33Expiry of sole parent support, and replacement with jobseeker support, when youngest dependent child turns 14 years old
(1)This section applies to a person (P) who is receiving sole parent support.
(2)On the date that the youngest dependent child in P’s care turns 14, P’s sole parent support expires and is replaced with jobseeker support that commences on that date and is taken to be granted to P as if P had applied for it.
(3)However, if MSD reasonably believes that on that date P would not meet the conditions of entitlement to jobseeker support,—
(a)P’s sole parent support expires but is not replaced under subsection (2) by jobseeker support; and
(b)MSD must instead invite P to apply for jobseeker support.
(4)Obligations or exemptions that apply to P immediately before the expiry of P’s sole parent support continue after that expiry in respect of the jobseeker support to which P is transferred under subsection (2) if those obligations or exemptions are any of the following:
(a)the obligation to work with contracted service providers:
(b)work-preparation obligations:
(c)social obligations of certain assistance recipients with dependent children:
(d)the obligation to undergo a work ability assessment:
(e)work-test obligations:
(f)an exemption from work-test obligations or from obligations to prepare for employment (other than any exemption that, under regulations made under section 431, is not available to a person receiving jobseeker support).
(5)This section does not preclude a review under subpart 3 of Part 6 (review of entitlement to, or rate of, benefit granted) of whether P satisfies the conditions of entitlement to jobseeker support.
Compare: 1964 No 136 s 20H