Section 316 — Social Security Act 2018: Start and calculation of stand-down period

316 Start and calculation of stand-down period (1) A benefit to which a person has become entitled, and that section 313 or 314 requires to commence on a date calculated under this section, is subject to a stand-down period that— (a) starts on the later of— (i) the date on which the person became entitled to the benefit; and (ii) if, before the person applied for the benefit, the person’s employment terminated or the person is given notice of termination of employment, the day after the date on which the person’s employment ceased; and (b) is calculated under regulations made under section 440 . (2) The benefit commences on the day after the stand-down period ends if the application for the benefit is received within 28 days after the date on which the person becomes entitled to the benefit, and the benefit is— (a) sole parent support; or (b) a supported living payment; or (c) jobseeker support granted on the ground of health condition, injury, or disability; or (d) jobseeker support granted to a sole parent, or to a person to whom section 30(1)(e) (which relates to having lost the regular support of a spouse or partner who is subject to a sentence of imprisonment, etc) applies; or (e) jobseeker support granted to a person who has recently lost the financial support of the person’s spouse or partner because of death, the spouses or partners commencing to live apart, or the ending of a de facto relationship; or (f) a youth payment; or (g) a young parent payment. (3) If the benefit is not one specified in subsection (2)(a) to (g), the benefit commences on the later of the following days: (a) the day after the stand-down period ends: (b) the day on which the application for the benefit is received. (4) This section is subject to any regulations made under section 440 , and relating to exceptional cases, for example— (a) of delayed redundancy and retirement payments; or (b) of seasonal workers who are made redundant after a benefit commences. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 80BA(1), (2)–(5)