Section 153.1310 — Employment Insurance Act: Benefits referred to in paragraph 153.5(3)(a)

The following rules apply to a person who made an initial claim for benefits in respect of any of the benefits referred to in paragraph 153.5 (3)(a) and who either had, before the coming into force retroactively of this Part, a benefit period established on or after March 15, 2020 with respect to the benefits for which the claim was made, or who would have had, but for the coming into force of this Part on March 15, 2020, a benefit period established on or after that same date with respect to the benefits for which the claim was made: the person is deemed to have made a claim for the employment insurance emergency response benefit under section 153.8 ; the rules set out in Part VIII.4 apply to a claim for the employment insurance emergency response benefit, with the exception of the rule requiring that a claim be made in accordance with subsection 153.8 (1); and the benefits referred to in paragraph 153.5 (3)(a) received on or after March 15, 2020 are deemed to be the employment insurance emergency response benefit and, as the case may be, the person is to be paid, for each week for which they receive the benefits referred to in paragraph 153.5 (3)(a), an amount of employment insurance emergency response benefit that is equal to the difference between the amount set out in subsection 153.10 (1) and the amount of benefits that they received for the week in question, and each amount of benefits received for a week that exceeds the amount set out in subsection 153.10 (1) is deemed to be equal to the amount set out in that subsection and section 44 does not apply to any amount of benefits received for a week that exceeds the amount set out in subsection 153.10 (1).