Paragraph
Where a person claims unemployment benefit under the legislation of one Contracting Party by virtue of any of the provisions of Articles 8 and 9 of the present Convention—
(a)
any period during which he received such benefit under the legislation of the other Party during the period of twelve months before the date on which his claim is made shall be taken into account as if it were a period during which he had received such benefit under the legislation of the former Party;
(b)
subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 9 of the Convention, if he has been disqualified for receiving benefit under the legislation of the latter Party, he shall be treated as if he had been so disqualified under the legislation of the former Party.