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Social Security Act 2018

Enforcement: sanctions and offences - Sanctions for breach of young person or young parent obligations - Sanctions: young person obligations

277: Sanctions for failure by young spouse or partner of specified beneficiary to comply with obligations: money management

You could also call this:

“Money management rules for young partners of benefit recipients”

This law applies to you if you are a young person who is married to or in a relationship with someone receiving certain benefits. It covers two groups: those aged 16 or 17 without children, and those aged 16 to 19 with children. If you are in one of these groups, your benefit is managed for you, and you have certain responsibilities.

If you don’t follow your responsibilities without a good reason, there can be consequences. These consequences are the same as those for young people receiving youth support payments. The government agency managing your benefit (MSD) decides if you have a good reason for not meeting your responsibilities.

The specific responsibilities you need to follow are listed in other parts of the law (sections 166 and 167). The consequences for not following these rules are explained in other sections (270, 271, and 272 to 274, as well as 283 to 288).

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Part 5 Enforcement: sanctions and offences
Sanctions for breach of young person or young parent obligations: Sanctions: young person obligations

277Sanctions for failure by young spouse or partner of specified beneficiary to comply with obligations: money management

  1. This section applies to a young person—

  2. who is—
    1. aged 16 or 17 years, without dependent children, and is the spouse or partner of a specified beneficiary; or
      1. aged 16 to 19 years, with a dependent child or children, and is the spouse or partner of a specified beneficiary; and
      2. whose benefit is subject to money management; and
        1. who MSD is satisfied has, without good and sufficient reason, failed to comply with an obligation that applies to the young person under section 166(2) or 167(2) and (3).

          1. The sanctions in sections 270 and 271 apply (and sections 272 to 274 and 283 to 288 apply) as if the young person’s benefit were a youth support payment.

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