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Social Security Act 2018

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

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

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“What happens when you don't have to get ready for work anymore”

If you have work-preparation obligations and you get a sanction because you didn’t follow the rules, there’s something you should know. The sanction can end when you no longer have to do those work-preparation tasks.

This applies to sanctions you might get for not meeting your general work-preparation duties or not doing specific things you were asked to do to prepare for work. These duties and tasks are described in different parts of the law.

When you don’t have to do these work-preparation tasks anymore, the sanction stops applying to you. This means you won’t be punished anymore for not doing something you’re no longer required to do.

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Commencement, stand downs, ending, and expiry and regrant: Restoration of entitlement after suspension, reduction, 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, 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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