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Social Security Act 2018

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

327: Benefits payable to sole parent who stops caring for dependent child due to sudden and uncontrollable circumstances

You could also call this:

“Sole parents can keep getting benefits for 28 days if they suddenly can't care for their child”

If you’re a sole parent getting money from the government because you care for a child, this rule is about what happens if you suddenly can’t look after that child anymore.

Let’s say something unexpected happens that you can’t control, and you have to stop caring for your child. The government will keep giving you the same amount of money for 28 days after you stop looking after the child.

This gives you some time to sort things out without losing your support right away. After those 28 days are over, the payments will stop.

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

327Benefits payable to sole parent who stops caring for dependent child due to sudden and uncontrollable circumstances

  1. This section applies to a benefit, or a rate of benefit, payable to a beneficiary who—

  2. is or was a sole parent in respect of a dependent child; but
    1. stops caring for the child because of a change of circumstances that is sudden and beyond the beneficiary’s control.

      1. The benefit or rate of benefit ends 28 days after the day on which the beneficiary stops caring for the child.

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