Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00215:clause:5_551a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00215
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 551A
Character Range: 141083–142623

551A  When the period of non‑payment starts

Repeated failures

 (1) The period for which youth allowance is not payable to the person because of paragraph 551(1)(a) is taken to start, or to have started:
 (a) if the repeated failure is a failure of a kind referred to in paragraph 550(1)(h), (i) or (j)—at the start of the participation failure instalment period for the repeated failure; or
 (b) if paragraph (a) of this subsection does not apply and the repeated failure occurs during a participation failure instalment period for an earlier failure—at the start of the participation failure instalment period for the earlier failure; or
 (c) otherwise—at the start of the next instalment period of the person to start after the day on which the Secretary first became aware that the person committed the failure.

Note: For participation failure instalment period see subsection 550B(3).

Other failures

 (2) The period for which youth allowance is not payable to the person because of section 551 (other than because of paragraph 551(1)(a)) starts on the day the Secretary determines that section 551 applies to the person.

 (3) However, if:
 (a) section 551 would not apply to the person but for the application of paragraph 551(1)(b) or (c), or both; and
 (b) at the time of the voluntary act or misconduct in question, the person was not receiving youth allowance;
the period for which youth allowance is not payable to the person starts at the time the person became unemployed as a result of the voluntary act or misconduct.