3. For the purposes of subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 43.1 and subparagraph b of subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 53.1 of the Act, a prescribed plan is a plan established under a law of a state of the United States that meets the following conditions:(1) it is similar to the plan established by the Employment Insurance Act (S.C. 1996, c. 23); and
(2) it provides for the payment of one or more benefits similar to one or more benefits for which payment is provided under the Act.
In this section, “state of the United States” means a state within the meaning of subparagraph ii of paragraph a of article 1 of the Agreement Between Canada and the United States Respecting Unemployment Insurance.