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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: Continuation of sanction following regrant of specified benefit

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If your specified benefit ends, and you had a reduced rate or certain conditions, these continue when you get the benefit again. You can find what a specified benefit is in section 331. Your benefit might have ended due to section 332. When you get your benefit again under section 336, the same conditions apply. These conditions include a reduced rate, money management, community work, job search, or upskilling. You can read about these conditions in section 236, section 236A, section 236B, section 236E, or section 236H.

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

239Continuation of sanction following regrant of specified benefit

  1. This section applies to a person’s (P’s) specified benefit (as defined in section 331) if,—

  2. when P’s specified benefit expires under section 332,—
    1. the rate of P’s specified benefit is reduced under section 236; or
      1. money management imposed on P has effect (see section 236A); or
        1. community work experience imposed on P has effect (see section 236B); or
          1. report job search imposed on P has effect (see section 236E); or
            1. upskilling imposed on P has effect (see section 236H); or
              1. P’s specified benefit is suspended under section 237; and
              2. P is regranted a specified benefit under section 336.

                1. P’s regranted specified benefit under section 336 is subject to the relevant sanction specified in subsection (1)(a)(i), (ii), (iii), or (iv)—

                2. on and after the commencement of that specified benefit; but
                  1. otherwise in the same way as that sanction would have continued to apply to P’s specified benefit had it not expired under section 332.

                    Notes
                    • Section 239: replaced, on , by section 21(1) of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).
                    • Section 239(1)(a)(iiia): inserted, on , by section 21(2) of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).
                    • Section 239(1)(a)(iiib): inserted, on , by section 21(2) of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).