Regulation 6 Starting credits for the purposes of a maternity grant

be credited with such number of Class 3 contributions as may be required to bring his relevant earnings factor for the relevant past year, if it is a year for which contributions could be credited under regulation 4 which commenced on or after 6th April 1975, to the level required to make it a reckonable year;

in the case of a person to whom regulation 5(1) applies, be entitled to Class 1 credits for the relevant past year, if (not being a year for which he is entitled to credits under sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph) it is a year mentioned in paragraph (1), but not paragraph (2), of regulation 5.