Paragraph 9 Meaning of “child”, “birth” and “born”

(1)

In this schedule, except in paragraph 1 (d)(i)(bb)—

“child” includes still-born child;
“birth” includes still-birth and “born” is to be construed accordingly;
“still-born child” and “still-birth” have the meanings given in section 56(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965^f1.

(2)

Sub-paragraph (1) also applies for the purpose of interpreting—

(a)

the definition of “application window” in regulation 5 (5) (which relates to the nomination of a date on which an application for assistance is to be treated as having been made); and

(b)

paragraph 3 of schedule 1 (which describes circumstances in which a determination of entitlement is to be made by the Scottish Ministers without an application).

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Footnotes

f1: 1965 c.49. The definition of “still-born child” is amended by the Still-Birth (Definition) Act 1992 (c.29), section 1(2).