Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 9)

SCHEDULE 6 S EARLY YEARS ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS

PART 1 S ELIGIBILITY

CHAPTER 1 S ELIGIBILITY IS TO DEPEND ON HAVING, OR EXPECTING TO HAVE, RESPONSIBILITY FOR A CHILD

1 (1) The regulations must be framed so that an individual's eligibility depends on the individual satisfying one of the primary eligibility criteria. S

(2) The primary eligibility criteria are that the individual—

(a) is, or has been, more than a specified number of weeks pregnant,

(b) has a relationship of a specified kind to another individual who is, or has been, more than a specified number of weeks pregnant,

(c) is to, or has, become responsible for a child within a specified period of the child's birth,

(d) is responsible for a child when a specified event in the child's life occurs or has become responsible for the child within a specified period of the event.

(3) The regulations are to define what being responsible for a child means for the purpose of determining entitlement to early years assistance.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 6 para. 1 in force at 10.12.2018 by S.S.I. 2018/357, reg. 2