PART 2Eligibility
Further eligibility conditionsI17
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An applicant is not entitled to a young carer grant if, on the day their application is made, the applicant is in receipt of a benefit named in regulation 6(3)(a) or (b) in respect of any of the persons being cared for.
2
An applicant is not entitled to a young carer grant if they have applied for a benefit named in regulation 6(3)(a) or (b) in respect of a period that includes the day their application is made, unless it has already been determined that the applicant is ineligible for that benefit in respect of that day.
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An applicant is not entitled to a young carer grant if they have previously received a young carer grant, unless—
a
the day their application is made is at least one year after the day of the application in respect of which that grant was paid, or
b
in a case where regulation 4(7) applies, the day their application is made is at least one year either before or after the application in respect of which the grant was paid.
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Paragraph (5) applies if—
a
any other person has been paid a young carer grant in respect of care of any of the persons being cared for in an application for a young carer grant, and
b
either—
i
that grant was paid as a result of an application made during the year immediately preceding the day the applicant makes his or her application, or
ii
in a case where regulation 4(7) applies, that grant was paid as a result of an application made during the year immediately preceding or following the day the applicant makes his or her application.
5
The applicant is not entitled to a young carer grant unless—
a
the other person who was paid a young carer grant has died, or
b
the Scottish Ministers have concluded that a young carer grant should not have been paid to the other person.
6
If an applicant has already received three young carer grants, they are not entitled to a further young carer grant.
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In paragraph (5)(a), in a case where regulation 4(7) applies, the reference to the other person who was paid a young carer grant having died is to be read as a reference to that other person having died before the day on which the applicant’s application was made.
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