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Extension of period of unemployment benefit.
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5.—(1) Section 16 (2) of the Act of 1952 shall, in respect of a person who is over the age of eighteen years and is not a married woman (other than a married woman living apart from and unable to obtain any financial assistance from her husband or entitled to an increase of benefit for a child or husband), have effect as if “three hundred and twelve days” were substituted for “one hundred and fifty-six days”.
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(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section—
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(a) the weekly rate of unemployment benefit payable in respect of any person of a class mentioned in column (1) of the Table to this subsection after the one hundred and fifty-sixth day for which that person has been entitled to that benefit shall be the rate specified in column (2) of that Table opposite the mention of a person of that class in the said column (1), and
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(b) any increase by virtue of section 26 or 27 of the Act of 1952 of the rate of such benefit payable as aforesaid shall, in lieu of being at the rate specified in column (3), (4) or (5) of Part I of the Third Schedule to the Act of 1952, be at the corresponding rate specified in column (3), (4) or (5), as the case may be, of the Table to this subsection.
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TABLE
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Class of Person
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Weekly Rate
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Increase for adult dependant (where payable)
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Increase for qualified child or for each of two qualified children (where payable)
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Increase for each qualified child in excess of two (where payable)
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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(5)
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Person entitled to an increase in respect of a qualified child but not entitled to an increase in respect of an adult dependant
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47s. 0d.
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10s. 0d.
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5s. 0d.
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Any other person
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44s. 0d.
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38s. 6d.
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10s. 0d.
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5s. 0d.
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(3) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply in relation to—
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(a) a person over sixty-five years of age in respect of whom not less than one hundred and fifty-six employment contributionshave been paid in respect of the period between his entry into insurance and the day for which unemployment benefit is claimed, or
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(b) a person in respect of whom not less than two hundred and eighty employment contributions (not being employment contributions which in relation to unemployment benefit are disregarded under paragraph 1 of the Fourth Schedule to the Act of 1952) have been paid in respect of the period of seven complete contribution years immediately preceding the day in respect of which unemployment benefit is claimed and the portion (if any) of the contribution year then current ending on that day.
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(4) Where a person entitled to unemployment benefit for three hundred and twelve days has exhausted his right to that benefit—
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(a) he shall requalify therefor when thirteen employment contributions have been paid in respect of him in respect of contribution weeks begun or ended since the one hundred and fifty-sixth day for which he was entitled to that benefit,
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(b) on his requalifying therefor, section 16 (2) of the Act of 1952, as amended by this section, shall again apply to him, but, in a case where the period of interruption of employment in which he exhausted his right to benefit continues after his requalification, as if the part before and the part after the exhaustion were distinct periods of interruption of employment.
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(5) Subsections (1) to (4) of this section shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1968.
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