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  1. Employment Insurance Act - S.C. 1996, c. 23 (Section 152.07)
    Marginal note:Qualification requirements
    •  (1) A self-employed person qualifies for benefits if

      • (a) at least 12 months have expired since the day on which the person entered into an agreement referred to in subsection 152.02(1) with the Commission, or if a period has been prescribed for the purpose of this section, a period that is at least as long as that prescribed period has expired since that day;

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      • (d) the person has had during their qualifying period an amount of self-employed earnings that is equal to or greater than the following amount:

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        • (ii) if the person has accumulated a violation in the 260 weeks before making their initial claim for benefits, the amount referred to in this paragraph that would otherwise apply in respect of that self-employed person but for this subparagraph multiplied by,

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    • (2) A self-employed person accumulates a violation if in any of the following circumstances the Commission issues a notice of violation to the person:

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      • (b) the person is found guilty of one or more offences under section 135 or 136 as a result of acts or omissions mentioned in those sections; or

    • (3) The value of a violation is the total of

      • (a) the amount of the overpayment of benefits under this Part resulting from the acts or omissions on which the violation is based, and

      • (b) if the self-employed person is disentitled from receiving benefits under this Part, or the act or omission on which the violation is based relates to qualification requirements under subsection (1), the amount determined, subject to subsection (4), by multiplying the self-employed person’s weekly rate of benefits by the average number of weeks of benefits under this Part, as determined under the regulations.

    • Marginal note:Maximum

      (4) The maximum amount to be determined under paragraph (3)(b) is the amount of benefits that could have been paid to the self-employed person if they had not been disentitled or had met the qualification requirements under subsection (1).

    • (5) Except for violations for which a warning was imposed, each violation is classified as a minor, serious, very serious or subsequent violation as follows:

      • (a) if the value of the violation is

        • (i) less than $1,000, it is a minor violation,

        • (ii) $1,000 or more, but less than $5,000, it is a serious violation, or

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    • Marginal note:Limitation

      (7) A violation may not be taken into account under paragraph (1)(d) in more than two initial claims by an individual for benefits under this Act if the individual who accumulated the violation qualified for benefits in each of those two initial claims, taking into account subparagraph (1)(d)(ii), subsection 7.1(1) or regulations made under Part VIII, as the case may be.

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  2. Employment Insurance Act - S.C. 1996, c. 23 (Section 7.1)
    Marginal note:Increase in required hours
    •  (1) The number of hours that an insured person requires under section 7 to qualify for benefits is increased to the number set out in the following table in relation to the applicable regional rate of unemployment if the insured person accumulates one or more violations in the 260 weeks before making their initial claim for benefits.

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    • Marginal note:Limitation

      (3) A violation may not be taken into account under subsection (1) in more than two initial claims for benefits under this Act by an individual if the individual who accumulated the violation qualified for benefits in each of those two initial claims, taking into account subsection (1), subparagraph 152.07(1)(d)(ii) or regulations made under Part VIII, as the case may be.

    • (4) An insured person accumulates a violation if in any of the following circumstances the Commission issues a notice of violation to the person:

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      • (b) the person is found guilty of one or more offences under section 135 or 136 as a result of acts or omissions mentioned in those sections; or

    • (5) Except for violations for which a warning was imposed, each violation is classified as a minor, serious, very serious or subsequent violation as follows:

      • (a) if the value of the violation is

        • (i) less than $1,000, it is a minor violation,

        • (ii) $1,000 or more, but less than $5,000, it is a serious violation, or

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