(1) Unless otherwise provided for in or under this Act -

(a) a person shall be entitled to jobseeker's pay-related benefit from the beginning of the first applicable week after the benefit is claimed, and

(b) jobseeker's pay-related benefit shall be payable for no more than -

(i) 39 applicable weeks (whether consecutive or non-consecutive) to a person who has no fewer than 260 employment contributions paid in the period between his or her entry into insurance and the beginning of an applicable period, and

(ii) 26 applicable weeks (whether consecutive or non-consecutive) to a person who has fewer than 260 employment contributions paid in the period between his or her entry into insurance and the beginning of an applicable period.

(2) Where -

(a) a person receives a payment that is of any of the following kinds:

(i) jobseeker's allowance in respect of any day in any week of unemployment within the meaning of section 141(3) where the person is entitled to jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker's pay-related benefit in respect of that week;