Paragraph 6 The basic amount

(1)

The basic amount is―

(a)

£600 if sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to the child in respect of whom the grant is to be given; or

(b)

£300 if it does not.

(2)

This sub-paragraph applies in relation to the child (subject to sub-paragraph (3)) if, on the day the application for the grant is made—

(a)

there is no-one under 16 years of age living in the same household as the individual to whom the grant is to be given; or

(b)

if there is, that person is (or all of those persons are) one of the following:—

(i)

the child;

(ii)

a sibling of the child born as a result of the same pregnancy that resulted in the child’s birth;

(iii)

a parent of the child;

(iv)

a sibling of a parent of the child;

(v)

a child for whom the individual is not responsible.

(3)

Where more than one child is born, or is to be born, as a result of the same pregnancy—

(a)

sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to only one of the children; and

(b)

it is for the Scottish Ministers to decide which.