# The Scottish Child Payment Regulations 2020, Regulation 21: Time of payment


(1) Following a determination that an individual is entitled to a Scottish child payment, the payment is to be given in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) Payments are to be made in respect of periods of 4 weeks, in arrears, so that—
(a) the first payment is made in the last week of the period of 4 weeks beginning with the day on which the application is made (the individual’s first payment period), and
(b) subsequent payments are made in the last week of each successive period of 4 weeks in which the individual continues to be entitled to a Scottish child payment for at least one week by virtue of regulation 19.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2020/9780111046395/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-child-payment-regulations-2020/regulation-21
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