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Social Security Act 2018

Factors affecting benefits - Factors affecting benefits - Factors affecting benefits: non-entitlement period, stand down, or 100% suspension of benefit

230: How non-entitlement period, etc, affects supplementary benefits, and spouse or partner

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If you are subject to a non-entitlement period, a stand down under section 316, a reduction of your main benefit to zero under sections 236, 236A, 236C, 236F, or 236I, or a 100% suspension of your benefit under section 237, 270, or 280, you are not entitled to receive certain benefits. You cannot get an emergency benefit, an accommodation supplement, or temporary additional support. However, if you were already getting an accommodation supplement, you can still get it at the same rate while you are not entitled to your main benefit. If your spouse or partner is not entitled to a benefit under section 316, then you are also not entitled to the benefit.

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Part 4Factors affecting benefits
Factors affecting benefits: Factors affecting benefits: non-entitlement period, stand down, or 100% suspension of benefit

230How non-entitlement period, etc, affects supplementary benefits, and spouse or partner

  1. This section applies while a person is subject to—

  2. a non-entitlement period; or
    1. a stand down under section 316 (start and calculation of stand-down period); or
      1. a reduction of the rate of a main benefit to zero under section 236, 236A, 236C, 236F, or 236I; or
        1. a sanction of suspension of 100% of a benefit under section 237, 270, or 280.

          1. The person is not entitled to receive—

          2. an emergency benefit; or
            1. an accommodation supplement; or
              1. temporary additional support.

                1. However, an accommodation supplement that an applicant was receiving immediately before the applicant applied for a benefit continues, despite subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b), at the same rate for the period of non-entitlement.

                2. If a person’s spouse or partner is under section 316 (start and calculation of stand-down period) not entitled to a benefit, then (under this subsection, and despite any contrary provision of this Act) the person is also not entitled to the benefit.

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                • Section 230(1)(ba): inserted, on , by section 12(1) of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).
                • Section 230(1)(ba): amended, on , by section 12(2) of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).