2018 No 32
Social Security Act 2018
| 226 | Persons to whom basic rule applies | 128 |
| 227 | What happens if basic rule applies | 128 |
| 228 | MSD’s options in case of misconduct | 129 |
| 229 | Interpretation | 129 |
| Factors affecting benefits: non-entitlement period, stand down, or 100% suspension of benefit | ||
| 230 | How non-entitlement period, etc, affects supplementary benefits, and spouse or partner | 129 |
| Part 5 Enforcement: sanctions and offences |
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| Subpart 1—Guide to this Part | ||
| 231 | What this Part does | 133 |
| Subpart 2—Sanctions for breach of obligations other than young person or young parent obligations | ||
| Types of sanction | ||
| 232 | Sanctions for failure to comply with certain obligations under this Act | 133 |
| 233 | Obligations that carry sanction for failure to comply | 134 |
| Hierarchy of sanctions | ||
| 234 | Hierarchy of sanctions | 134 |
| 235 | Failure, and first, second, and third failure, defined for obligations other than young person or young parent obligations | 134 |
| 236 | Sanction for first failure: reduction in main benefit | 135 |
| 237 | Sanction for second failure: suspension of main benefit | 135 |
| 238 | Sanction for third failure: cancellation of main benefit | 135 |
| 239 | Reduction or suspension of reduced benefit | 135 |
| How number of failures is counted | ||
| 240 | Failures that can be counted | 136 |
| 241 | Meaning of continuous payment | 136 |
| 242 | Failures that cannot be counted | 137 |
| Special cases: variations on ordinary sanctions rules | ||
| 243 | Exclusion of sanction if failure is subject of prosecution under Education Act 1989 | 137 |
| 244 | Variation for failure to comply with work-test obligation to accept offer of suitable employment | 137 |
| 245 | Variation for breach of work-test obligation by 1 spouse or partner | 137 |
| 246 | Variation for breach of work-test obligation by both partners or spouses | 138 |
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