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(4) (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, each

claimant eligible for a weekly benefit rate of seventy-five

dollars ($75) or more shall have his weekly compensation

as determined by application of subsections (a) through (e)

reduced by five per centum (5%). If such reduced weekly

compensation is not an even multiple of one dollar ($1),

it shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of one dollar

($1): Provided, That no claimant whose weekly benefit

rate, determined in accordance with subsection (a), is in

excess of seventy-four dollars ($74) shall have his weekly

compensation reduced below seventy-five dollars ($75)

except through the combined application of this paragraph

and subsection (d). The balance in the claimant's

compensation account as indicated in Part D or E of the

table contained in subsection (e)(1) of this section shall be

reduced by his weekly benefit amount without regard

to the reduction provided herein. This subclause shall be of

no effect beginning with the compensable week which ends

on or after the first day of January 1989.

(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, each

claimant shall have his weekly compensation, as

determined by applications of subsections (a) through

(e), reduced by five per centum (5%) if and when the

provisions of section 301.7(c) apply, or by the per centum

redetermined under section 301.8, if and when applicable.

If such reduced weekly compensation is not an even

multiple of one dollar ($1), it shall be rounded to the next

lower multiple of one dollar ($1): Provided, That no

claimant whose weekly benefit rate, determined in

accordance with subsection (a), is in excess of the weekly

benefit rate immediately below the weekly benefit rate

that is one-half of the maximum weekly benefit rate

determined in clause (2) of this subsection shall have his

weekly compensation reduced below one-half of the

maximum weekly benefit rate except through the

combined application of this subclause and subsection (d).

The balance in the claimant's compensation account as

indicated in Part D or E of the table contained in clause (1)

of this subsection shall be reduced by his weekly benefit

amount without regard to the reduction provided herein.