Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024

Amendment of section 68H of Principal Act

12. Section 68H of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (4)—

(i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “141(3),” for “141(3), or”,

(ii) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “benefit, or” for “benefit,”, and

(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) jobseeker’s pay-related benefit,”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(4A) For the purposes of this Chapter, where a person receives jobseeker’s pay-related benefit for any week of unemployment, that week shall be treated as though it were 6 days in respect of which jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) was paid.”.