SCHEDULE 2SPregnancy and baby grant

PART 3 SInterpretation

Meaning of “child”, “birth” and “born”S

9.—(1) In this schedule, except in paragraph 1(d)(i)(bb)—

child” includes still-born child;

birth” includes still-birth and “born” is to be construed accordingly;

“still-born child” and “still-birth” have the meanings given in section 56(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 M1.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) also applies for the purpose of interpreting—

(a)the definition of “application window” in regulation 5(5) (which relates to the nomination of a date on which an application for assistance is to be treated as having been made); and

(b)paragraph 3 of schedule 1 (which describes circumstances in which a determination of entitlement is to be made by the Scottish Ministers without an application).

Marginal Citations

M11965 c.49. The definition of “still-born child” is amended by the Still-Birth (Definition) Act 1992 (c.29), section 1(2).

Meaning of “sure start maternity grant”S

10.  In this schedule, “sure start maternity grant” means a payment under—

(a)regulation 5(1) of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations 2005 M2; or

(b)regulation 5(1) of the Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 M3.

Marginal Citations

M2S.I. 2005/3061; there are amendments but none relevant for the purposes of these Regulations.

M3S.R. 2005/506; there are amendments but none relevant for the purposes of these Regulations.