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Social Security Act 2018

Administration - Commencement, stand downs, ending, and expiry and regrant - Commencement of benefits

315: Exemptions from stand down, and when certain benefits commence

You could also call this:

“Some benefits can start right away without waiting”

You don’t have to wait for some types of benefits to start. The government has made rules about which benefits can start right away. If your benefit is one of these special types, you can get it as soon as you’re approved. The rules also say exactly when these benefits will begin. You can find out which benefits these are by looking at the rules made under section 440 of the law.

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Part 6 Administration
Commencement, stand downs, ending, and expiry and regrant: Commencement of benefits

315Exemptions from stand down, and when certain benefits commence

  1. A benefit of a kind specified in regulations made under section 440—

  2. is not subject to a stand down; and
    1. commences as provided in those regulations.

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