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Jobseeker’s allowance — days of unemployment.
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5.— Section 141 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (3), by substituting “Subject to subsection (3A), in this Chapter,” for “In this Chapter,”, and
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(b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (3):
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“(3A) For the purposes of this section—
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(a) jobseeker’s allowance shall be paid for the payment week in which the last day of unemployment, which forms a week of unemployment, falls,
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(b) where in any payment week jobseeker’s allowance is payable in respect of a week of unemployment—
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(i) any day of unemployment which forms part of such week of unemployment, but which does not fall within that payment week, and
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(ii) any other day of unemployment occurring in that payment week,
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shall not be taken into account in establishing any other week of unemployment, and
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(c) where, in any payment week, jobseeker’s allowance is payable in respect of a week of unemployment, the weekly means of that person derived from employment under a contract of service shall be determined by reference to the number of days worked in that payment week.
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(3B) In subsection (3A) ‘payment week’ means the period commencing on the Wednesday of one week and ending on the Tuesday of the following week.”.
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