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Disability benefit, health and safety benefit and unemployment benefit — amendments to conditions for receipt.
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9.—(1) Section 32 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)(a) by substituting “52” for “39”, and
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(b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following:
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“(2A) In the case of any claim for disability benefit where the period of interruption of employment commenced on or after 6 April, 1987 and before 5 April, 2004 subsection (1)(a) shall be construed as if ‘39’ were substituted for ‘52’.”.
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(2) Section 41B of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)(a)(ii)(A) by substituting “52” for “39”, and
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(b) by inserting after subsection (1) the following:
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“(1A) In the case of any claim for health and safety benefit where the period of health and safety leave commenced before 5 April, 2004 subsection (1)(a)(ii)(A) shall be construed as if ‘39’ were substituted for ‘52’.”.
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(3) Section 43 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)(a) by substituting “52” for “39”, and
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(b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following:
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“(2A) In the case of any claim for unemployment benefit where the period of interruption of employment commenced on or after 6 April, 1987 and before 5 April, 2004 subsection (1)(a) shall be construed as if ‘39’ were substituted for ‘52’.”.
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(4) This section comes into operation on 5 April 2004.
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