Social Security Act 2018

Enforcement: sanctions and offences - Sanctions for breach of obligations other than young person or young parent obligations - Procedure for imposing sanction

252A: MSD must give notice of non-financial sanction

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"MSD must tell you in writing if they impose a non-financial sanction on you"

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If a non-financial sanction is imposed on you, MSD must give you a written notice. This notice tells you what the sanction is and what you must do. It also tells you when the sanction starts and how long it lasts, and you can find more information about the duration in sections 236A(6), 236B(5), 236E(5), and 236H(5). The notice explains how you can comply with an obligation again if you failed to comply with it, and you can find more information about this in sections 261, 261A, 261B, 261C, or 261D. MSD must give you this notice before, on, or as soon as possible after the sanction is imposed. The sanction cannot start until at least 5 working days after you get the related section 252 notice. You will get all the details you need in the notice MSD gives you.

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Part 5Enforcement: sanctions and offences
Sanctions for breach of obligations other than young person or young parent obligations: Procedure for imposing sanction

252AMSD must give notice of non-financial sanction

  1. Before, on, or as soon as is reasonably practicable after, imposing a non-financial sanction on a person (P), MSD must give P a written notice for the purposes of this section (a section 252A notice) that complies with subsection (2).

  2. The notice must state—

  3. the non-financial sanction that is to be, or has been, imposed on P; and
    1. that sanction’s requirements (including, without limitation, what P must do while P is subject to that sanction); and
      1. the date (which must be after the 5 working days from the giving of the related section 252 notice) on which that sanction takes effect; and
        1. the duration of that sanction (see sections 236A(6), 236B(5), 236E(5), and 236H(5)); and
          1. how P recomplies with an obligation if the failure to comply with it resulted in that non-financial sanction being imposed and taking effect (see section 261, 261A, 261B, 261C, or 261D).
            Notes
            • Section 252A: inserted, on , by section 26(1) of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).
            • Section 252A(2)(d): amended, on , by section 26(2) of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).
            • Section 252A(2)(e): amended, on , by section 26(3) of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).