5. Jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed)
The Principal Act is amended in Part 2 by the insertion of the following Chapter after Chapter 12:
"CHAPTER 12A Jobseeker’s Benefit (Self-Employed)
In this Chapter, save where the context otherwise requires, "payment week" means the period commencing on the Thursday of one week and ending on the Wednesday of the following week.
68C. Entitlement to benefit and qualifying conditions
(1) Subject to this Act, a person shall be entitled to jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) in respect of any payment week where -
(a) he or she is under pensionable age in the week for which the benefit is claimed,
(b) he or she satisfies the contribution conditions in section 68D,
(c) subject to section 68K(3), he or she is not engaged in self-employment,
(d) he or she is capable of work,
(e) he or she is genuinely seeking, but is unable to obtain, employment suitable for him or her having regard to his or her age, physique, education, normal occupation, place of residence and family circumstances, and
(f) he or she proves unemployment in the prescribed manner.