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Jobseeker’s benefit — duration of payment.
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12.— (1) Section 67 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1) by substituting “(3), (3A), (3C), (4A) or (4C)” for “(3) or (4)”,
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(b) in subsection (3) by substituting “234” for “312”,
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(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3B):
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“(3C) Where subsection (3A) does not apply to a person and that person has—
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(a) in any period of interruption of employment, qualifying contributions in respect of not less than 260 contribution weeks in the period between his or her entry into insurance and any day of unemployment, and
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(b) on 3 April 2013, been in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit for more than 156 days,
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subsection (1) shall have effect as if ‘312 days’ were substituted for ‘156 days’ for the remainder of such period of interruption of employment.”,
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(d) by deleting subsection (4),
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(e) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (4B):
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“(4C) Where subsection (4A) does not apply to aperson and that person has—
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(a) in any period of interruption of employment, qualifying contributions in respect of less than 260 contribution weeks in the period between his or her entry into insurance and any day of unemployment, and
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(b) on 3 April 2013, been in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit for more than 78 days,
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subsection (1) shall have effect as if ‘234 days’ were substituted for ‘156 days’ for the remainder of such period of interruption of employment.”,
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and
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(f) in subsection (5)(b) by substituting “subsections (1) and (3)” for “subsections (1), (3) and (4)”.
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(2) This section comes into operation on 3 April 2013.
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