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The Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018

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  • These Regulations may be cited as the Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018.
  • These Regulations come into force on the day after the day they are made.
    • (1) Part 2 makes provision about the interpretation of these Regulations.(2) Schedule 1 makes provision about matters of procedure for determining entitlement to early years assistance.(3) Schedule 2 makes provision about the early years assistance that is to be given in connection with having, or expecting to have, a new baby in the family (referred to in these Regulations as “pregnancy and baby grant”) .(4) Schedule 3 makes provision about the early years assistance that is to be given in connection with a child aged between 2 and 3½ years (referred to in these Regulations as “early learning grant”) .(5) Schedule 4 makes provision about the early years assistance that is to be given in connection with a child reaching the age at which children in Scotland usually start primary school (referred to in these Regulations as “school-age grant”) .on the day it is received by the Scottish Ministers; orthe day chosen by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with paragraph (3) ; orthe day the applicant nominates (or is deemed to have nominated) under regulation 5.(2) In a case where, by virtue of a paragraph of Part 2 of schedule 1, a determination is to be, or has been, made without an application, references in these Regulations to the day the application is made are to be read in accordance with that paragraph.would not be eligible for the assistance applied for if the application were treated as made on the day they received it; andwould be eligible for the assistance if the application were treated as made on a day falling within the period of 10 days beginning with the day they received it,made in the form; andaccompanied by the evidence,the award of universal credit or assistance of a kind specified in regulation 11 that the applicant is relying on to meet the relevant eligibility condition is a backdated award;a day that falls within the application window; ora period that includes at least 1 day that falls within the application window; andnot more than 20 working days after the last day of the application window; andwithin 3 months of the applicant being informed of the backdated award by or on behalf of the public authority who made it.1 day only; ora period and only 1 day of it falls within the application window,the backdated award is for a period; andmore than 1 day of the period falls within the application window,the only day the applicant could have nominated in accordance with paragraph (2) ; orthe latest day the applicant could have nominated in accordance with paragraph (3) .(5) In this regulation—
    • “application window” means—
      • (a) in relation to an application for a pregnancy and baby grant, the period that—
        • (i) F26begins—
          • ((aa) ) on the first day of the 24th week of the pregnancy that resulted, or is to result, in the birth of the child in question, or
          • ((bb) ) in a case where the child is born before the 24th week of pregnancy is reached, on the day the child is born, and
        • (ii) ends with the deadline set by paragraph 2 of schedule 2;
      • (b) F38in relation to an application for an early learning grant, the period described in paragraph 1(b) of schedule 3,
      • (c) F42in relation to an application for a school-age grant, the period described in paragraph 2 of schedule 4,
    • “backdated award” means an award of assistance for a day, or a period that begins on a day, that falls before the day the decision to make the award was taken;
    • “the relevant eligibility condition” means—
      • (a) in relation to an application for a pregnancy and baby grant, the eligibility condition in paragraph 1(e) of schedule 2;
      • (b) F39in relation to an application for an early learning grant, the eligibility condition in paragraph 1(f) of schedule 3,
      • (c) F43in relation to an application for a school-age grant, the eligibility condition in paragraph 1(f) of schedule 4,
    • “working day” means a day other than—
  • In a non-leap year, the birthday of a child born on 29th February is to be taken to be 28th February.
    • (1) Where a day (“day 1”) is described as falling a specified number of months before or after another day (“day 2”) , the date of day 1 is to be

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