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Version date: 4 October 2006 - 30 March 2025
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140. Interpretation.

(1) In this Chapter -

"beneficiary" means a person entitled to jobseeker’s allowance;

"weekly means", subject to subsection (2) and Rule 1(1), (5), (6) or (7), as the case may be, of Part 2 of Schedule 3 shall be the yearly means divided by 52 but the amount so calculated shall be rounded up to the nearest €1 where it is a multiple of 50 cent but not also a multiple of €1 and shall be rounded to the nearest €1 where it is not a multiple of 50 cent or €1.

(2) In this Chapter references to means shall be read as references to means as calculated in accordance with the Rules contained in Part 2 of Schedule 3.

(3) Where, immediately before 29 July 1992, a person was entitled to or in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance, any decision by a deciding officer or an appeals officer in relation to the means of that person for the purposes of that person qualifying for a qualification certificate is deemed to be a decision under section 141 (1) (c).