42FRequiring a person to apply for job vacancies

42F  Requiring a person to apply for job vacancies  (1) The Secretary may notify a person that the person must apply for a particular number of advertised job vacancies in the period specified in the notice if:  (a) the person is required to satisfy the employment pathway plan requirements; and  (b) the person is receiving a participation payment other than a parenting payment.  (2) For each such job vacancy the person (the job applicant) applies for during that period, the job applicant must give the Secretary a written statement from the person or body offering the job vacancy that confirms that the job applicant applied for the job vacancy.  (3) The statement from the person or body offering the job vacancy must be in a form approved by the Secretary.  (4) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person if the Secretary is satisfied that there are special circumstances in which it is not reasonable to expect the person to give the statement referred to in that subsection.