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Social Security Act 2018

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

333: Exception for specified benefit expiring in week of or before 26 December

You could also call this:

“Christmas benefit extension for payments ending near the holidays”

If you receive a specific type of benefit that is meant to end during the week of Christmas (26 December) or the week before, there’s a special rule. Instead of stopping your benefit at that time, it will continue to be paid until the first Monday after 2 January of the next year. This rule is more important than some other rules about when benefits usually end. It’s designed to make sure you have support during the holiday period.

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

333Exception for specified benefit expiring in week of or before 26 December

  1. This section applies to a specified benefit that expires under section 332 in the week that is, or is the week immediately before, the week that includes 26 December in a year.

  2. The benefit must continue to be paid until the first Monday after 2 January in the immediately following year.

  3. This section overrides sections 325 and 332.

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