Section 62 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (11):

"(12) The Minister may, subject to subsection (15)(b), prescribe a date or dates after which -

(a) an application for jobseeker's benefit shall not be made by a class or classes of person to whom regulations under section 68KC(1)(a) or 68KC(2) apply, and

(b) jobseeker's benefit payments shall cease to be made to a class or classes of person to whom regulations under section 68KC(1)(a) or 68KC(2) apply,

and, in each case, such date or dates shall not be before the relevant date (within the meaning of Chapter 12AA) that applies to such a class.

(13) Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, an application for jobseeker's benefit shall not be made by a class of person to whom regulations under subsection (12)(a) apply after the date prescribed in relation to that person.

(14) Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, a jobseeker's benefit payment shall not be made to a class of person to whom regulations under subsection (12)(b) apply after the date prescribed in relation to that person.

(15) When making regulations under subsection (12), the Minister -

(a) may specify different dates in respect of different classes of person, different classes of employment, and different types of application, and