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Summary:
This is an appeal by the claimant because she needed 910 insurable hours between January 27, 2008 and March 29, 2009 while she actually had 0 hours. The claimant requested an extension of the qualifying period from 52 weeks to 104 weeks under section 8 of the Act. The qualifying period in paragraph 1(b) cannot be extended. This is because a qualifying period cannot be extended beyond the commencement of a previous benefit period. To permit such an extension would result in counting insurable weeks for employment twice and using them to again qualify for benefits. Once insurable weeks of employment are used to qualify for benefits, they may not be used again. Evidence in this file shows that the claimant had a previous claim that had commenced on January 27, 2008 Therefore, the qualifying period could only be extended back to January 27, 2008 at the maximum. The appeal of the claimant is dismissed.
