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Social Security Act 2018

Enforcement: sanctions and offences - Sanctions for breach of obligations other than young person or young parent obligations - Hierarchy of sanctions

238: Sanction for third failure: cancellation of main benefit

You could also call this:

“What happens if you don't follow the rules three times: Your main benefit stops for 13 weeks”

If you fail to meet certain requirements for a third time, the government will stop your main benefit payment. This is called cancellation. When this happens, you cannot get any main benefit for 13 weeks from the day it was cancelled. If you want to get a main benefit again after those 13 weeks, you need to apply for it again. You will also need to show that you qualify for it. There are some rules that might change how this works, which you can find in other parts of the law.

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Part 5 Enforcement: sanctions and offences
Sanctions for breach of obligations other than young person or young parent obligations: Hierarchy of sanctions

238Sanction for third failure: cancellation of main benefit

  1. For a third failure by a person (P), MSD must cancel P’s main benefit.

  2. On cancellation under this section of P’s main benefit,—

  3. P is not entitled to receive any main benefit under this Act for 13 weeks from the date of cancellation; and
    1. to be again entitled to a main benefit under this Act, P must apply for the benefit and establish that P is eligible for it.

      1. This section is subject to sections 245 to 248 and 320 to 324.

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