Section 62 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (10):

"(10) Subject to subsection (10B), the amount payable by way of jobseeker’s benefit for any day of unemployment shall be -

(a) 16.67 per cent of the appropriate weekly rate where a person is entitled to jobseeker’s benefit for 6 days of unemployment in any payment week,

(b) 16 per cent of the appropriate weekly rate where a person is entitled to jobseeker’s benefit for 5 days of unemployment only in any payment week,

(c) 15 per cent of the appropriate weekly rate where a person is entitled to jobseeker’s benefit for 4 days of unemployment only in any payment week,

(d) 13.33 per cent of the appropriate weekly rate where a person is entitled to jobseeker’s benefit for 3 days of unemployment only in any payment week, and

(e) 10 per cent of the appropriate weekly rate where a person is entitled to jobseeker’s benefit for 2 days of unemployment only in any payment week.",

and

(b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (10):