Section 320 — Social Security Act 2018: Effect of no longer being subject to work-test or young person obligations

320 Effect of no longer being subject to work-test or young person obligations (1) This section applies to a person whose benefit has been suspended or reduced, or who is subject to a 13-week period of non-entitlement to a main benefit, under section 225 , 236 , 237 , 270 , or 280 , if the person— (a) ceases to be a work-tested beneficiary (other than because of the imposition of that suspension, reduction, or 13-week period); or (b) ceases to be a beneficiary who is required to comply with obligations under section 162 , 164 , 166 , or 167 (other than because of the imposition of that suspension, reduction, or 13-week period); or (c) obtains, under section 158 , an exemption from the work test or from obligations under section 162 , 164 , 166 , or 167 . (2) From the date on which MSD decides it is satisfied that this section applies to a person,— (a) the period of suspension or reduction of the benefit ends; or (b) the person is no longer subject to the 13-week period and that period lapses. (3) If a person to whom subsection (2)(b) applies wishes to again become entitled to a main benefit under this Act, the person must apply for the benefit and establish the person’s eligibility to receive it. (4) In subsection (1), benefit includes part of a benefit. Compare: 1964 No 136 s 123(1), (2), (3), (4)