(1) Section 120 (as amended by section 18 of the Act of 1995) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by -
(a) the substitution for subsections (1), (2) and (3) of the following subsections:
"(1) Subject to this Act, a person shall be entitled to unemployment assistance in respect of any week of unemployment if -
(a) the person has attained the age of 18 years and has not attained pensionable age,
(b) the person proves unemployment in the prescribed manner, and
(c) the person's weekly means, subject to subsection (2)(d), do not exceed the amount of unemployment assistance (including any increases thereof) that would be payable to the person under this Chapter if that person had no means.
(a) A person shall not be entitled to unemployment assistance in respect of the first 3 days of unemployment in any continuous period of unemployment.
(b) For the purpose of this section, any period prior to the relevant date of application for unemployment assistance shall not be reckoned as,