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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

284: Effect of cancellation of young parent payment on emergency benefit

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“Cancelling a young parent payment means you can't get emergency money”

If you’re a young person and your young parent payment gets cancelled because of section 281(2), you can’t get an emergency benefit. This means that if you lose your young parent payment, you won’t be able to get an emergency benefit as a backup.

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

284Effect of cancellation of young parent payment on emergency benefit

  1. A young person whose young parent payment is cancelled under section 281(2) is not entitled to receive an emergency benefit.

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