[F1SCHEDULE 12U.K.Availability of the child element where maximum exceeded - exceptions

Multiple birthsU.K.

2.  An exception applies where—

(a)the claimant is a parent (other than an adoptive parent) of A;

(b)A was one of two or more children born as a result of the same pregnancy;

(c)the claimant is responsible for at least two of the children or qualifying young persons born as a result of that pregnancy; and

(d)A is not the first in the order of those children or qualifying young persons as determined under regulation 24B.]