Section 241 — Social Security Act 2018: Meaning of continuous payment

241 Meaning of continuous payment (1) For the purposes of section 240(1) , 2 or more different main benefits paid to a beneficiary do not give rise to a period of continuous payment in respect of the beneficiary of those 2 or more different main benefits if— (a) one of those 2 or more different main benefits is a youth payment or a young parent payment; and (b) the other of, or (as the case may be) the rest of, those 2 or more different main benefits is 1 or more or all of sole parent support, supported living payment, jobseeker support, and emergency benefit. (2) Subsection (1) does not affect section 240(1) applying (under section 287 ) with all necessary modifications to the imposition of sanctions under subpart 3 in respect of failures that— (a) are failures by a young person who is receiving a youth payment or a young parent payment; and (b) are failures, without good and sufficient reason, to comply with an obligation placed on the young person by section 162 or 164 ; and (c) occur during a period of continuous payment in respect of the young person of— (i) the same benefit (that is, a youth payment or a young parent payment); or (ii) 2 or more different benefits (that is a youth payment and a young parent payment, in whatever sequence paid). (3) In determining whether a main benefit has been continuously paid, MSD must disregard any period during which the benefit was cancelled or suspended because the beneficiary commenced in employment that continued for less than 10 working days. (4) In subsection (3), working day means a day on which a person was required to work in the employment in question. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 119(1A), (1B), (3), (5)