31.1. Upon request, the qualifying period of a person is the same as the period that gave the person entitlement to maternity, paternity, parental or adoption benefits under this plan or the employment insurance plan for the event preceding the event for which the person filed a claim for benefits, if the person proves to the Minister’s satisfaction that, despite the extension of the qualifying period, he or she was unable to have a number of weeks with insurable earnings during that period greater than 15, because(1) the person was receiving benefits under this plan or the employment insurance plan in respect of the arrival of a child, or would have received such benefits had there been no waiting period, and was not receiving other insurable earnings during that period; or
(2) the person was receiving indemnities under the Act respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S-2.1) by reason of the fact that the person had ceased to work because continuation of work entailed physical dangers for the person by reason of her pregnancy or physical dangers for the person’s unborn child or the child the person was breast-feeding.