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Maternity benefit.
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7.—(1) The Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in section 47—
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(i) in subsection (4)(a) by substituting “twenty-fourth” for “twenty-second”,
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(ii) in subsection (5)(b) by substituting “22” for “18”, and
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(iii) in subsection (5)(c)(ii)—
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(I) by substituting “twentieth” for “sixteenth” in each place where it occurs, and
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(II) by substituting “thirty-second” for “twenty-fourth” in each place where it occurs,
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and
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(b) in section 49(1)(a) by substituting “80 per cent” for “75 per cent”.
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(2) The Principal Act is further amended in section 47(4)(a) (as amended by subsection (1)(a)(i) of this section) by substituting “thirty-second” for “twenty-fourth”.
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(3) (a) Subsection (1)(a)(i) and (b) of this section come into operation on 1 January 2006.
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(b) Subsection (1)(a)(ii) and (iii) and subsection (2) of this section come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order.
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