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Health and safety benefit — amendment.
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16.— (1) Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1)(a)(ii)—
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(i) by substituting the following clause for clause (I):
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“(I) that the claimant has qualifying contributions in respect of not less than 104 contribution weeks in the period beginning with her entry into insurance and ending immediately before the first day for which health and safety benefit is claimed, and”,
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and
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(ii) by substituting the following for sub-clause (A) of clause (II):
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“(A) that the claimant has qualifying contributions or credited contributions in respect of not less than 39 contribution weeks, in the second last complete contribution year before the beginning of the benefit year or in a subsequent complete contribution year which includes the first day for which health and safety benefit is claimed, of which at least 13 must be qualifying contributions, or”,
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and
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(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2):
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“(2A) In the case of a claim for health and safety benefit where the period of health and safety leave began on or after 5 April 2004 and before 5 January 2009, subsection (1)(a)(ii)(I) shall be read as if ‘52’ were substituted for ‘104’.”.
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(2) This section comes into operation on 5 January 2009.
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