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PART 3
Amendment to Principal Act Relevant to Jobseeker’s Pay-Related Benefit
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Amendment of section 62 of Principal Act
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10. Section 62 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (11):
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“(12) The Minister may, subject to subsection (15)(b), prescribe a date or dates after which—
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(a) an application for jobseeker’s benefit shall not be made by a class or classes of person to whom regulations under section 68KC(1)(a) or 68KC(2) apply, and
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(b) jobseeker’s benefit payments shall cease to be made to a class or classes of person to whom regulations under section 68KC(1)(a) or 68KC(2) apply,
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and, in each case, such date or dates shall not be before the relevant date (within the meaning of Chapter 12AA) that applies to such a class.
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(13) Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, an application for jobseeker’s benefit shall not be made by a class of person to whom regulations under subsection (12)(a) apply after the date prescribed in relation to that person.
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(14) Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, a jobseeker’s benefit payment shall not be made to a class of person to whom regulations under subsection (12)(b) apply after the date prescribed in relation to that person.
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(15) When making regulations under subsection (12), the Minister—
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(a) may specify different dates in respect of different classes of person, different classes of employment, and different types of application, and
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(b) shall have regard to—
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(i) the age of the classes of person to whom the regulations relate,
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(ii) the type, nature, duration or pattern of the employment or previous employment of the classes of person to whom the regulations relate,
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(iii) the nature or identity of the employer or employers of the classes of person to whom the regulations relate,
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(iv) typical employment patterns in the economic sector in which the classes of person to whom the regulations relate are employed, are normally employed or were previously employed,
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(v) the extent to which the classes of person to whom the regulations relate have lost, or are expected to lose, earnings or income,
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(vi) the extent to which the classes of person to whom the regulations relate are receiving, or have received, benefits under this Act,
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(vii) the extent to which the classes of person to whom the regulations relate have retained, or are expected to retain, levels of employment, and
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(viii) the reason for which, and circumstances in which, the persons or classes of person to whom the regulations relate have lost employment.”.
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