(1) Subject to this Act, a benefit (in this Act referred to as "carer's benefit") shall be payable to a carer where he or she -
(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,
(b) does not engage in employment, self-employment, or any course of education or training, and
(c) satisfies the contribution conditions in section 101.
(2) Subsection (1) (a) shall not apply in respect of a claimant who was in receipt of carer's benefit within the relevant period.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) (b), the Minister may make regulations to provide that a carer may engage in employment, self-employment, or any course of education or training subject to the limitations in relation to hours or remuneration that may be prescribed and subject to the conditions and in the circumstances that may be prescribed.
(4) Subsection (1) (c) shall not apply in the case of a claimant who was previ
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