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Social Security Act 2018

Obligations - Beneficiaries’ obligations - Specific obligations: obligation to work with contracted service providers

171: Person who fails to comply with requirement under section 170(2) subject to sanction

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“You might get in trouble if you don't do what MSD asks you to do”

If you don’t follow the steps that MSD (Ministry of Social Development) has told you to take, you might get in trouble. These steps are listed in section 170(2) of the Social Security Act. If MSD thinks you didn’t do what they asked without a good reason, you could face a sanction. A sanction is a kind of punishment, which is explained in section 233(f) of the Act. Remember, you need to have a very good reason if you don’t do what MSD asks, or you might face consequences.

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Beneficiaries’ obligations: Specific obligations: obligation to work with contracted service providers

171Person who fails to comply with requirement under section 170(2) subject to sanction

  1. A person (P) is subject to a sanction (see section 233(f)) if MSD is satisfied that P has, without a good and sufficient reason, failed to comply with a requirement to take any of the steps listed in section 170(2).

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