The Principal Act is amended -
(a) in section 82A (inserted by section 10 of the Act of 2000), in subsection (1), by inserting the following before the definition of "relevant person":
" 'relevant period' means the period of 26 weeks immediately before the first day in respect of which a claim to carer's benefit is made;",
(b) in section 82B (as amended by section 15 of the Act of 2002):
(i) by substituting the following for paragraph (a) of subsection (1):
"(a) was engaged in remunerative full-time employment as an employed contributor for not less than 8 weeks, whether consecutive or not, within the relevant period,",
(ii) by substituting the following for subsection (2):
"(2) Subsection (1) (a) shall not apply in respect of a claimant who was in receipt of carer's benefit within the relevant period.",
and
(iii) by substituting the following for subsections (5) and (6):
"(5) In this section 'remunerative full-time employment' means remunerative employment for not less than 16 ho