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Social Security Act 2018

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183B: If person does not have jobseeker profile completed

You could also call this:

"No benefit if you don't complete your jobseeker profile"

If you do not have a jobseeker profile completed, the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) does not have to look into your claim for a benefit unless you complete your jobseeker profile to their satisfaction or they decide you do not need to complete it. You can find more information about this in section 298(1) and section 183A(1). MSD can also decide to stop requiring you to complete your jobseeker profile, as stated in section 183A(2).

This rule applies even if you have not finished your application for a benefit. If you do apply for a benefit, your application will be cancelled unless you complete your jobseeker profile within the allowed time, as stated in section 183D(1), or MSD decides you do not need to complete it. MSD's decision to stop requiring you to complete your jobseeker profile is also stated in section 183A(2).

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Factors affecting benefits: Factors affecting benefits: jobseeker profiles

183BIf person does not have jobseeker profile completed

  1. MSD is not required under section 298(1) to inquire into a claim for any benefit referred to in section 183A(1) made by or on behalf of a person (P) specified in section 183A(1) unless—

  2. P has the jobseeker profile completed to MSD’s satisfaction; or
    1. MSD has revoked the requirement under section 183A(2) for P to have the jobseeker profile completed to MSD’s satisfaction.

      1. Subsection (1) applies whether or not an application for a benefit has been completed by or on behalf of P.

      2. Any application for a benefit made by or on behalf of P lapses unless—

      3. P has the jobseeker profile completed to MSD’s satisfaction within the period allowed under section 183D(1); or
        1. MSD has revoked the requirement under section 183A(2) for P to have the jobseeker profile completed to MSD’s satisfaction.

          Notes
          • Section 183B: inserted, on , by section 11 of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).