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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-early-years-assistance-best-start-grants-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-early-years-assistance-best-start-grants-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2018/9780111039694",
  "legislation_title": "The Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-early-years-assistance-best-start-grants-scotland-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Deadline for applying",
  "text": "(1) The deadline for an individual to apply for a pregnancy and baby grant in respect of a child is—\n(a) the end of the day that falls 6 months after the day the child is born if sub-paragraph (2) applies to the individual;\n(b) the end of the day before the child’s first birthday if sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to the individual.\n(2) This sub-paragraph applies to—\n(a) the person who is, or has been, pregnant with the child; and\n(b) any individual who is, or has been during the period described by sub-paragraph (3)—\n(i) the partner of the person referred to in paragraph (a); or\n(ii) an individual, or the partner of an individual, for whom the person referred to in paragraph (a) is a dependant.\n(3) The period referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b)—\n(i) begins on the first day of the 24th week of the pregnancy that resulted, or is to result, in the child’s birth; and\n(ii) ends at the end of the day that falls 6 months after the day the child is born.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2018/9780111039694/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:33:10.884640+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}