(1) Where a person -
(a) has qualifying contributions in respect of less than 260 contribution weeks in the period between his or her entry into insurance and any day of incapacity for work, and
(b) before that day was entitled, in respect of any period of interruption of employment (whether including that day or not), to illness benefit for 312 days,
the person shall not be entitled to illness benefit for that day unless since the last of those 312 days and before that day he or she has requalified for benefit.
(1A) Where a person -
(a) has qualifying contributions in respect of not less than 260 contribution weeks in the period between his or her entry into insurance and any day of incapacity for work, and
(b) before that day was entitled, in respect of any period of interruption of employment (whether including that day or not) during the period beginning on 5 January 2009, to illness benefit for 624 days,
the person shall not be entitled to illness benefit for that day unless since
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