The Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2019

PART 1 Introduction

Citation

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2019.

Commencement

2.—(1) Chapter 2 of Part 2 of these Regulations comes into force on 3 June 2019.

(2) The other provisions of these Regulations come into force on the first Monday after the day on which they are made.

Meaning of “the principal Regulations”

3.  In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018(1).

PART 2 Amendments to the principal Regulations

CHAPTER 1 Amendments creating the early learning grant

Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations

4.  After regulation 3(3) of the principal Regulations insert—

“(4) Schedule 3 makes provision about the early years assistance that is to be given in connection with a child aged between 2 and 3½ years (referred to in these Regulations as “early learning grant”).”.

Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations

5.—(1) Regulation 5(5) of the principal Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) In the definition of “application window”, after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(b) in relation to an application for an early learning grant, the period described in paragraph 1(b) of schedule 3,”.

(3) In the definition of “the relevant eligibility condition”, after paragraph (a) insert—

“(b) in relation to an application for an early learning grant, the eligibility condition in paragraph 1(f) of schedule 3,”.

Insertion of schedule 3 of the principal Regulations

6.  Insert the text in schedule 1 of these Regulations as schedule 3 of the principal Regulations.

CHAPTER 2 Amendments creating the school-age grant

Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations

7.  After regulation 3(4) of the principal Regulations insert—

“(5) Schedule 4 makes provision about the early years assistance that is to be given in connection with a child reaching the age at which children in Scotland usually start primary school (referred to in these Regulations as “school-age grant”).”.

Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations

8.—(1) Regulation 5(5) of the principal Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) In the definition of “application window”, after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) in relation to an application for a school-age grant, the period described in paragraph 2 of schedule 4,”.

(3) In the definition of “the relevant eligibility condition”, after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) in relation to an application for a school-age grant, the eligibility condition in paragraph 1(f) of schedule 4,”.

Insertion of schedule 4 of the principal Regulations

9.  Insert the text in schedule 2 of these Regulations as schedule 4 of the principal Regulations.

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date