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Regions, appointed day, payment-periods for regions and qualifying dates in relation to payment periods.
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2.—(1) The Minister shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act, by order do the following things—
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(a) group the State into such and so many areas as he thinks fit and declare each such area to be a region for the purposes of this Act,
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(b) appoint a day to be the appointed day for the purposes of this Act,
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(c) fix the period (which shall commence on the appointed day) which is to be the first payment period for each region,
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and in making the order the Minister may fix first payment periods of different durations for different regions.
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(2) For the purposes of this Act—
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(a) each of the following periods shall be a payment period for a particular region—
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(i) the first payment period for that region,
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(ii) each successive period of twenty-six weeks after the said first payment period;
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(b) the qualifying date in relation to each payment period for a region shall be such date preceding the said payment period as may be prescribed.
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