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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-early-years-assistance-best-start-grants-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-early-years-assistance-best-start-grants-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-6.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/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "The basic amount",
  "text": "(1) The basic amount is―\n(a) £600 if sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to the child in respect of whom the grant is to be given; or\n(b) £300 if it does not.\n(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—\n(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\n(b) if there is, that person is (or all of those persons are) one of the following:—\n(i) the child;\n(ii) a sibling of the child born as a result of the same pregnancy that resulted in the child’s birth;\n(iii) a parent of the child;\n(iv) a sibling of a parent of the child;\n(v) a child for whom the individual is not responsible.\n(3) Where more than one child is born, or is to be born, as a result of the same pregnancy—\n(a) sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to only one of the children; and\n(b) it is for the Scottish Ministers to decide which.",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}