Section 242 — Social Security Act 2018: Failures that cannot be counted

242 Failures that cannot be counted (1) A failure cannot be counted if it occurred more than 12 months before the failure for which the calculation is made. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a failure occurs on the date MSD decides that the beneficiary has failed, without a good and sufficient reason, to comply with the appropriate obligation. (3) This section does not affect the implementation, after the 12-month period, of a sanction based on any prior calculation of the number of failures by a person to comply with the appropriate work-test obligation or other obligation imposed by this Act. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 119(1)(b)(ii), (2), (4)