Mutual obligation requirements for principal carers 102-17010000

Policy

General

Social Security Guide, 1.1.P.412, Principal carer

Parenting Payment (PP) customers

Social Security Guide, 3.11.2 Job Plans

Social Security Guide, 3.5.1, PP - Qualification & Payability

Social Security Guide, 3.11.5.20 Special circumstances

Principal carers receiving JobSeeker Payment (JSP), Youth Allowance (YA) or Special Benefit (SpB)

Social Security Guide, 3.11 Mutual obligation requirements

Social Security Guide, 3.2.7, YA Activity Testing for Students

Social Security Guide, 3.11.3.20 Employment

Social Security Guide, 3.11.1.10 Setting job search requirements

Legislation

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Definition of income - exclusions

Social Security Act 1991, section 8, Income test definitions

Special Benefit (SpB)

Social Security Act 1991, Part 2.15, Division 1, Subdivision AA-Activity Test for certain nominated visa holders

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

• Section 40A Requirement to enter into employment pathway plans
• Section 40L Circumstances making it unreasonable etc. to comply with requirements
• section 42AC(1A), Mutual obligation failures
• section 42AD(2), Work refusal failures
• section 42AE(4), Person does not commit an unemployment failure
• section 42N, Serious failure for refusing or failing to accept an offer of paid work
• section 42S, Unemployment resulting from a voluntary act or misconduct