(1) Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (1) (a) (ii) -

(i) by substituting the following clause for clause (I):

"(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",

and

(ii) by substituting the following for sub-clause (A) of clause (II):

"(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",

and

(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2):