The Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

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1.  An individual is eligible for an early learning grant in respect of a child if—

(a)the individual’s application for the grant is made on or after the day that the Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2019 are made (see regulation 4 in relation to when an application is to be treated as made),

(b)the individual’s application for the grant is made in the period that—

(i)begins on the child’s 2nd birthday, and

(ii)ends at the end of the day that falls 6 months after the child’s 3rd birthday,

(c)no-one else has received, or is due to receive, an early learning grant in respect of the child (but see paragraph 2),

(d)on the day the application is made the individual satisfies the residence requirement set by paragraph 3,

(e)either the individual or the individual’s partner is (or both of them are) responsible for the child on the day the application is made, [F2and]

(f)at least one of these statements is true—

(i)the individual or the individual’s partner has (or both of them have) been awarded, for the day the application is made (or for a period which includes that day), assistance of a kind specified in regulation 11,

(ii)the individual or the individual’s partner has (or both of them have) been awarded universal credit for—

(aa)the assessment period that includes the day the application is made, or

(bb)the assessment period that ended immediately before the assessment period mentioned in sub-head (aa) started,

(iii)on the day the application is made the individual is under 18 years of age,

(iv)on the day the application is made the individual is—

(aa)18 or 19 years of age, and

(bb)a dependant of another individual, F3...

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