Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a person commits a work refusal failure, the Secretary may:
(a) determine that the person's participation payment is not payable to the person for a period (see section 42AL); or
(b) determine that the person's participation payment is cancelled (see section 42AP) if the person does not satisfy the Secretary that the person has a reasonable excuse for the work refusal failure (see section 42AI).
Action not to be taken--instalment already reduced to nil for instalment period when failure committed
(4) Despite subsection (1), the Secretary must not take action under this section for a work refusal failure (the relevant failure ) if:
(a) the Secretary has previously determined under paragraph 42AF(2)(c) that the amount of an instalment of the person's participation payment for an instalment period is to be reduced; and
(b) the instalment for the instalment period is reduced by the whole of the amount of the instalment (see paragraph 42AN(3)(b)); and
(c) the person commits the relevant failure during that instalment period.