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Social Security Act 2018

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

279: Sanction for failure to comply with young parent obligation

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“Young parents getting help must follow rules or face punishment”

If you’re a young parent receiving support, you need to follow certain rules. These rules are called young parent obligations. If you don’t follow these rules, you might face a punishment. This punishment is called a sanction. The type of sanction you get depends on how many times you’ve broken the rules. It’s different if it’s your first or second time breaking a rule compared to if it’s your third time. The more times you break the rules, the more serious the punishment might be.

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

279Sanction for failure to comply with young parent obligation

  1. The sanction for failure to comply with a young parent obligation depends on whether the failure is a first or second failure or a third failure.