PART IGENERAL

F1Provision against double payment: Sure Start Maternity Grants3A

1

In this regulation—

a

“C” is the child in respect of whom a Sure Start Maternity Grant has been claimed;

b

“first grant” is a first Sure Start Maternity Grant in respect of C;

c

“second grant” is a second Sure Start Maternity Grant in respect of C.

2

Subject to paragraph (3), a second grant may not be awarded if a first grant has been awarded.

3

A second grant may be awarded to a person (“P”) if the following conditions are satisfied.

4

The first condition is that P—

a

alone, or together with another person, has been granted a qualifying order; or

b

falls within regulation 5(3)(b), (d), (e) or (f).

5

The second condition is that P—

a

has not already received a first grant; or

b

was not, at the time a first grant was claimed, a member of the family of a person to whom a first grant has been paid.

6

A qualifying order is one of the following types of order—

a

an adoption order;

b

a parental order;

c

a residence order.