Section 248 — Social Security Act 2018: Variation for suspension or cancellation of main benefit or non-entitlement period affecting sole parent

248 Variation for suspension or cancellation of main benefit or non-entitlement period affecting sole parent (1) This section applies when the main benefit of a person ( P ) who is a sole parent is suspended or cancelled under section 227 or 232 . (2) This section also applies when, under sections 225 and 227 , a sole parent ( P ) has not been granted a main benefit and is not entitled for a period of 13 weeks to a work-tested benefit. (3) In a case to which this section applies,— (a) the suspension or cancellation applies to only half the applicable rate of main benefit before any reduction on account of income; and (b) P is entitled during the period of suspension, cancellation, or non-entitlement to receive only half of that rate, and the appropriate income test applies to that rate but at half the abatement rate in that income test. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 121