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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

239: Reduction or suspension of reduced benefit

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“Your benefit can still be reduced or stopped if you didn't follow the rules before”

If your benefit is reduced or suspended because you didn’t follow the rules, and you get your benefit back later, the reduction or suspension will still apply. This will continue until you follow the rules again. Your benefit is called a ‘specified benefit’ in the law. The rules about reducing or suspending benefits are in sections 236 and 237 of the law. The rules about getting your benefit back are in section 336. When you start following the rules again, it’s called ‘recomplying’.

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Sanctions for breach of obligations other than young person or young parent obligations: Hierarchy of sanctions

239Reduction or suspension of reduced benefit

  1. If a person’s specified benefit (as defined in section 331) is reduced under section 236 or suspended under section 237, and the person is regranted a specified benefit under section 336, the reduction or suspension continues to apply to the regranted specified benefit on and after its commencement until the person recomplies.

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