Section 141 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (3) (amended by section 5 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010) by substituting -

(i) "4 days" for "3 days", and

(ii) "7 consecutive days" for "6 consecutive days",

(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3B) (inserted by section 5 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010):

"(3C) For the purposes of section 67(8), where in any week of unemployment a person is entitled to jobseeker's allowance -

(a) in respect of 7 days of unemployment, the number of days of unemployment in respect of which jobseeker's allowance shall be treated as though it were a day in respect of which jobseeker's benefit was paid shall be 6, and

(b) in respect of less than 7 days of unemployment, the number of days of unemployment in respect of which jobseeker's allowance shall be treated as though it were a day in respect of which jobseeker's benefit was paid shall be 6, reduced by the number of days in that payment week which are not days which form part of a continuous period of unemployment.",

and

(c) by deleting subsection (5).