Paragraph 3 Exception to paragraph 1(b)

(1)

For the purpose of determining the entitlement of the individual referred to in this paragraph as the applicant, the eligibility condition in paragraph 1 (b) is to be ignored in the circumstance described by sub-paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2)

An individual (“the first grant recipient”) has been, or is due to be, given in respect of the child—

(a)

a pregnancy and baby grant; or

(b)

a sure start maternity grant.

(3)

Another individual (“the applicant”) first came to be responsible for the child after—

(a)

the first grant recipient applied for a pregnancy and baby grant or a sure start maternity grant in respect of the child; or

(b)

a decision about the first grant recipient’s entitlement to such a grant was taken by, or on behalf of, the public authority responsible for giving them (despite no application for a grant having been made).

(4)

Since first coming to be responsible for the child, the applicant has not been—

(a)

the partner of the first grant recipient;

(b)

a dependant of the first grant recipient; or

(c)

an individual, or the partner of an individual, for whom the first grant recipient is a dependant.

(5)

On the day the applicant’s application for a pregnancy and baby grant in respect of the child is made, no-one other than the first grant recipient has been, or is due to be, given a pregnancy and baby grant or a sure start maternity grant in respect of that child.