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Social Security Act 2018

Enforcement: sanctions and offences - Offences

294: General penalty for offences

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“What happens if you break a rule in the Social Security Act”

If you break a rule in the Social Security Act 2018 or any rules made under it, and there’s no specific punishment mentioned for that rule, you could get in trouble. If you’re found guilty, you might have to pay up to $1,000. If you keep breaking the rule, you might have to pay up to $50 more for each day or part of a day that you keep breaking it.

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Part 5 Enforcement: sanctions and offences
Offences

294General penalty for offences

  1. This section applies to a person who commits an offence against this Act or any regulations made under this Act for which no penalty is provided elsewhere than in this section.

  2. The person is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding $50 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues.

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