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

You could also call this:

"What happens when you don't have to get ready for work anymore and any penalties stop"

If you are no longer required to meet work-preparation obligations, a sanction imposed on you will stop. This happens when you do not have to meet a general obligation under section 124 or an obligation under section 123 or 125 to comply with a requirement. The sanction will cease to apply to you when you no longer have that obligation.

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321: Effect of no longer being subject to dependent children obligations, or

"What happens when you don't have to care for dependent children anymore and a sanction is lifted."

323: Effect of employment on non-entitlement period, or

"Getting a job can help you get your benefit back sooner"

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

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

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

Compare

1964 No 136 s 123(3B)

Notes

Section 322(1)(a): amended, on 26 May 2025, by section 48(1) of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).