Social Security Act 2018

Enforcement: sanctions and offences - Sanctions for breach of young person or young parent obligations - Special cases: variations on ordinary sanctions rules

285A: Exclusion of sanction for first or second failure if timely recompliance occurs

You could also call this:

"No penalty for first two mistakes if you fix them quickly"

If you are a young person and you fail to do something you are supposed to do, you might not get a sanction. This is if it's your first or second time failing and you fix the problem within 5 working days of getting a notice. The notice is called a section 252 notice and it tells you what you did wrong. You won't get a sanction under section 270 or section 280 if you fix the problem on time.

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Part 5Enforcement: sanctions and offences
Sanctions for breach of young person or young parent obligations: Special cases: variations on ordinary sanctions rules

285AExclusion of sanction for first or second failure if timely recompliance occurs

  1. MSD must not impose a sanction under section 270 or 280 for a first or second failure by a young person if the young person recomplies within 5 working days of being given a section 252 notice in relation to the failure.

Notes
  • Section 285A: inserted, on , by section 42 of the Social Security Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 25).