Marginal note:Definitions

• 6. (1) In this Part,

  “disentitled”

  « inadmissible »

  “disentitled” means not entitled under section 13, 18, 21, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 49 or 50 or under the regulations;

  “disqualified”

  « exclu du bénéfice des prestations »

  “disqualified” means disqualified under section 27 or 30;

  “initial claim for benefits”

  « demande initiale de prestations »

  “initial claim for benefits” means a claim made for the purpose of establishing a claimant’s benefit period;

  “major attachment claimant”

  « prestataire de la première catégorie »

  “major attachment claimant” means a claimant who qualifies to receive benefits and has 600 or more hours of insurable employment in their qualifying period;

  “minor attachment claimant”

  « prestataire de la deuxième catégorie »

  “minor attachment claimant” means a claimant who qualifies to receive benefits and has fewer than 600 hours of insurable employment in their qualifying period;

  “qualifying period”

  « période de référence »

  “qualifying period” means the period described in section 8;

  “waiting period”

  « délai de carence »

  “waiting period” means the two weeks of the benefit period described in section 13.

• Marginal note:Rounding off percentages or fractions

  (2) A reference in this Part to an amount equal to a percentage or fraction of earnings or benefits in a period shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of one dollar or, if the amount is equidistant from two multiples of one dollar, to the higher multiple.

• Marginal note:Hours of insurable employment

  (3) For the purposes of this Part, the number of hours of insurable employment that a claimant has in any period shall be established as provided under section 55, subject to any regulations made under paragraph 54(z.1) allocating the hours to the claimant’s qualifying period.