12.3.3.10 Persons subject to the enhanced income management regime - disengaged youth

Persons subject under disengaged youth

A person will be subject to enhanced income management under the Disengaged Youth measure at a particular time (the 'test time') if:

• the person's usual place of residence is in the Northern Territory
• the person is an eligible recipient of a category C welfare payment (12.2.2)
• the person is at least 15 years old but less than 25 years old
• the person is not an exempt welfare payment recipient (12.2.4)
• the person has a payment nominee, the nominee is subject to the enhanced income management regime or the income management regime, and
• immediately before the test time, the person was an eligible recipient of a category C welfare payment for at least 13 weeks during the 26 week period ending immediately before the test time.

A person will also be subject to enhanced income management under the Disengaged Youth measure if they have a Part 3B payment nominee who is subject to income management or enhanced income management under the Disengaged Youth measure. This only applies if the person is not currently subject to an income management measure or enhanced income management measure in their own right (including as a volunteer). The person does not have to meet any of the other eligibility criteria for the Disengaged Youth measure.

If a person is subject to the enhanced income management regime under this measure and they move away from the Northern Territory, they will continue to be subject to the enhanced income management regime for 13 weeks, unless they cease to meet the remaining eligibility criteria earlier.

If a person is subject to the income management regime, they can now choose to move to the enhanced income management regime (12.3.1).