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Paragraph 3 Exception to paragraph 1(c)F1

(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(c) is to be ignored in the circumstance described by sub-paragraphs (2) to (6).

(2)

An individual (“the first grant recipient”) has been, or is due to be, given a school-age grant in respect of the child.

(3)

Another individual (“the applicant”) F2is responsible for the child F3.

F4(a)

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(b)

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(4)

The applicant has not been the partner of the first grant recipient at any time since the first grant recipient applied for a school-age grant in respect of the child.

(5)

On the day the applicant applies, the child does not normally live with the first grant recipient.

(6)

On the day the applicant applies, no-one other than the first grant recipient has been, or is due to be, given a school-age grant in respect of the child.

(7)

In this paragraph, references to “the day the applicant applies” are to the day the applicant’s application for a school-age grant in respect of the child is made.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4 inserted (3.6.2019) by The Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/157), reg. 2(1), sch. 2

F2

Word in sch. 4 para. 3(3) substituted (23.12.2021) by The Best Start Grants and Scottish Child Payment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/494), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(a)

F3

Full stop in sch. 4 para. 3(3) substituted for word (23.12.2021) by The Best Start Grants and Scottish Child Payment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/494), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(b)

F4

Sch. 4 para. 3(3)(a)(b) omitted (23.12.2021) by virtue of The Best Start Grants and Scottish Child Payment (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/494), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(c)