(1) Section 64 (as amended by section 4 of the Act of 2006) of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (1) by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

"(a) has qualifying contributions in respect of not less than 104 contribution weeks in the period between his or her entry into insurance and the day for which benefit is claimed,",

(b) in subsection (1) (b), by substituting the following subparagraph for subparagraph (i):

"(i) has qualifying contributions or credited contributions in respect of not less than 39 contribution weeks, of which at least 13 must be qualifying contributions, in the second last complete contribution year before the beginning of the benefit year which includes the day for which the benefit is claimed, or",

(c) in subsection (2), by substituting "104" for "52",

(d) in subsection (3), by substituting "104" for "52",

(e) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3):