Conditions relating to the care being providedS
5.—(1) To qualify for a young carer grant the applicant must have provided care, over the period of 13 weeks ending with the day before the day on which their application for a grant is made (“the qualifying period”)—
(a)to a person or persons described in regulation 6,
(b)for the number of hours, and in the number of weeks, described in paragraph (2),
(c)as described in paragraph (3), and
(d)which was not provided in the manner described in paragraph (4).
(2) The care must have been provided—
(a)for at least 208 hours during the qualifying period, and
(b)in at least 10 weeks during that period.
(3) The care provided must involve activity that promotes the physical, mental or emotional well-being of the person being cared for.
(4) The care must not have been provided by the applicant—
(a)under or by virtue of a contract, unless the contract is of a kind specified by regulations under section 1(3)(a) of the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 M1 as not to be regarded as a contract for the purposes of that Act, or
(b)as voluntary work.