obligations of beneficiary in relation to dependent children

  1. A beneficiary is subject to the obligations set out in sections 131 to 135 in relation to the beneficiary’s dependent children or the dependent children of the beneficiary’s spouse or partner if the beneficiary—

  2. receives jobseeker support, sole parent support, a supported living payment, or an emergency benefit; and
    1. is not a young person subject to the obligations set out in section 164.

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