(1) For the purposes of this Division, where a seasonal employee in the hospitality industry or any industry or employment of a seasonal nature or an industry designated as seasonal by the Minister under section 2 has been engaged in employment by a particular employer for a period in aggregate of 26 weeks or more in any one year, that employee shall be treated as being continuously employed for that year by his or her employer.
(2) Where a seasonal employee has been continuously employed in accordance with subsection (1) for a period amounting to 24 months, that employee shall be deemed to come under the provisions of this Division for the purposes of severance pay or redundancy pay.
(3) In the case of hospitality employees and other seasonal employees designated by the Minister to come under the provisions of this Division, a week's basic pay for the purposes of computing redundancy pay in relation to a hospitality employee or other seasonal employee designated by the Minister means the average basic pay per week in the 2 full seasons immediately preceding the date on which he or she ceases to be employed and the number of weeks to be computed in accordance with subsection (1).