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Social Security Act 2018

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

272: Effect of cancellation of youth payment on accommodation supplement or temporary additional support

You could also call this:

"What happens to your accommodation help if your youth payment stops"

If your youth payment is cancelled under section 271(2), it affects your accommodation supplement or temporary additional support. If you are single, you are not entitled to receive an accommodation supplement or temporary additional support. If you are not single, the rules are different.

If your partner's youth payment is not cancelled under section 271(2), your accommodation supplement or temporary additional support is reduced by half and paid to your partner. Your partner's accommodation supplement or temporary additional support is also reduced by half. This is how it works if you are not single and your partner's payment is not cancelled.

If your partner's youth payment is also cancelled under section 271(2), you are not entitled to receive an accommodation supplement or temporary additional support. Your partner is also not entitled to receive an accommodation supplement or temporary additional support. This is what happens if both you and your partner have your youth payments cancelled.

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Sanctions for breach of young person or young parent obligations: Sanctions: young person obligations

272Effect of cancellation of youth payment on accommodation supplement or temporary additional support

  1. The cancellation under section 271(2) of the youth payment payable to a young person (P) has the effect set out in subsections (2) to (4).

  2. If P is single, P is not entitled to receive an accommodation supplement or temporary additional support.

  3. If P is not single, and P’s spouse’s or partner’s youth payment is not also cancelled under section 271(2),—

  4. the rate of any accommodation supplement or temporary additional support otherwise payable to P must be reduced by half and be paid to P’s spouse or partner; and
    1. the rate of any accommodation supplement or temporary additional support otherwise payable to P’s spouse or partner must be reduced by half.

      1. If P is not single, and the youth payment of P’s spouse or partner is also cancelled under section 271(2),—

      2. P is not entitled to receive an accommodation supplement or temporary additional support otherwise payable to P; and
        1. P’s spouse or partner is not entitled to receive an accommodation supplement or temporary additional support payable to P’s spouse or partner.

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          Notes
          • Section 272(3)(a): amended, on , by section 36 of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).
          • Section 272(3)(b): amended, on , by section 36 of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).