# The Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018, 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.
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2018/9780111039694/schedule/2/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-early-years-assistance-best-start-grants-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-9
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