Commonwealth Numbered Acts

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ACT 1994 No. 176 of 1994 - SECT 28

28. If a person refuses or fails to comply with a request under subsection
27(3), (4) or (5) of this Act, sections 546C and 630C of the Social Security
Act 1991 have effect, in relation to the person, as if:

   (a)  the conditions set out in paragraphs (1)(b), (c), (d) and (e) of each
        of those sections were satisfied; and

   (b)  the reference in subsection (2) of each of those sections to the
        requirement were a reference to the request.
Note: This means that job search allowance or newstart allowance would cease
to be payable to the person for a period unless the person had a reasonable
excuse for not complying with the request.