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Social Security Act 2018

Administration - Commencement, stand downs, ending, and expiry and regrant - Restoration of entitlement after suspension, reduction, non-financial sanction, cancellation, or non-entitlement

322: Effect of no longer being subject to work-preparation obligations

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If you are no longer subject to work-preparation obligations, this section applies to you. You may have had a sanction imposed on you under sections like section 236, 236A, 236B, 236E, 236H, 237, or 238. The sanction will cease to apply to you when you no longer have the obligation.

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Part 6Administration
Commencement, stand downs, ending, and expiry and regrant: Restoration of entitlement after suspension, reduction, non-financial sanction, cancellation, or non-entitlement

322Effect of no longer being subject to work-preparation obligations

  1. This section applies to a sanction imposed on a person—

  2. under section 236, 236A, 236B, 236E, 236H, 237, or 238 (as applied by section 126); and
    1. in respect of—
      1. a general obligation of the person under section 124; or
        1. an obligation of the person under section 123 or 125 to comply with a requirement under section 125.

        2. The sanction ceases to apply to the person on the person ceasing to have that obligation.

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        Notes
        • Section 322(1)(a): amended, on , by section 48(2) of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).
        • Section 322(1)(a): amended, on , by section 48(1) of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).