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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

273: Effect of cancellation of youth payment on emergency benefit

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“Cancelling a youth payment means you can't get emergency money instead”

If you are a young person and your youth payment is cancelled, you cannot receive an emergency benefit. This happens if your youth payment is cancelled for specific reasons mentioned in another part of the law. The law says that once your youth payment is cancelled, you are not allowed to get an emergency benefit instead.

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

273Effect of cancellation of youth payment on emergency benefit

  1. A young person whose youth payment is cancelled under section 271(2) is not entitled to receive an emergency benefit.

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