275Sanctions for failure by young person required to receive youth services to comply with obligations: youth money management

1. This section applies to a young person—

2. who has been required to receive youth services under section 165(2) or 168(2); and
3. whose benefit is subject to youth money management under section 344; and
4. who MSD is satisfied has, without good and sufficient reason, failed to comply with an obligation that applies to the young person under section 165(7)(a) or 168(6)(a), and that is—
   1. an obligation in section 166(2)(b) and (d) to (g); or
   2. the work test (in the case of a work-tested beneficiary); or
   3. a work-preparation obligation under section 124 or 125 (in the case of a beneficiary who is required to comply with section 124).

5. MSD must treat the failure as if it were a failure to comply with an obligation under section 166, and sections 270 and 271 apply (and require MSD to impose sanctions for the failure) accordingly.