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Meaning of “benefit year.”
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1.—For the purposes of the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1924, as amended by this Act the expression “Benefit Year” shall mean in relation to any insured contributor the period of twelve months commencing on the date on which that contributor makes an application for benefit next after the date of the passing of this Act and every subsequent period of twelve months commencing on the date on which that contributor first makes an application for benefit next after the termination of his last preceding benefit year:
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Provided that if any insured contributor is continuously unemployed at the date of the passing of this Act the benefit year within the meaning of the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1924, current at the commencement of this Act shall, unless the Minister otherwise directs, continue in relation to him until the date on which the period of continuous unemployment ceases but not in any case beyond the 13th day of October, 1926.
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