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1. The persons protected shall comprise:
a) the children of all employees, including apprentices; or
b) the children of all economically active persons; or
c) the children of all residents; or
d) the children of all residents whose means for the duration of the contingency do not exceed prescribed limits.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs a and b of the foregoing paragraph, any Party may exclude from the application of this part;
a) the children of classes of employees constituting in all no more than 5% of all employees; or
b) the children of classes of the economically active population constituting in all no more than 10% of the total economically active population.
3. Where a Party applies sub-paragraph a orb of paragraph 1 of this article, the children of persons receiving:
a) invalidity, old-age or survivors' benefit;
b) benefit for permanent disablement to a prescribed degree, or suvivors' benefit in the case of a work accident or occupational disease;
c) unemployment benefit,
shall be protected under prescribed conditions.