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Jobseeker’s allowance — amendments
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9. (1) The Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in section 142A—
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(i) in subsection (1)(a) (amended by section 6 of the Act of 2009), by substituting “25” for “22”,
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(ii) in subsection (4), by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (aa) (inserted by section 21 of the Act of 2010):
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“(ab) the period of unemployment commenced on or before 14 January 2014 and the claimant was a person—
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(i) who, on or before that date, attained the age of 22 years and had not attained the age of 25 years, and
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(ii) to whom, on or before 14 January 2014, section 142B applied,”,
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(iii) in subsection (4), by deleting paragraph (b), and
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(iv) in subsection (4)(d) (amended by section 6 of the Act of 2009), by substituting “25” for “22”,
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and
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(b) in section 142B (inserted by section 6 of the Act of 2009)—
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(i) in subsection (1)(a)—
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(I) by substituting “25” for “22”, and
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(II) by substituting “26” for “25”,
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(ii) in subsection (3) (amended by section 21 of the Act of 2010), by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (a):
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“(aa) the period of unemployment commenced on or before 14 January 2014 and the claimant was a person—
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(i) who, on or before that date, attained the age of 25 years and had not attained the age of 26 years, and
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(ii) to whom, on or before 14 January 2014, section 142 applied,”,
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and
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(iii) in subsection (3), by deleting paragraph (b).
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(2) This section comes into operation on 15 January 2014.
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