# The Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 3: Exception to paragraph 1(b)

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(1) For the purpose of determining the entitlement of the individual referred to in this paragraph as the applicant, the eligibility condition in paragraph 1(b) is to be ignored in the circumstance described by sub-paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) An individual (“the first grant recipient”) has been, or is due to be, given in respect of the child—
(a) a pregnancy and baby grant; or
(b) a sure start maternity grant.
(3) Another individual (“the applicant”) is responsible for the child .
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) Since the first grant recipient applied for a pregnancy and baby grant or a sure start maternity grant in respect of the child ... the applicant has not been—
(a) the partner of the first grant recipient;
(b) a dependant of the first grant recipient; or
(c) an individual, or the partner of an individual, for whom the first grant recipient is a dependant.
(4A) On the day the applicant’s application for a pregnancy and baby grant in respect of the child is made, the child does not normally live with the first grant recipient.
(5) On the day the applicant's application for a pregnancy and baby grant in respect of the child is made, no-one other than the first grant recipient has been, or is due to be, given a pregnancy and baby grant or a sure start maternity grant in respect of that child.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/370/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/early-years-assistance-best-start-grants-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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