Section 270 — Social Security Act 2018: Sanction for first or second failure: suspension of in-hand allowance and incentive payments

270 Sanction for first or second failure: suspension of in-hand allowance and incentive payments (1) This section applies if MSD is satisfied that a young person ( P ) who is receiving a youth payment has, without good and sufficient reason, failed to comply with a young person obligation for a first or second time. (2) For P’s first or second failure, MSD must first suspend P’s in-hand allowance and any incentive payments until P satisfies the obligation (or all the relevant obligations, if P has failed to comply with more than 1). (3) If P has not satisfied the obligation or obligations within 4 weeks after the suspension takes effect, MSD must suspend the whole of P’s youth payment and any incentive payments until P satisfies the obligation or obligations. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 173(1)(a)