(1) Where in respect of a day immediately subsequent to a period of incapacity for work it is decided by a deciding officer that an insured person is not incapable of work, an employment contribution may, at the discretion of the Minister, be credited to such insured person in respect of any contribution week between the beginning of the contribution week in which the said day occurs and the end of the contribution week in which the decision of the deciding officer is issued to him or where the decision has been appealed, the end of the contribution week next following that in which the decision of an appeals officer is issued to him or the end of such earlier week as the Minister may determine.

(2) An employment contribution shall not be credited under this article for any contribution week prior to the contribution week in which notice of incapacity is given to the Minister or, in the case of a person who has given notice of incapacity and has failed or neglected for a period exceeding 6 months to submit medical or other satisfactory evidence of incapacity or of a person who has given notice of incapacity and has submitted medical or other satisfactory evidence of incapacity and has failed or neglected for a period exceeding 6 months to continue to submit such evidence, for any contribution week prior to the contribution week in which such evidence is submitted after such failure or neglect.