Section 139 — Social Security Act 2018: Purpose of sections 140 to 154

139 Purpose of sections 140 to 154 The purpose of sections 140 to 154 is— (a) to ensure that work-tested beneficiaries maintain an unrelenting focus on entering, retaining, or returning to, employment; and (b) to reinforce the continuing obligation of work-tested beneficiaries to take reasonable steps to support themselves and their families; and (c) to identify the activities that work-tested beneficiaries may be required to undertake to meet their obligations arising from work-tested benefits being paid in respect of them; and (d) to provide a work test structure applying to all work-tested beneficiaries that is sufficiently flexible to take account of an individual beneficiary’s circumstances. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 101